Literacy merit- literary merit when you gain something of value from reading it (such as deeper knowledge or new ideas to consider). * Moral questions-Concerned with the principles of right and wrong behaviour and the goodness or badness of human character. * Social questions - Of or relating to society or its organization: "alcoholism is a major social problem" IN COLD BL00D- Why students should read it? * Book represents and informs and teaches the class about a new form of writing style
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film “There Will Be Blood: is a movie about Daniel Plainview and his struggle to become a self-proclaimed oilman. In the film‚ Daniel is at war with mother earth in the fight for black gold. Throughout the movie‚ his ongoing battle alters his life in countless ways. It changes his family‚ friends and his frame of mind. In the film‚ there is an underlying theme of the struggle of drilling for oil. This theme alters several concepts throughout the film like plot‚ and the characters. I want to look at
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"Havin’ babies‚it’s like clockwork to me" Mrs Johnson is in her 20s but already has 7 children‚ shows she is maternal "Oh God‚Mrs Lyons‚never put new shoes on a table...You never know what’ll happen" Mrs Johnson is a very supersticious character‚ important in the novel as Mrs Lyons preys on this trait. This also shows she is not very well educated. "There’s shoes upon the table an’ a joker in the pack" The narrator also emphasis’ the superstitious side of Mrs Johnson. "They say I’m
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“Bad blood” was a term used to describe syphilis in the early twentieth century. The United States government‚ the greatest government in the world‚ put experiments in place on poor‚ uneducated African American men during the 1930’s. These men were told that they were going to be given free treatment for the bad blood and everything would be taken care of. Prior to the experiments they were not told the full effects of syphilis and what serious effects it takes on the human body. They preyed on their
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Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon was an influential piece of writing that scripted and enhanced the view of African American families and their lifestyles. Morrison’s publishing of Song of Solomon in 1977 came after the Civil Rights movement and the Vietnam War‚ which allowed people to learn more about African Americans. In the story‚ Morrison was able to write about the life of Milkman Dead‚ his family and friends in a way that connects to today’s interaction between relationships. Throughout the
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Solomon Asch Solomon Asch was a social psychologist way back in the 1950s‚ which is even before my parents were born. Asch conducted a famous experiment on the effects of peer pressure on a person. What he found was that a person had a “tendency to conform‚ even it means to go against the person’s basic perceptions”. The web page also said that people “are swayed by the masses against our deepest feelings and convictions”. 1 These experiments that Asch created developed the theory of conformism
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how people were once separated just because of the color of the skin? This was not too long ago. About 150 years ago in America and Africa‚ people traded with slaves. And these people were slaves just because they had a darker tone on their skin. Solomon Northup‚ an educated and well reputated black man once lived happy in America with his family which he loved more than anything in the world. His state of living changed drasticly one day after he once was kidnapped from his job. He were to become
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12 Year a Slave Solomon Northup’s Twelve Years a Slave is a narrative story on the difficult and grueling life that he experienced during the slavery era. This story describes his life from birth‚ and how he was being born free‚ and how he made it through being a slave and how he gained back his freedom. He narrates the story in a very real way that enables the reader to connect with him. Northup was born a freeman; he obtained his freedom from his father after his family was being freed
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Blood Lab Report Introduction A blood experiment was performed testing four different patients blood to find out their specific blood types. Blood types are categorized in four blood groups based upon the antigen ( proteins on the surface of blood cells that can cause a response from the immune system) ("Rh factor" 2006) on the surface of the red blood cell. The blood groups are A‚ B‚ AB and O‚ names which are broken down from the ABO blood group system. Although simulated blood was used
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Blood Transfusions 101 By: Nicola Karen Adamson‚ NHS Tayside‚ BN‚ DipHe Purpose The purpose of this module is to teach the clinical RN the basics of blood‚ how to administer a blood/blood component transfusion safely‚ and the hazards of transfusion related to blood administration. This module is indicated for teaching purposes based on the fact that the NHS requires at least quarterly review of blood usage‚ oversight of blood transfusion practices‚ documentation of blood transfusion errors‚ and
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