In The Sea of Monsters‚ a 13-year-old demigod Percy Jackson goes on a quest with his friend Annabeth‚ a daughter of Athena‚ and Tyson‚ a Cyclops‚ who happens to be Percy’s half brother. They go to save Thalia’s pine tree‚ which has been poisoned mysteriously ‚ and to save Grover‚ Percy’s best friend. In order to get the Golden Fleece‚ which will heal the tree‚ he must travel across the omious Sea of Monsters to an island guarded by the Polyphemus and his man-eating sheep‚ where his friend Grover
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On the 13th of May‚ in 1787‚ the British Government sent a fleet of 11 ships on a mission to start up a new colony led by Captain Arthur Phillip. Captain Arthur Phillip was born on the 11th of October‚ 1738‚ in London. Phillip went to school at Greenwich and later served an apprenticeship in the merchant navy. He was then transferred to the Royal Navy during the Seven Years War but then retired to become a farmer in Hampshire. After he served his time as Captain in the Portuguese Navy‚ Phillip re-joined
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“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson‚ initially comes off as a happy and light-hearted story‚ with imagery showing kids playing in a yard and mothers gossipping with each other. An annual ritual called the lottery. Jackson keeps the reader in the dark as to what takes place in the lottery until the very end of the story. The story suddenly gains a very serious and solemn tone. The head of each household draws a slip of paper‚ and when Bill Hutchinson draws the paper with the black dot‚ his wife Tessie
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Contents Chapter One ....................................................................................................................................... 1 Chapter Two........................................................................................................................................ 7 Chapter Three ................................................................................................................................... 16 Chapter Four ............................
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Paul Jackson Pollock was born January 28‚ 1912‚ in Cody‚ Wyoming. He grew up in Arizona and California and in 1928 began to study painting at the Manual Arts High School‚ Los Angeles. In the fall of 1930‚ Pollock moved to New York and studied under Thomas Hart Benton at the Art Students League. Benton encouraged him throughout the succeeding decade. By the early 1930s‚ Pollock knew and admired the murals of José Clemente Orozco and Diego Rivera. Although he traveled widely throughout the United States
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Michael Jackson The king of Pop is the person who made me look at the world with different eyes. Michael was the embodiment of goodness‚ innocence and purity‚ he gave everything he had. A sentimental man‚ childish and loving as you can not meet everywhere. He had curly black hair and in his dark eyes you could read the fear of being himself. He created his own style of clothing‚ unique‚ always in fashion. He was and he will always be the best singer and dancer who will ever exist. He also
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Once upon a time in the middle of winter‚ when the flakes of snow were falling like feathers from the sky‚ a queen sat at a window sewing‚ and the frame of the window was made of black ebony. And whilst she was sewing and looking out of the window at the snow‚ she pricked her finger with the needle‚ and three drops of blood fell upon the snow. And the red looked pretty upon the white snow‚ and she thought to herself‚ "Would that I had a child as white as snow‚ as red as blood‚ and as black as the
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Jesse L. Jackson Jr.‚ a former U.S. Representative. He represented Illinois ’ 2nd congressional district. He is the son of activist and former presidential candidate Jesse Jackson Sr. Elected to Congress in 1995 at the age of 30 from a district that includes a part of the South Side of Chicago‚ Mr. Jackson was one of the most prominent young black politicians in the country. He is most remembered for working on issues related to health care and education for the poor. Jackson and his wife‚ Sandra
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The Legacy of Michael Jackson “Please go for your dreams. Whatever your ideals‚ you can become whatever you want to become‚” Michael Jackson quotes. Allowing oneself to feel liberated in their works and to influence future generations was the driving force behind “The King of Pop.” The social and cultural impact of Michael Jackson’s legacy has allowed current pop artists to show freedom of expression. From the time he began his career to his untimely death‚ Michael Jackson will be known as one
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Andrew Jackson "I cannot be intimidated from doing that which my judgment and conscience tell me is right by any earthly power." This quote by Jackson underlies the fact the he was a selfish‚ tyrannical ruler. He did not make decisions based on the interests of the whole nation but on his own personal benefit‚ in search of self- achievement. Although he was portrayed or possibly manipulated the citizens to believe that he was a president for the common man‚ that was simply
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