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    Barron-Gronvold‚ Linda Forensic Hair Analysis and Examination of Textile Fiber for Microscopy Lab Report Virtual Police Department Crime Laboratory 2121 Virtual Blvd. Virtual‚ Maryland 20000 ________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------- Report of Examination To: Professor Jean Gardner Report Date: 09/10/2013 Agency

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    The Little Foxes Analysis

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    Gilded Decay” The Little Foxes is set in the deep south‚ in the spring of 1900. This setting is historically at the cusp of what is referred to as the Gilded Age. The “Gilded Age” is considered to be the decades between 1870 and 1900 and is a term coined by Mark Twain. It was used to describe a period with many social problems that were masked by the rise of new money. Greed‚ scandal‚ and corrupt policies ran rampant during this time; however‚ as we look back‚ this was also a point in history where

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    dies when Emily is thirty and still single. On the day after her father’s death‚ she claims that her father is not dead. In the same year‚ Colonel Sartoris remits her taxes by inventing a tale of her father loaning money to the town. 1895- Homer Barron comes to town. People began seeing him and Emily driving on Sunday afternoons. At first‚ the people say that Emily will marry him. Then‚ they say that she would persuade him because it had become known that Homer liked men. Later‚ they say “Poor Emily”

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    cancer patients by as much as 50%‚ but also in many cases‚ by 1% or less” (Barron). That is a big chance to take‚ and living with a bunch of side effects that make you feel drowsy and not healthy everyday would get very sickening. Some patients would not want to live like that even if it did extend their life. “ For example‚ the statistical chances of chemotherapy being helpful with lung cancer are less than 1 in 100…” (Barron). If the chances are that low‚ is it even worth the risk? The cancer might

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    ESSAY 2 ROSE FOR EMILY

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    who believed that nobody was good enough to marry his daughter; he warded off any of her suitors‚ leaving Emily in solitude and possibly mentally unstable when he died. Two years after Emily’s father’s death‚ an allegedly gay Yankee laborer‚ Homer Barron‚ entered her life. The men and women of the town were intrigued that a Grierson was interacting with a male beneath their class. Simultaneously‚ Emily’s cousins from Alabama were called upon by the church to end Emily’s relationship with Homer and

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    promising on Fifth Avenue‚ but the lower class and culturally textured immigrants. Some critics of the time did not like their choice of subjects which often included slums‚ alleys‚ and taverns that were frequented by the local working class. The Gilded age was a time when many changes in America were taking place. The economy was flourishing and so was art. Painters were depicting a realistic look at all the glories and hardships of the new age. Wealthy Americans wanted to fill their homes with

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    Short Fiction Essay “A Rose for Emily”            In the story “A Rose for Emily”‚ William Faulkner associates the main character‚ Miss Emily with a sense of beauty‚ privilege‚ and mystery. Raised in a rich southern atmosphere it is clear why the town of Jefferson is so infatuated with her life. But how does the patriarchal society and socioeconomic climate of the era contribute to and directly influence the events that occur in Miss Emily ’s life? Miss Emily is a product of her time. Nobody in

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    nobility within England‚ and put into question the sovereign’s authority to‚ dictate governmental enactments‚ to control the country’s military‚ and to levy funds from the population. Under the rule of King John‚ the revolts of many within the English barron class led to the king to sign the Magna Carta in 1215. While much of the document actually relates to very‚ specific‚ and arguably narrow‚ items‚ the power in the document became one of symbolic status from the start. This became representative of

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    satisfaction for Miss Emily to finally have a man over that stayed and have a set up as if they were married. All of this was more so her father’s fault for cutting her off with all interaction in society. Making an intellectual leap‚ I believe Homer Barron didn’t want her and she used something to draw him in and once she sees him trying to escape she poisons him in order to make him

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    Anti-Trust Act 17. Karl marx 18. Skyscrapers 19. Push/pull factors of immigration 20. Ellis Island 21. Angel Island 22. “Gilded Age” 23. Americanization Programs 24. Urbanization 25. Vaudeville 26. “melting pot” 27. Mass culture 28. Mass transit 29. nativism South and West during the “Gilded Age” 30. Main agricultural crops after the Civil War 31. Farmer’s Alliance 32. Jim Crow laws 33. Main limitation of the Southern

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