over people! Kemps speed and power made him almost impossible to cover. His vertical allowed him to soar over people! If the opportunity presented itself Kemp was going to dunk on you. Number 3- Julies Irving brought the art of dunking to the league when he transferred from the ABA to the NBA. Irving in my opinion is the best in game dunker of all time. Some of his dunks where just unbelievable you couldn’t believe what you just
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like a simple representation of American folklore is really a story that holds many underlying meanings. Rip Van Winkle reveals a story of a futile and selfish man who managed to escape his problems and the American dream all together. Washington Irving portrays Van Winkle as a very nice and helpful man but ultimately‚ I found him to be quite futile and selfish. Van Winkle failed to provide for his wife‚ Dame Van Winkle‚ and their children but played victim when his wife scolded him and continued
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“Keine Lazarovitch” By: Irving Layton The poem “Keine Lazarovitch” by Irving Layton was written about his mother‚ Keine‚ most likely as a eulogy after she died in 1959. The unusual yet astonishing thing about this poem is during the first four paragraphs the mood is dark‚ almost evil like‚ and fierce‚ as he speaks of growing old and death‚ “For her mouth was not water but a curse‚” (paragraph 2). We can see that the speaker‚ her son‚ is an honest and expressive man. The emotional effects
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do not take the opportunity to volunteer in their children’s school for a variety of reasons. In fact‚ volunteering at your child school give you a lot of opportunity and experiences. Personally‚ I began my volunteer experience this year at Irving Elementary School‚ ever since that first volunteering opportunity available to me. From helping young students with homework and teacher with grading a few paper to preparing assignments for the next ‚ and making photo copy‚ collating‚ packet
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Karla Estrada Gerold April 26‚ 2012 Humanities Washington Irving wrote a lot of metaphores in the story‚"The Legend of Sleepy Hallow". If its the setting of story or maybe about the a metaphore about the charactors. In the first sentence you can see alot about the land Irving discribes or I can see he discribes the land like a woman‚ "In the bossom of one of those spaciouse coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson‚ at the broad expansion of the river denominated by the ancient
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“The Devil and Tom Walker “‚ a short story by washington Irving‚ has a precarious and melancholy mood. Tom is a very greedy man who lives in a run down house with his wife in a swamp. They both don’t care much about others that is why it is easy for the devil to make his deals with them. Only caring for herself gets the wife killed‚ when she thinks she can talk to the devil in a rude tone. Tom on the other hand got off with a deal that made him the devils loan shark for his town. The setting is painted
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Benjamin Franklin‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ and Thomas Paine seem to exemplify the Enlightenment period of American literature whereas Washington Irving and James Fenimore Cooper exemplify a shift towards the Romantic period in American literature. While themes of Enlightenment connect Franklin‚ Jefferson‚ and Paine‚ those themes differ from the themes that will connect Irving and Cooper. Each of these Enlightenment authors has a theme in their writing that exemplifies the themes of the Enlightenment period
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In 1901 six British colonies joined to become one nation‚ Australia. Although 1901 was when Australia became its own country‚ it is unsure and a debateable decision as to when Australia became independent‚ both legally and politically from its founder‚ the British. Some say Australia achieved its true independence on the 1st January 1901 with the formation and introduction of the Australian Constitution. Others say Australia’s independence was not attained until the adoption of the Westminster Act
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What do A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens‚ The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe‚ and Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving have in common? Yes‚ they were all written by famed and renowned authors. But a literary professor would perhaps favor the answer “They are all political writings.” However‚ these are not the only political writings out there that are fiction. As Thomas C. Foster states: “It always— or almost always— is.” During the mid 19th Century‚ a new politico-economic thought
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(T) In the story “Rip Van Winkle‚” by Washington Irving‚ the author’s portrayal of Dame Van Winkle is unfair because she has the right to be raged at Rip‚ he never works at his house‚ and he helps the town but not his wife.(D1) Dame Van Winkle is always raged at Rip but one may think she has the right to be raged.(S1) Dame does a lot of work at her house and when she is the only doing work she can get raged.(S2) She does the outdoor and the indoor work and when she does one may think she has the
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