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    West Memphis Three

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    The West Memphis Three I sit in a crowded court room. I am a juror in the case of the State vs. Damien Echols and Jason Baldwin. Everyone in the country has heard about the West Memphis Three. The murders of Steven Branch‚ Christopher Byers‚ and Michael Moore took place on May 5‚ 1993 in Robin Hood Hill West Memphis‚ Arkansas.(West Memphis 3) They have been headline news for over a year now. I already have an idea of what I think happened before I have even heard one word from either side

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    Ode to the West Wind

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    “Ode to the West Wind” Theme: - Man and the Natural World Nature itself is more powerful than man but we are part of the natural world therefore man and the natural world is connected. We need to take care of nature as we take care of ourselves for nature is more powerful so then it can strike back to us like the west wind. The west wind represents the period of winter but we know that winter is always followed by spring. Spring symbolizes rebirth‚ life and growth. So we humans

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    as long as he got it. As a result‚ he decided to “star for the West” (Henry para.7) to make his fortune when he was eighteen years old. If he did not go to the West‚ he would become a “successful” man who owned a “handsome watch‚ the lids of it set with small diamonds” (Henry para.10) On the contrary‚ Jimmy was conventional and conservative. He intended to have a steady job and life so that eventually he decided not to go to the West with Bob at that time.

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    Ode to the West Wind

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    "Ode to the West Wind‚" Shelley invokes Zephyrus‚ the west wind‚ to free his "dead thoughts" and words‚ "as from an unextinguished hearth / Ashes and sparks" (63‚ 66-67)‚ in order to prophesy a renaissance among humanity‚ "to quicken a new birth" (64). This ode‚ one of a few personal lyrics published with his great verse drama‚ "Prometheus Unbound‚" identifies Shelley with his heroic‚ tormented Titan. By stealing fire from heaven‚ Prometheus enabled humanity to found civilization. In punishment‚

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    Ode to the West Wind

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    Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind” The eighteenth century was a time of revolution in Europe; the French Revolution. It introduced a new era of enlightenment and individual freedom. This revolution led the poets to explore freedom‚ independent ideas and limitless imaginations on poems. This movement was called Romanticism and it was characterized by stressing new ideas of nature and change. Percy Bysshe Shelley took up these revolutionary ideas in his poems. In “Ode to the West Wind”‚ Shelley presented

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    American West Expansion

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    The two most important components in the development of the American West that took place in the second half of the nineteenth century were the expansion of the West and the decline of Native Americans. In the middle of the Civil War‚ Congressional Northerners were looking to populate the West with free labor and they developed the Homestead Act of 1862. This Act would promise settlers 160 acres of land to populate and develop and after five years‚ the land would become theirs. Almost 400‚000 farms

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    West Fertilizer Explosion

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    West Fertilizer Company Explosion The West Fertilizer Company‚ which was known with an ammonium nitrate explosion occurred on April 17‚ 2013. A massive explosion at a fertilizer storage and distribution facility. The first reports were given out as it was sustained severe losses in the blast. The explosion killed 15 people and injured more than 300‚ and others in buildings and homes were destroyed and damaged. It was certified by Texas Department of Insurance and State Fire Marshall’s Office

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    Cornel West - Idealisms

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    African American History 1) Cornel West talks about the difference between “liberal structuralists” and “conservative behavorists”. According to West‚ how does each group describe what blocks Blacks from success? According to West‚ both groups have a clear understanding that the plight of African Americans is somewhat dire and can be vastly improved. “Liberal Structuralists” believe that structural barriers impede black progression and mobility. Examples of ideas from this standpoint are

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    West Side Story

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    Laurent‚ A.‚ (2012) West Side Story. Anticipation and Remembrance‚ R.J.C. Rosthern. The musical‚ “West Side Story” by Arthur Laurent‚ has a lot of alienation in it. Alienation describes the ironic feeling of people who feel that they don’t fit in the place where they should feel comfortable. Alienation is portrayed through the gangs‚ song and dance‚ and relationships. Tony and Maria’s relationship was filled with alienation. Tony is from the Jets and Maria is from the Sharks‚ star crossed lovers

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    throughout the Middle East‚ can now be found virtually anywhere in the world. Also‚ these sporadic persecutions in the Middle East have also turned into what seems like a mass execution of the religion. The persecution of Christians in the Middle East‚ a persecution much like the Holocaust‚ has become a problem in a world today as it is exploding into an epidemic that is much like a genocide that is being blamed on the Christians themselves. Christians in the Middle East weren’t always

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