live and work. 2. The author Jacob Riis proved that the saying ‘’one half of the world does not know how the other half lives.’’ Although we are not talking about the other half of the world but the other half of New York this saying is still true. Mr. Riis opened the eyes of New Yorkers and stood up for others to show how their fellow citizens where living in a dangerous and unhealthy environment. The streets dirtied with trash‚ swine living in cellars underneath homes with eight to ten loads of
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TOM FORD Executive summary Tom Ford‚ one of the most influential designers in the world‚ can accredit his success to his drive‚ having a vision‚ working hard and taking risks. He dug Gucci up from the ground and created history in doing so. He was born with an innate ability to create and perfect‚ and through his passion he created hedonistic luxury and painfully romantic glamous. He redefined and brought the Gucci Group to success. He had an overwhelming impact on the fashion industry
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Poem "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" By Dylan Thomas This poem‚ in the form of a villanelle‚ is about the universal subject of death. As line sixteen suggests‚ the speaker is not only talking about death to us‚ but to his father as well: "And you‚ my father‚ there on the sad height‚" (l. 16) The speaker does not want his father to accept death passively. He wishes his father would fight death just as the types of men he mentions in stanzas two to five have done. For instance in stanza
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Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s book Dictee defies categorization‚ blending media such as poetry‚ historical texts‚ and images in order to form a combination of an autobiography and a work of art. The combination of mediums that form the book is not just a complication of Dictee--it is fundamental to the way we read and understand the work. Through the confusion inherent in approaching Cha’s writing and her use of text (for reasons as simple as the inclusion of French and )‚ the reader is allowed and encouraged
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t’s 2035 A.D.‚ where robots are everyday objects and are programmed to live alongside humans. Detective Del Spooner is called out to investigate the apparent suicide of the scientist behind these robots‚ Dr. Alfred Lanning. Spooner suspects that the death might not be a suicide‚ but the result of one of the robots. All robots are programmed by three laws‚ but Spooner starts to wonder if a robot can in fact feel emotions‚ and possibly murder. But if Spooner’s suspicions are true‚ he is going to have
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Pictures‚ objects‚ or materials that illustrate elements of the book. There 4 significant items that play big roles in the story. First item is Two- bit’s black handle switchblade. Two- bit’s switchblade is his most prized possession He had stolen it from and hardware store. It gives Two- bit a sort of new found power or strength which gives him the thought of no one could harm him when he has it. Two- bit never actually uses it he morely uses it to show he is more superior than you and also just
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Jonas The amazing ride down the hill was over. Jonas was left in the cold and harsh wind again. However Jonas felt a lot warmer than he did before‚ because of what he is seeing‚ and what he knew he had accomplished. Ahead of him were houses decorated with the colors red‚ green and gold. “It’s the place where I learned love”‚ Jonas thought. The thought of the Giver made him tear up a little. “I wish he would have came with me” Jonas said to Gabriel as he started walking towards the house. “He would
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drop the fish down the drain and after a lot of adventure the fish saves the day and With his dad’s legal record cleared‚ noah’s dad gets back his license as a fishing guide‚ and the whole family goes out for a celebratory cruise. Chapter 1 Summary It was Father’s Day when Noah Underwood visited his father‚ Paine‚ in jail. The deputy had him empty his pockets of everything‚ including a few coins and a stick of bubble gum. He was led into the room where his father was waiting. Noah wished
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Luke Ripley from “A Father’s Story” by Andre Dubus and the sitter from “Winter Night” by Kay Boyle both deeply love their daughter and were motivated to make choices based on that love whether wrong or right. Luke’s decisions in “A Father’s Story” where completely controlled not by‚ “a stable owner or a catholic or any other Luke Ripley I had lived with for a long time‚ but a father of a girl” (Epperson ??). He decided to deny his faith and what he knew was right to protect his daughter from going
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Write a summary of the novel. The novel “Of mice and men” opens with two migrant workers‚ George Milton and Lennie Small who are on their way to harvest an available job. Lennie is a great strength guy but has problem with soft thing and George who is intelligent‚ has to take care of Lennie. After being hired‚ they meet Candy‚ old swamper who has an old loyal dog and Curley‚ the boss’s son who doesn’t like Lennie. When Candy overhears the conversation between George and Lennie about their dream
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