Behind Rebel Lines By: Seymour Reit Genre: Historical Fiction Carol Martin About Emma Edmonds Dates: Born-December 1841 Known for: serving in the Civil War by disguising herself as a man (Franklin Thompson) She participated in the Battle of Blackburn’s Ford‚ First Bull Run / Manassas‚ the Peninsular Campaign‚ Antietam‚ and Fredericksburg. Sarah Edmonds sometimes served as a spy‚ "disguised" as a woman (Bridget O’Shea) or as a black man Died-September 5‚ 1898 Setting When –
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McMurphy‚ Rebel with a Cause Ken Kesey’s experiences in a mental institution urged him to tell the story of such a ward. We are told this story through the eyes of a abnormally large Indian who everyone believes to be deaf and dumb named Chief in his novel "One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest". Chief Bromden also referred to as "Chief Buh-room" is a patient in an Oregon psychiatric hospital on the ward of Mrs. Ratched‚ she is the symbol of authority and female domination throughout the novel. This
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care. Jim’s dad is certain that he buys Jim things but he questions whether he gives him love. Jim with in the first couple minutes displays however teen-ager feels “you are tearing me apart”. Rebel Without a Cause allows a parallel between teenage rebellion in the 50’s and teenage rebellion now. Jim rebels against not only the law but as well his parents in the first scene. His father says drinking every once in while isn’t the worst thing while his mother states that it is not acceptable to drink
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The Ridge Scholarship Essay For this essay‚ I chose as my influence the classic American novel‚ The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Many people know The Great Gatsby as a book they were forced to read in high school. If truth be told‚ I count myself among that group. I believed‚ like many of my fellow classmates‚ that our seemingly fruitless efforts at dissecting the meaning of this book could have been better utilized toward more “important” things. However‚ once I started college last
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That Rebel Flag Courtney Wortham State College of Florida: Bradenton Campus Primary Title Most think that racism is an issue of the past‚ when in fact racism is a very present issue. Many times racism is unintentional‚ in Brad Paisley ’s Accidental Racist (2013)‚ Paisley is acknowledging that racism still exists. He sings about how simple things can be mistaken as racism from an outsiders perspective. To prove that racism is a two way street that affects both whites and blacks‚ LL Cool J is
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Rebel Without a Cause One of the major themes that are presented throughout the whole entire movie is the dysfunctional relationship between one of the characters and their fathers. The movie portrays father figures as problematic which then shape the actions and the characters themselves as the movie progresses. We can see all three dynamics of the father figure presented through Jim‚ Judy‚ and Plato. Through Jim‚ the father figure that he is presented with is a father who is weak allows himself
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MEMORANDUM To: Manager of Snowy Ridge Ski Resort From: Kate Smith‚ Chief Accountant for Recreational Properties‚ Inc. Date: October 27‚ 2010 RE: Fair Value Assessment The subsequent valuations are consistent with the Statement of Financial Accounting Standards no. 157‚ defined as “the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.” Snowy Ridge Ski Resort was acquired on June‚
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Evaluate the relative importance of two of the following as factors prompting Americans to rebel in 1776. Parliamentary Taxation The legacy of colonial religious and political ideas British military measures Restrictions of Civil Liberty Some say that the Revolution was destined to happen ever since Settlers set foot on this continent‚ others argue that it would not have happened if it weren’t for a set of issues that finally drove the colonists to revolt. Ultimately‚ Britain lost
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Canadian soldiers operated with British overseers at Vimy Ridge‚ the Canadian led victory demonstrated to the world that Canada had become a sovereign nation. Firstly‚ the victory at Vimy Ridge is recognized by many Canadians and other people from around the world as an important point in the war‚ and in the sovereignty of Canada. As stated by the Ministry of Public Works and Government Services in Canada in the First World War and the Road to Vimy Ridge: “The success at Vimy marked a profound turning-point
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Genes and Society (GEK1527/LSM1302) Assignment 04 Answer Sheet (Sem. 2 AY 2015) Name Matriculation number Question 1 [2.5 marks] a. Cubs of tamed mothers were raised by aggressive mothers and cubs of aggressive mothers were raised by tamed mothers only to prove that the mother’s behaviour does not influence that of the cubs’. Another method used was when they took the embryos of the aggressive mothers and planted it to tame mothers and they got the same results. It shows that You cant change
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