Junginger English Comp III – Hr. 3 Ms. Gillis 3/7/15 3.2 Response “Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out” In Dave Barry’s‚ “Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out” you can tell his essay will be hilarious. In fact‚ he sets the humorous tone in the very first sentence. In the story he tells mostly about the differences between men and women‚ but he also tells us how women seem pickier than men. Dave Barry’s specific audience for "Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out" seems to be married women. He shows how
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The Komagata Maru was an event in which a boat carrying 376 Punjab Indians from India‚ stopping briefly in Hong Kong and finally making its way to Canada was denied access into Vancouver. The continues journey regulation stated that immigrants much come straight from their country of birth or citizenship to be allowed into Canada. The people on the boat protested and did not leave the harbor for two months‚ until they were finally forced out to sea‚ and back to India. After their arrival in India
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Introduction Maru is a book that reflects on the life of an orphaned young girl of Basarwa tribe who gets an opportunity of teaching and she is sent to teach in a remote village in Botswana where her own people are kept as slaves. Her existence separates a community which does not recognise Basarwa people as human beings thus condemn her to the lonely life of an outcast. This Book Maru in a way reflects on the life of its writer Bessie Head who is recognised as one of the best African writers
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white life saver raft with the words “Rakuyo Maru‚ Tokio” written on it in big letters. The sunshine outside and the smiles on their faces seem to give the photograph of their departure a pleasant ambience. The Rakuyo Maru was one of the steam ship liners which carried immigrants to their destinations‚ in particular‚ they brought immigrants to Angel Island. Angel Island (also referred to as the Ellis Island of the West) was an immigration detention center located in the San Francisco Bay. According
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saying Babe Ruth isn’t human. Indeed he’s not human when we talk about baseball. He’s records are incredible. They cannot be broken by any other human being and for 30 years he has stood number 1 in the hall of fame. Now here are his records. * Batting average: .342 Home runs: 714 Hits: 2‚873 RBI: 2‚213 Pitching W/L record: 94-46 ERA: 2.28 These records are still 1st in the world’s baseball league. Remember that baseball is a game of records and Babe Ruth’s records are still standing 1st which
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This book takes place at Pearl Harbor. In the beginning it talks about the Japanese boat Taiyo Maru. It goes through describing how rusty and old looking/weatherbeaten the boat is. Then it goes on to talk about the island chain of Hawaii. Mainly the city of Honolulu where Pearl Harbor is located. It talks about how peaceful and quite the place is and how many Japanese people reside their as well as Hawaiians. It also shows how it is a particularly calm place to live and doesn’t ever seem to mention
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"The Komagata Maru and Ghadr Party: Past and Present of a historic Challenge to Canada ’s Exclusion of Immigrants from India" by Hugh J.M. Johnston. Introduction In this article‚ Johnston provides a detailed outline of the Komagata Maru event. His analysis is based on official accounts from both Canadian and Indian sources as well as live interviews with witnesses both in Canada and India. He explains the lives of many key players before‚ during and after the events of the Komagata Maru and Ghadr Party
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different colour‚ cast‚ religion‚ language‚ etc. There are numerous incidents about historical and current racism in Canada. One of incident which cannot be forgotten and avoided is Kamagata Maru journey of Punjabis from India to Vancouver which is most symbolic moment in Canadian history. Kamagata Maru was a ship sailed from Hong Kong‚ then a holding of the British Empire‚ via Shanghai‚ China‚ and Yokohama‚ Japan‚ to Vancouver‚ British Columbia‚ Canada‚ in 1914‚ carrying 376 passengers from
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on housework and cleaning? The answer to both of these questions is no. These questions bring up generalizations that are dealt with in both of the short essays which are which are as follows: “Neat People vs. Sloppy People” by Suzanne Britt‚ and “Batting Clean-up and Striking Out” by Dave Barry. Suzanne Britt describes the generalized behavior and mindset of neat and sloppy people‚ which is not a popular stereotype heard in everyday life. On the contrary‚ Dave Barry describes a stereotype that is
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Matav Hungarian Telecommunications Company was established in 1991 when Hungarian Post was split into three divisions. Matav remained a state-run company until 1993 when the Hungarian government sold off the company ‚ and that was a significant turning point in the history of the company since the privatization process was the largest foreign investment in Hungary. Matav’s majority shareholder ‚ Deutsche Telekom was one of the largest Telecommunications companies in Europe‚ and was involved in
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