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    Rick Perry

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    Governor‚ Rick Perry‚ announced his candidacy for President on August 13‚ 2011‚ and looks like he is in line for the number one spot in the 2012 Presidential Campaign. Perry‚ a committed conservative‚ grew up in a small‚ rural town called Paint Creek‚ where he worked on the family farm‚ played football and was a dedicated Boy Scout. Perry actually went to Texas A&M University and was an Aggie Yell Leader for the Fightin’ Texas Aggie Corps of Cadets‚ graduating with the class of ‘72. Perry then enlisted

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    In Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood‚ the author uses a style of writing combining factual‚ journalistic writing with the mystery and intrigue normally found in traditional fiction novels to develop a new genre that critics found unique from the modernists of his time. In the beginning of this book‚ the murders and victims seem unrelated‚ but as the book moves ahead‚ the relationship becomes clear. The victims‚ who are the Clutter family of four‚ are the typical all-American family. The family is murdered

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    Jason Reeder-Perry Cell: (619) 410-5772 E-mail: jasonreeder47@yahoo.com OBJECTIVE: Securing a position as a Cashier or Stocker WORK EXPERIENCE Sales Representative 02/2013 – 03/2013 Edriven Concepts Temecula CA Delivered prepared sales presentations‚ reading from scripts that describe products or services‚ in order to persuade potential customers to purchase a product or service Contacted businesses or private individuals by telephone in order to solicit sales for goods or services

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    Chapter four is very interesting because there is a lot of drama at the end of the chapter. There is a double homicide committed by Davy‚ when he kills Tommy Basca and Israel Finch. I don’t know if Reuben thinks his brother is a murderer. It is kind of confusing because he says‚ “Davy wiped his face‚ said‚ ’Well-’ then stepped over Tommy and out the door. And when did he know just what he’d done? We’ve wondered that‚ Swede and I” (Enger‚50). In that sense‚ it is very hard to say if he thinks his

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    In the first few chapters of the story In Cold Blood‚ by Truman Capote‚ Capote uses copious descriptive phrases to draw the reader into his story. Capote paints the setting of the novel perfectly with his descriptions. The illustration of the midwest‚ using imagery‚ brings the reader to feel as if they actually lived in Kansas in the late 1950’s. Capote’s use of diction creates a suspenseful‚ contradictory mood. These two rhetorical devices create contradiction‚ leading the reader in two directions

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    Although Truman Capote plans to give a detailed explanation of the Clutter family murders‚ he must begin with what the town is like and what kind of lives the people live; so‚ he must explain how community members are changed after the something so tragic sticks an innocent town. Because Capote is trying to create a bland and dry view of Holcomb‚ he highlights the loneliness of the town. He describes Holcomb as‚ “The local accent is barbed with a prairie twang‚ a ranch-hand nasalness‚ and the men

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    Explore the theme of Questionable Motives in ’Frankenstein’ and ’In Cold Blood’ The non-fiction novel ’In Cold Blood’ reconstructs the murder of a Kansas family in 1959‚murderers Perry Smith and Richard Hitchcock soon become the center of Capote’s novel‚which pioneered the new journalism movement.The Gothic novel ’Frankenstein’ is the disturbing story of an unnatural creation which was highly controversial when published‚in 1818.The creature represents the consequences of meddling with God’s creations

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    01.14 American Dream Ever since America has been explored and colonized. The conception of an ideological dream has been at the forefront. America has continually provided an arena for those in individuals seeking economic‚ governmental and religious growth. The concept of American dream starts as European in a nature. Italian explorer Christopher Columbus and his voyage‚ as well as John Smith and his voyage were a recognizable spark that reinforced the concept of American Dream. Columbus set the

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    Effects of the Cold War in the Mid 1900’s In the mid 1900’s the term Cold War would be used to describe the relationship between the United States and the USSR. With the United States possessing a powerful weapon known as the atomic bomb; the USSR would not be long behind them after World War II with their own atomic bomb. During this time period the USSR and the United States relationship would dissolve because of the United States holding back information at the Yalta Conference. The Cold War would

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    happy. After the war‚ America became infatuated with money and business. For this reason‚ the Jazz Age gave a taste of the American Dream to the people who lived in this time period (Hamilton 4-7). The American Dream is a dream in which an individual has the ability to start from nothing‚ work hard‚ and have success.

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