Journal Article Review – Methodology We now move on to a discussion methodology‚ and the approach evident in the journal article. Methodology can be defined as the analysis of the principles or procedures of inquiry in a particular field. A methodology is a construct of the source and audience for which they are intended. For this reason‚ in an attempt to gain a better understanding of the methodologies adopted by the author‚ one must first understand the author‚ source and intended audience.
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Caged Bird analysisIn the poem Caged Bird by Maya Angelou‚ we can see that the themes are the lack of freedom‚ but also the hope for it. This emotion filled poem compares and contrasts the life of two birds. One symbolizing freedom‚ someone who has got it all but still wants more; and another one representing imprisonment‚ the desire of something unknown. The poem is structured by six stanzas‚ each one talking about the life of the free bird‚ or of the caged bird. This contrast creates a sense of
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and the Cotton Gin Eli Whitney : Eli Whitney was the inventor of the cotton gin and a pioneer in the mass production of cotton. Whitney was born in Westboro ‚ Massachusetts.‚ on Dec. 8‚ 1765‚ and died on Jan. 8‚ 1825. He graduated from Yale College in 1792. By April 1793‚ Whitney had designed and constructed the cotton gin‚ a machine that automated the separation of cottonseed from the short-staple cotton fiber. Eli Whitney’s machine could produce up to 23 kg (50 lb) of cleaned cotton daily
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was known as The Cotton Factories Regulation Act of 1829. The Cotton Factories Regulation Act would help the children in many ways to regulate the hours that children would have to work(Tuttle) Sadly‚ this would have to wait 1 year before granted. But‚ without as many working hours‚ the factories would have to close at an earlier time. This could result in those factories losing customers and trading partners. Soon a conflict arose between the government and the bosses of cotton factories affected
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contemporary standards. It would prohibit the employment of young children (under the age of nine). Older children (between ten and sixteen) could still work‚ but their working hours were restricted to twelve per day. The new act would apply only to cotton factories‚ which were agreed to be exceptionally hazardous to workers’ health. The proposition caused immense controversy. Opponents saw it as subverting the fundamental nature of freedom of contract‚ and thus demolishing the very bedrock of the
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Dating back generations‚ my family has worked in a cotton mill. College was never discussed much. Rather it was just the unspoken assumption that you go to high school and just after graduation‚ if not before‚ you would start work at the mill. Going to work is just what you did to take care of yourself but many times helping to take care of the previous generation. Manual labor took its toll not to mention the constant financial uncertainty. Lack of education has inhibited by father from many
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To what extent is a Feminist critical approach helpful in opening up potential meanings in Maya Angelou’s “And Still I Rise”? Maya Angelou’s “And Still I Rise” gives a powerful message to the reader from the start of the collection with the title and the numerous‚ alternative meanings behind it. One potential meaning could be Maya’s rising up against oppression and her effort to try and escape from women’s traditional stereotypical roles in society. Another interpretation could be that the collection
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Although controversial in its inception‚ Maya Lin ’s Vietnam War Memorial adequately fulfills the vision of Jan Scruggs‚ who returned home wounded from the conflict in Southeast Asia at the age of 19‚ for a monument to his fallen comrades in arms that would "provide a symbol of acknowledgement of the courage‚ sacrifice‚ and devotion to duty of those who were among the nation ’s finest youth."1 Lin ’s work‚ unlike most previous military monuments‚ rejects the emphasis on heroics in favor of a poignant
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Maya Angelou was a black child living with her grandmother in the American south in the 1930’s. In her autobiography “I know why the caged bird sings” she takes the reader on a journey throughout her childhood‚ growing up where racism towards the black people was rife. The opening lines introduce a crucial theme heavily laced with rhythm‚ dialect‚ alliteration and imagery. It shows Maya’s natural gift on her use of language and her use of upbeat‚ gentle self-deprecation that she uses when she writes
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The Maya‚ Inca‚ and Aztec are very different‚ but also has a lot of similarities‚ they use different technology. The Maya were very advanced for their time period. They had their own number system‚ writing system‚ and they used the wheel‚ but the Inca lacked all of those. The Inca’s technology was still advanced‚ though. They used ramps and stones to build their homes. They would chisel at the big rock with a smaller rock making a twist motion right before it hit the stone to shape out what they
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