Saigon. When Hà is ten‚ her mother and brothers flee the area of Saigon falls hoping to find a better life elsewhere in the world. The boat ride to Guam has many bumps along the way‚ learning experiences‚ and times of doubt. Hà is a mature ten-year-old who questions traditional ways. On Têt Hà’s mother instructs Hà’s eldest brother to step on the floor first as to encourage positivity in the household and good luck for the next three hundred sixty five days. A few days before Têt‚ Hà’s mother visits
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In the first part of this lab‚ E.coli cells were transformed with an R-plasmid carrying a tetracycline resistant gene‚ giving rise to tetracycline resistant E.coli strain. This was accomplished through transformation‚ which allowed E.coli to directly uptake the naked DNA molecule carrying the antibiotic resistant gene (1). However‚ in order to take up the DNA and incorporate them into their genome via recombination‚ cells must be competent (1). Therefore‚ E.coli cells which are not competent under
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Book Analysis: “The Longest Ride” “The Longest Ride” by Nicholas Sparks is a novel that tells two love stories. The first is that of Ira Levinson a 91-year-old widower and his late wife Ruth. Ira’s story starts with him trapped inside a car following his accident‚ which rolls his car off the edge of a two-lane highway‚ due to harsh weather conditions. Stuck in the vehicle it starts to snow and he soon finds himself dehydrated and loosing blood. As this occurs Ruth‚ who had been dead nine years
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The car ride home was quiet‚ just how Allie wanted it to be. She didn’t have enough patience to deal with Rumlow’s snarky comments‚ especially when he thought her fate was doomed. However‚ she saw that Fury was still alive‚ which changed her future substantially. When the car finally arrived to it’s destination‚ Allie quickly opened her door merged her way into the house. "You should clean yourself up‚" Rumlow suggested as he followed her inside. Allie turned her head around to face him and nodded
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In Atlanta‚ you watch your friend James L. Farmer Jr. leave for the airport to return home for his father’s funeral. He’s the principal founder of the Congress of Racial Equality and organizer of the Freedom Rides‚ which tested segregation on interstate buses. You wonder if you’ll ever see him again. As the bus carrying you and your group of black and white colleagues approaches Anniston‚ you see the driver of a southbound Greyhound motion to the white driver of your bus to pull over. The driver
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Noguchi coined to “abstract the human figure into fragmented‚ bonelike elements.” Meaning‚ he practiced taking live objects and manipulating them in a such a way that is completely free‚ as it consists with surrealism. Next is the painting The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Grant Wood. He is depicting the story of how Paul Revere dashed through a colonial town on horseback to alert the locals that British troops were coming. Although‚ Wood embellished this factual tale by making the house extremely bright
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In chapter one "Time and the Mythic Present" of the novel‚ "Thunder Rides A Black Horse" by Claire R. Farrer discussed Native American people live with those who have gone before them with those who are present at the moment. In the American West and Southwest‚ Indians on multiple reservations live their life in the "mythic present". What modern Americans considered to have occurred long ago‚ if it even occurred at all‚ is actual
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. Mark Bradford was the artist that I took a look at. His creativity was wonderful abstract‚ catching my eye piece after piece. The particular artwork that I looked at was his “When We Ride” created in 2006. The media is a mix‚ which was created into a collage on canvas. The canvas was at its large of 46 3/8 x 62 ¼ inches. This piece of artwork is located in the city of art itself; Los Angeles‚ California. I believe this canvas collage tells an untold story through contrast and rhythm‚ light and
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transcend time. Of few of these amazing poets are Henry Longfellow‚ Eve Merriam‚ Gwendolyn Brooks‚ Langston Hughes‚ and Julio Noboa. These poets have a way with word. They are capable of creating art with simply letters. Longfellow’s poem “Paul Revere’s Ride” is an example of historical fiction written to remind young audiences about the events of April 1775.in its exposition the poem introduces the characters‚ which are Paul Revere and his friend. The setting is also made known as April 18‚ 1775‚ in Massachusetts
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Briar Bayler This essay will look at the friendship and relationship between Rosa and Raymond Parks in the movie The Ride to Freedom: Rosa Parks Story‚ which was directed by Julie Dash. This movie was set around the 1950’s in Montgomery‚ when almost everything was segregated‚ from drinking fountains and libraries to buses and hospitals. The movie was based on the real-life story of Rosa Parks‚ who stopped segregation in buses when she refused to get up and out of
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