“THE WATCHER” By: Andrea L. Thornton The painting I have chosen for this assignment is the 1921 oil painting‚ “The Watcher” by American artist‚ Frank Weston Benson. I had the privilege of viewing this painting on February 23‚ 2013 of this young woman standing on a white‚ sandy shoreline gazing out over the waters. The painting was donated to the Huntington Museum of Art in Huntington‚ West Virginia. My daughter‚ Noelle assisted me with taking my picture and I dedicate all of my efforts
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Dion Bass CJ-1200 Professor Williams Assignment 2 9/6/13 1. The five functions of law in American society are : 1A-Law Bestows Benefits on People 1B-The law creates new programs 1C-The reflects society’s values 1D-Law prescribes certain activities 1E-Law provides predictabilities 2. Select one of the five functions of law. Give an example of how an interest group would use that function to promote its own special interest. Homeowners who use contractor to complete repair to their
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How like the winter is my favorite song because of all the combinations of all the parts. And how the music flows with the deep voices of the men in that choir. Another reason I like the song is just how all the parts perfectly put it together to show how challenge it sounds to sing this piece. The tone in this song sounds very deep and very dark because there are no high notes for the men. The amounts of dynamics to sing this song were a lot since they have to know your part and not miss a single
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Birth Order theories have been around since the 1920’s. Alfred Adler‚ a contemporary of Sigmund Freud‚ was the first to emphasise the importance of birth order and how it affects our lives. Today’s psychologists tend to believe that birth order is simply one variable that affects‚ but does not determine what you are like. It is very clear however‚ that there is a lot more to your child’s personality than what they’ve inherited from their gene pool. Do you believe your child’s birth order
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Tom Clancy Rainbow Six This book was published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons in New York‚ USA. Copyright date is 1998. There are 740 pages in this book. Thomas L. Clancy‚ Jr. was born on the 12th of April 1947‚ he is married and lives in Maryland‚ USA. Clancy’s novels can be classified as Military-Techno-Thrillers. He has written fiction and non-fiction books‚ Rainbow Six is a fiction book. As for other titles‚ well there are just to many to list‚ in total 23. Some books that he has written
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In “Harrison Bergeron” Harrison can be portrayed as a hero or a danger to society. Harrison is a threat to society. He can get people hurt or injured by his actions. He doesn’t want people to be equal even though they voted for equality. Harrison Bergeron is a threat to everyone and everything around him. Harrison Bergeron was jailed on suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government. He was taken away from his family when he was fourteen years old. He most likely saw what the government’s handicaps
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Everyone is equal‚ and the year is 2081. In Kurt Vonnegut‚ Jr.’s Harrison Bergeron‚ everyone is equal in every way‚ not just before the law and God. To make everyone equal the United States Handicapper General issues handicaps to citizens to suppress their abilities to make everyone have the same mental and physical capabilities. This equality moves all people‚ except those who work for the United States Handicapper General‚ from the bourgeoisie class and into the proletariat class‚ and causes conflict
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of people take part in governing their countries. Therefore‚ their participation plays very crucial roles in their societies. By not taking their political actions‚ they can become passive. It can result in unfavorable societies. The Lottery and Harrison Bergeron stories criticize reckless obedience made by people in two societies described in very sensational manner. Purpose of this essay is to analyze how the stories describe passive societies in order to criticize a blind obedience by comparing
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Top Five Passages Taken from “I Just Wanna Be Average” by Mike Rose 1) “Students will float to the mark you set. I and the others in the vocational classes were bobbing in pretty shallow water... mostly the teachers had no idea of how to engage the imaginations of us kids who were scuttling along at the bottom of the pond” (2). This text stood out to me because it is a simple concept yet abundantly true. A thorough understanding of this passage will lead to the uncovering of a deeper meaning
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known for a bad reason? Nothing of great importance happens over night‚ just like becoming known as a legacy takes many years of great acts and small doses of recognition. With time being one of the greatest factors of determination‚ did William H. Harrison really leave a legacy if he was only president for thirty days? Today‚ almost everyone is considered famous and an inspirational public figure. It takes nearly nothing to gain hundreds of thousands of followers on any social media platform. Once
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