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    The real thing: Author: Henry James First Published: 1892 Type of Plot: Social realism Time of Work: The 1890’s Setting: London Characters: The narrator‚ Major Monarch‚ Mrs. Monarch‚ Oronte‚ Miss Churm Genres: Psychological fiction‚ Social realism‚ Short fiction Subjects: Class conflict‚ Art or artists‚ Success or failure Locales: Europe‚ London‚ England‚ United Kingdom It is frequently difficult to pin down what a work by Henry James is about‚ not because his stories have no plot‚ but

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    Multicultural Film Analysis: Mississippi Masala 1. Give a brief summary of the movie (in your words not critic’s review!) The movie Mississippi Masala is about an Indian man Jay and his family which consisted of his wife and his daughter Mina. Jay and his family was suddenly forced to pick up and move out of Uganda. Jay was highly upset with this sudden decision because Uganda was all he knew. The Indian family then moved to Mississippi. Jay wrote to the Government almost every day hoping that

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    To some people‚ life is hard‚ cruel and merciless. These set of people see life as punishment throughout their entire lives. They therefore resigned themselves to fate‚ believing all is finished. To them‚ nothing that they do can ever be good. They take delight in committing crimes and maiming (imperfect) others to avenge their ill-fortune. They lost every sense of direction and most times‚ some of them go as far as committing suicide‚ just to escape the injustice life has meted out to them. But

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    [Enter KING HENRY‚ LORD JOHN OF LANCASTER‚ the EARL of WESTMORELAND‚ SIR WALTER BLUNT‚ and others] Henry IV. So shaken as we are‚ so wan with care‚ Find we a time for frighted peace to pant‚ And breathe short-winded accents of new broils To be commenced in strands afar remote. 5 No more the thirsty entrance of this soil Shall daub her lips with her own children’s blood; Nor more shall trenching war channel her fields‚ Nor bruise her flowerets with the armed hoofs Of hostile paces: those opposed

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    Due process of law takes power away from the government by making them go through a process to proceed with certain actions. The government’s limitations are written in the excerpts in the document. One excerpt from the US Bill of Rights it reads that ¨The accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial¨ This excerpt explains that all people have a right to a trial and the accused isn’t punished till proven guilty. This becomes due process of law in that the

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    Caterpillar To Butterfly “ Why do you act like this?” Ming asked Khumba. “Like what?” he replied. “You’re always acting rude and bringing up someone’s flaws.” Ming stated. “I don’t do that. Even if I did‚ why do you care?” he responded with a disgusted facial expression. “I don’t‚ but you should. If you continue to treat people like this it’s going to be hard to make new friends. You might even lose the few you have now.” Ming suggested. “Whatever!”Khumba said‚ slamming his locker aggressively.

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    Flowing 2‚350 miles from Lake Itasca to the Gulf of Mexico‚ the Mississippi River is the fourth longest river in the world with a watershed spanning thirty-one states and two Canadian Provinces (Mississippi River‚ n.d.). The Mississippi River provides a suitable habitat to many species because of its suspended-sediment flow regime. However‚ damaged caused to the river by human intervention has caused the sediment flow trends in the 19th and late 20th century to decline. In 1936 to 1950‚ the average

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    MSTAR stands for Mississippi Teacher Appraisal Rubric. The rubric has five domains: planning‚ assessment‚ instruction‚ learning environment‚ and professional responsibilities. To earn the highest score‚ a teacher must be distinguished in each domain. A few of these distinguishing

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    The excerpt from Silent Spring began by describing a scene we all could recognize: a prosperous farmland‚ with a successful and healthy people inhabiting it. Every detail and description was clear and tangible‚ almost as if the readers could see the scene. This did draw them in‚ but the lack of information found at the end of the piece was able to captivate the readers even more so. At the very end of Carson’s tale‚ we see that the dreary and forlorn town was sprinkled with “a white granular powder

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    Prom Night in Mississippi In a small Mississippi town‚ racial discrimination was taking place in the year of 2008. The black and white high schoolers had separate proms‚ although they all went to the same school. So‚ why would they have segregated proms‚ if they did not have segregated schools? This might be partially due to the fact that segregation was illegal at that time‚ however‚ the members in power of that society seemed to unethically slither by the law. As many white parents of that society

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