Roger J. Dostall’s (PCC) Maternal Ancestor Private Henry Clay Wood‚ United States Marine Corps Henry Clay Wood was born in Wales‚ Maine in 1836; the same year of Battle of the Alamo took place. Oral family history spins the story that Henry was born to an American Indian woman and an unknown father. As a foundling‚ he was left on the doorstep of a Protestant minister. No one is sure how he came by the surname Wood; thought Henry Clay was a prominent statesman and a popular name of the era. By
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Leppien-Christensen‚ in Rebeca Clay’s “Everyday heroes” article explains the importance of teaching his son a lesson: “’I really wanted my son to see that it’s a social obligation to intervene when we can’” (Clay 5). This fortunate young boy’s father began teaching his son‚ heroic qualities from a young age in order to instill in him the power to change the world. If he had simply ignored the biker‚ his son would have been falsely under the impression he should
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prohibited.” It effectively divided the country by geography‚ and it indirectly splits people into a demographic. The Compromise of 1850 eventually overturned the Missouri Compromise‚ when Texas applies for statehood after the Mexican-American War. Henry Clay‚ also known as “The Great Compromiser” allowed Texas to be declared a slave state‚ by writing this. To balance out the addition of a slave state to
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In her 20th century short story “And of Clay Are We Created‚” Isabel Allende personifies the volcanic eruption as a destructive opponent‚ focused on wrecking havoc and devastation. The poor victim‚ Azucena must endure a relentless attack from the nature beast and she will be the victim of the destructive creature. Allende states “the mountain had awakened again”(Allende 26). The author invokes the daily action of wakening in order to announce the start of the monster’s day and the beginning of his
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Clay mining help of crushing equipment‚ but because of the large clay viscous‚ high water content‚ etc. Although a lot of manufacturer production crusher is very professional‚ but in the viscous material crushing is easy to cause adhesion‚ congestion. Crusher of the leading enterprises in our country Zhengzhou Great Wall Heavy Industry Machinery Co.‚ Ltd. Production of clay crusher made a new breakthrough in the process of crushing clay. CLAY CRUSHER MACHINE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS 1. The Clay Crusher
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In And of Clay are We Created‚ the author uses Acuzena to show Rolf how they are alike‚ and show how everyone has their own clay they are buried in. The author‚ Isabel Allende‚ wrote this story after seeing an event similar to this on the news in 1985. In the story‚ when Rolf finds Acuzena trapped in clay‚ he sees a lot more. This girl is trapped with no way out. No hope. All he needs is a pump to rescue her but no one will bring one. It makes him see himself in her‚ trapped in memories‚ trapped
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Cassius Marcellus Clay‚ Jr was born on January 17‚ 1942 in Louisville Kentucky. He was born into a middle class black family. He didn’t have what some would call a rough child hood. He began boxing at the age of twelve. When Cassius was 12 years old‚ he and a friend went to the Columbia Auditorium to partake in the free hot dogs and popcorn available for visitors of the Louisville Home Show. When the boys were done eating‚ they went back to get their bicycles only to discover that Cassius’ had been
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Would you watch a movie about authors writing books about authors? That sums up the whole movie called The Words. Clay Hammond is the main character‚ who is an author in the movie played by Dennis Quaid. The movie begins with Hammond giving a reading of his new book. He tells the story of his book while narrating Rory Jansen’s (who is played by Bradley Cooper) life. In Hammond’s story‚ Rory finds a manuscript that was long lost. He decides to steal it and publish it as his own to get his writing
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Brandon Aristizabal Rebecca Cisneros-Diaz English 1B West Valley College April 21‚ 2015. From Gender are we Created In the short story by Isabel Allende‚ “And of Clay Are We Created‚” Allende tells and illustrates a story of a small Colombian village that is destroyed by dangerous mudslides. In this short story‚ there is a young‚ 13 year old girl named Azucena who gets trapped in the mud from the mudslide‚ but is still alive. A man‚ who is portrayed as a courageous‚ brave and daring man‚ named
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the question‚ “What if Clay Sizemore’s mother never was killed?”There are many important events in Clay’s Quilt that help give us an outlook on Clay Sizemore’s life. If Clay’s mother hadn’t passed away then he probably never would have lived with his Aunt Easter and Uncle Paul. This also means he wouldn’t have met all the townspeople and neighbors around him. Living with his aunt and uncle is a major factor to the whole plot. Since his Aunt Easter practically raised Clay and turned him into the
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