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    Like most poker games‚ the aim of Caribbean Stud Poker is to land the highest hand. Caribbean Stud Poker is a basic 5-card poker game where you play against the dealer and no other players. The advantage here is that you don’t have to figure out everyone else’s strategy and simply focus on the dealer’s hand. But this doesn’t mean that this game doesn’t offer a thrilling and challenging experience. How to play Caribbean Stud Poker At the start of the game‚ the player places a bet. The cards are

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    Zora Neale Hurston is a black American writer. She was born in a small town in Florida in January 7‚ 1891. Starting with a dreadful life‚ Hurston’s experiences were perfect for starting her career in creative writing. Hurston adjudicates to create/write fiction stories‚ especially books of imagination and exploration. Hurston is a ill-mannered woman during her time period‚ but her words touched‚ and still do touch‚ the black race. As an adult‚ “Zora gave 1901 as her birth year‚ but also gave 1898

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    “The Outcasts of Poker Flat” In the beginning of the story titled “The Outcasts of Poker Flat”‚ readers find that the main character‚ John Oakhurst is not as simplistic as he seems‚ he is rather a complex individual that ultimately reflects realism because of how readers can relate to his life. As we go through all of the unfortunate events Mr. Oakhurst endures‚ we reveal his true feelings and thoughts. He is a complicated individual who feels he is never good enough for anyone. He lets his gambling

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    LITERARY ANALYSIS OF ZORA NEALE HURSTONS “HOW IT FEELS TO BE COLORED ME” By Kenneth Leslie Zora Neale Hurston’s adventurous story "How it Feels to Be Colored Me" explores the writer’s pride in her individuality through precise dictation‚ careful details‚ and colorful words. Rather than writing  an essay about racial inequality‚ Hurston develops a touching story that celebrates her being unique. Zora Neale Hurston describes how she’s an individual through the sentence "I am colored but I

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    Zora Neale Hurston was born in Eatonville‚ Florida‚ a small town inhabited primarily by African-Americans. Her mother died shortly after her birth leaving Hurston in the care of her father‚ who quickly married a woman who sent little Hurston to school in Jacksonville‚ providing her with her first glance at racial segregation. Hurston left school due to financial difficulties and family problems which led her to stay with her mother’s friends. At age fourteen‚ she worked as a maid to earn money for

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    And Do You Locke‚ Take Thee Hughes? In a comparison of the essays “The New Negro” by Alain Locke and “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain” by Langston Hughes‚ there exists both similarities and differences. But‚ what are most striking are the differences between the two‚ especially in terms of purpose‚ tone‚ and audience. Locke and Hughes wrote their essays during the heart of the Harlem Renaissance; 1925 and 1926‚ respectively. Both men were writing from that vantage point‚

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    both have the potential to end. In The Outcasts of Poker‚ Flat Bret Harte has an excellent portrayal of nature reflecting a communities actions. As the town walks the troublemakers to the town limits “[there] were no comments from the spectators‚ nor was there any word [from] the escort” (341). Not long after that “the air [grew] strangely chill and the sky overcast” (343). This sudden change of weather mimics the attitude of the people of Poker Flat. They had

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    Sweat by Zora Neale Hurston was written in 1926 during the time of the Harlem Renaissance‚ capturing the ideas of slavery‚ poverty‚ and equality. Zora Neale Hurston was an American novelist‚ short story writer‚ folklorist‚ and anthropologist known for her contributions to African-American literature. This story shows the life of a hard-working wash woman‚ named Delia‚ who lives with her abusive‚ unfaithful and unemployed husband‚ Sykes. In order to pay the bills and put food on the table for herself

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    it is essential to discover personal identity. In “Homage to My Hips” by Lucille Clifton the speaker expresses courage in her body regardless of the aesthetic norms surrounding her‚ similarly in “How It Feels to Be Colored Me” by Zora Neale HurstonHurston elaborates on how she feels secure in who she is by not allowing her race and how others view her to determine who she truly is. In “Self Reliance” by Ralph Waldo Emerson he demonstrates how important it is to privilege truth and live past what

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    This can’t be happening thought Bill. Man I’m in so much trouble‚ there’s no way I can get out of it. I’m stuck. Bill had just wrecked his parent’s BMW in an accident‚ and they had no idea that the expensive car was even missing from the garage. And a terrible thing had happened as a result of the crash. A young woman lay dead in the passenger side of the vehicle‚ swarmed by medics. Bill had escaped injury‚ but as his body was still at the crash site‚ his mind wasn’t. He was in total shock at what

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