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    take care of you which mean that the partner has to give up everything in order to take care of you. You have to let go of your dreams and you cannot allow yourself to be selfish which can be very hard. A Journey is a short story written by Colm Tòibin. The short story is told by a limited third person narrator‚ and because of that we only hear about the main character’s thought and opinions. We see the events and other characters from his viewpoint. It makes it a bit more unreliable when

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    Spike Heels

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    characters while having the most lines. Another reason why she was my favorite of the characters in the play is because she played the role of Georgie with the most credibility. For example she was the street girl from Brooklyn‚ New York and she played her part like if she was an actual Brooklyn girl it looked like she wasn’t even acting the other characters didn’t look as natural as she did. The effortless credibility was not the only advantage that she had over the other characters; her body language was

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    himself and a pretty good one at that. II. Brief Bio Shelton Jackson Lee aka Spike Lee was born March 20th‚ 1957‚ in Atlanta‚ Georgia. First of five to be born to Bill Lee‚ a jazz musician and Mary a school teacher. He moved with his family to Brooklyn‚ New York as a young child. There he attended John Dewy High School. As well as got his nick name of "Spike" from his mother. Morehouse College in Atlanta is where he earned his bachelors degree in mass communication‚ and attended Clark Atlanta College

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    on weekends to a sport played by women‚ and children of all ages in more than 100 countries. Although baseball beginnings were humble‚ Jackie Robinson dramatically changed history in 1947‚ when he broke baseball’s color barrier to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers. As a very skilled player‚ Robinson won the National League Rookie of the Year award his first season‚ and helped the Dodgers achieve the National League championship‚ surprisingly only the first of his six trips to the World Series. In 1949

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    many talents‚ humble as well as proud - That’s how his daughter Valentine sees him. Henry V. Miller was born December 26‚ 1891 in Yorkville‚ NYC. His parents were from Germany‚ his mother from the north‚ his father from Bavaria. He lived in Brooklyn during his school years. Tried working in his father’s tailor shop‚ here he developed his love of fine clothes. He was always a dapper dresser. He briefly—for only one semester—attended the City College of New York His first wife was Beatrice

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    The 90’s‚ a time of change and technological innovation in the United States. The internet was gaining momentum‚ our presence in the Middle East was increasing. There was economic segregation‚ and racial tension surrounding cities like Brooklyn‚ New York‚ and Compton‚ which gave birth to some of the most talented rap artists to date. One of whom‚ was named Christopher Wallace‚ also known as the Notorious B.I.G‚ or Biggie. With over 17 million albums sold since 1992‚ Biggie’s legacy and music has

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    years old. While her parents were away Danticat and her younger brother stayed in Haiti under the custody of their aunt and uncle. It wasn’t until she was twelve years old that her and her younger brother would be reunited with their parents in Brooklyn‚ New York. Danticat’s formal education was in French‚ but while at home she spoke creole and started writing at the age of nine years old. After moving to America she found it difficult to adjust and turned to literature for comfort. She believed

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    were only one part of a costume that included a cloak made of red cedar bark. Many of the masks that were made embellish variety of complex brightly colored surfaces. These masks used elements such as the formline style. In the display at the Brooklyn Museum the mask provide and example that of the formline style‚ the mask in the museum displays a color

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    Julian Shnabel Analysis

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    are one of his well known art work style. Julian Schnabel‚ who is an American painter and filmmaker‚ was born on October 26‚ 1951‚ in Brooklyn‚ New York City. He then moved to Brownsville‚ Texas‚ with his family while he was still young. In 1948‚ his mother‚ who has always been supportive and encourages‚ became a president of the Brooklyn chapter of Hadassah. Julian spent many years in Brownsville and later turned to be an artist. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts or performing arts

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