The question of this investigation is: To what extent did the efforts of Toussaint L’ouverture help the island of Saint Domingue socially‚ politically receive its independence? The Haitian Revolution was a social and political disturbance in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (which shared the island of Hispaniola with the Spanish colony of Santo Domingo) during the period from 1791 to 1804. In 1791‚ slaves and gens de couleur libres (“free people of color”) fought against French rule‚ with the
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Personally‚ I found the chapter about Dagoberto Gilb to be extremely interesting to read. The inclusion of pictures in the textbook really allows a reader to get a better understanding of the author before they read the stories. I found “Love in L.A.” to be particularly compelling. The text leading up to the short story provides the reader with insight to Gilb’s life. Gilb’s life is that of a typical working class American. This knowledge provides insight into the meaning and motive behind “Love
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Social justice is the distribution of resources and opportunities equally‚ in which there are no factors categorizing the people. The “Black lives matter” is the rallying cry of a movement against racist police violence. The movement is fighting for social justice for black people‚ especially black men. These three words have become the slogan of a powerful movement‚ and in so few words they have the ability to communicate the pain of a group of people whose rights are being violated on a daily basis
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The sculpture that I decided to reflect upon is L’Offrande (The Offering) by Robert Wlerick. The sculpture is situated in a grassy meadow area in between the academic buildings of Stein and Beaven. The scale of the piece seems to be larger than life. The proportions of the sculpture are larger than an average sized woman and appears almost like an Amazon woman. The Offering is representational and it depicts a nude woman sitting on a step. It appears the sculpture is made out of bronze and has been
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In the book‚ Many Waters‚ Madeleine L’Engle‚ the author‚ uses words of advice from Aariel to Yalith to develop the theme of love. In the book‚ the main characters‚ Sandy and Dennys‚ were messing around in their parents’ lab when they are suddenly sent back to an oasis thousands of years ago. One character on the oasis named Yalith falls in love with the twins. Later on in the book‚ the god that they call El tells them that a deadly flood is coming to the oasis. Sandy and Dennys will have to leave
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In the prologue of The Go-Between how does L.P Hartley present the relationship between memory and history? The first line of the novel introduces how L.P Hartley intertwines history and memory throughout the narrative. “The past is a foreign country‚ they do things differently there.” in a literal sense‚ Hartley suggests that the past‚ like a foreign country‚ has different customs to present day. A recurring motif throughout the novel‚ the Boer war‚ can historically be connected to this opening
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You tackled some really thought-provoking themes in your poems‚ and I think were largely successful in doing so. I think if you just revisit some specific aspects of each piece‚ they could be even stronger. In “L’appel du vide”‚ I thought your poem perfectly captured the feelings associated with the phrase “l’appel du vide”‚ itself. At the beginning‚ your word choices of “shattering”‚ “cut”‚ and “jagged”‚ all of which have negative connotations‚ started to create a darker‚ ominous tone. However
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John Calvert Mr. Kirkpatrick English 102 September 3‚ 2013 The Winners and the Losers When an event happens in someone’s life‚ it is certain that their lives will change no matter what. Maybe not in the long run but after a certain event happens‚ the experience will live with them forever. They can deny the fact that something major just happened in their life and will either change to try and avoid another similar situation or will deny the fact that they have to change. In the two stories
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Society needs certain key parts to ensure that humanity doesn’t fall. This includes safety and freedom. Some people‚ like writer H.L. Mencken‚ believe that safety should be our priority‚ not freedom‚ “The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe.” Certain freedoms need to be surrendered to ensure our safety. The freedom to wear a seatbelt is one example of this. Seat belts can help protect a person in car crashes‚ and if a police officer catches them without one on‚ there’s
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L’Anse aux Meadows is an archaeological site on the Great Northern Peninsula in Newfoundland‚ Canada that has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. UNESCO‚ the United Nations Educational‚ Scientific and Cultural Organization‚ designates World Heritage Sites in order to “…encourage the identification‚ protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity.” The L’Anse aux Meadows archaeological site is truly of outstanding
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