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    B CUSP 137A 10/28/12 Topic: Prison Treatments Laws in New York State Research Question: Have the prisoners’ rights in New York State been treated rightly after the Attica Riot? Annotated Bibliography Michael E. Deutsch‚ Dennis Cunningham and Elizabeth M. Fink ”Twenty Years Later — Attica Civil Rights Case Finally Cleared for Trial” Social Justice‚ Vol. 18‚ No. 3 (45)‚ Attica: 1971—1991 A Commemorative Issue (Fall 1991)‚ pp. 13-25 This is a journal uses the commissioner‚ the director

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    Loyalty In Barn Burning

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    In “Barn Burning” Colonel Sartoris‚ the son of Abner Snopes‚ is questioned by Justice of Peace about accusations that his father burned Harris’ barn. Whether if it’s true or not‚ William Faulkner‚ the writer of “Barn Burning” highlights the theme about loyalty with dialogue between Colonel Sartoris and his father. This approach increases tension between Colonel Sartoris and his father because Colonel Sartoris’ loyalty is tested since he knows his father is guilty. During the accusations‚ the Justice

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    In the Book of Ages‚ The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin‚ Jill Lapore argues that Jane Franklin faced challenges living according to gender roles imposed by the society of the day. In Jill Lapore’s‚ Book of Ages‚ Jill writes‚ “From our Infancy we are nurs’d up in Ignorance and Vanity‚” Astell complained; girls’ “very Instructors are Froth and Emptiness.” Women were no better educated than the beasts: …” (Lapore‚ Book of Ages‚ 18). Jane Franklin could not go to public school because no public school

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    Running head: LIFE AS AN Life as an African American in New York City in the 1900’s Serena Hamilton Colorado Technical University Online HIS120-1001A-04 Professor John Ragan January 8‚ 2009 Life as an African American in New York City in the 1900’s Imagine an environment where people are trying to have a better life. I work for a rich family in Manhattan. I am blessed to be born with a natural musical ability; though I cannot read or write I can sit down at a piano and play as

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    Hinduism is the third largest world religion with about 900 million Hindu worshippers. Hinduism began in India over 4‚000 years ago. There are many Hindus elsewhere in the world and not only in India. There are many Hindu’s in Asia‚ Africa‚ the Caribbean‚ and Europe. Their faith can vary in different parts of the world such as some Hindus believe in one God and others have believes in many Gods. But all Hindus share the same the idea of rebirth and that all living things are part of the on-going

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    The lecturer talks about a weapon called burning mirror that Greeks used to defended themselves. She says that the points on the reading that support the idea that the story of burning mirror was a myth are uncertain. First‚ the Greeks were not technologically advanced enough to make a large sheet of copper. The lecturer refutes this point by saying that the burning mirror were not a single shape of mirror. The burning mirror could have been made with mirror pieces with the specifications of a

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    Should I Visit Gotham City or New York City? Having grown up reading comics books I am well aware of the bum rap comics get. But something has happened this past decade or so. Comics have become cool! With the multiple comic book franchises making the leap to the silver screen‚ several TV shows on network television‚ and an endless supply of plastic products out there. Now more than ever comic book nerds can hold their heads up high. But with mass appeal also comes confusion. DC Comics and

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    A Burning House Essay

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    Burning House Essay If my house were to burn down‚ I would try to save as many valuable things that I could. If I were to only be able to save ten things‚ I would save the things that mean most to me. The very first thing that I would get would be my photo albums. They are full of pictures that were taken from when I was a little girl‚ all the way up until now. Each picture has meaning to me‚ and I would be very upset if I were to lose them. Whenever I look at them‚ they remind me of the times

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    Effects of Open Burning Over industrialization and globalization‚ the economic growth has been evolving since a few decades ago. Majority of human now are exposed to the advance technologies and luxury of life. However‚ these scenarios do not indicate that life nowadays is much better than the olden days. Every year without fail‚ open burning occurs everywhere. Especially in Indonesia‚ the nomad people and people of the agriculture field will burn forest for their own benefit. After forest

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    Analyze of Death by Landscape and Barn Burning As we all have read the story of A Rose for Emily‚ I decided to choose the story‚ Barn Burning‚ written by the same author‚ William Faulkner for my analysis paper. The story opens with a scene in the court‚ where vice and guilt filled the air. The other story I am going to compare with Barn Burning is Death by Landscape. These two stories are seemingly unrelated‚ yet if you take a deeper look at them‚ there are still quite a few things in common

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