In Jody Fong-Bates poem‚ “What Shall He Tell That Son?” the narrator reflects on the advice that he would like to convey to his son‚ from his life experiences‚ that will better prepare his son for the ‘real world.’ While the father’s thoughts indicates his devotion and love for his son‚ there are some contradictory ideas. The ultimate goal of the father is to create a better life for his son by offering him practical advice for his future. Voicing‚ “tell him to go be a fool every so often. And to
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Mr. Qua AP U.S. History 9/15/10 Zheng He or Christopher Columbus Was Christopher Columbus the first to discover America? Nowadays if you ask someone who was the first to discover America‚ most would say Christopher Columbus. But if you ask a real historian or a history professor‚ they would go back as far as 70 years before Columbus discovered America. Columbus may have been the first to discover America‚ but evidence shows that there was another man who discovered America 70 years before Columbus
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the course of a war? In the poem‚ "The Man He Killed‚" by Thomas Hardy‚ he illustrates a narrative of a man who questions his own actions of doing harm to another individual. Throughout the poem‚ Hardy uses the techniques of tone and word choice to get his ideas across the poem. Though the poem is a bit short‚ is does have a very strong atmosphere that give off very different tones. At the beginning it is very heartwarming when the narrator suggest that he and the person in front of him could have
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How did Napoleon come to power in France‚1796-1804? • Napoleon was born in 1769‚ 20 years before the revolution. He came from Corsica. Napoleon was sent to Brienne 1799-84. Artilerry officer at the age f 16. Ambitious young man. He supported the revolution. He battled against Austrians it had won him a great reputation as a military leader. Personal confidence‚ ambition and scornful attitude. • Napoleon`s brother would be elected President of the Council of 500 in 1799. This placed Napoleon in
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thought a yawn captured at the breaking point could become such a universally well known image. Photographer Noam Galai thought he was taking a simple picture but what he did not know is how the world was going to react to it. In the story “Who Is This Man‚ and Why Is He Screaming?‚” Rachel Kadish discusses how an art can be used universally for anyone to take it for what they feel it is. Images that are ambiguous can be interpreted by anyone however they want. An image like Noam’s can help with diversity
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The Irish are a remarkable people. By that‚ I mean other people often make remarks about them. Remarks such as "Hey‚ that’s my bicycle!"‚ or "That’s the one‚ officer. He did it." But of course I’m joking. The Irish have many extraordinary talents. They are unsurpassed in the arts of literature and story-telling‚ and when they sing they will make you cry for losses you don’t understand but which need no understanding to be real. They are master brewers and distillers. They can wipe the morning dew
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and a man with vision. Animation had a long history prior to Walt Disney ’s life. Even though animation was nothing new‚ Walt Disney did it like no one had ever seen. The first pictures of motion appeared on cave walls. People drew pictures of animals over and over again in multiple positions; sometimes with several sets of legs. If you quickly passed your eyes over the drawings‚ the figures almost seemed to move. In the 1800 ’s‚ machines that imitated motion‚ were invented. Thomas Edison created one
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in which Villainy is presented in “Frankenstein” and “Othello”. I will also highlight and evidently explain who the greater villain is in both texts‚ and show clear comparisons to them both. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein inspired and whole generation of books on horror that still continues today‚ and William Shakespeare’s Othello was just one of his many tragedies interlaced with the theme of Villainy. Throughout the play of Othello‚ and the Novel of Frankenstein‚ the theme of Villainy is reflected
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If the Shoe Fits‚ He Did It. Romeo and Juliet was not originally from Shakespeare; Arthur Brooke wrote a poem and Shakespeare turned that into a marvelous play. Many characters could be blamed since most of them are either Montague or Capulet. They don’t seem to like the other family and they fight. Benvolio is the one who is mostly to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he forced Romeo to go to the dance‚ and then he pushed Romeo to search for a girl‚ and after threw him under the
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Careful He Might Hear You‚ by Sumner Locke Elliot‚ is a complicated novel‚ revolving around the story of a six year old boy named PS and his search for personal identity amidst the conflicts of his closest relatives. The narration of these conflicts‚ as well as the history behind their origins‚ forms the basis of the novel‚ and while the different types of relationships between the characters are not the main focus of the novel‚ the author links them with each of the characters’ sense of identity
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