Rachel Mathews H 102 A 3/30/18 Reading Response 7 I. Quote a. “We are fifty or a hundred years behind the advanced countries. We must make good distance in ten years. Either we do it‚ or they crush us.” b. This quote from the excerpt of Joseph Stalin‚ “On Soviet Industrialization Speech to Industrial Managers‚” February 1931 is significant because Stalin talks about how they will not have the chance of rising to the top and keeping their independence if they lower their tempo at all. He states
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As a writer for the Mukwonago Chief‚ I am quite familiar with the process of bringing an insider’s perspective from Mukwonago High School to the community. Originally‚ my column‚ “Inside View‚” began as a trial to integrate myself into the writing community. However‚ due to its popularity‚ I now work as an unpaid intern as a writer for the Mukwonago Chief. My job is to get inside the school’s boundaries and student’s opinions to accurately let the public know what it is like to be at Mukwonago High
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Appointment to Chief Warrant Officer would not only fulfill a major career goal‚ it would provide me an opportunity use all of my knowledge‚ experience‚ and expertise to assist the C4IT community and the Coast Guard as we move forward in an extremely fluid and adaptive time in our service’s history. We are now in a time when technology has advanced from just tools for the job‚ to essential mission instruments heavily relied upon by our operators. The skill sets I have honed since graduating from
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something many authors use to create suspense and humor. It can be developed through word choice and tone. Word choice develops tone along with with events in the story. Irony is something that can make tone stronger. In the story‚ “The Ransom of Red Chief’ written by O. Henry. Henry uses irony throughout his story to develop a humorous tone. Tone is when the reader feels a specific way towards the story. The reader would find the story funny because of how irony is used in it. Both sitional and verbal
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“I’m Maryville Chief of Police Greg Marshall‚ how can I help you Mr. Smith?” Chief Marshall was a large mountain of a man‚ easily six feet‚ six inches. At six foot two‚ I had to look up at him. In his early sixties‚ with a shock of thick‚ white hair on his head and an equally impressive white handlebar mustache‚ he stared at me from behind a pair of wire rimmed spectacles. His appearance‚ combined with his watery‚ blue eyes reminded me of an old walrus. “Chief Marshall.” I put my hand out across
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In the novel‚ The Orenda by Joseph Boyden‚ power is a central theme‚ and is a hugely important aspect of conflict present in the lives of the male main characters. The aspiration to have control over enemies‚ and allies plays a crucial role in the thoughts and actions of the protagonists. Both these men‚ Bird and Christophe‚ have strong connections to the notion of power and dominance. This desire is can be seen throughout their culture and spirituality‚ particularly in their war time traditions
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Spirit Chief Names the Animal People Tonight my friends and I had the pleasure of listening to a guest recital of one of Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate’s compositions. The lecture recital was titled “Spirit Chief Names the Animal People” and it was truly a sight to see. Before last night I had never really been exposed to any music quite like this but it was very interesting and exciting. The stories were all funny and reminded me very much of some of the readings in our text book. The show featured
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In Tibetan Buddhism it is common for devotees to practice asceticism. In Hopi culture and religious tradition food and sex play large and important roles‚ although in different situations the roles may be completely opposite. In Sun Chief particularly the chapter called "the Making of a Man" we can see that food is very important spiritually to the Hopi people. In the Wowochim ceremony each boy is given their manhood name over a "mother-corn ear" (159). In each of a dozen or more ceremonies
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deal with the situation. They didn’t want another world war‚ but they had to do something. The more people that converted to Nazism‚ the harder it was going to be to stop Germany. The man in charge of all the anti-Semitic propaganda at the time was Joseph Goebbels. Goebbels was responsible for the dehumanization of millions of Jews in the 1930s to 1940s. Once he accomplished this‚ the elimination of Jews didn’t seem like murder at all to the people he brainwashed. Joesph Goebbels discovered Nazism
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The Ransom of Red Chief is a short story written by O. Henry in 1907. It was adapted into a short television film in 1952 as a part of the film series O. Henry’s Full House. Though the film tends to stay true to the original‚ there are many differences. In this essay I will go over the similarities and differences of the original story and the short film adaption. O. Henry’s story stars Johnny Dorset‚ a rascal of a little boy. He’s a mischief-maker‚ tiring out his parents with all his pranks and
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