5/3/2011 Joan Hinton – Atomic Bomb Topic Outline & Thesis Statement According to Joan Hinton‚ “As long as there is war‚ scientists will never be free‚ are we scientists going to spend our lives in slavery for madmen who want to destroy the world?” Joan Hinton wanted to use her gift as a mathematician to help people around the world; instead‚ she was deceitfully recruited to work on a project that would kill sixty – seventy thousand people and injure one hundred
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Phi Cao Carlin – 1 English IIK 30‚ January 2013 1. Character: Clarisse Quote: “I sometimes think drivers don’t know what grass is‚ or flowers‚ because they never see them slowly‚” she said. “If you showed a driver a green blur‚ Oh yes! He’d say‚ that’s grass! A pink blur! That’s a rose garden! White blurs are houses Brown blurs cows. My uncle drove slowly on a highway once. He drove forty miles an hour and they jailed him for two days. Isn’t that funny and sad too?(1.9) Analysis: As Clarisse
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In the fairytale “The Third Wish” by Joan Aiken‚ a man named Mr. Peters has three wishes to use on anything he wants. He gets these three wishes by saving the swan king’s life. The problem in this story is selfishness because all Mr. Peters does is think about himself. Using word choice and sensory details‚ Joan Aiken teaches readers that when people cannot get over themselves‚ they wind up hurting others and maybe even them. The theme of selfishness is clearly shown by Mr. Peter’s actions. He wishes
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The scene from the Notebook that I have selected is the “it wasn’t over for me” scene as it has a strong significant meaning of a long lost love story. The film is seen through the eyes of Noah and Allie as they reunite after a period of seven years. This is an important scene in the build up of the climax as Nick Cassavetes’s intentions for this scene is to make a sense of romance and to portray that after all the years apart‚ they still have feelings for each other and to show that Noah loves
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problems is one way a person is sculpted. Never underestimate the problems you overcome‚ they could help you out later. Michael Jordan and Joan of Arc are great examples of people who overcame obstacles to become the person they are today. They both proved people wrong and used their problems to become stronger. Though completely different time periods‚ Joan of Arc and Michael Jordan are very similar. They were both bogged down by peers and adults‚ and not given a chance. “Jordan did not make
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One student that benefited from the class was Francisco Javier. Francisco wrote two letters to his mother explaining how he feels and appreciates her. In one of his letters he said‚ “You know what‚ Mom? When you lecture or counsel me‚ even though it doesn’t seem like I’m listening‚ your words stay in my mind. When I go to bed‚ I reflect on them. I know you think I don’t appreciate everything you’ve done for me‚ but it’s the opposite.”(96) Even though he never sent either of his letters to his mom
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Evidence of police brutality is seen in Joan Didion’s “Slouching Towards Bethlehem” as well as many other sources‚ such as BBC‚ the New York Times‚ and Time Magazine. Is it fair that police can use brute force? Police are supposed to protect and serve the people of our country‚ however‚ in many cases‚ police abuse their power and use excessive force‚ leading to police brutality. Unnecessary action and police force can be seen as early as 1969 in Haight-Ashbury. In Joan Didion’s exposé‚ “Slouching Towards
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St. Joan of Arc was born on January 6‚ 1412 in Domremy‚ France. She grew up in poor family to Jacques d’Arc her father. Picking the veggies and fruit in gardens to earn money. At 16 three voices came to her in the garden and told her to talk to Charles the French dauphin. She traveled to Vaucouleurs the French stronghold near her home town. She told the captain of the garrison about the voices she heard. He didn’t believe her and sent her home. She came back in 1429 and asked again. The captain
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lives. Joan‚ the main character of the film Joan of Arc lived amidst this mindset in France thru the 1400s. Joan believed she was sent by God to liberate France from the English. Many people perceived different feelings towards Joan and what she stood for. Throughout the film of Joan of Arc‚ John a knight and vassal to Sir Robert shows various emotions towards Joan and her beliefs. In the beginning of the movie‚ John does not believe Joan’s visions. When John first meets stowaway Joan at Sir Robert’s
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authored by Kautilya‚ one o f the ministers of King Chandragupta‚ is the clear evidence of it. However‚ the present system of accounting‚ based on Double Entry System was developed by a Franciscan monk Lucas Pacioli. He published his work on book-keeping in 1491 at Venice in Italy. It was translated and published in English by H.O. Castle in 1543. In 1553‚ James Pule published his work on ‘how to keep a perfect account of debtors and creditors. The most important publication‚ however‚ was that of
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