Nicole Watkins Persuasive Speech Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to petition against Maryland’s law to identify “Pit Bulls” as a dangerous breed of dog. Six months ago‚ almost to the day‚ my best friend and her new puppy were attacked. She was dog sitting her grandmother’s Mastiff‚ whom at the time had no previous violent history. She kept the Mastiff and her puppy in separate rooms in order to make sure there were no problems‚ but that wasn’t enough. One day‚ out of nowhere‚ the Mastiff
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Rebuilding The Chicago Bulls First‚ of all The Bulls used to be a super team. Now they are an faint remembrance of The 80’s and 90’s. People like Michael Jordan‚ Scottie Pippen‚ Dennis Rodman‚ Steve Kerr and more was the team of this era. After Michael Jordan announcing he was entering the NBA 1984 draft The Bulls weren’t doing too hot. He got selected 3rd overall but he wasn’t the only need for them. Michael went to the playoffs that year but he and his team lost in the first round. They eventually
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In J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in The Rye Holden uses his red hat as a form of protection and comfort as well as a distinguishing characteristic. Holden struggles toWhen Holden goes back to his room after talking to Old Spencer he begins to think about the red hat he purchased in New York City that he is wearing. He states‚ “just after I lost all the goddam foils…..The way I wore it‚ I swung the old peak way around to the back very –corny‚ I’ll admit it but I liked it that way. I looked good in it that
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of a white dominated society. However‚ as one examines the American society today‚ such stereotypes still exists and may have been influential in the opportunities presented to the Native American communities or the lack thereof. In the story “The Red Convertible”‚ Louise Erdrich employs images associated with freedom as ironies in order to argue that the “American Dream” is a farce as the stereotypes attached to individual communities‚ in this case‚ the Native American communities will never be
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spinning in his head‚ continuously creating structurally improvised works of art”. (Bould‚ Mark) His film Raging Bull is an important example of his techniques and style as a director. Scorsese has also made a few important relationships throughout his career. His collaboration with actor Robert De Niro and editor Thelma Schoonmaker‚ created the cinematic masterpiece‚ Raging Bull. The film brought the team a great deal of success. Martin Scorsese’s style as a film maker involves structure as
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PROTECT OUR MOTHER NATURE Repeatedly in history‚ conceptions of nature have served as ideological justifications for political theory. The most obvious example is the Hobbesian state of nature against which even the most oppressive government appears perfectly legitimate. Whereas in most cases of political theory‚ nature looks like an incompetent savage or unreliable tramp‚ some anarchist lines of argument instead offer versions of nature as infinite‚ loving‚ or otherwise better than the artifices
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Principles of management APPLIED RESEARCH Red Robin Park University Internet Campus A course paper presented to the School for Arts and Sciences and Distance Learning in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Baccalaureate Principles of Management Park University July‚ 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 2 BODY..................................................................................................................................
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Easy Riders‚ Raging Bulls (Bowser‚ 2002‚ USA) is a documentary about Hollywood directors in the 1970s. This film might be a model for my Independent Study as it is told in a documentary fashion with clips and interviews intertwined in the film. When the interview is happening‚ the interviewee is in a close up head shot with a black background. In order to enhance the storyline‚ the film uses archival imagery‚ actual movie scenes‚ voice-over‚ interviews and film posters/titles. For example‚ when
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Visually‚ Raging Bull is close to an artistic disaster. The visual style adopted by director Martin Scorsese and cinematographer‚ Michael Chapman seems to be falling apart. For instance‚ the last fight scene in which Sugar Ray Robinson pummels Jake La Motta depicts ludicrous images; however‚ the continuity editing allows viewers to make sense of it. During this shot‚ Scorsese shows a punch from the perspective of Robinson’s glove as it strikes La Motta’s face. In the seconds that follow‚ we see
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piece of Mesopotamian art that struck me the most was the Winged Human Headed Bull‚ also called Lamassu. This high relief struck me because of its power. It is able to command attention through its size‚ position‚ and strangeness. Its scale is massive at almost fourteen feet tall. It is placed at the entrance of the Citadel of Sargon II‚ demanding attention and setting the mood. It carries a strangeness with its five legs‚ bull body‚ human head‚ and bird wings. When I first saw this piece‚ I felt a fear
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