Notes: In Fredrick Jackson Turner’s paper‚ “The Significance of the Frontier in American History-1893” his argument is how the American culture has evolved rapidly throughout it’s history despite certain setbacks and these are some of the highlight points from his article. American society‚ since the beginning of its simple state of formation has always had an urge to colonize to the west and explore for new opportunities of success and power. “The wilderness masters the colonists” is a very
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Journal-" Crossing Brooklyn Ferry " - Walt Whitman " Crossing Brooklyn Ferry " is a poem told from a man on a ferry between Manhattan and Brooklyn. The journey begins with the man leaning over a railing look into the water. The man ( Walt Whitman ) sees the clouds and the sun set reflected in the water and personifies them as "you". Throughout the poem Whitman will personify many other things in the poem. The business people and workers on the ferry a reflectively "curious" to him.
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I chose the article “Charlie Angus Hope the Road Leads to NDP Leader.” Written by Jeremy J. Nuttall‚ for this week’s composition. Charlie Angus is the New Democrat leadership candidate who wants the same opportunity for his constituents and all Canadians. Angus was raised in Timmins in northern Ontario where he got memories of young Indigenous people who have killed themselves. He explained that Indigenous issues‚ the environment and the middle class are some of his main concerns‚ as well as it is
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Emanual Leutze‚ a German-born American painter‚ is known for his popular work Washington Crossing the Delaware. The painting shows George Washington‚ along with 2‚500 soldiers‚ crossing the Delaware River in order to surprise the British’s Hessians army with an attack. This historical event took place in Trenton‚ New Jersey during the Christmas of 1776. Leutze’s work displayed the heroic actions of Washington and his army braving the icy and cold weather. Washington is at the head of the boat‚ staring
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“It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal‚ or acts to improve many others‚ or strikes out against injustice‚ he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope‚ and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring‚ those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.” (Robert F. Kennedy) Some may say that standing up to the littlest thing is worthless‚ but
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Sexual Affronts and Racial Frontiers‚ European Identities and the Cultural Politics of Exclusion in Colonial Southeast Asia. Ann Laura Stoler & Race and the Education of Desire‚ Fauoult’s History of Sexuality and the Colonial Order of Things. Ann Laura Stoler Introduction We will be presenting two essays by Ann Laura Stoler. The first essay‚ “Race and the Education of Desire”‚ Foucault’s history of sexuality discusses class‚ race and desire in terms of family and state regulations which
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I searched the Esko High School on-line Card Catalog for hope as a subject and only one book came up. The fiction book is called Hobart‚ and the interest level is for children grades three through six. I then searched a related word (faith) as a subject entry‚ and it showed fifty-five results. I think more results came up for faith then for hope because faith is more commonly associated with religion than hope is. I then looked up hope as a keyword and over two-hundred results popped up; there were
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Name Teacher’s Name Class Name/Period Date (January 31‚ 2013) There is no hope of doing perfect research (Griffiths‚ 1998‚ p97). Do you agree? Griffiths (1998‚ p97) contends that there is no hope of doing perfect research. There is need for one to get the correct meaning of the word research in order to agree or differ with this opinion. The word research as explained by the Oxford English Dictionary means “the systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in order to establish
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Today Pope Francis gave five addresses in less than 10 hours. In his final day in Rio de Janeiro for World Youth Day‚ he did not disappoint. He is known for his crisp‚ clear and emphatic words‚ spoken in down-to-earth language (sometimes even making new words‚ but that’s a story for another day). What follows are the words he spoke to the youth of the world today‚ often shouting them out and using his hands to make his point. The youth responded with equal emotion. But these words aren’t solely
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Crossing boundaries is pushing yourself past the limits. There are many people that cross various boundaries‚ whether it is a physical boundary‚ cultural boundary or a mental boundary. This is seen in the prescribed text‚ the film ‘Mao’s Last Dancer’ directed by Bruce Beresford. In this we see not only the main character Li cross boundaries but also‚ the minor characters‚ Ben and Teacher Chang. Crossing boundaries also heard in the Song ‘Love Story’ by Taylor swift. This song relates back to the
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