The Coldest Winter Ever is a best-selling 1999 novel written by rapper and activist Sister Souljah. Set in the projects of Brooklyn‚ New York‚ The Coldest Winter Ever is the story of Winter (aptly named because she was born during one of New York’s worst snowstorms) Santiaga‚ the rebellious‚ pampered teenage daughter of a notorious drug dealer. Winter’s father‚ Ricky Santiaga‚ has attained substantial wealth through his drug empire and lavishes his wife‚ Winter‚ and Winter’s three younger sisters
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Composed by Brian Balmages‚ ‘Moscow 1941’ is meant to describe the battle between the Russians and the Germans during World War II in Moscow. This piece contains a double duple meter pattern for the rhythm and some slight downbeats. The piece starts off with a grave tempo to represent the a gradual march that catches the audience in a trance of sorts. Gradually the crescendo builds and with accelerando‚ the audience feels as if they themselves are in the story being told. I have enjoyed this piece
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adapt to the idea of computerized systems and continue to use a manual method of writing and recording in logbooks. Paraiso Memorial Park‚ Inc. is a privately owned cemetery located in Ampid II San Mateo‚ Rizal. Their main office is located at Door No. 12 Marietta Arcade MR Center‚ Marcos Highway‚ San Roque Marikina City. The cemetery first opened in November‚ 1973‚ by Mr. Romeo M. Liamzon. It is currently being led by their president Marietta Liamzon‚ the wife of the late Mr. Romero M. Liamzon. Paraiso
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DBQ- Foreign Policy1930-1941 The foreign policy in the 1930’s was determined by the president. Everyone during that time was sure they wanted to be isolationists‚ including the president. The isolationist views would be challenged by Japans invasion of Manchuria and constant disregardof treaties‚ their own morals‚ and the inevitability of the germans attacking the US. In 1931Japan invaded Manchuria completely disregarding any previously implemented treaties. As Japan’s empire exponentially grew
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Little Women: A look into gender roles in 1941 The photograph “Little Girls with Their Dolls and Buggies” (1941)‚ taken by Russell Lee‚ is of two young girls pushing baby dolls in carriages along a sidewalk in Caldwell‚ Idaho. It’s a bright‚ sunny day and the girls are walking alone‚ with no other people visible in the photograph. Both girls are smiling‚ and the girl pictured to the right is looking intently at the girl to the left. Behind the girls to the left we see a respectably sized house
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to dream about the winter day in America ‚ one day I can touch the snow‚ the thing is impossible in my country. But while I came to US‚ my thinking was complete change. I felt tired and kind a scare of winter. I am tried of my house heater. It was an old model so it not produce heat enpugh to warm my house. There are no school on snowing day‚ but I have a lot stuff to do at home‚. I had to help my father clean up my sidewalk‚ clean up my car . And Going out side in the winter time was became my
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healthiest of relationships‚ either. The Possessive by Sharon Olds describes a family scenario where the mom grieves as she feels she is losing control over her daughter. In “Those Winter Sundays”‚ there is a theme of sacrificing for your family‚ regardless of the lack of appreciation given back. While both are attention grabbing stories‚ between the two‚ “The Possessive” by Sharon Olds evokes the interest of readers more than “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden because of the intense imagery
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In a fast paced read by Sharon Old’s poem “Sex Without Love”‚ she expresses the poet’s attitude towards loveless sex as a cold‚ hurtful act. She picked certain words to come across to us that the activity of sex is cold and the speed of reading the poem is almost as if it was the speed of having intercourse. It’s not a beautiful thing us humans do‚ it is more of an activity that we do for pleasure. Old starts off the poem questioning how people have sexless love. You are not quite sure if she is
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The Old Neighborhood This story talks about a woman named Sharon Hicks-Bartlett visiting her old neighborhood North Lawndale. She has not visited North Lawndale for fifteen years. She was shocked to see how it looked since she left. Sylvan playground as she remembered it was empty‚ full of trash and had curfew signs posted. Old establishments that used to be big are now shut down and abandoned. Movie Theaters wee either torn down or has turned into a church. Everything else was protected by
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Corn was their absolute main crop and was stored for winter. The Iroquois would also use the corn husks for other purposes such as slippers and old fashioned dolls. Iroquois were really clever and creative when it came to preserving food for the winter season. To preserve food‚ they would have storage pits. These pits were dug up and lined with watertight bark then filled with corn and dirt to secure it. Men did most of the hunting during winter right after the crops were harvested and stored in
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