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    1) Choose one of the stories we have read to discuss “point of view” and how it influences possible interpretations. In Leo Tolstoy’s short story‚ “The Death of Ivan Ilych‚” the point of view of the story is third person‚ omniscient. Because the story is third person‚ omniscient‚ the narrative isn’t restricted to one character’s point of view. If Tolstoy wanted to‚ he could’ve told each section through the eyes of someone else. But‚ the narrator told the story primarily in Ivan’s perspective. Since

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    In many cases‚ corrupt Republican appointed carpetbaggers used their position to steal money or resources‚ often from black or black programs as in the case of a “carpetbag governor [who] was charged with stealing and selling the food of the Freedmen’s Bureau intended for the relief of helpless and ragged

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    Cornelius I like good people and nearly all my life I have been around good people. Oh‚ I have known a scalawag now and then‚ but most of the people I have known have been very fine people and I have enjoyed being with them. I like to read about good people and I have a number of volumes in my library about great men who were pioneers; who a long time ago made possible the work that is going on‚ even today‚ in the church. And I enjoy reading those books. But‚ the best man that I have ever read

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    Michael Hemmingson 9700 Gilman Drive PMB 241 La Jolla‚ CA 92093 michaelhemmingson@yahoo.com approx. 2‚300 words My Review of Bill by Vern Myers Michael Hemmingson Bill: A Novella. Vern Myers. NY: Pelican Publishing. 102 pp. Cloth‚ $17.95. Reviewed by Gerald Bass To start‚ I would like you to know that I am writing this book review on an old fashioned manual typewriter‚ an Olympia Model 9 in fact‚ that I purchased at a consignment antique store. I think this

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    In our prison environments‚ there are many kinds of threats to inmate and officer safety daily. Bart ollas (2002) notes that order is a “dynamic social equilibrium”‚ and is the basis for violence or non-violence in the prisons‚ depending on how well it is maintained. The correctional system in our country contains within the walls‚ connected to our streets‚ many gangs. These groups‚ known as Security Threat Groups (STG’s) are usually operated on a racial bias‚ and are active in our Federal Bureau

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    Literature and Setting --------------------- ENG 125 Michelle Pinkard August 23‚ 2010   Literature and Setting A dimly lit porch‚ a sunny day at the beach‚ hot summer day in Arizona‚ all of these are examples of places where a story might take place. These stories are known as literature. Literature cannot be simply defined because it is an art form. This art form portrays many emotions‚ historical moments in time‚ places and much more. Literature is all around us and is something that we

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    The Great Migration & The Identity Crisis of Southern White America Based on documents from Eric Arnesen’s Black Protest and the Great Migration The Great Migration of Southern blacks northwards and out of the Southern states created two fundamental crises in the lives of white Southerners‚ that of economy and that of identity. The inability of the white South to internalize the rapidly changing realities of race relations‚ and to move beyond the paternalist worldview that

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    APUSH Key Terms Ch. 25 1. Jane Addams the founder of Hull House‚ which provided English lessons for immigrants‚ daycares‚ and child care classes 2. Florence Kelley reformer who worked to prohibit child labor and to improve conditions for female workers 3. Mary Baker Eddy founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910) 4. Walter Rauschenbusch New York clergyman who preached the social gospel‚ worked to alleviate poverty‚ and worked to make peace between employers and labor unions. 5

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    History 1010 Notes 1st Test Jan 10- Exams structure/Europe on the Eve of Colonization (Thompson) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Questions: What factors existed in the age of Christopher Columbus that explains why European countries explored and colonized in the "New World"? Which European countries first exploited and colonized in the western hemisphere? Why was it that European countries did so and not countries

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