Ruby Bridges was born on September 8‚1954 in Tylertown Mississippi. She grew up on a farm with her parents and grandparents. When she was 4 years old her parents moved to New Orleans hoping for a better life. Her father worked at a gas station attendant and her mom took night jobs to help support the family’s growth. Ruby had 2 young brothers and a young sister. When Ruby was in kindergarten she was one of the African-American in New Orleans who was chosen to take a test to determine if she could
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in 2002‚ a GameBoy game by the name of Pokemon Ruby was released by Nintendo‚ and it took over the gaming world by storm! For its time‚ it was very technology advanced with having colored graphics on a handheld device‚ the first of its time! Nonetheless‚ after a few years ‚ the game started to fade from the eyes of the average gamer‚ as they looked into
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RADIO PLAY/DRAMA The English word ‘drama’ derives from the Greek word ‘dran’ meaning ‘to do’. Thus a drama is a story performed or ‘done’ by people on stage‚ radio‚ film‚ TV‚ on the street. A drama involves a chain of events and describes a web of relationships involving one or more persons. It could be fiction or non-fiction. The main Components/ELEMENTS of a RADIO drama: I. Plot_____________________________________________________ The chain of events or actions in which the characters
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UNIVERSITY OF GAZIANTEP ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE SPRING 2013 ELL 246: RENAISSANCE DRAMA Tuesday 15:30-17:20 / Friday 15:30-16:20 Instructor: Hivren Demir-Atay Office Hours: M 9:30 / T 15:30-17:30 / W 16:30-17:30 Office: Y 212 Course Description: In an attempt to identify the fundamental characteristics of English Renaissance drama‚ this course will provide the students with an overview of Shakespeare’s contemporaries. Starting with the changes that the Italian Renaissance
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In Spring 1960‚ Ruby Bridges was one of several African-Americans in New Orleans to take a test to determine which children would be the first to attend integrated schools. Six students were chosen‚ however‚ two students decided to stay at their old school‚ and three were transfered to Mcdonough. Ruby was the only one assigned to William Frantz. Her father initially was reluctant‚ but her mother felt strongly that the move was needed not only to give her own daughter a better education‚ but to "take
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Lady Gregory’s‚ The Rising of the Moon The Rising of the Moon was a very interesting play. The setting takes place on a dock at night. There is very little lighting on the dock and the only object on the dock is a barrel. We start with three policeman‚ a Sargent and two regular officers. The two regular officers are posting fliers of an escaped prisoner. There is a reward mentioned on the fliers which is substantial and the officers talk about this and the possibility of a promotion for the one
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the horrors around us stand in irrelevance. There’s no place like home. In Salman Rushdie’s story‚ At The Auction of the Ruby Slippers the world has fallen into apparent disarray‚ and the auction house has risen like a church of consumption. People spend everything they have in an attempt to find some piece of a long forgotten home‚ hoping to finally find happiness. When the ruby slippers come up to auction the people value slippers because of “their affirmation of a lost state of normalcy in which
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Project Unit 1 Introduction A flash of green and red‚ the Ruby-throated Hummingbird is eastern North America’s sole breeding hummingbird. These brilliant‚ tiny‚ precision-flying creatures glitter like jewels in the full sun‚ then vanish with a zip toward the next nectar source. Feeders and flower gardens are great ways to attract these birds‚ and some people turn their yards into buzzing clouds of hummingbirds each summer (Unknown‚ n.d). Ruby-throats are intensely inquisitive and thus easily attracted
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9781439041130_UnitC_pp2.qxd 5/4/09 11:08 PM Page 49 UNIT C Verbal Communication Pr op er N ty ot o Fo f C r R en ep ga ro ge du L ct ea io rn n in Files You Will Need: C-1.doc C-2.doc C-3.doc C-4.doc C-5.doc C-6.doc C-7.doc C-8.doc C-9.doc Developing Professional Telephone Skills Since its development in 1876 by Alexander Graham Bell‚ the telephone has become one of the most common home and business appliances. The word “telephone” comes from the Greek “tele‚” meaning at
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Dramas are serious‚ plot-driven presentations‚ portraying realistic characters‚ settings‚ life situations‚ and stories involving intense character development and interaction. Usually‚ they are not focused on special-effects‚ comedy‚ or action‚ Dramatic films are probably the largest film genre‚ with many subsets. See also melodramas‚ epics (historical dramas)‚ or romantic genres. Dramaticbiographical films (or "biopics") are a major sub-genre‚ as are ’adult’ films (with mature subject content).
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