Clara Barton By: Caleb Eldrenkamp. Did you know that there were roughly 3‚300 union nurses in the Civil war?Clara Barton was one of them.Through out her childhood Clara Barton was a very intelligent and bright child.Clara Barton was born on December 25th‚1821.Clara Barton was the fifth child in her family including David‚Dolly‚Sarah‚and Stephen.Her parents believed in equal rights and taught her about equal rights.In her youth she was a girl who loved being outside.She learned many things at a young
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Comparing Leviathan to the Realities of Modern Day Hobbes‚ through the existence of a symbolic Leviathan‚ argues that human flourishing cannot take place without the rule of an absolute monarch‚ also referenced as a sovereign—a living body consisting of citizens‚ where the ruler of the commonwealth is chosen and followed faithfully by the people through a covenant (Hobbes 160). Although Hobbes felt that absolute rule was necessary in the course of the civil war he authored during‚ history tells
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To begin with‚ I will be comparing the character Brain form the book Hatchet and the character Adele webster from the book Zero Day. I will be comparing how both of the characters found their own identities. I will also be giving a brief description of both Brain and Adele webster. First‚ thirteen year old Brian Robeson‚ the sole passenger on a small plane from Hampton New york to the North woods of Canada‚ boards the aircraft excited at the thought of flying in a single-engine plane. While flying
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into a temporary boarding house for women. While there‚ she feigned insanity‚ which got her committed to Blackwell’s Island‚ a terrifying mental institution. Here she journaled her experiences‚ which she published in a series of articles called Ten Days in a Madhouse. Blackwell’s Island is an example of how uncommitted the government was to mental health prior to reform. The institution was originally a safe haven where patients would receive humane and moral therapy‚ but it became the opposite when
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"gaunt sun-browned bushwoman" •"she is not a coward" •"she is used to being left alone" •As a girl she built the usual castles in the air; but all her girlish hopes and aspirations have long been dead.” Characterisation: 15. The Drover’s Wife •"all days are much the same to her" •"used to the loneliness of it all" •"she seems contented with her lot" •"she loves her children‚ but has no time to show it. She seems harsh to them" •"Sunday afternoon she dresses herself‚ tidies the children‚ smartens
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Clara’s day This short story "Clara’s day" by Penelope Lively is about a girl‚ Clara‚ who suddenly took off all of her clothes and started walking naked around at her school. After this sensational episode she was told that she had to meet "the Head" after school. They talked about Clara’s reasons for doing what she did‚ because as the Head said on page 53 line 1-2‚ "..you aren’t really like that‚ are you?"‚ and Clara agreed that she wasn’t. Naturally Clara’s parents‚ or in this case‚ mother was
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Paige Makuch October 18‚ 2012 AP Language and Composition Green Day‚ Period 2 Visual Rhetoric In this piece of visual rhetoric‚ there is a very strong message conveyed. Depicted in the medium are lips‚ very disturbing lips. The creator of this piece uses image to connect to the viewer visually‚ expressing a very serious tone. Image is a very powerful tool; it makes the author more credible and the audience more apt to agree and believe. The creator of this image intends
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Inevitably‚ life as we knew it in America changed the moment President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave his “Day of Infamy” speech. Although in the beginning the United States had long been divided on the issue of whether the country should stay out of the war‚ the nation was given no other option but to declare war on Japan‚ thus officially entering World War II. The country encouraged citizens to fulfill their patriotic duties by enlisting‚ women joined the workforce‚ citizen ultimately were urged to
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Clara’s day by Penelope Lively 1. A summary of the text‚ Clara’s day: The text is about a girl who overcomes her fear of being herself‚ by taking her clothes off at a school assembly. The text started with she was at school‚ to a school assembly. Suddenly in the middle of the Head speech‚ Clara began to take all of her clothes off. After she had taking all of her clothes off‚ she walked past the Head and out through the doors to the entrance lobby. She walked up to her classroom and waited for
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The analysis of the text from Arakin’s book‚ the 2nd course How we kept Mother’s Day 1. Let us begin with analysis of the text. The discourse pattern should be characterized first as a completed story by a well – known Canadian writer Steven Leacock. As far as we know‚ this writer is famous for such works as “Nonsense Novels”‚ “Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town”‚ “My Remarkable Uncle” and others. 2. The author titles his work as “How we kept Mother’s day”. It is done explicitly‚ so we can predict
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