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    well as their heritage and if worth. For Bill it wasn’t a place of worship that was a home away from home but the Satan Circus. Just the name alone suggests something sinful and that it was a place of corrupt business dealings and unconventional entertainment. This was a place the natives could be proud of and boast about‚ it was a private membership club so to say. The Satan Circus was a place that supported the lives they wanted to live‚ it supported their beliefs and in

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    Northup was skilled at playing the violin. In 1841‚ two men approached him in New York‚ using fake names‚ and told him that they were part of the circus in Washington. They convinced him that they needed his musical talent in the circus. He accompanied them‚ which resulted in him being drugged‚ kidnapped‚ and sold into slavery. Northup pleaded to James Burch‚ a slave dealer‚ that he was a free man by stating his name and where he was from

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    family‚ but by the time of his kidnapping he was working in a sawmill in Saratoga Springs while also playing his violin on occasion. He was offered what he saw to be a great and financially prosperous deal that consisted of playing for a traveling circus‚ he decided to agree to the deal to help provide for

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    Reading Response: Other Voices‚ Other Rooms Capote ’s Other Voices‚ Other Rooms is an exploration into role reversal‚ gender definitions‚ and the risk involved in sexuality and love against the harsh contrast of southern ideals. The novel acts as Capote ’s catharsis in developing his younger self‚ in the character of Joel Knox‚ innocent and self-exploring‚ as he transforms into his older‚ liberated self in the character of Randolph who truly is the voice carrying the books message. However‚

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    PETA – People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals I am a representative for PETA‚ or People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. We are the largest animal rights organization in the world‚ with more than 3 million members and supporters (www.petafoundation.org). Ingrid E. Newkirk founded PETA in 1980‚ and we are dedicated to defending the rights of all animals. Since 1980‚ we have campaigned to establish a global society in which humans consider the needs of other living nations‚ in

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    Camp Sumatanga‚ is my favorite place on earth. It is the only place here I can think about any and everything. It is a place where God can talk to me. Life seems easier‚ life here is happy. No worry‚ no hate‚ no stress. I deal with judgement. I feel that I have been judged by others‚ That I have to be someone I am not. But Camp Sumatanga is a place I can relax and not worry about what clothes I wear‚and what my hair is like. I don’t worry about these things because‚ i know that God does not care

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    11th of 1930; although he soon moved to California at a young age. By the time LaVey was sixteen years old‚ he was the second oboist in the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra. He dropped out of school‚ and eventually joined the Clyde Beatty Circus. After leaving the circus‚ LaVey started working in the carnival industry; He joined traveling shows that went all along the west coast and was a part of “Ten – In – One”‚ which was a freak show that led him to realize how it is easy to deceive people. Later‚

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    be interpreted to show that Edward still has life in him or to symbolise that he needs life. After the talk Edward asks for a glass of water‚ this is equivalent to him asking Will to give him life. Furthermore this idea is expressed in the Callaway circus when Amos the ring leader turns into a “werewolf”. Afterwards when he turns back there is a big lake behind him showing that even evil can be changed to heros bey

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    body modification 1. In Class we watched several documentaries such as Covered: Women and Tattoos‚ Modify‚ Flesh and Blood and Hori Smoku: Sailor Jerry. As we compare these documentaries we can agree‚ all have to do with Body Art Modification. Just the styles of how the body is modified and how the contrast of type of art is different and who the art is being focused on. In Covered the main objective is to present the experience of heavily tattooed women: their love of ink‚ their imagery

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    Analyse Dickens presentation of the conflict between fact and fancy in ‘Hard Times’ The novel Hard Times by Charles Dickens epitomises the social‚ political and economic values of Victorian England. Dickens attacks the conditions and exploitation of the workers by the factory owners‚ the social class divisions that favour dishonesty over honesty depending on the hierarchy of class status. He finds the utilitarian (fact) school of thought where facts and statistic’s are emphasised at the expense

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