kind of irony from the story‚ “The Ransom of Red Chief” The Humor of the Ransom of Red Chief “I’ll fix you” say the kid to Bill on page 486 from the Ransom of Red Chief by O. Henry. This tall tale is very funny and creates a lot of humor. A tall tale is an improbable story. The reason that it is so funny ‚ because it includes a lot of irony in the story. Irony is witty language used to convey insults or scorn. In The Ransom of Red Chief‚ O. Henry included three types of irony‚ verbal‚ situation
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Alisa Matsoukas Period 3A Theodore Roosevelt is considered the first modern President because he significantly expanded the influence and power of the executive office. From the Civil War to the turn of the twentieth century‚ the seat of power in the national government existed in the U.S. Congress. As the executive branch gradually increased its power‚ Roosevelt held on to this trend‚ believing that the President had the right to use all powers except those that specifically denied him to accomplish
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Chief Black Kettle Philicia Ingle MacQueen 4A How would you feel if people tried to take over your family and community? Just like most people wouldn’t like it‚ Black Kettle didn’t like it when they tried to take his families land either. He was a leader of the Cheyenne tribe after 1854 who led the efforts to resist American settlement in the west. He was a peace maker who accepted treaties to protect his people. After 1850‚ Cheyenne – Us relations were conducted under the treaty of Fort Laramie
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Harry Walker 10/14/14 Mrs. Torres English III Honors Period 3 Ben Franklin Autobiography B) Franklin’s goal was to seek moral perfection‚ this helped him come in contact with success‚ although he did have many failures. In Franklin’s journey to reach perfection he ended up fixing many problems. “While my care was employed in guarding against one fault‚ I was often surprised by another.” Every time he fixed a problem a new one would occur. This made him relies human perfection is not possible
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As the first daughter to president Theodore Roosevelt and wife to Speaker of the House Nicholas Longworth‚ many could say that Alice Roosevelt was set for life. It would have been very easy for her to conform to the societal ideal as the respectable and demure daughter‚ and later wife‚ to politically powerful men. It is extremely unlikely anyone thought she would become known as the most rebellious first daughter or to continuously gain international headlines (Donahue). Alice constantly challenging
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Benjamin Franklin wrote The Way to Wealth because he was frustrated that people were evading taxes‚ especially because these taxes were to invest in the people and city. Franklin explained that many people complained about the government’s taxes‚ but the real issue was that the lack of virtue taxed people much more. Throughout the rest of the book‚ the two ideas he tried to convey were that morality and public service were most important‚ and one should not be poor by working hard and hedge against
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On October 11‚ 1884 Eleanor Roosevelt was born into a wealthy New York family. Eleanor was the first child of Anne Hall Roosevelt and Elliott Roosevelt. At a young age she encountered disappointed. Her father mourned his mother death‚ and soon turned to alcohol for conform. His alcoholism became so bad that he started to remain absent from the home. His absence lead to other unknown activities that he participated in. On the other hand‚ her mother was stuck trying to handle her disappointment with
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Disaster in Franklin County Jennifer Wadsworth Western Governors University Disaster in Franklin County Role of Major Public Health Personnel The roles of major public health personnel must be delegated properly in a disaster situation in order to facilitate effective action. In the incident presented‚ a chain of command was established and assignments given to the appropriate personnel based on their skills and experience. As a whole‚ this group reports to the Incident Commander‚ an individual
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Teddy Roosevelt "To waste‚ to destroy‚ our natural resources‚ to skin and exhaust the land instead of using it so as to increase its usefulness‚ will result in undermining in the days of our children the very prosperity which we ought by right to hand down to them amplified and developed." I feel that America has done what they could to for the environment. I think that America has improved dramatically since Roosevelt spoke. America has improved‚ but they are not perfect. America has
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things which may bring us harm‚ such as: “fire‚ water‚ lightning and thunder (Weiser‚ 2012). We continued to live in the area‚ even once strange people began to come to our lands. We were leery of these visitors‚ but decided to give them a chance. Chief Powhatan (Wahunsunacawh) was our
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