Brook Farm‚ or properly known as the Brook Farm Institute of Agriculture and Education‚ was just one of multiple utopian communities throughout North American history. Between 1663 and 1858‚ around 138 of these “perfect societies” were established in the continent (“Utopia”). While it is up for debate as to whether Brook Farm succeeded in creating the perfect society‚ it has remained as one of the most well known and preserved entities of the United States’ utopian past. In 1841‚ a man by the
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Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks (June 7‚ 1917 – December 3‚ 2000) was an African-American poet. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1950( the first African American to do so) and was appointed Poet Laureate of Illinois in 1968 and Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1985. Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was born on June 7‚ 1917‚ in Topeka‚ Kansas‚ the first child of David Anderson Brooks and Keziah Wims. Her mother was a former school teacher who had chosen that field because
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opinion that criticizes the present day status of theater. He goes into extreme detail and theory in four different aspects of theater: Deadly‚ Holy‚ Rough‚ and Immediate. Each of these aspects deals with different attributes of the theater that Peter Brook thinks are lacking in current theater today. While reading this book many emotions filled my conscience. I understood where he was coming from on a lot of his views‚ but for most of the book I just thought the content was pretty pretentious. But with
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insight eventually leads to the capture of Buffalo Bill. In the movie “Mr. Brooks‚” Earl Brooks is an intelligent‚ successful‚ and wealthy businessman. Although his educational credentials are not disclosed‚ I am almost certain that he possesses some sort of graduate business degree. This is depicted by his extensive knowledge of his business’ operations and‚ most importantly‚ the meticulous planning of his murders. Brooks further displays his intelligence when he flies to Palo Alto to commit a murder
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be happy or truly creative. They’ll grow up skilled and compliant but without audacity to be great.” A lot of these skills are learned in school plays‚ sleepovers‚ and play dates since during these activities you communicate with other people. Brooks believes understanding people’s points of view‚ having good social skills‚ interacting with other people‚ and working adequately in groups are important factors to achieve success and happiness. “Practicing a piece of music for four hours requires
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Paul‚ Minnesota‚ Herbert Paul Brooks played hockey at the University of Minnesota‚ where he later coached from 1972-1979‚ winning three national titles. Brooks was inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 1990. After playing for the 1964 and 1968 Olympic hockey team and coaching the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” hockey team‚ Herb went on to coach on four different NHL teams and then later coached the French Olympic team in 1998 and team USA in 2003 (imdb.com) “Herb Brooks was behind the bench when
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Gwendolyn Brooks was a highly regarded‚ much-honored poet‚ with the distinction of being the first black author to win the Pulitzer Prize. She also was poetry consultant to the Library of Congress--the first black woman to hold that position--and poet laureate of the State of Illinois. Many of Brooks’s works display a political consciousness‚ especially those from the 1960s and later‚ with several of her poems reflecting the civil rights activism of that period. Her body of work gave her‚ according
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Jim Brooks: The Baseball Player "I am a nerd!" was the answer of Jim Brooks upon being asked "How would you describe yourself?". Sitting sideways at her desk‚ Mrs. Gatewood laughed as she talked to another student. The others in the background appeared engaged in their own excited conversations about "who did what at the mall". Jim‚ on the other hand‚ looked down at his questionnaire and wondered "How long would this really take?" I looked at him and he signaled me to come to the back seats. Wearily
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using the information presented in the related topic. Remember you may have to access hyperlinks within the content or application sections to fully answer some of the prompts. 3.1 : Historical Connections Define and/or describe the following: Chivalry‚ Courtly love‚ and the Magna Carta Even though medieval society still focused on the feudal castle‚ describe the new class that emerged during this period and lived in cities. How did the Crusades influence everyday life in England? What did the martyrdom of Thomas a Becket
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In the poem‚ Narcissa‚ Gwendolyn Brooks shows the importance of imagination through childhood‚ and how being different can be embraced as a positive quality. The poem is about a young girl who plays by herself as a happy child because she is surrounded by magical worlds within her own creativity. While the poem also alludes to the greek myth of Narcissus‚ it also accepts creativity and the power of imagination. Within the first stanza we are introduced to Narcissa who is presented differently from
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