Ramon Quezada Professor Romo Chicano Studies 8 December 9‚ 2012 Take Home Final Exam 1. Two historical events that I observed in the museum were the California Gold Rush and The Signing of the California Land Claims Act. The California Gold Rush of 1849 brought large numbers of new immigrants from Mexico‚ Central American and South America to California. The presence of gold made California tremendously valuable to the United States. The Gold Rush funded money for the union to buy supplies
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“The Mayor of Castro Street” The Legacy of Harvey Milk The Mayor of Castro Street‚ The Life and Times of Harvey Milk was the perfect biography to choose for this project. It not only tells the story of his life and short‚ radical political career‚ it also tells of the aftermath of his death‚ and what it meant to so many people. The most noted gay movement before the 1970’s and 80’s U.S. movement was in pre-World War II Germany. H. Lucas Ginn states that there were more gay bars and periodicals
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The Unexpected Coincidence:By Aarav Mahajan I had been sleeping in my room. I was sleeping pretty pleased when my mom yelled‚ “Jake‚ read your magazine of the day.” I mean‚ who does that? I went down and started to read my magazine. I never read‚ I usually just go through the pictures‚ but today I realized something new. In the news of the day‚ I had seen that the Governor’s dog was missing in big red bold letters. That rang a bell‚ as for I remembered this guy hit the lottery when he just
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. Life is Not Merely a Coincidence “Theatre of the Absurd” is designated for plays of absurdist fiction and refers to the avant-garde theatre of a loosely associated group of dramatists such as‚ Beckett‚ Ionesco‚ Pinter‚ and Albee who first emerged during and after World War 11. The plays express the belief that “in a godless universe human existence has no meaning or purpose and therefore all communication breaks down” (Britannica Online Encyclopedia). Logical construction and argument gives
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greater good and also produces the lesser evil. The mayor may not be examining the consequences of these gifts at this time‚ he may recognize only the dimension of one effect without considering the other dimensions. The mayor accepting these gifts will have a negative effect on how he makes decisions regarding matters that concerns these people‚ based on the gift he receives from them. For instance‚ based on his previous relationship with them‚ the mayor will not afford to turn down any proposal from
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message “parents can’t control their children’s hearts”‚ and this theme embodies Juliet. A deeper meaning could be to take charge and make your own fate. Don’t let fate push you around‚ and keep no secret. This theme embodies Romeo‚ as secrets and coincidence tend to cause most of the mishaps in this story‚ and he causes majority of these. The first thing to take notice in are the secrets. Romeo and Juliet thought keeping their love and marriage secret was the best for the both of them‚ however neither
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(Student’s Name) (Student’s Address Here) October 9‚ 2013 Mayor Linda A. DuBois Pittsgrove Township Committee 989 Centerton Road Pittsgrove‚ New Jersey 08318 Dear Mayor Linda A. DuBois‚ I am pleased to learn of the Committee’s steps towards beginning a neighborhood watch program in Pittsgrove. Our community will benefit greatly from this system. However‚ many of the residents are still unaware of this organization’s existence. Properly advertising the neighborhood watch program will
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1) Describe how one’s position in the system of stratification affects one’s life chances. Life chances refers to the chances throughout one’s life cycle to live and experience the good things in life. Life chances show how well stabled people have access to a good education‚ good medical care‚ a comfortable home‚ vacations‚ and a stable occupation. People at the lower end of the stratification hierarchy have inadequate health care‚ shelter‚ and diets. People also at this lower end have a more
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Taking Chances How do you feel about sharing secrets with someone you’ve technically never met? Or saying how your life is to someone that you haven’t even seen face-to-face? What about…going to the extent of falling in love with that anonymous stranger? For some people‚ these things seem out of reach but actually‚ making a friend from the internet is quite thrilling. I know that most people would immediately say‚ “That’s so dangerous‚ I’d better not ever do that.”‚ but actually
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The Difference between Fate and Coincidence In the novel Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy‚ fate presents its self through the characters of the novel whom seem to be under the influence of a force greater than them. This is evident due to the fact that Hardy was known to believe that an evil force was in control of the universe‚ and this is presented to the reader with many underlying themes that Hardy displays that help formulate Tess’ coincidental tragedy and Tess’ fate is foreshadowed
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