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    Chapter 1: Introduction to Anh’s parent’s family‚ their struggles and background. “That’s not the way to treat a young lady.” (Anh’s father said) pg.3 “On their third meeting he buys her a lemonade and makes a young guy in the carriage stand up so that she can sit down.” (Father’s actions) pg.3 “This particular girl had been enrolled in a convent until earlier that year. She was supposed to be a nun by now‚ but the communists had closed down all the catholic churches and convents.” ( Anh on his mother)

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    Howard Zinn A People’s History of the United States Chapter Four Summary Chapter four of A People’s History of the United States‚ by Howard Zinn is about how Britain’s aggressiveness in government allows their tightening on the colonies. Because of their need for raw materials to balance their economy‚ their control over the colonies becomes stronger in order to obtain these raw materials. The colonists perform a series of rebellions in order to overthrow this British rule. To lead these

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    In the first chapter of Freakonomics‚ the authors of the book used a quote that in my opinion best describes the whole idea of the chapter. That quote is “a thing worth having is a thing worth cheating for” by W. C. Fields. This quote perfectly summarized the whole chapter’s idea incentives‚ the idea that incentive “is simply a means of urging people to do more of a good thing and less of a bad thing” and how incentive “is a bullet‚ a lever…‚ [and] an often tiny object with astonishing power to

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    Chapter 3- Came the Knight from the Fjord -THIS IS WHERE WE STOP! WE HAVE REACHED OUR DESTINATION… A tall man screamed to the rest of the people walking behind him. He spoke in the Fjiordian dialect‚ a rough language‚ which immediately led people to believe that those who spoke it were perhaps barbarians. The group of people was made up of children‚ women‚ men‚ slaves‚ freemen‚ warriors and nobles and all had just in the Dra left the Fjord territory for new settlements in the Drakenlands. The reasons

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    later evolved in Provence. 2. Lake of Geneva is called Lac Léman. 3. Eleanor of Aquitaine was the queen of England who was the wife of Henry II and mother of Richard the Lion Hearted. Eleanor was born in what is now southern France. 4. Chapter 1 of Book 1: Gaul was divided in three parts: Belgae‚ Aquitani‚ Celts(Gaul). All of the parts had their own laws‚ languages and customs. There is river that separate Gauls from Aquitani- Garonne; and Marne and Seine separate them from the Belgae. Belgae

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    Disappearing Spoon and Other True Tales of Madness‚ Love‚ and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean. The main reason I wanted to read this book is the concept behind it: every element is unique and has had a unique role in history and society. It is such a clever idea to write a book that outlines the uniqueness of each element and the roles that each one has played in our daily lives and the lives of those before us. And like I was expecting‚ every element did

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    writing. It can therefore be stated that Scott provides an example of how writing history should look like. In chapter 4.2 it is elaborated how literature can occupy an important role in rethinking how the past should be processed. It is also mentioned that for some marginal groups‚ e.g. Aboriginal Australians‚ literature is the only way to tell their version of (his)story. Yet‚ even the freedom that literature allocates is overshadowed by white supremacy. As aforementioned the very fact that

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    Reading The Sopranos - Chapter 3 – ‘What has Carmela ever done for Feminism’? Introduction Feminism in a simple definition refers to women’s movements‚ and feminism is a subject that is on going which has become a forum for debate in relation to television and film. My main focus will be feminism in the television series ‘The Sopranos’ which will be used as a case study to examine the theory of feminism plus psychoanalysis and how it’s inflicted on the screen. An academic book that I have selected

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    Sophia’s War pages 255 to end of the book In chapter 62 Mr. Smith told John Andre that they should start going on foot. Smith said Andre has a pass by General Arnold. Sophia was walking when he went to an old she was intending to ask if she was going the right way and for food. It turns out that she was going the right way. Smith and Andre got on a horse in started on foot or horse. Andre was also in civilian clothing to disguise himself. The horse had a badge that read the USA. Sophia

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    FINAL PAPER: CHAPTER 8 REVIEW The chapter begins by examining the relevance of symbolic interactionism‚ not only for deepening personal understanding of social life but also for improving social policy. It then moves on to consider how interactionism has moved beyond its early focus of interpersonal observations‚ particularly by broadening its scope to include analysis of mesostructure and organizational life. It concluded by discussing some of the new voices that have gained influence in interactionism

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