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    Marc Jacobs

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    keine Quellen vorhanden. Source Citations: https://www.facebook.com/marcjacobsintl/info http://www.marcjacobs.com/world-of-marc-jacobs/biography/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Jacobs "The 2010 Time 100". Time. April 29‚ 2010. "The 5th Annual Power 50". Out. Retrieved September 9‚ 2011. http://www.vogue.co.uk/spy/biographies/marc-jacobs-biography "Marc Jacobs." Newsmakers. Detroit: Gale‚ 2002. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 24 Apr. 2012. http://nymag.com/fashion/fashionshows/designers/bios/marcjacobs/

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    Harriet Jacobs

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    1840’s and is a part of American history. Harriet Jacobs was one of the more than 100‚000 slaves who used the Underground Railroad to escape to freedom‚ and Jacob’s story of slavery‚ and escape to freedom is both inspiring and tragic. Jacob’s escape from the bondage of slavery was a two part process that lasted 17 years and can be broken up into; her immediate escape from the plantation and Dr. Norcom‚ and her time in the North. Harriet Jacobs was born a slave on February 11‚ 1813 in Edenton North

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    Chrysalids Ch2

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    CHAPTER 2 – READING QUESTIONS VOCABULARY: Define and use the following words in a sentence. • Tedious - Meticulous • Deviation - Repentance QUESTIONS: Answer each of the following questions using full sentences. • What is the name of David’s town? -David’s town was called Walnuk • Describe David’s Grandfather‚ Elias Strorm in your own words. -A strong man‚ with a religious background. Always serious. • What are three of Joseph Strorm’s occupations? -His occupations where

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    The Chrysalids Questions Chapters 1-4 1. Joseph Strorm was a man of local consequence. What does he do‚ besides farming‚ that makes him so important? Joseph Strorm is one who devotes much of his time maintaining religious laws and developing a strong community. He is a significant contributor towards religious efforts‚ for he preaches on Sundays and ensures that every Offence and Blasphemy in his community are dealt with. 2. What evidences does the author give that reveal Joseph Strorm is a

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    treated/ regarded by men‚ the position they hold in the larger society‚ and their acceptance of the role that has been laid out for them. In the novel ’The Chrysalids’ written by John Whyndam‚ males are the dominant gender. Even though women play a key role in the Waknuk society‚ they are not treated as equals compared to men. The Chrysalids outlines the development of the Waknuk society and the people within it who are very reluctant to change. In every district‚ women have an extremely important

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    inevitable succession of the Norms. The greed for life itself and the belief that expelling deviations of any kind (people‚ animals‚ crops) will satisfy that greed‚ fuels the practice of religion in the community of Waknuk. In John Wyndham’s The Chrysalids‚ the fear of change is provoked by religion‚ which is used to justify self-righteous attitude. The importance of religion in Waknuk is introduced early in the novel‚ and right away it is obvious that Repentances lay strict law upon deviants and

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    David’s Fight for Justice By the time David is sixteen‚ he has already experienced major changes in his life. His views towards the Waknuk society‚ and his opinions on deviations differ from everyone else living in Waknuk. In the book‚ The Chrysalids by John Wyndham‚ a young boy with the name of David finds out that he is telepathic‚ and that he is not the same as everyone else. Being telepathic is classified as having a deviation and living in Waknuk with a deviation is against the law. He

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    Jacob The Great

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    Name: _____________________________ Jacob the Great Jacob hated finishing things almost as much as he loved starting them. As a result‚ he had gotten into a million hobbies and activities‚ but he never stuck with any of them long enough to get any good. He begged his mother for months for a guitar so that he could play Black Eyed Peas songs to Angie‚ a girl he liked‚ but after he finally got one for Christmas‚ he found out that guitars don’t play themselves. He took a few lessons‚ but strumming

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    Jacob Lawrence

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    Jacob Lawrence has painted figurative and narrative pictures of the black community and black history for more than 60 years in a consistent modernist style‚ using expressive‚ strong design and flat areas of color. Jacob Lawrence was a great artist. During Harlem Renaissance‚ he helped establish African American artists. He gave lectures at Washington University‚ and he enjoyed working with students of all ages. Jacob Lawrence was born in Atlantic City on September 7‚ 1917. His parents

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    Harriet Jacobs

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    In Harriet Jacobs’ Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl‚ her commitment to her children and her desperation for freedom drastically changed her life choices. Instead of escaping on her own‚ Harriet Jacobs had her children’s freedom to think about. Jacobs had a near death experience after the birth of her daughter Ellen‚ and her “life was spared: and [she] was glad for sake of [her] little ones”(488). She did not care about her well-being as long as her children were safe. Her hardships with living

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