BLIZZARD (BOOK REPORT) Did you enjoy this book or would you have wanted to read another book? I read a book called “Blizzard” by Jim Murphy. I really enjoyed reading this book for various reasons. This book was great to read because I got to learn about a storm that changed America. Also‚ this great non-fiction book about the East Coast blizzard of 1888 is fun to read because it showed what the blizzard did to the people who experienced it. This book has lots of detail and engaging text and illustrations
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Arc of Justice The book Arc of Justice by Kevin Boyle is about race and discrimination in the early and mid 1900’s‚ it is very depressing. The story begins in 1925 Detroit‚ an ever growing city so tight with racial tension. Dr. Ossian Sweet and his wife Glady’s and fourteen month old girl Iva have moved to a bungalow on Garland Avenue (a mostly white neighborhood) in Detroit. The Sweet’s left the baby at her grandparent’s at first‚ until they were sure they would be safe. He brought along with him
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January 17‚ 2014 The Famous Five Background Information The ‘Famous Five’ was a group of 5 women that strived for the equality of women. Before they came together they each did something that helped or protected women’s’ rights. Emily Murphy was a suffragist‚ writer and reformer. She helped create The Married Women’s Protective Act in 1911 by defending the right of wives to share ownership of their husband’s property. In 1916 she became the first female magistrate (judge) which gave her
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The Lincoln County War is one of the most prominent and profound pieces of New Mexico’s history‚ yet it is also one of the bloodiest encounters the region ever experienced. Passed down through stories and the set of countless old western movies‚ the War featured some of New Mexico’s most recognizable and historic characters and events. The most intriguing parts of the War include the cause of the dispute‚ the fighting which occurred during the War‚ and the lasting effects the War has on New Mexico
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February 26th‚ 2012 English 50 Response to Ian Frazier’s “In Praise of Margins” In Ian Frazier’s essay‚ “In Praise of Margins”‚ according to Frazier “Marginal” activates and places are valuable when you’re a child. Frazer defines marginal people‚ places‚ and activates as the ones that don’t quite work out‚ don’t sufficiently account for themselves in the economic world. Frazier gives example in his essay to that idea‚ showing his disconnection to his childhood now that he’s an adult. His first
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The efforts of five women known as the Famous Five has had a lasting effect on the rights of women in Canada to this day. These women‚ all from Alberta‚ were Emily Murphy‚ Nellie McClung‚ Louise McKinney‚ Irene Parlby and Henrietta Muir Edwards. Emily Murphy pressured the Alberta government into passing the “Dower Act’ which protected a wife’s right to one-third (⅓) share of her husband’s property. Nellie McClung was very active with organizations and was involved in politics from 1914 to 1926
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journalist and friend David McClure. Audie Murphy joined the Army at the tender age of 17. Once thought to be to small and underweight to be a soldier proved he was the hero‚ leader‚ and strategizer the military needed to win the war. Murphy was immediately sent to Italy where he got his first taste of war. In Sicily he began building his legacy as the ultimate soldier when he killed his first enemy combatants. two Italian officers. Murphy was awarded his first of many medals for this action
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Reggie teaming up to bring an elusive criminal‚ the Iceman‚ to justice while a pack of outlaws tries to kill them. The film stars Nick Nolte as Jack‚ and Eddie Murphy as Reggie (Eddie Murphy Productions‚ 1990). Jack (Nolte) is an anti-social cop about to lose his badge while searching for an elusive criminal called the Iceman. Reggie (Murphy)‚ a passive criminal‚ has a “hit” on him by the Iceman. The outlaws that the Iceman has hired are evil‚ sociopaths with death and destruction paving their paths
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Introduced in the late 1940’s‚ the word auteur‚ is a french word for ‘author’ which is commonly applied to film directors who portray a personal and unique theme or focus element displayed in most of his movies. Auteur theory first originated in a French film magazine discovered by well respected French film critic and theorist‚ Andre Bazin‚ together with other film critics‚ such as Jacques Doniol and Joseph-Marie Lo Duca. You can call it a signature style for these types of directors‚ because they
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Leonardo DiCaprio plays Cobb‚ a man who works with a team who steals corporate secrets from the minds of executives while they sleep. As a series of events unfold‚ Cobb and his team set out to implant an idea in the mind of Robert Fischer Jr. (Cillian Murphy)‚ the son of a corporate giant whose death will make the rival corporation so powerful as to overthrow the government. From here Cobb and his team begin the exceedingly complex and multi-layered process of not only building the world in which they
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