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    “A Hanging” by George Orwell (Literary Analysis) “A Hanging” is a short story about the death of a prisoner who gets hanged. The writer‚ George Orwell was motivated by as a head police in Burma to write this story. Orwell utilizes a mixture of literary components‚ devices‚ and gadgets to pass on his disproval of the death penalty. He makes a dreary climate‚ in the first person perspective‚ and develops irony about the corrections officer’s state of mind toward the prisoner’s death‚ to show that everybody

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    George Bernard Shaw’s Letter to Mother George Bernard seems to be in distress over his mother’s cremation. He seems to feel that this chosen path for her to stay at rest does not do her justice. She holds no tie to this world being a useless pile of ashes. At least having a body gives your loved ones something to come and visit at a plot in the ground. You have your unique mark‚ your resting place‚ the point you can stay at forevermore to decay. Whereas in a cremation the body is foreve3r gone

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    [pic]George W. Bush Childhood Story George W. Bush was born on July 6‚ 1946 in New Haven‚ Connecticut. His parents are George H. W. Bush Senior and Barbara Bush. George was raised in Houston‚ Texas. He had five siblings Neil‚ Jeb‚ Marvin‚ Dorothy‚ and Robin. Robin died from leukemia when she was three years old in 1953. George was also the oldest out of the kids in his family. George Bush went to school Kinkaid School‚ which is a private school‚ for Elementry and Middle School. Then

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    Gilbert Stuart’s portrait of George Washington is called the “Lansdowne” painted in the 1800‚ it is located in the American Wing; room Anthony W. and Lulu C. Wang Galleries of Eighteen–century American Art. It is an oil canvas painting displayed upright against the wall near the corridor‚ dimension are 48 x 37 in. This painting was lent to the museum by Mr. and Mrs. Michael Stienhardt in 2008. Alongside the George Washington portrait there are other portraits by Gilbert Stuart’s‚ such as “Matilda

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    Change is Good             “Rip Van Winkle” is Washington Irving’s most famous short story. Irving became “a classic during his own lifetime” because his works of literature were so well written and liked by all (Washington). Rip starts the story as unhappy and changes after a mysterious night in the woods making him miss twenty years. While he was asleep the Revolutionary War happened‚ and America had separated from Great Britain. In “Rip Van Winkle‚” Washington Irving takes the main character

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    George Washington Diary

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    you from Valley Forge in Pennsylvania. Life here is horrible. There’s a lot shortages of everything from food to clothing to medicine. My men are sick from disease‚ hunger‚ and exposure. Right now‚ were camped in crude log cabins and have endured cold conditions while the Redcoats warmed themselves in colonial homes. Naked and starving as they are we cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery. My men are suffering‚ but they are so loyal‚ and even though they are naked

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    George Bush Speech George Bush addressed the people of America with powerful speech after the horrific terrorist attack of 9 11. George Bush used authoritative and military language to convey the tone of determination and leadership as we see by the way he says “called to defend freedom”. In his opening line deictic expression is used as he says “tonight we are a country awakened to danger…” out of context this line would make no sense‚ so we must have knowledge of what is occurring to understand

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    get by laws and rules mentioned in the constitution. When George Washington was selected on April 1789‚ he formed a presidential cabinet consisting of the secretary of state‚ Thomas Jefferson; secretary of war‚ Henry Fox; and secretary of treasury‚ Alexander Hamilton. He also chose Edmund Rudolph to be attorney general‚ in order to gain trust with the Anti-Federalist‚

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    During the time of George Washington becoming the very first president‚ it was very stressful‚ and overwhelming. Washington had to make the best possible decisions that would help the nation to become a more united group of states. But as George Washington was trying to make this possible he also had to worry about power that could be abused by the experience with Britain’s monarchy having too much power. George Washington’s decisions and choice making would affect the future and since the constitution

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    1984 by George Orwell

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    The effects of totalitarianism are explored in George Orwell’s “1984” when his nightmare vision of the future is created through a tyrannical government‚ controlling the past‚ future and everything else. The effects of totalitarianism are explored in George Orwell’s “1984” when the concept of hope is portrayed as both sustaining and misleading. Orwell utilises symbolism‚ setting‚ tone and metaphors to convey the variances of hope. Through these techniques‚ Orwell successfully exposes the two-sided

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