Annie Oakley was born on August 13‚ 1860. She was born in Darke County‚ Ohio. Both her father and stepfather died when she was young. She lived in the Darke County infirmary for a while after that but then moved in with her mother as a teen. This is around the time she started hunting game for a grocery to help her family out. By the time she was 15 she was able to pay off her mom’s mortgage on the house from her earnings. One of the most memorable and important events in Oakley’s life was meeting
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Annie Smith Peck had a distinguished academic career‚ including a master’s degree from the University of Michigan and advanced study in Germany and Greece. She taught Latin at Purdue University and Smith College. But her first glance at the Matterhorn awakened an interest in mountain climbing. She ultimately climbed the Matterhorn and went on to conquer other mountains in Europe‚ North America‚ and the Andes in South America. When she was 61 she crowned her ascent of Peru’s Mount Coropuna with a
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Annie Leibovitz‚ Also known as Annie-Lou Leibovitz‚ is a famous American portrait photographer. She was born on October 2‚ 1949‚ in Waterbury‚ Conneticut. Leibovitz had landed a job at Rolling Stone in 1970‚ and went on to create a distincive look for the publication as chief photographer. She began working for the entertainment magazine vanity fair in 1983. Having also worked on high-profile advertising campaigns‚ they have been shown in several books and major exhibitions around the world. Leibovitz
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In Annie Dillard’s “The Chase” she begins the short story by explaining how she was involved in the sports activities in the neighborhood. The audience understand that Annie feels like there is nothing more exciting than playing boys sports. We see that she is the only girl that plays with the boys. Then we are given a detailed memory of how one snowy day doing the usual snow day and her friends throwing snowballs at passing cars. However‚ one little mistake the author made‚ was throwing a snowball
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famous Annie Oakley herself. Oakley had many prominent characteristics; such as strength‚ power‚ intelligence‚ courage‚ and boldness. These qualities are what make Annie Oakley a folk hero throughout her entire life‚ and still today. Annie Oakley was born Phoebe Anne Oakley Moses in Patterson Township‚ Darke County‚ Ohio‚ on August 13‚ 1860. She was the fifth of seven children from Jake and Susan Moses. (2) As expected‚ Annie was a natural
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Stuff Happens by David Hare Stuff Happens is a play by David Hare‚ written in response to the Iraq war during the Bush administration. It talks about the events that led to the war on Iraq in 2003‚ which spans from George Bush’s election in 2000 up till his stepping down from office in 2008. The title is inspired by Donald Rumsfeld’s response to journalists about the looting happening in Baghdad where he replied “Stuff Happens”. The writer already states in the authors note that it is “knowingly
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The purpose of Dillard’s story is describing a playful childhood memory that turned mischievous. The memory is described as a chased that illustrated some of the similar aspects that‚ football and baseball have. Such as having a strategy‚ both being physical demanding and the thrill from taking a chance and diving in fearlessly. Not allowing fear to take over. The play depended on your concentration and courage. “I got in trouble throwing snowballs and have seldom been happier since.” Dillard is
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Misery by: Stephen King Book Report The stories setting takes place in Western Colorado. In Western Colorado in a home of a retired nurse named Annie is where the whole story takes place. Annie’s home is a two story log cabin out in the middle of nowhere. The closest neighbors are miles away. It takes place in the middle of winter snow storms. The story is about Paul Sheldon who is the author of a best-selling series of romance novels featuring its popular character
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Brokeback Mountain (Symbolism) Annie Proulx’s Brokeback Mountain is a short based on the long and complicated relationship of two ranchers in the sixties. Jack Twist and Ennis Del Mar meet on Brokeback Mountain herding sheep. They eventually had a drunken experience with their true sexualities and became infatuated with each other. After twenty years of Jack and Ennis meeting in Wyoming a few times a year‚ it comes to an end when Jack was killed. His wife Lureen claims it was an exploding tire‚
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Imagine being chased through your town by an adult man. You’re running forever‚ and don’t know when it’s going to end! “An American Childhood”‚ by Annie Dillard‚ is a story about not giving up. She learned this important lesson on a snow day in Pittsburgh‚ in the strangest setting. In this story‚ young Annie Dillard is playing with her friends out in the snow. They have been playing for a while‚ when they decide to throw snowballs at cars on the busiest street in town. She’s having a great time
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