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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October 1‚ 1962 Dear Diary‚ A lot has happened over the past few months. You absolutely would not believe what happened today. You remember me telling you about that negro‚ James Meredith‚ who was trying to get admitted into the University of Mississippi around the end of May of last year? Well‚ rather than letting it go and forgetting about it like he should have‚ he decided to get the NAACP involved. Apparently they appealed his case all the way up to the Supreme Court and they ruled that
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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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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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Common SAT Errors and How to Avoid Them (Holt) Thanks to Miriam Holt for contributing this post. She tutors students in New York‚ New Jersey‚ and Connecticut‚ both independently and with local tutoring agencies. She has prepared over a hundred students for the SAT in the past six years and humorously admits‚ "I have come to respect the SAT." This post addresses five SAT tasks that are pertinent to reading and writing. For each task‚ Miriam describes what she views as the most common types of errors;
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A prosperous money-lender or seth bought a house located right next door to the house of a tanner. From morning till evening the tanner converted hide into leather by treating it with tannin. From day one the money-lender was put off by the unpleasant smells of the tannery. So‚ he visited the tanner’s house and offered to buy his house. "I would love to sell the house if you buy it seth‚" said the tanner. He had no intention of doing any such thing but he liked to play pranks. "Give me a
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Eric Schlosser is indeed correct about the changing trends in marketing and advertising and I agree with him that there is an increased focus on children in advertising. This is clear from the kind of content that one is likely to watch on television nowadays where the content has been to a large scale focused towards things that are of interest to children. The question that one would ask from reading the article is whether the trend is right or whether the marketing companies are losing the right
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Dear diary I’m speechless. It’s been an awful and tiring day that I don’t even know where to start. Johnny and I are sitting near the sunset at the moment on top of a mountain in the countryside. Confused? I know. Remember I told you about Cherry valance‚ the redheaded girl I met at the movies with Johnny and Dally? Well‚ it has a lot to do with her. Johnny and I were running away (because of Darry) when we were surrounded by Socs. Don’t worry‚ weren’t out of our territory. The guy who we saw
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Eva’s letter The Inspector tells Mr. Birling that Eva Smith/Daisy Renton “left a letter…and a sort of diary”. The letter could be to her nearest relative or to Gerald Croft. Write - as you imagine Eva would have done - the letter and diary entries (between 1910 and 1912) for the key events in her life‚ from her starting to work for Birling & Co. to her suicide. Year and month What happens September 1910 Eva sacked by Birling & Co. December 1910 Eva employed by Milwards. Late January 1911 Eva
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