(1799-1831) 1. Jedediah Strong Smith born on January 6‚ 1799 in Bainbridge‚ New York. 2. He was thought to have died on May 27‚ 1831 in Ulysses‚ Kansas. 3. He was a Mountain man‚ explorer‚ and trail blazer. 4. Jedediah Smith was leading a dozen men across the plains south of the Yellowstone River to open new trapping grounds but before they reach the area he was mauled by a grizzly bear. He survived but was scarred for life and wore his hair long to hide the scars. 5. He was quoted as saying
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history‚ was the main topic of John Smith’s letter to Queen Anne of Great Britain in 1616. John Smith was incredibly fond of her and believed that she should be welcomed and respected in England. John Smith speaks highly of Pocahontas‚ as well as Queen Anne in this letter. John has had many encounters (both good and bad) with Pocahontas‚ and he mentions these instances in a positive and respectful way. John Smith creates emphasis and uses different techniques to convey his message to Queen Anne. He uses
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Captain Jahn Smith and Governor William Bradford were two influental leaders in the New World during the early 1600s. They both established a colony and they attempted to attract settlers with writings. Their writings were intended for different audiences and they both had different purposes. John Smith’s writings were intended to bring people to the new world. He wrote a pamphlet to the people in England and told about all the good things about New England. In his pamphlet he tried to persuade people
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“Farm Girl” Jon Jones English Composition 115 February 17‚ 2013 “Farm Girl”‚ is an essay by Jessica Hemauer‚ who is trying to fit in with other kids at her school. She lives on a farm where she has her responsibilities before school and after school‚ and she is not able to participate in school functions or other activities that the other kids get to do. Her dream is to join basketball and other clubs because she feels that is the only way she will fit in with everyone else at school. Jessica
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modest main characters. The protagonists Sam Lowry and Winston Smith both do not effectively fit into the classic ‘Hero’ type of behaviours‚ but are closer to an ordinary‚ or even sub-ordinary people which we can easily relate to. As both Nineteen-Eighty Four and Brazil mock the same obstinate government with the latter being a clear reference and a parody to the former‚ the two main central characters share similar
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Charlotte Smith was an English Romantic poet and novelist. She introduced a renewal of the English sonnet‚ helped build the conventions of Gothic fiction‚ and wrote political novels. Charlotte Smiths’ “The Emigrants” is a classic poem due to its stanza form and book-length‚ though it by no means complies with the conventions of the form. “The Emigrants” uncovers the contradictions and shortcomings essential in dominant late‐eighteenth‐century‚ especially in the French Revolution. However‚ she applies
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The company Dick Smith‚ known‚ as Australia’s largest and most convenient electronics retailer‚ identified opportunities to grow to 430 stores in 2016 against the footprint of 393 stores as in 2015. Dick Smith operates across multiple retail sections and integrated a new Omni-channel approach that was designed and modelled to maximise convenience for customers across all platforms of trade. Dick Smiths operations initiative was to improve the returns from their sales on a sustainable basis. Throughout
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Girl‚ Interrupted The name of the movie that I watched was called “Girl‚ Interrupted.” There are a lot of important characters in the movie but the main character is 18-year-old Susanna Kaysen. The actress that plays Susanna in the movie is Winona Ryder. Susanna decided to admit herself into McLean Hospital‚ in Belmont‚ Massachusetts‚ after attempting suicide by overdosing on pills. Susanna plans on staying at mental hospital for only a couple weeks‚ but ended up staying there a couple years.
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Will Smith is a very inspiring young man. Smith is one person today that many kids should idol for coming from nothing he has made himself into a well known person with two Oscar nominations and four Golden Globe nominations and has also made many attempts into making this world a better place. Born and raised in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania Will Smith was the second child of two middle-class parents‚ his father owned a refrigerator company and his mother was part of the school board(biography). Smith
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In the opening scene of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington‚ reporters frantically go around telling and calling people that a Senator has passed away. With the death of the Senator‚ Taylor -who runs the state‚ needs to have Hopper elect a new senator. Not just any fill in senator‚ but a senator who an amateur and that will not go against Taylor. That is how Mr. Smith‚ leader of the state’s Boy Rangers group‚ is appointed senator. When Smith arrives in Washington‚ he does not get off on the right foot and
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