Joseph J. Ellis is an American writer and professor at the University of Massachusetts. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. from Yale University. His studies focus on the founding of the United States‚ giving special attention to the founding fathers. He has written several books focusing on founding fathers such as John Adams‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ and George Washington. His book‚ American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson‚ won the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 1997. In 2001‚ Ellis was awarded
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Woo: The Joy Luck Club In this chapter we are introduced to the Joy Luck Club which originated all the way back in China when Jing-Mei Woo ’s mother Suyuan was in the city of Kweilin. At the Joy Luck Club a group of old Chinese women sit around and eat and after that they sit down in a table to play a friendly game of Mah-Jong. At the Joy Luck Club there are 4 major members‚ Lindo Jong‚ Ying-ying St. Clair‚ An-Mei Hsu‚ and Suyuan Woo. In the beginning of the chapter we learn that Suyuan has died and
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Ch.1 Vocabulary 1. Lagoon 2. Creeper 3. Startled 4. Flames 5. Scattered (about) 6. Asthma 7. Spectacles 8. Shimmering (water) 9. Dazzling (beach) 10. Giggle 11. Omened 12. Muttered 13. Conch 14. Eccentric (clothing) 15. Crumpled 16. Freckled Ch.1 Questions 1. How did the boys arrive on the island? The boys arrived on the island by the plane which crashed during a storm‚ killing all the adults on the plane‚ leaving a scar in the jungle. 2. How do Ralph’s and Piggy’s reactions differ when they know
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Chapter Summary I. The State and the Nation For an entity to be considered a state‚ four fundamental conditions must be met (although these legal criteria are not absolute): A state must have a territorial base. A stable population must reside within its borders‚. There should be a government to which this population owes allegiance. A state has to be recognized diplomatically by other states. A nation is a group of people who share a set of characteristics. At the core of the concept of a nation
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Traveling is an aspect of what is perceived from our day to day lives‚ to something new that has never been seen. Ellis Wilson traveled throughout life with many struggles‚ and trials that created barriers in his overall success as an artist. Faced with many obstacles‚ he set on a journey with a paintbrush‚ visions‚ and stories all throughout his life. Regardless what life presented to him he kept treading on. He was met with new opportunities with each experience and that led him to his epiphany
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Vanessa Hernandez 12 Smith St. Port Chester‚ NY 10-15-13 Dr.Combs 1 Tamarack Rd. Dear Dr.Combs‚ Being in high school does not give you the time to wait in line for lunch now in days. There are many students who have tests or labs to finish in class before lunch. This makes students run late. Some students do not have the time to take advantage of using their lunch period in a right manner. Why not bring back the healthy snacks? School vending machines bring many benefits into consideration
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“In Praise of Big Brother” Grantham University In the article "In Praise of Big Brother: Why We Should Learn to Stop Worrying and Love (Some) Government Surveillance" Taylor contends that individuals ought not stress over state monitoring. Taylor calls attention to that an individual ought to grasp surveillance as opposed to rejecting it. The development of surveillance is huge with current innovations permitting spies to find individuals in any part of the world. Taylor is‚ in any case‚ snappy
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gives strong arguments based on historical facts or even actual facts and statistics which made his essay reliable. Studs Terkel’s essay “C.P. Ellis” is another kind of writing that can help us to understand the causes of prejudices. Terkel tells us the story of C.P. Ellis‚ a former Klansmen who claims he is no longer racist. C.P. Ellis is a white guy from a low-income class. The numerous misfortunes of his life will lead him to become a Ku Klux Klan member. But after some events will happen
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DMAS GLOBAL BUSINESS PLAN Partnership Description Welcome to DMAS GLOBAL. We are the four founding partners as from the 1 January 2013. D is for Dala Grasa‚ M for Mulundileni Ndaudika‚ A for Armas Klestina and S for Shafuda Frans. We Lucia Grasa Dala‚ third year student at Polytechnic of Namibia studying toward the Chartered Accountant degree; with Armas Klestina (final year University of Cape Town student studying towards her Chartered Accountant degree)‚ Ndauadika Mulundileni‚ (studying towards
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Ellis argues that modern day American’s take their freedom for granted‚ and act like there was never another possible outcome. He compares the founding fathers as actors in a play‚ with their lines written by God‚ and that there was no doubt the good guys would win to prove this point. While in reality‚ many soon to be Americans had either absolutely no idea they would win‚ or only hope to satisfy a gnawing feeling of doom in their gut. If they failed‚ they would be hunted down‚ tried‚ and executed
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