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    Breakfast at Tiffany's

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    long time friend‚ Holly Golightly‚ is still alive by the use of a photograph from an explorer which shows a wood carving made by a tribesman which bears the uncanny resemblance to Holly. After this encounter‚ "Fred" begins to reminisce about his past with Holly and all of their wild adventures. "Fred’s" first meeting with Holly was through his apartment window. Holly Golightly is a nineteen year-old self-sufficient woman. Some of her personality traits are admirable‚ affectionate‚ while

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    Public history is a concept that has existed in some way for thousands of years. One example of this is the creation and use of monuments and memorials to remind society of significant events. These structures provide a unique way of experiencing history and understanding the sentiment of society at the time of creation. One example of this is the Nuclear Theory monument. The Nuclear Theory monument was constructed to commemorate the creation of the world first self-sustaining controlled Nuclear

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    Every person has at some point in their life been promised to have their future explained‚ whether it is done by looking at their palms or the wrinkles in the face‚ but what if the answers to your future were located in your Gluteus Maximus? Rumpology has become the new way of discerning your future. By looking at the wrinkles‚ indents‚ moles and other markings of your butt‚ rumpologists claim to predict your life better than before. Rumpology was believed to have been practiced in ancient Greece

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    We have come far in our knowledge and understanding of the past as we are now all we can hope to do is advance and grow in the knowledge we have yet to acquire and gain more insight from the infinite possibilities that are presented nowadays. The mindset of our nation is one of central understanding when it comes to history as a whole but the things we turn a blind eye to are the things that we seek to learn more about. History in itself has always had times of brilliance and it’s times of downfall

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    time to come. But what happens when you rush the future? The Yankee was a devout protestant man of the 19th century who believes in the power of advancement and the future. Although the Yankee was a man of the future‚ he progressed into a man of the past. It was because of the Yankee’s bigoted beliefs that led him to change the regime of the 6th century; consequently until his external downfall‚ at the end of the novel. From the start of his journey‚ the Yankee imagined different ways to change Arthurian

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    Mary Roach's Microhistory

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    Everybody has a place in history. Most of us may not be written in history books (few may)‚ but we still play a vital role in the microhistory of this world. Future historians can analyze any individual’s life and stretch what they find into an analysis of a broad part of history. It doesn’t have to be a single person to analyze a broader portion of history‚ it can be a certain part of history‚ an object‚ a group of people‚ and so on. In my point of view‚ microhistory is when a researcher looks into

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    Post-Tyrany Socrates

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    What is passed down as history – in addition to formative cultural practices – is the cornerstone for all political and socioeconomic structure in society‚ both past and present. This relationship between the structure of a state and the substance of its people’s beliefs is evident across both traditions and time. Beginning with an open view of human functioning lends itself to be most constructive while investigating this relationship‚ which is viewing humans as more introspective beings looking

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    A Youth in History Elisa M. Ybarbo LeTourneau University November 23‚ 2013 Bret Nelson A Youth in History We live in a world of history‚ a history of past‚ history in the making‚ and a history not yet known. History has a way of affecting people’s lives though we often do not recognize it. Most of us do not come to the realization the daily lives we are living and the world surrounding us will one day be studied in history books. This is especially true for children. What youth often

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    Lydia Peelle – Mule killers In this short story “Mule Killers” by Lydia Peele we meet three generations of a family‚ grandfather‚ father and son as well as the different women in the story. The story is told in present time by the son as a first person narrator‚ but almost everything in the story is a flashback of the father’s story about his youth. The story is constructed in parts; you get introduced to the lives of the father and the grandfather with no introduction of what has happened before

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    Some people may prefer to have a lower-paying job as long as the job asks for shorter working hours so they can have more free time spending with their friends and family. However‚ I would rather be given a higher-paying job with longer hours‚ even if I would have little time with my friends and family. I do not much care about the free time nowadays; I really care about money. Besides‚ all my friends and my family members are usually busy working. Furthermore‚ if I do not earn a lot of money‚ I

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