Period 6 Exploration Unit Speech: Sir Francis Drake Many years ago‚ people believed that our earth was flat and that we were the center of the universe. Brave explorers set out on miraculous adventures to discover the truth about our planet and the secrets that laid beyond. One of these important figures was Sir Francis Drake of Britain‚ who was able to complete the ultimate task of sailing around the world and contribute to all that we know today. Sir Francis Drake became a part of this world around
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Robert Allen Zimmerman‚ who is later known as Bob Dylan‚ was born in May 24‚ 1941 in Duluth‚ Minnesota to Abram and Beatty Zimmerman. Fun fact is that he shares his birthday with the american rapper G-Eazy‚ who was born May 24‚ 1989. Bob Dylan’s hometown is Hibbing‚ Minnesota and he was born into Judaism but then later converted to Christianity. He plays a wide variety of music such as folk‚ blues‚ rock‚ and country. He also uses different instruments such as the guitar‚ keyboards‚ harmonica‚ and
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Catch Me if You Can by Frank W. Abagnale is the true story of Frank Abagnale himself‚ as a real fake. Throughout the book‚ Abagnale uses several different rhetorical devices‚ such as foreshadowing‚ irony‚ point of view‚ and importance of title; and raises certain social issues. The title Catch Me if You Can is very important because it is a perfect example of foreshadowing. Frank’s first taste of the criminal life occurs at age sixteen. He cons his father out of $3‚400. After which‚ Frank runs away
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What is family? The word family can be described in many ways. A group of people who share the same DNA. A group of people you love. There are many ways to describe family. The short stories “Two Kinds”‚ “Chee’s Daughter”‚ “Catch the Moon”‚ and “Everyday Use”‚ all have one thing in common and that is family. They all show he differen family connections. Family connections are how families keep connected with their differences. Anyone can be family. To put it another way‚ a group made up of friends
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The topic of the essay ’Of Studies’ by Sir Francis Bacon is clearly visible in the title itself. The main theme of the essay is to explain the use of studies as they serve for delight - in privateness and retiring‚ - in discourse‚ and for ability - in the judgment and disposition of business. The author‚ by means of this essay‚ stresses the importance of studies in life. He supports the notion that study is an immensely important aspect of life‚ as he goes on to explain what type of study‚ books
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Robert Frost is generally viewed as a poet of nature‚ content to describe milkweed and apple-picking. In fact‚ much of his fame is based solely on his status as a "folk philosopher." Yet‚ when his poems are analyzed in depth‚ it becomes apparent that his views on nature are quite complex‚ much more so than what is usually seen. Frost had a love-hate relationship with Mother Nature. In his personal life‚ he reveled in the simple joys of farming and being in touch with the earth. However‚ what he
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When one reads the nonfiction work of Robert Louis Stevenson along with the novels and short stories‚ a more complete portrait emerges of the author than that of the romantic vagabond one usually associates with his best-known fiction. The Stevenson of the nonfiction prose is a writer involved in the issues of his craft‚ his milieu‚ and his soul. Moreover‚ one can see the record of his maturation in critical essays‚ political tracts‚ biographies‚ and letters to family and friends. What Stevenson
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Robert Frost is extremely important to Modern American literature. Frost evoked a lot of deep discussions in classrooms‚ friend groups‚ teachers and kids alike. His work was initially published in England before it was published in America. He is regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life. He frequently used settings from rural life in New England in the early twentieth century. He used them to examine social and philosophical themes. He is credited as a major influence upon the development
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"The past is redeemable through memory‚ imagination and retrospection‚ and through these powers of mind‚ an order and continuity are given to one ’s life". Such is the belief that Robert Frost adopted from Wordsworth and can be said to be the theme of Frost ’s poem "Directive ’. The poem begins in the voice of a guide‚ directing us out of the present‚ the "now" that is "too much for us" and leading us to‚ or rather leading us to retreat to "a time made simple by the loss/ of detail‚ burned‚ dissolved
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and back Again: Transmittance of Interpretation and Intention in Translation Sophocles’ tragedy Antigone‚ although written long ago in a linguistic form foreign to the modern English speaker‚ finds new and relatable life by the whims and wits of Robert Fagles and Anne Carson’s translations‚ Antigone and Antigo nick respectively. After reading either translation and recognizing the great variation between them‚ the expedient question to ask encroaches as “Which is the more accurate version of the
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