American slavery and made this a free Republic.” (EXCERPTS FROM JOHN BROWN: AN ADDRESS FREDERICK DOUGLASS). Paul Finkelman claims that John Brown never acted like a terrorist. “He proved to be a disastrous military leader and a failed “captain” of his brave and idealistic troops. But he never acted like a terrorist. He ordered no killings; he did not wantonly destroy property; and he cared for his hostages. This is simply not how terrorists act.”( EXCERPTS from JOHN BROWN: AMERICA’S FIRST TERRORIST?)
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tell who really fired first. Simon Winship has told the story about who has fired first. From his own experience following the British army. After he was caught‚ he was forced to march with them because they thought he was a minuteman. From the excerpt Simon Winship talks about shot heard all around the world. I believe this man has evidence the British army has shot first starting the Revolutionary War. One of the evidence was he was that‚ “there was no random discharge of firearms‚ the officer
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associate of Meyer Lansky and a Jewish syndicate leader. In the mid-1950s‚ Frank bought a percentage share in the hotel. *Refer to FBI excerpts on slides* (First Excerpt) From this FBI file excerpt‚ we see first a confirmation of Frank’s investment‚ and also the percentage of the hotel that he owned‚ being two percent‚ at the cost of $120‚000‚000. (Second Excerpt) This second slide reveals Stacher as the real owner of the Sands Hotel‚ and also lists the known investors‚ one of which being Frank Sinatra
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Heart by Edgar Allan Poe In the excerpt‚ “from The Tell-Tale Heart‚” by Edgar Allan Poe creates the over-confident character of an unnamed narrator through indirect characterization. Using the components of what other people do‚ internal thoughts‚ and dialogue‚ Poe illustrates a story about guilty conscience and reveals that guilt can manipulate anything. Poe uses what other characters do in the poem to contribute to the narrator’s over-confident character. In the excerpt‚ the policemen first enter the
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Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood details the sudden‚ brutal murder of a family in the small town of Holcomb‚ Kansas. In this excerpt‚ Capote chronicles the morning after the crime. Through the use of narrative and juxtaposition‚ Capote describes the unforeseen tragic murder of the Clutter family. These techniques‚ along with the use of connotation and diction‚ emphasize the shock of the murders while providing a pathos appeal. Capote begins by explaining that “...by nine [on a Sunday morning]... [nothing
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son is a long and complicated one. Many trials can break the bond amongst predecessor and descendant‚ however‚ only a genuine‚ unsettling evil can bring the two together more closely than ever before. Three techniques are easily identified in the excerpt: the motif of identity loss‚ resonance to the readers and imagery. From this small section of the memoir important understandings are easily identifiable‚ such as the way Shlomo and Elie’s relationship intensifies and completely reverses‚ from a father
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the era of the Roman Empire‚ many historical events occurred. One of which involved Constantine the Great and his pronouncement to make Christianity the nations religion. The documents “Eusebius‚ The Vision and Victory of Constantine I‚ 312CE” and “Excerpt from The Gospel According to Matthew‚” discuss the reasoning behind this modification. Constantine embraced Christianity due to the Roman Empire’s instability‚ the spiritual concept of God’s powers‚ and the ethical concept regarding the Lord’s prayer
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changed world as Irving eloquently describes in this excerpt from “Rip Van Winkle” ‚ “…through thickets of birch‚ sassafras‚ and witch hazel‚ and sometimes tipped up or entangled by the wild grapevines that twisted their coils and tendrils from tree to tree‚ and spread a kind
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made. Due to university policy‚ the final cannot be rescheduled. READING ASSIGNMENTS The following works must be prepared by the following dates: Author/Editor Required Reading Due Date Knox (ed.) Iliad‚ excerpts: 63-112 Tues.‚ 2/5 Knox (ed.) Odyssey‚ excerpts: 112-187 Tues.‚ 2/12 Knox (ed.) Aeneid‚
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After reading the excerpts from the “Tea life‚ tea minds”‚ I was immediately attracted by the second one‚ especially the statement that “we are controlled by objects; the users become the used”‚ which vividly describes the current state of many of us. Living in a world where technology has provided us with great convenience and comfort‚ we enjoy the benefit brought by these creative inventions while at the same time become over attached to them‚ thereby unconsciously turning into their slaves. In
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