it is 1880. The Civil War has been over for 15 years. Economic conditions in the town you live in have deteriorated‚ and you are struggling to make ends meet. You decide to try your luck out west‚ where there is plenty of land and plenty of opportunity. Before leaving‚ you must decide what you will do out west—be a miner‚ a cowboy‚ or a farmer. Each presents its own opportunities and difficulties. Write an essay in which you: Tell what you would be—a miner‚ cowboy‚ or farmer. Describe the opportunities
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Ota Kte used his experiences and struggles to perform in the Wild West show in front of a white audiences. He was considered the voice for the rights of his people after the show. Shanice Britton was raised in Native American tradition. She went to college where many people had many questions for her and had many misconceptions. She would try to learn as much of the language as she can. She made a claim that she will open a vet near her home because at college she would have to drive a hour to get
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century as Baroque‚ derived from the Portuguese Barocco meaning ‘misshapen pearl’. This term would seem perfectly fitting for something that should be so perfect‚ smooth and naturally rounded but yet is deemed tarnished and distorted - a contradictory term being grand and imperfect. The period is most often described to have begun around 1600 and ending with the death of J.S. Bach and Handel in the 1750s. But what is it that separates this Grand yet imperfect era from others before and after? To
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Movie Review The Blind Side-October 13‚2010 “The Blind Side” On November 20‚ 2009‚ a great movie was brought forth for the world to see! “The Blind Side” is a 2009 drama-sports film written and directed by John Lee Hancock. However‚ it is based on the 2006 book The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis. With the movie starring Sandra Bullock‚ Tim McGraw‚ and Quinton Aaron‚ this movie became an instant hit in the box office. This two-hour and nine minute tear-jerker is a great
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Blind Side In the film‚ Michael Oher was born and raised in the projects of Memphis‚ Tennessee. He grew up poor‚ not knowing his father‚ and was the son of a crack-addicted mother. Oher did not have a consistent place to live and sometimes stayed with his neighbors. He went along with his neighborhood friend and his father who wanted to enroll his son into a school with a good reputation‚ Wingate Christian School. While attending the school‚ he befriends S.J. Tuohy and later welcomed into the
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does socioeconomics and geographic exposure have on musical preference? Music is derived from person’s roots and their history of said parties. Music evolves at the same fast paced rate as society and is typically influenced from previous genres. Music in specific geographical locations and socioeconomic environments are mostly created based on surrounding issues and hardships that face the parties involved. Many factors effect what musical preferences people enjoy such as ethnicity‚ background
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1. Side Window Solar Protection This window film is made from the strongest transparent material—Polyvinyl chloride (PVC). It’s a Watts-Strogatz model meaning that it’s one of the best in the industry as it is made of a random graph generation and has the ability to produce graphs with small-world properties. This 0.5m*3m size WS model will ensure 100% visibility and not block any view. This WS model Side Window Solar Protection film comes in 2 distinct colors classed as dark black and light black
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also worked extremely hard and long to get to where they are. We also tie the American Dream to the myth of money and success and how anyone can rise from rags to riches. This text enforces the myth of money and success showing that the American Dream is possible and gives people hope in that they too could rise out of the bottom. The story of “From Ragged Dick” shows someone that did work hard but also got the luck of saving a wealthy persons son. He started out illiterate shining shoes and barely
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Rebecca west The Return of The Soldier illustrates the mental and social change in perspective of shell shock soldiers returning home from war. Christopher‚ the soldier returning from World War 1 after his unfortunate mental injury‚ to his wife Kitty and Jenny his cousin‚ faced scrutiny and doubt by both women in respect to his present state. His condition‚ thereof‚ was not fully accepting as oppose to that of a physical injury. Soldiers who’ve suffered shell shock in general was alienated because
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Reconstruction and the West Reconstruction and the West The post-Civil War South has been called the “New South.” In what ways did it succeed in reinventing itself? In what ways did it fail? The south’s reconstruction failed for many reasons in my opinion. First off many states rejected the 13th Amendment. Furthermore‚ many of the southern states had no intentions of giving Blacks any type of true freedoms. Many states tried to make the African Americans as property-less as possible. They were
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