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    Natasha Black Assignment 1 Settlement West There are many reasons the settlers were motivated to face dangers and hardships to move west. They believed they would have better opportunities in the west that they did in the east. The west was completely open and a place for new beginnings. Farmland was available and no one owned anything so everything was available for them to take‚ many settlers made a living working on farms‚ so this brought on many job opportunities for them. The United

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    Anne Geddes

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    Anne Geddes One September day‚ in Queensland Australia a baby girl was born. September 13‚ 1956 Anne Geddes was born into her family as their third daughter. Anne and her four sisters grew up on a cattle farm. The Geddes girls grew up true country girls‚ horseback riding and helping out with the cattle farm. Around the age of seven or eight‚ Anne had an epiphany of her future. As she saw her mother hanging clothes outside on their porch‚ and for some reason she had the need to be a photographer

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    Of Mice And Men Assessment Draft In the novel "Of Mice and Men" the character of Crooks is used by John Steinbeck to symbolise the issue of racism occurring at the time when the novel was made. Crooks is a black man‚ but at the time the novel was written‚ blacks were referred to as "niggers"‚ meant as a white insult. Being a nigger‚ Crooks is ostracised by the ranchers and he resents this. As he says "If I say something‚ why it’s just a nigger sayin’ it"‚ and this shows his anger at being pushed

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    Turner Thesis Summary Throughout history society has to go through many changes that not only affect many of the people but also the areas around the transformation. The main point of Fredrick Jackson Turner’s thesis is what the real essence of America is‚ and how we’re all influenced by the many changes we have to go through. He believes that American history should not be focused on the extension of European enterprise. The society will have to realize that America will have to be emancipated

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    Imagine you are a man during the 1930’s‚ you have no family and you need money so you work as a rancher‚ you are constantly moving from place to place alone‚ no family‚ no permanent home. You are lonely and poor‚ life as a rancher is hard and rough but you keep doing it‚ why? because of the hope that someday you will make enough money as a rancher to have your own house. Hope gets people through hard things as seen in Of Mice and Men. Pale yellow which is the color of hope best conveys John Steinbeck’s

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    Equestrian Ignoramus Another witty title could be Butterflied Boy‚ but I’ll stick with the aforementioned. Often on our PA excursions‚ we’d venture over to the nearby horse ranch‚ and punch a few doggies and saddle up. (Why did ranch hands punch their dogs?) It was another nice culture shocking day out. Ahh!...The nice potpourri of Pocono pines and horse shit. The shit smell assaulted your nostrils‚ but amazingly you got accustomed to it. As all of us kids screwed around and

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    To Chris McCandless and many others of his ilk like Henry Thoreau and Jack London‚the wilderness of the west has a very specific allure. McCandless sees the wilderness as a purer state‚ a place free of the evils of modern society‚ where someone like him can find out what he is really made of‚ live by his own rules‚ and be completely free. Yet‚ it is also true that the reality of day-to-day living in the wilderness is not as romantic as he and others like him imagine it to be. Perhaps this explains

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    The Wild West was a new beginning for many new people who were having troubles in their life. There were many reasons why people wanted to move west including farm land‚ new job openings‚ gold‚ and criminals came over because there was a lack of cops and some people just wanted to start over. To begin with many people came over to the Wild West in search of gold which would lead them to a better life of being rich. But often time’s people weren’t as successful as they thought they would be in search

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    Three‚ Seven‚ Ace The year is 1890 in Bishee‚ Arizona. The air is dry and the wooden sign reading "Orient Saloon" is splintered and cracked. Stock promoters‚ road agents and con-men sit at a tension filled table‚ liable to erupt into a sudden shoot-out. Tony‚ the proprietor‚ keeping a close watchful eye on the singer‚ ‘Nifty’ Doyle‚ as Murphy‚ the dealer‚ puts down the losing card; a Queen of Spades. Mining stocks and life savings go to the lucky dealer in the black fedora. "‘A fine game!" said

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    The night had just fallen. The stars‚ like raindrops‚ scattered the dark sky. The gentle whistling of the wind against the bunk house soothed the tired ranchers to sleep. The trees swayed in a hypnotic rhythm with the grass. Miles away‚ the deep green pool of the Salinas river that was once clear‚ was now muddy. The foot paths had grown wider towards the pool‚ plants had succeeded from the walkway. A small handgun laid adjacent to the bank of the river‚ glimmering in the early morning light. The

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