that have encountered school shootings. America experienced one of the most horrific school shootings of our time. On December 14‚ 2012 Newton‚ Connecticut- Sandy Hook Elementary‚ Adam Lanza (20) killed 27 people (20) children and (6) school staff. Following that shooting the same month and year 2013‚ there were (4) more gun shootings on college campuses. Since the 1700s‚ school shootings have occurred in the United States. There have been over 57 college shootings
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Kyle Bigelow Dr. R. Clohessy English 202-203 July 7‚ 2013 An Unfolding of Paul Laurence Dunbar’s: We Wear the Mask The poem is concealing the pain and suffering as an ex-slave. Paul Laurence Dunbar created this masterpiece of literature around the same time former slaves were seeking civil rights and equality in America. He symbolizes the mask as a smile or grin that covered up the true emotions underlying – the unhappiness‚ disparity‚ and hopelessness. He was effective by using that symbol
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Ceramics III 3B The Grandmasters Mask They say the greatest warrior’s in history all come from the long gone and distant land of Ioni. Where it exist none know today‚ but what is know that there is a long lineage of warriors who can trace ancestors back to this land. Multiple ways of the warrior all can be traced back to Ioni. At some point though the continent it was located on collapsed into the planet it resided on. All remnants of it shattered to oblivion. All there was left were a f
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The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas was an exciting read. It is the final conclusion of the epic adventures of The Three Musketeers. Louis XIV‚ the young King of France‚ is an unemotional‚ cruel man. Paris is starving and the people hate their King. The King does not care‚ and is more interested in women and money than his subjects. Unknown to most‚ there is another king‚ a twin‚ whom was hidden at birth‚ and then imprisoned behind an iron mask to seal his identity. Have you ever wronged
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Water for Elephants. by Sara Gruen. "Life is the most Spectacular Show on Earth!"- Sara Gruen‚ Water for Elephants. "All I can do is put in time waiting for the inevitable. Observing the ghosts from my past‚ rattling around in my vacuous present. They crash and bang and make themselves at home‚ mostly because there’s no competition. I’ve stopped fighting them." says Jacob Jankowski‚ who is now ninety (or ninety three). Mr. Jankowski reflects upon memories of himself as a young man‚ tossed by
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did the skaters not wear helmets‚ neither did the goalies! No one even considered putting on a goalie mask at the time because play moved at a slower pace due to equipment technology and shots were lower because sticks were more basic did not yet have curved blades. With flatter blades of the stick‚ shots were not as high off the ice and since no one was used to practicing on a goalie with a mask‚ they played like they practiced. It wasn’t until 1930 when we saw the first step in the evolution of
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by fellow classmate‚ 13 people dead and 23 wounded in a High School‚ Four girls and a teacher are shot to death and 10 people wounded during a false alarm in school Those were the headlines of all newspapers at one time or another. High School shootings have been occurring throughout the United States. Why is it that a student would come into their school and open fire? Why is it that no one notices the signs before the incident? How is it possible that they were able to bring the firearm into
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Elephant Poaching “We are experiencing what is likely to be the greatest percentage loss of elephants in history‚” said Richard G. Ruggiero‚ an official with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (Ney York Times; December 3‚ 2012). The poaching of elephants started in the late 1800’s and is still happening today. People are slaughtering these majestic animals for their ivory tusks. Ivory has been sold on the black market for millions of dollars. Before the start of ivory poaching there were
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In Paul Laurence Dunbar’s‚ “We Wear the Mask”‚ Louis Armstrong’s‚ “Black and Blue”‚ and Ralph Ellison’s‚ Invisible Man‚ all three pieces share a resemblance‚ because all the poems show people being broken or sad from the inside‚ but lying and faking a smile on the outside. In “Black or Blue”‚ Armstrong sings‚ “I’m hurt inside‚ but that don’t help my case” (Armstrong 12). Invisible‚ who is the protagonist in Invisible Man‚ doesn’t follow the “rule” until the book is nearing the end. People prefer
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the Pwo mask is quintessential piece of African Art. This 15 inch mask is made of primarily of wood and plant fiber covered in pigments and small copper alloy accessories. The mask was worn by a man during tribal dances to honor what was seen as the ideal woman and the founding female ancestors of the Chokwe people. The Chokwe people placed a high amount of privilege and honor towards its women so this mask would have been used to reassure that respect to the tribes women. When this mask was danced
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