Elizabeth Smith (Bessie Smith) Elizabeth Smith was born on April 15‚ 1894 in Chattanooga‚ Tennessee. Her parents were Laura and William Smith. She was one of the second children. She was born into a poverty stricken black family in the segregated south. Her father was a Baptist minister he died soon after her birth leaving her mother to raise her and her siblings. She was about nine when she lost her mother and two brothers. Bessie and the remaining siblings were raised by their
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God’s Punishment on a Wicked Bishop The summer and autumn had been so wet‚ That in winter the corn was growing yet‚ ‘Twas a piteous sight to see all around The grain lie rotting on the ground. Every day the starving poor Crowded around Bishop Hatto’s door‚ For he had a plentiful last-year’s store‚ And all the neighbourhood could tell His granaries were furnish’d well. At last Bishop Hatto appointed a day To quiet the poor without delay; He bade them to his great Barn repair‚ And they
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My thoughts about the film‚ Fruitvale Station‚ are plenty. The film was more critical of Oscar‚ and I understand some of the criticisms that are leveled on the one side portrayal of Oscar. This movie is much more one-sided than I had expected it to be. We are introduced to the story of the footage where police are seen shooting the handcuffed Oscar. The movie made it so hard for me to sympathize with the officers who are supposed to protect the people and maintain the law. Even if the character Oscar
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February 2014 Elizabeth Bishops’ ‘One Art’ Poems are more than just words and sentences. Most poems include underlying themes and figurative language to help the reader to further understand and analyze the poem. The theme in Elizabeth Bishop’s “One Art” is that however much a person can grow accustomed to losing something‚ the loss of friendship and love is especially hard to cope with. Figurative language and literary devices play an important part to help develop themes in poems by use of symbolism
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Elizabeth Catlett‚ born in 1919‚ American sculptor and printmaker‚ whose figures of African Americans in wood‚ marble‚ and bronze convey dignity and pride. Throughout her career‚ Catlett has focused on themes relating to the black woman’s experience‚ and mother and child form the subject of many of her works. Her lithographs and other prints also celebrate the contributions of black women‚ such as Underground Railroad leader Harriet Tubman‚ to African American history. Catlett’s style has remained
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It was the summer season. We were free from school. We were a party of four friends. We decided to go to Mussourie— a fine health resort in the Himalayas. We went to Dehradun by train. From there we decided to go to Mussourie on foot. A bus could also take us there‚ but we just wanted to have a novel experience of hiking. We reached Rajpur. It is just at the foot of the hills. It was from here that we set out for Mussourie on foot. We hired two coolies at Rajpur to carry outr luggage. Our route
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"The Fish" The poem‚ “The Fish”‚ written by Elizabeth Bishop is filled with descriptions and deeper‚ significant meaning. The title of the poem it is very straightforward. “The Fish” is singular leading the readers to believe that the person who caught the fish will never forget their experience. The fish that was caught must have made a significant‚ long standing impact for the angler catching it. In the beginning of the poem it states‚ “I caught a tremendous fish”. Knowing from personal experience
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The International Space Station (ISS) The International Space Station (ISS) is a research facility which is being assembled in Low Earth Orbit. Construction of the station began in 1998‚ and is scheduled to be complete by 2011. Operations will continue until 2015. At present‚ the ISS is the largest artificial satellite in Earth orbit. It is bigger than any previous space station. The ISS program is a joint effort by the space agencies of the United States (NASA)‚ Russia‚ Japan‚ Canada and ten European
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Ningbo Railway Station is located at the prime area in Haishu district ‚ its construction exerts fundamental influences on Ningbo city since it brings multitudes of positive changes to the city and the citizens‚ including improving the city’s image‚ boosting the city’s economy and offering the convenience for the passengers. The new Ningbo Station improves the city’s image which acts as the “name card" of this city‚ its magnificent appearance may become the “window” for nonlocal people to catch
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Police Station Compound In Hong Kong‚ a huge population lives on very scarce land. The price of land in Central is one of the highest in the world. As the result‚ most of the old buildings are demolished for new expensive buildings. But some buildings should be kept since they are historic and the historical value cannot be measured in money. The Central Police Station is one of the best buildings because it represents the just and fair of the world famous Hong Kong police. Central Police Station Compound
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