Born on March 16th‚ 1751‚ James Madison Jr. was the fourth official president of the United States. In his presidential run against Charles Pinckney and George Clinton‚ James Madison won by 122 (70% more) electoral votes in the election of 1808. After winning in the election‚ James Madison then does two terms as president of the United States. James Madison’s political party was co-founded by himself but wouldn’t be possible without the help of the third United States president‚ Thomas Jefferson
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Scene Analysis: Assassination Of Jesse James by The Coward Robert Ford (Train Robbery‚ Blue Cut) The Assassination Of Jesse James by The Coward Robert Ford is not a film about the reigning hero but the dying hero. These scene is from the beginning of the film‚ and it is the last job of the James’s gang. Where he and his bandits await the train they are to rob. The end of Jesse James career. I choose this scene because of the cinema photography and that there is no dialogue so what we are shown
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The short story Araby‚ by James Joyce revolves around the actions of and unidentified boy in North Dublin living with his aunt and uncle on a “blind” street. As the story develops‚ the boy falls in love with his friend‚ Mangan’s sister. James Joyce uses symbolism to drive the plot forward. The boy’s love‚ and separation form the world causes massive emotion. The boy explains‚ “my eyes were often full of tears (I could not tell why) and at times a flood from my heart seemed to pour itself out into
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History of Basketball The history of basketball is the most interesting thing. James Naismith was the inventor and it was invented in 1891 in Springfield‚ Massachusetts. The game of basketball grew very quickly and finally became very popular in the 20th century. Basketball got popular in America and eventually spread throughout the world. As it progressed through colleges‚ it eventually became a pro sport in 1946. What is the origin of basketball and how did it begin? Who created the National
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where rain would fall‚ and the sun would appear. Giving an imagery perspective from like three where is said "a glossy purple cloth" This line give you an idea of how bright and juicy this berry must be given that it is a metaphor to a blood clot meaning it is ripe and ready to be picked. Also‚ the other berries are not as ripe as this particular one‚ the one is hard and cannot eat or picked. "You ate the first one‚ and its flesh was sweet" This line is also a metaphor for a human‚ they contain blood
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The role and place of Sir James Douglas in the development of British Columbia Dylan Koltz Hale HIST-1390-A01 – History of Colonial Canada: 1500-1885 Prof. Friesen 11/14/2013 Sir James Douglas was a born a world away from the west coast of Canada‚ but over the course of his life he had irrevocably altered the area we know today as British Columbia. Born in British Guyana he was one of three children of Martha Ann Ritchie; a mixed race women known as a “free coloured”. His father
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James Joyce’s "Araby" In James Joyce’s short story "Araby‚" several different micro-cosms are evident. The story demonstrates adolescence‚ maturity‚ and public life in Dublin at that time. As the reader‚ you learn how this city has grown to destroy this young boy’s life and hopes‚ and create the person that he is as a narrator. In "Araby‚" the "mature narrator and not the naive boy is the story’s protagonist."(Coulthard) Throughout the story this is easily shown‚ especially when it refers to
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"rat-grey fungus" gluts on it. It continues in the irritable‚ grouchy tone of an upset child - " It was not fair that all the lovely canfuls smelt of rot" and concludes in a more vague‚ foreboding‚ accepting tone‚ revealing that even the child knew the berries would not "keep". The lush rhythm and language of the poem leads to a generous‚ but slightly harsh mood‚ as if the reader is immersed in the "heavy rain and sun" of "late August". The longing for the blackberries is like a desire that is more in
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passionate recollection of the seasonal picking of blueberries. The time is late August‚ and in perfect harvest conditions of ‘heavy rain and sun‚ the blackberries would ripen’. The idealistic views of childhood are brought out in the description of the berries‚ conveying a sense of near perfection‚ ‘At first‚ just one‚ a glossy purple clot.. You ate that first one and its flesh was sweet’. The memory of the blueberries is so vivid that Heaney recounts the ‘stains’ left upon the tongue and even the ‘lust’
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In the poem‚ “My Arrival”‚ James Berry provides a warm and personal narrative of his birth. His speech is deliberate throughout‚ with each word spoken clearly and in a measured tone‚ reflecting deep thought as he reflects upon the anticipation and excitement of those closest and dearest to him as they welcome his arrival. He is matter-of-fact in describing his birth‚ speaking in short phrases with pauses in between. But as he talks about the eagerness of his father awaiting his arrival‚ his tone
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