ROBERT DARNTON’S ASSIGNMENT 1. What does Darnton make of a police inspector’s interest in Enlightenment philosophers? Robert Darnton’s book deals with the Enlightenment France and the particular process of historiography‚ in his search to find out the way French lived in the 18th century. He takes particular incidents and primary documents in French history and exercises them duly to place them in the deeper themes of how the French people lived their lives. However‚ his book also concentrates
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son‚ becoming one of the first black women to win a case against a white man. Truth converted to Christianity‚ moved to New York City in 1829‚ and got a job as a housekeeper for a Christian evangelist Elijah Pierson. She then moved to the home of Robert Matthews (Prophet Matthias). Matthews was a cult leader and was acquitted for the poisoning of Elijah Pierson. The Folgers‚ cult members‚ attempted to implicate Truth for the murder. Meanwhile‚ Peter took a job on a whaling ship in 1839. He wrote
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desirable in the total dark that I’ll begin to cry. In a week Biggie and Meg will blow me off in Broome and I’ll be on the bus south for a second chance at the exams. In a year Biggie will be dead in a mining accident in the Pilbara and I’ll be reading Robert Louis Stevenson at this funeral while his relatives shuffle and mutter with contempt. Meg won’t show. I’ll grow up and have a family of my own and see Briony Nevis‚ tired and lined in a supermarket queue‚ and wonder what all the fuss was about. And
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sumaya bt mohamad(MSU) Compare and contrast these poems. Firstly‚ I want to talk about the differences between the two poems. The first poem (Robert Frost) is easier to understand compared to the second poem (Emily Dickinson. The first poem is shorter in lines and has 4 stanzas while the other poem is quite long and has 6 stanzas. The other difference is the first poem is about a men talking about his journey and his pony‚ and the second poem is about this lady and her death story alone. The first
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Biography of Father Serra Father Junipero Serra was born in November 24‚ 1713. He was born on the Island of Majorca off of the coast of Spain. He wanted to become a Missionary. It was his dream to become a missionary. He wanted to go to the New World but he was too young. Father Francisco Palou went with him in August of 1749. 19 other Missionaries went too. The ships took 99 days. It was‚ rough‚ rocky and difficult. They landed in Vera Cruz and walked 300 Miles to Mexico City. Father
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(Al Capone”s LIfe )Al Capone was born in Brooklyn‚NY in 1899.His parents were Poor immigrants(Gabriela and Tressa Capone).He was among eight children of the parents.His childhood was typical for an italian immigrants.His father was a barber and mother a seamstress nothing could have predicted his rise to the most notorious gangster.Capone was a good student in grade school but started to fall behind and had to repeat the sixth grade.Around that time had begun to hang around the docks
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ALIA BHATT: a biography Alia Bhatt (born 15 March 1993) is an Indian actress and model who appears in Bollywood films. Born into a family where her parents‚ Mahesh Bhatt and Soni Razdan‚ and elder sister Pooja Bhatt were actors and filmmakers‚ Bhatt made her acting debut at the age of 19 withKaran Johar’s Student Of The Year (2012)‚ which was a box-office success. Alia was born in Mumbai to Bollywood personalities Mahesh Bhatt and Soni Razdan. Her father Mahesh Bhatt is a director‚ producer
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Maya Angelou Biography Maya Angelou is an amazing American author‚ poet‚ entertainer‚ actress‚ playwright‚ producer and director‚ historian and civil rights activist. She is best known for her portrayals of strong African American women. Born April 4‚ 1928 in St. Louis‚ Missouri. Maya Angelou’s given name was Marguerite Johnson‚ Maya and her brother Bailey spent most of their childhood living with their grandmother in rural Arkansas. Maya grew up in Stamps and learned what it was like to
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Cassius Clay better known as Muhammad Ali is by far the greatest boxer of all time. "King of the World" by David Reminick is a very detailed biography of Muhammad and good documentation how boxing used to be. The book takes you on a journey behind the scenes of Alli’s rise to the top and boxing run in with La Costra Nostra. On an October afternoon in 1954 when Cassius was 12 he left his 60 dollar red Schwinn outside the Columbia Auditorium to visit a bazaar. When he and his friends left he realizes
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