The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett The “Uncommon Reader” is a quirky little book about Queen Elizabeth II‚ who becomes an avid reader in her 80’s‚ and her life takes a dramatic turn when she discovers the pleasure of reading. At the beginning‚ the Queen was not a big fan at all; she had never taken much interest in reading‚ her feeling was that liking books is "something that should be left to other people." Due to this new obsession‚ she begins to ignore her formal duties much to the dismay of
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Gwendolyn Bennett Gwendolyn Bennett was born on July 8th‚ 1902 and was born in Giddings Texas. She was a well known poet and writer during the Harlem Renaissance. Her parents were Mayme Frank and Joshua Robin Bennett. She spent most of her time in Wadsworth‚ Nevada. Her parents taught at the Paiute Indian Reservation but relocated to Washington D.C. in 1906 so her father to obtain his law degree. In 1910 her mother filed for divorce and won sole custody but her father later kidnapped her and
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In "The Road Not Taken‚" written by Lereone Bennett‚ Bennett wrote about how the strategies the Anglo colonizers used had a negative impact. However‚ the Anglo Colonizers used the strategies on the poor whites. The attempt to enslave the poor whites was also unsuccessful due to the similar disadvantage to the natives Bennett had mentioned. Bennett mentioned‚ "The supply of poor whites‚ like the supply of Indians‚ was limited; and poor whites‚ like Indians‚ but for different reasons‚ could escape
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Betsy Ross Made Me Love to Read I guess I shouldn’t say Betsy Ross made me love to read; I should say Betsy Ross opened my eyes to a whole new world. When I was in the third grade‚ we were assigned a book report on any biography of our choosing. “Great!” I thought. “Now I have to read some boring book!” I was not thrilled with this assignment‚ but I was a good student and usually did what I was told. Biographies for third graders were not like the biographies most people think
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entity that must be looked after just as we look after ourselves. A professor of political science Jane Bennett in her book‚ “Vibrant Matter‚” Tries to expand the policies in place to hover over not only the human‚ non-human but also the non-living. By giving agency to material objects she shows that food can impact the way rats‚ young children‚ and incarcerated individuals think and act (Bennett 41). Bennett’s view on policy is the same type of ecological sensitivity in the religion of Panentheism
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Marilyn Yarbrough with Crystal Bennett Excerpted from Marilyn Yarbrough with Crystal Bennett‚ Cassandra and the "Sistahs": the Peculiar Treatment of African American Women in the Myth of Women as Liars Journal of Gender‚ Race and Justice 626-657‚ 634-655 (Spring 2000)(254 footnotes omitted) In addition to the negative stereotypes scholars associate with all women who complain about sexual harassment and other types of sexual abuse‚ there are three common stereotypes ascribed particularly to African
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The Book of Virtues by William J. Bennett. It was published on November 1‚ 1993 by Simon and Schuster. It was an anthology edited by William J. Bennett. The book is intended for the moral education of the young and is divided into the different virtues namely self-discipline‚ compassion‚ responsibility‚ friendship‚ work‚ courage‚ perseverance‚ honesty‚ loyalty and faith. Bennett has collected tales and stories and compiled it into one book. It was a type of fiction. The authors of each story used
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one Nation under God‚ indivisible‚ with liberty and justice for all.” Immortal words that shall forever live in every American heart. However‚ If we hadn’t had Betsy Ross‚ who’s to say the flag we know and love today would be there at every post office‚ in every classroom and adorned atop each fallen soldiers’ casket? In June of 1776‚ Betsy was confronted by a group of people‚ with George Washington as their leader. She was a well known seamstress and was asked to bring to life a drawn up model of
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propositions that Bennet states are: “(a) that the drug problem in America is absurdly simple and easily solved; and (b) that the drug problem in America is a lost cause” (547). These deal with the issue of drug abuse because they are unattainable. Bennett gives a left and right side and both have the tendency to fail. The Right believes “there is a
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In the article “5 Reasons to Oppose Betsy DeVos”‚ author Lisette Partelow works to create further opposition to President Trump’s controversial education secretary. The central claim of the entire article is that Betsy Devos should not be in charge of the Department of Education. She clearly states this early on in the article‚ even in the title. She begins the substance of the article by saying it is not very difficult to see why DeVos would be a bad education secretary. She makes her personal bias
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