How does Hunter S. Thompson present the culture of Puerto Rico as well as American Culture in his book The Rum Diary? Hunter S. Thompson’s novel The Rum Diary tells the story of Paul Kemp‚ a journalist working in Puerto Rico in the only English language newspaper in town. The book mainly documents his experiences with the violent locals‚ and possibly even more violent and alcoholic colleagues‚ as well as painting a realistic picture of the Puerto Rico of the 1950’s. The excerpt begins
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Irene’s Diary Entry Dear Diary 12/05/2068 These past couple of weeks at Gattaca have been pretty intense with the Murder of the director and the FBI searching the place and testing all employees for some kind of result. They found an eyelash in the south wing which gave them a suspect by the name of Vincent Freeman‚ whom is an in-valid‚ they say he used
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Hamlet: Truly mad or acting mad " Hamlet at once invites and resists interrogation. He is‚ more than any theatrical character before and perhaps since‚ a figure constructed around an unseen or secret core. " In this introduction to the play Stephan Greenblatt directly emphasises not only the depth but also the mystery about the main character of Hamlet. He points at the different impressions Hamlet makes on his co-characters and the spectator can only refer to these onstage interactions. A diverse
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Anne Frank Annelies Maria Frank daughter of Otto and Edith Frank‚ was an optimistic‚ outspoken‚ and curious girl. Anne Frank experiences were written in her diary‚ which continues to impact lives around the world today. Otto Frank (father of Anne Frank) decided to go into hiding after realizing that the Germans were going to catch them and send them off somewhere. He decided to hid inside of his own office building. There was one room that couldn’t be seen from the outside. There was only one entrance
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been a very long time since I have written anything. I am so relieved to say that we finally got rescued! I am currently on a ship heading to Australia. I have been on this ship for a fortnight. A lot has changed since I had last written. The last diary entry I had written I was in Ralph’s group‚ but I switched to Jack’s group because he was threatening any littluns that would not come and join his group. I don’t like being with Jack and his group because I feel like I am disobeying Ralph and Piggy
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were walking down the street we saw Tim Johnson looking crazy mad.” That day‚ Jem and Scout saw Tim Johnson‚ a dog who belongs to Mr. Harry Johnson. The dog’s acting kind of strange‚ so they run home to tell Calpurnia‚ the house keeper. “At first‚ I told the kids to deal with it them selves‚ but when I saw the dog myself I was shocked.”She said. After she saw the rapid dog she dashed for the phone to tell Atticus that there’s a mad dog on the loose. Then she talked to Miss Eula May‚ the town telephone
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Diary of a wimpy kid. Jeff Kinney This story is about a boy named Greg Heffley decides to keep a journal‚ not only because his mother wants him to‚ but also because he wants something he can give to people who ask him questions once he becomes rich and multi- famous. Greg details his day to Day life as a middle school student and gives his opinion on bullying‚ e.g. like boys and girls‚ where to sit on the first day of class‚ whom to talk to‚ how to draw cartoons and numerous other topics.
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The television series’ Mad Men takes place in New York City in the early 1960’s. Mad Men follows the life of egotistical men that would do almost anything to be the best of the best. It was during an era where smoking is natural and where segregation defines African-Americans as ‘the help.’ Sexism and Employee mistreatment played a very major role in the TV series. Employee mistreatment was a norm of the 1960s. The opening scene of season one demonstrates how black people were seen at that time
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The business that I have chosen is called Mad Keen Motors. I chose this business because I feel that it describes my family’s business and I can relate to how things are done‚ how decisions are made as a family‚ and the service they provide. I believe that working with family members can be very helpful as well as challenging. Family members can be sometimes easier to get along with as well as harder because they have higher expectations of one another. I worked at my uncles Auto repair garage for
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