How does Hunter S. Thompson present the culture of Puerto Rico as well as American Culture in his book The Rum Diary? Hunter S. Thompson’s novel The Rum Diary tells the story of Paul Kemp‚ a journalist working in Puerto Rico in the only English language newspaper in town. The book mainly documents his experiences with the violent locals‚ and possibly even more violent and alcoholic colleagues‚ as well as painting a realistic picture of the Puerto Rico of the 1950’s. The excerpt begins
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October 1‚ 1962 Dear Diary‚ A lot has happened over the past few months. You absolutely would not believe what happened today. You remember me telling you about that negro‚ James Meredith‚ who was trying to get admitted into the University of Mississippi around the end of May of last year? Well‚ rather than letting it go and forgetting about it like he should have‚ he decided to get the NAACP involved. Apparently they appealed his case all the way up to the Supreme Court and they ruled that
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The Washington and Adams presidencies could easily seem like a set rocky years for a young America strung together by events and acts of these great men‚ such as treaties‚ international and domestic affairs‚ and advice to try and establish a safe and effective national government. With a new national government under The Constitution‚ many feared that it could fail to be effective just as the Articles failed‚ but the acts of Washington and Adams during their presidencies would disprove this fear
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Irene’s Diary Entry Dear Diary 12/05/2068 These past couple of weeks at Gattaca have been pretty intense with the Murder of the director and the FBI searching the place and testing all employees for some kind of result. They found an eyelash in the south wing which gave them a suspect by the name of Vincent Freeman‚ whom is an in-valid‚ they say he used
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Jane Adams was born on September 6‚ 1860 in Illinois in a town called Cedarville. Her father was a well known business man‚ who had a lot of influence over her. She had eight siblings in which she was the second to last born. In 1926‚ she suffered from a heart attack and seven years later on May 21‚ 1935‚ she passed away. Jane Addams had many accomplishments in her life time‚ and she influenced many people. She founded the Hull House in 1889‚ which was a place to provide services to immigrants and
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Anne Frank Annelies Maria Frank daughter of Otto and Edith Frank‚ was an optimistic‚ outspoken‚ and curious girl. Anne Frank experiences were written in her diary‚ which continues to impact lives around the world today. Otto Frank (father of Anne Frank) decided to go into hiding after realizing that the Germans were going to catch them and send them off somewhere. He decided to hid inside of his own office building. There was one room that couldn’t be seen from the outside. There was only one entrance
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been a very long time since I have written anything. I am so relieved to say that we finally got rescued! I am currently on a ship heading to Australia. I have been on this ship for a fortnight. A lot has changed since I had last written. The last diary entry I had written I was in Ralph’s group‚ but I switched to Jack’s group because he was threatening any littluns that would not come and join his group. I don’t like being with Jack and his group because I feel like I am disobeying Ralph and Piggy
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There are many moral issues between the characters in the book the Iliad‚ but the biggest issues were with the characters you might least expect: the Greek gods and goddesses. The way these gods were vaunted by the Greeks‚ you would expect them to be perfect‚ just‚ and faultless. But these illustrious gods were anything but that. Their moral priorities were very mixed up to say the least‚ and they took no notice of it. A big problem with the gods and goddesses was their self absorption; they
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Diary of a wimpy kid. Jeff Kinney This story is about a boy named Greg Heffley decides to keep a journal‚ not only because his mother wants him to‚ but also because he wants something he can give to people who ask him questions once he becomes rich and multi- famous. Greg details his day to Day life as a middle school student and gives his opinion on bullying‚ e.g. like boys and girls‚ where to sit on the first day of class‚ whom to talk to‚ how to draw cartoons and numerous other topics.
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Dear diary I’m speechless. It’s been an awful and tiring day that I don’t even know where to start. Johnny and I are sitting near the sunset at the moment on top of a mountain in the countryside. Confused? I know. Remember I told you about Cherry valance‚ the redheaded girl I met at the movies with Johnny and Dally? Well‚ it has a lot to do with her. Johnny and I were running away (because of Darry) when we were surrounded by Socs. Don’t worry‚ weren’t out of our territory. The guy who we saw
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