safety of their wagons unarmed and helpless. Later that day‚ they were brutally slaughtered by the milita‚ including women and children. In all‚ about “one hundred butchered bodies lay strewn across a half-mile of an upland meadow” (Walker‚ Turley‚ Leonard ix). Only seventeen would be survivors‚ all of which were children at the time. In the end‚ only one man would be tried and found guilty‚ John D.Lee. Claiming the church had abandoned him‚ Lee was later sentenced to death by a firing squad. This tragic
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Leonard Mead was said to be "alone in this world or 2053 A.D; or as good as alone‚" because he was different. He was a nonconformist‚ isolated from the world he lived in a society that was addicted to technology. While everyone sat inside at night in their dark houses‚ the only light shines comes through the screens of Tv and phones‚ Mr. Leonard takes a long walk outside. “People sit ‘dead’ in their ‘tomblike’ homes; walking
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that there is a plethora of short stories that really define a generation gap. One of my personal favourites was a short story called Leonard. Leonard is a hard working 50 year old man who stays focused‚ is always on time and dedicates 100% of himself to his job. But‚ he doesn’t know much about technology. The narrator is of a younger generation and‚ unlike Leonard‚ he is frequently late for work. He grew up around technology and is constantly plugged in‚ listening to music even while he is at work
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woman standing in the field. He put the reins down so he could talk to her. When he looked up‚ she was gone. He went to his brother Leonard and told him what he saw‚ and Leonard told him that the sun must be getting to him so Leonard took him inside and told him to take a break. When everyone comes in for supper‚ Alfred is still trying to figure out if she was
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Lanny doesn’t listen to warnings. One of Lanny’s friends in named Travis. He is a pot head‚ so he has the connections to help Lanny sell his marijuana plants. Travis introduces Lanny to Leonard. He is the local drug dealer of the small town that they live in. Leonard is known for being a really tough guy. Leonard is also a smart guy; he went to law school for a few months‚ but he got kicked out for smoking weed. The Toomey’s are the ones growing the marijuana plants. They live on a lot of land
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Characters: Dr. Leonard Hofstadter: played by Johnny Galecki. The character also works at Cal Tech and performs research under theoretical and experimental physic. Dr. Rajesh Koothrappali: Played by Simon Helberg Howard Wolowiz: Played by Kunal Navyar Analysis: The Big Bang Theory is a sitcom about the four male characters that lack of normal social skills‚ but they are very intelligent. The name of the show refers to two different meanings. The first one is about the beginning of
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affect my viewing experience. The way he positioned the camera was really important in the film. The scenes where Leonard is in the hotel are mostly close up shots of him reading or writing down the information he needed. The close up shots of Leonard showed how he struggled with short-term memory loss. The way the camera didn’t stay for long on these particular shots showed how Leonard had to move fast to try and piece things together and make notes so that the next day he can keep adding to the story
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suit‚ thankfully however since a large outbreak of the illness in the late 1960’s there have been very rare reported cases of the disease since. When the movie Awakenings begins we find one of the main characters‚ Leonard Lowe‚ as a child. In the movie the viewer sees young Leonard begin to suffer from early symptoms of encephalitis lethargica‚ he quickly becomes unable to keep up in school and is taken out so he can be watched and also presumably to prevent the disease from potentially spreading
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Mastery Mastery by George Leonard is a book that deals with the key terms and concepts anyone must know to truly master any skill. The book gives us four different types of students‚ each different in there learning method and in their achieved skill level. It also gives us the five steps to mastering any skill. The four different types of learners‚ the dabbler‚ the obsessive‚ the hacker‚ and the master. Each learner has their own techniques of learning the same skills. The dabbler learns one skill
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to better their quality of life. In Flowers for Algernon‚ Charlie Gordon undergoes a procedure to triple his intelligence level. Charlie is elated to be the subject of this medical experiment. He can’t wait to finally be smart. In The Awakening‚ Leonard Lowe is administered a large dose of medicine (L-DOPA) in hopes of bringing him out of his catatonic state. In both circumstances‚ the results of the scientific process last for only a very short time before the character returns to his original state
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