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    Even though his mom struggled with psychological troubles‚ Ginsberg was one of the most respected Beat writers and American poets of his generation. He was an honorable poet‚ who published many books and written many successful poems. Allen Ginsberg had a hard childhood‚ but because of this he became a very successful poet. Ginsberg’s poem “Kaddish” is based off the struggles he faced in his childhood having a mother who was diagnosed with a psychological illness. Allen Ginsberg grew up with his

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    Allen Ginsberg "America"

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    was openly gay and had many relationships. One of his relationships was with Neal Cassady. Ginsberg and his friends were crazy and were always in and out of trouble. This group of friends soon became known as the beat generation poets Ginsberg is credited with being the first beat poet. “Kerouac‚ Ginsberg and Burroughs found inspiration in jazz music and the culture that surrounded it” (PBS). They supported drug use and used it for

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    Howl by Allen Ginsberg

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    October 2012 Option B I saw the best minds of my generation‚ consumed by the hatred and temptation‚ roped in by the idea that theres no greater sensation‚ than picking up the needle without any contemplation‚ had an eight year full ride‚ he could of led a whole nation‚ sacrificed his love for music‚ to pawn his Gibson‚ get his fix and use it. If he could go back in time I wonder if he would still choose it. I saw the best minds of my generation‚ fueled with frustration when the pregnancy test

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    about Ginsberg’s interest and his well known works. “Allen Ginsberg: Poet and Photographer.” All Things Remembered. NPR. PBS. 19 May 2010. Radio They talk about what Ginsberg was known for. Hampton‚ Wilborn. “Allen Ginsberg‚ Master Poet Of Beat Generation‚ Dies at 70.” The New York Times. The New York Times Company‚ 2010. Web. 25 Sept. 2011. Gives Allen Ginsberg’s obituary from The New York Times. Newman‚ Leslea. “Allen Ginsberg: A Poetics Life.” Obit Magazine. Obit Magazine‚ 2011. Web. 25

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    conform. In “Howl” Ginsberg uses social commentary to speak for those who society had deemed outcasts and does so in the ranting and rebellious way which parallels the people that he is describing. It is often assumed then that the “best minds of his generation” (1) are his beatnik peers and the protagonists of his poem.

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    the Cuckoo’s nest. Ken Kesey’s One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest is a creation of the socio-cultural context of his time. Social and cultural values‚ attitudes and beliefs informed his invited reading of his text. Ken Kesey was a part of The Beat generation and many of their ideologies and the socio cultural context of U.S post WWII were evident through characters and various discourses throughout One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest‚ giving us his invited reading. Ken Kesey is against conformity and

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    In Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest‚ a patient suffering from schizophrenia was chosen to narrate the story‚ which greatly affects our perception of the events in the novel. The world that Kesey creates in the novel is through the eyes of Chief Bromden‚ a chronic patient in the ward. Bromden’s observant nature causes for very detailed descriptions of the events in the novel. Chief fakes being deaf‚ and as a result‚ he is able to eavesdrop any conversation in the ward‚ often being able

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    Vital Signs

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    glass tube d.iii.2. Calibrated in degrees II. PULSE a. Range a.i. Adult - 60 – 100 BPM a.ii. Newborn - 100 – 130 BPM a.iii. Child 1 – 7 y.o. - 80 – 120 BPM b. Assessment of Pulse b.i. Rate – number of BPM b.ii. Rhythm – intervals between beats (regular or constant) b.iii. Volume – amount of blood pushed through the artery b.iii.1. HIGHER VOLUME – Pulse is bounding & difficult to be

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    Allen Ginsberg‚ Gregory Corso‚ Bobby Neuwirth‚ and William Burroughs all played a crucial role in transforming Smith into a rockstar. Gregory Corso was a poet who was the youngest of the beat generation and gave lists of dictionaries‚ books‚ and poems to Patti (Smith 138). Smith gained creative insight from Corso‚ “Gregory would heckle them‚ punctuating the mundane…I made a mental note to make certain I was never boring if I read my poems one

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    daphnia experiment

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    Introduction In this experiment I aim to find out if caffeine has an effect on the heart rate of daphnia. Daphnia are water fleas that have a sort of heart that we can see in magnification. We can count the number of heart beats in a minute of a regular daphnia and try and get a new one with the same specifications as the old one that may have died. It is also a good idea to get a new one as we want to see how much it affects it from ordinary instead of adding the caffeine one after another

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