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    George Grosz - Dada

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    George Grosz George Grosz once said‚ “I thought the war would never end. And perhaps it never did‚ either.” Grosz took his feelings of the war and expressed them through his crude caricatures‚ illustrations‚ paintings‚ and poems. Grosz was an important member of the Dada movement. He engaged in touchy subjects during World War I such as: the deceitfulness of the government‚ prostitution‚ fat businessmen‚ sex crimes‚ Nazism‚ poverty‚ wounded soldiers‚ and other terror during the war. Grosz was

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    George Harrison was one of the four fabulous members of the Beatles. Not only was he a talented guitarist‚ songwriter‚ and vocalist‚ but it turns out he was quite intelligent as well. Here are some of his most inspiring bits of wisdom. Number Seven: “If you don’t know where you’re going‚ any road’ll take you there” This is quite an abstract quote‚ but it makes a lot of sense. People worry about what they should do with their lives‚ but even if they are uncertain‚ things have a way of falling into

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    “A Hanging” by George Orwell (Literary Analysis) “A Hanging” is a short story about the death of a prisoner who gets hanged. The writer‚ George Orwell was motivated by as a head police in Burma to write this story. Orwell utilizes a mixture of literary components‚ devices‚ and gadgets to pass on his disproval of the death penalty. He makes a dreary climate‚ in the first person perspective‚ and develops irony about the corrections officer’s state of mind toward the prisoner’s death‚ to show that everybody

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    George Orwell Politics

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    In George Orwell’s “Politics and the English Language‚” George easily demonstrates how politicians (and possibly other elected officials) use certain words and phrases to trick and deceive the population of factual events that is honest and truthful and he does this by providing us with five paragraphs. In this essay‚ George frequently tears down the walls of clichés and just about every other syntax of the modern language. Not only does this essay particularly pertain to the language of the late

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    George Washington Carver

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    George Washington Carver George Washington Carver was born in 1860 in Diamond Grove‚ Missouri and is one of the most celebrated and respected scientists in United States history as his important discoveries and methods enabled farmers through the South and Midwest to become wealthy and prosperous individuals‚ all due to peanuts. George‚ being the sickly child of two slaves was very frail‚ allowed him not to be able to work in the fields but he did possess a great interest in plants and was very

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    Period 5 Constitutional Law George Washington Biography George Washington is a very well known American historical figure. He was‚ among other things‚ most notable for leading the troops American troops during the Revolution‚ becoming the First President of the United States‚ and signing the Constitution of the United States. George Washington was born on February 22‚ 1732 in Westmoreland County‚ Virginia to Augustine and Mary. From age seven to fifteen‚ Washington was homeschooled in the areas

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    George Washington was born on February 22‚ 1732. He was born in the town of Westmoreland county‚ Virginia. He had a dad named Augustine and a mother named Mary Ball Washington. With his father he had two half-brothers and five other siblings. His father‚ Augustine‚ had land and slaves‚ built mills‚ and grew tobacco. There is not much known about George Washington’s childhood but what is known is that from age seven to fifteen he was schooled and studied at the local church. George’s father died

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    George Bush Biography

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    The eldest child of George Herbert Walker Bush and Barbara Pierce Bush‚ George Walker Bush‚ was born on July 6‚ 1946. His family had been involved in business and politics since in 1950s. The family moved to Midland‚ Texas and this is where George W. Bush’s father made his fortune in oil business in 1948. In 1961‚ they moved again to Houston and George W. Bush entered Phillips Academy in Andover‚ Massachusetts. He played all kind of sports‚ baseball‚ basketball‚ and football. He had a reputation

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    1984 By George Orwell

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    The novel 1984 was written by George Orwell. This book represents the society in Oceania through the character name Winston‚ who is an outer party that works in the Ministry of Truth. In Oceania‚ people are surveilled by the Big Brother and have no freedom. This seems to appear in today’s society by how we are watched by the government through social media or even on computers. There are many similarities to be found include Social Media‚ Privacy‚ and the Mutability. Nowadays technology is a big

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    Georges Seurat is recognized for pioneering the Neo-impressionist movement. He devised the painting techniques of both chromoluminarism and pointillism. Other artists of his time have been inspired by his creativity‚ and produced revolutionary art. Georges-Pierre Seurat was born on the second of December in Paris‚ France on the modern rue René Boulanger to parents Antoine Chrysostome and Ernestine Faivre Seurat. He lived with his brother Emile Augustin‚ sister Marie-Berthe‚ and mother. Monsieur

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