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    government and new innovations‚ the Market Revolution was born‚ thus causing the United States economy to boom. Market revolution was an important process that drastically changed the economy of the United States during the 19th century. On the same hand‚ it also affected the society and certainly was the cause of the Second Great Awakening‚ the changes in ideas about gender and the creation of the new middle class during this era. During the Market Revolution‚ many Americans changed from producing

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    Nancy Bess: A Short Story

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    “You’re going to get us killed or in the secret service‚” Bess Marvin said angrily‚ sliding Today’s Times across the kitchen table to Nancy Drew. “The case you solved last week has got the eyes of everyone on us‚ not only did you kill the secretary of state’s son‚ but you left a trace that leads right back to us” Nancy pushed her reddish blond hair back from her face and looked up distractedly from the table‚ which was covered with the components of her car’s tape deck. It kept eating her tapes

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    American artist‚ Nancy Holt began her artistic career in photography and video after graduating from Tufts University with a degree in biology. Holt is primarily associated with land art‚ although she was also involved with other mediums consisting of film‚ photography‚ sculpture‚ as well as publishing various books. In 1963‚ three years after graduating‚ Holt married an earth art pioneer by the name of Robert Smithson. Together they composed a collaborative film titled Swamp in 1969. It is said

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    In “On Being a Cripple” by Nancy Mairs‚ she includes the rhetorical devices such as shift in tone‚ from critical to a frustrated acceptance‚ diction‚ ethos‚ logos and the use of euphemism to educate

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    In Scott Bransford article “Camping for Their Live”‚ Bransford writes about a newlywed couple Marie and Francisco Caro and many other homeless people in California’s Central Valley. The Caros didn’t have enough money to put a down payment on a home therefore they became homeless. Bransford uses a concerned tone when writing about the homeless in California. Bransford has some strengths and some weaknesses in his article. The purpose of this article is to describe the development of tent cities and

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    Nancy Mairs is mentally strong and passionate. She refuses to indulge in the societies way of feeling sorry for those who are unfortunate‚ as in her case. She repudiates the very thought of social protection for her "unable" limbs. Mairs is an independent individualist who refuses to seek refuge for her "crippled" body. The word choice used by any writer can portray or hide any of the author’s points or secrets. Nancy Mairs uses repetitive diction in which she repeats words such as "handicapped"

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    “Disability” Nancy Mair’s “Disability” shows us the view a disabled woman has on how the world perceives people with disabilities. Nancy is “a forty- three year old crippled woman.”(Bedford Reader 13).Nancy is a woman who spends most of her time in a wheelchair. A woman that can be easily spotted in a crowd. She notes that she has not 3show that illustrated her so that people would feel sorry for the woman. They show the woman trying to make one lat trip before she gets crippled. Nancy thinks the show

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    In the essay “Disability”‚ writer‚ public speaker‚ and self-acclaimed “radical feminist‚ pacifist‚ and cripple” Nancy Mairs examines how the general public responds to individuals with disabilities as well as how the media portrays these aforementioned individuals (Mairs 12). She begins her essay by describing herself as a crippled woman with multiple sclerosis‚ speaking about her condition‚ and stating that she has never noticed a cripple woman like herself in the media. When the media does portray

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    Nick Carraway is an important character in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel‚ The Great Gatsby. Throughout the book‚ Nick struggles to understand the world around him and the people in it. Why are some people so careless while other people are so cautious? Why do people wait around for things to happen instead of going out and making them happen? And most of all‚ with all the people in the world‚ how can one still feel so lonely? It’s not hard to pick up on Nick’s detachment‚ “I felt a haunting loneliness

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    The Market Revolution Many factors contributed to the Market Revolution beginning in 1815 and ending in 1860. These included economic‚ technological‚ and social aspects. Better transportation helped move people‚ materials‚ and manufactured goods from coast to coast. New inventions quickened the development of crops and manufacturing of goods. The country’s cities were growing fast‚ and people moved west in pursuit of cheap land and opportunity. Economically

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