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    Written as it was‚ at the ebb of the 1930s‚ a decade of social‚ economic‚ and cultural tumult‚ the decade of the Great Depression‚ William Faulkner ’s short story "Barn Burning" may be read and discussed in our classrooms as just that--a story of the ’30s‚ for "Barn Burning" offers students insights into these years as they were lived by the nation and the South and captured by our artists. This story was first published in June of 1939 in Harper ’s Magazine and later awarded the 0. Henry Memorial

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    The autobiography entitled Coming of Age in Mississippi by Anne Moody (born Essie Mae) is the story of her life as a poor African American girl coming of age in segregated Mississippi. She grew up in Wilkerson County‚ a rural county overflowing with poverty and racism. Both of her parents spent time working on plantations until her father left the family for another woman. Her mother then obtains a job working as a maid for several white families‚ in order to support her family. Throughout her childhood

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    Mississippi Burning – Analytical Essay "Mississippi Burning"‚ directed by Allan Parker‚ is set in the state of Mississippi‚ 1964. In this film‚ Parker shows that he feels sorry for black people‚ by strongly portraying the levels of racism and injustice towards negroes‚ which was implemented by white people (the Ku Klux Klan in particular) within the state. The Ku Klux Klan was a group of white people who believed that negroes were filth‚ and that they didn’t deserve to live equally among white

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    Mississippi Constituent Services Directory Agency Name: Auditor’ Office Auditor’ Office Constituent Services Contact Name: Brent Henderson Phone: 601-576-2639 Email: Brent.henderson@osa.ms.gov Back up Contact: Bill Pope Phone: 601-576-2667 Email: Bill.Pope@osa.ms.gov Handmail Address: Suite 801 Woolfolk Building Brief description of your agency and how it serves the public. Our Agency audits public funds such as County governments and State Agencies as well as Universities

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    English 2 Pre-Ap / period-3 10-19-2013 Ignorance is Not Bliss Oedipus Rex‚ by Sophocles‚ premiered in 429 B.C.E.‚ tackles the idea of fate‚ and how too great of a desire to change fate will result in the opposite of what you want to happen. I believe that this play was created to argue against the idea that your fate can be changed. I also believe that you can’t change your fate but I am convinced that you will never know your fate until after it happens. The story of Oedipus was carried orally

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    Ignorance

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    I G N O R A N C E Ignorance is bliss they say‚ but if we seriously consider things‚ is it? Ignorance is created by one man and his failings to understand that individuals are inherently the same. His failings to acknowledge that people’s preferences do not label them as ‘abnormal’. Ignorance is fear of the unknown‚ judgement without education and false assumptions inflicted upon groups and individuals in society. Throughout history‚ we can trace major social and cultural conflicts back to the oblivious

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    regions” (Kung and Hahn‚ The Mississippi Delta Chinese: An Audiovisual Narrative). Quon said that “the whites were empowered‚ the blacks‚ definitely out of power‚ and then the Chinese were kind of in the middle. We knew it was not right‚ but what could we do” (Kung and Hahn)? Raymond Wong had said‚ “We were-in-between‚ right in between the blacks and the whites. We’re not black‚ we’re not white so that by itself gives you some isolation” (Block‚ “The Legacy Of The Mississippi Delta Chinese”). It was clear

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    when it comes to love and compassion. However‚ Mrs. Turpin isn’t the only character that exhibits ignorance in this short story. Mary Grace‚ the help‚ and even Clyde display ignorant behavior whenever it comes to responding the Mrs. Turpin. Although the story centers around the ignorance of Mrs. Turpin where one person displays ignorance‚ others will exhibit ignorant behavior also. The battle of ignorance first appears during the introduction between Mrs. Turpin and Mary Grace.

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    Ignorance is happiness Think about communication now‚ how do people talk to each other? Think about entertainment‚ how do people have fun? Or how about knowledge‚ how do people share information? How do people find out about history? People today use cell phones‚ the Internet‚ and the television. But until about a century ago‚ no one had any of that. No one had Phones or flat screen TV’s. No one had Facebook or Twitter accounts. So how did people back then live and work? The answer is with

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    Questions for Surrealism (Please copy the following questions to a word document – save in your h: as Surrealism Project in your Art folder) Questions 1 and 2 will be worked on in the first two theory lessons and will be due the following week Questions 3 will be worked on in the third and fourth art lesson and will be due the following week. PAY ATTENTION (submit a copy or print of the EVERY piece of art work you discuss.) (Each piece of art work should have - name of artist‚ title

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