Summary of Reading – Chapter #2 Chapter 2 of The New Jim Crow focuses on how the system of mass incarceration works. Alexander concentrates on the "War on Drugs‚" because "convictions for drug offenses are the single most important cause of the explosion in incarceration rates in the United States." Early on‚ she exposes myths‚ noting that the war is not "aimed at ridding the nation of drug ’kingpins’ or big-time drug dealers‚" and the drug war is not "principally concerned with dangerous drugs"
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Stevensons Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a gothic novel in many of its aspects‚ but one of the most important reasons is that there is constant building of suspense. There are many ways that this is done: through his characters‚ through his vocabulary‚ the setting and even through the origins of the character of Hyde. Stevenson created the character of Utterson as a neutral base for the whole story; much like the table on which the dinner is served. But in the chapter of The Last Night‚ the table creates
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This chapter is all about the background of Moon Shadow and his family in the middle kingdom in China. It goes into detail about their struggles and reasons. In this chapter it introduces Tang town or china town. This chapter goes into detail of the family company. The company’s name was Peach Orchard Vow. The company had a feast for Moon Shadow’s arrival. This chapter had detail on how Windrider got his new nickname. Windrider shares his story of meeting the Dragon king. In the end of the chapter
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1. The exposition in a poem is the writer’s way for giving the setting of the poem. One of the expositions in this poem is that the character went down to the river and sat down on the bank. This is one of the expositions in the poem because it gives background information of the setting. The other exposition in this poem is that the main character went to an elevator sixteen floors above the ground. This is another exposition because it is a different setting in the poem. 2. I think that the
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Chapter 1 $ Talking about what had happened to himself last Christmas $ Brother‚ D.B. sold out to Hollywood $ story starts at Pencey Prep $ he was failing 4 of 5 subjects the only one being English $ he got kicked out of school $ was manager for the fencing team $ even though he hates the school he still saying goodbye to it $ he going to say bye to his history teacher Cues: $ Where is he talking from? $ Why doesn’t he want to talk about his past? $ Why was he not applying himself
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until not a vestige (p. 42) of presents was in sight. “Thank you Mr. Scrooge!” they say‚ creating quite the tumult (p. 49). It always did put a smile on Ebenezer Scrooge’s face to see the children of the neighborhood so cheerful. He now knows that he has done
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Gemglkegkjepge Eg[ Epg Ego Roge ]ogegre Ge Gegreijgoiejgeojgoejgrepjgepgife[-prjgirjir r e3 e g eg e ge ge e gfre rg e grg eg reg eg e gegege ge gee g e egr eg eg e egeg e gege gege ge g e ge l Madrid have reached an agreement with Malaga to sign Isco on a five-year deal‚ for a reported fee of £23m. Manchester City were also pursuing the midfielder‚ 21‚ with new manager Manuel Pellegrini hoping to lure him to England having been his boss at Malaga. Isco‚ who recently won the Under-21 European
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When Authors Tom Stanley and William Danko set out to investigate on how people get wealthy across America‚ they found something odd. Many people who live in upscale neighborhoods and drive luxurious cars do not have extreme wealth. The allusion of wealth happens a lot and many people are unaware of the true meaning of wealth. Many people who have great wealth do not live in upscale neighborhoods. This book examines ways to become wealthy and how wealth is not what you spend but what you accumulate
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Themes: Good v Evil → Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are the perfect example of good versus evil. Mr. Hyde -who is dark‚ twisted‚ and a little creepy- serves as a counterpart to Dr. Jekyll in ways beyond his mental state of mind. Even considering Mr. Hyde’s appearance demonstrates how he is negatively viewed; he is described as “more of a dwarf‚” a “masked thing‚” and “doubled up” (Stevenson ). Although Dr. Jekyll attempts to suppress Mr. Hyde’s personality for a long time‚ we see how the battle between
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Carter Lei Lei1 Ms. Brown H. English Pd.5 TKAM QQN 5 part 1 Monday‚ November 12‚ 2012 Summary In chapter 13 aunt Alexandra explains to Atticus that she should stay with them for a while so that the finches have a feminine influence in the house for a while. She associates with the neighbors and begins to learn about the town. She notices that each family is different and each has their own unique characteristics. She tells Atticus that he should teach the children to be proud of being
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