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    Spoon River Anthology The Spoon River Anthology is a story of many different cultured people all dying in a small town known as Spoon River. This play was based upon free-verse‚ and gravestone epitaphs‚ where the dead actually told their own story. The mood of the play was very dark. The lighting for this play set the mood‚ timid yet bold in some moments. The Scenery was based around a large grave stone. I wish there would have been more props; it would have made the play a lot more interesting

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    problems and in the time where they did became popularly known as the Progressive Era. The Progressive Era had its fair share of problems‚ but some of them would drastically change the course of America’s history. (Dictionary of American History. . Encyclopedia.com. 3 Dec. 2016) Jacob Riis was an 1800s-1900s age photographer with a still-frame camera. He was infamously known to stage photos of what he has seen as he explored slums‚ tenements‚ factories‚ and other horrible places. One of the photos he shared

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    In WW Jacobs’ story‚ “The Monkey’s Paw‚” In “The Monkey’s Paw‚” the story is about the magical talisman‚ the monkey The monkey’s paw grants the owner three wishes. Although not knowing each wish comes with consequences that can lead to tragic events. Jacobs’ craft is revealing. I say it’s revealing because there are many different scenes and surprises in this story that would have to be revealed later in the story. One detail from the story that supports this claim is at the beginning of the story

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    Harriet Tubman My hero

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    all black people were forced to go through‚ some dangerous others horrifying‚ her name was Harriet Tubman. Well let’s just say she didn’t have a choice and had to face and endure danger and pain. Something that no ‘human being’ should go through‚ something that doesn’t even exist in nightmare...but that was what Harriet Tubman had to face‚ and I don’t mean in her dreams...this was reality‚ this was real. Harriet Tubman‚ in my eyes changed society today because of what she believed and experienced. Despite

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    Zion Stroman March 6‚ 2012 Ms Nimmons 1st Grade Harriet Tubman Harriet Ross was born into slavery on a Maryland plantation in 1820. She was one of eleven children born to African slaves named Harriett Green and Benjamin Ross. They were slaves of the Maryland planter named Edward Brodas. Her family came from the Ashanti tribe based in West Africa. Harriet was injured as a teenager when she was hit by a lead stone while attempting to help a slave get away.

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    in New York around the year 1855 to about 1889 when many immigrants from all over the world came to North America. In Jacob Riis’s book he breaks down the immigrants in to different race groups. This book is also about the overcrowding and the unhealthy living conditions of the tenement and how there community changes to become a healthy place to live and work. 2. The author Jacob Riis proved that the saying ‘’one half of the world does not know how the other half lives.’’ Although we are not talking

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    Chapter IX Joseph Andrews seems to break away completely from the original intention. Parson Adams‚ who has no counterpart in Pamela‚ runs away with the novel. He "is one of the most living‚ lovable‚ comical bundles of wisdom and simplicity in all literature." In the words of Edmund Gosse‚ "Parson Abraham Adams‚ alone‚ would be a contribution to English letters." He indeed is the hero of the novel‚ and not Joseph Andrews. Fielding was aware of giving a new literary form with Joseph Andrews which he

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    It was an ordinary day in the Glade‚ the men were doing the heavy jobs‚ and the women were cleaning and gardening. The women had the job of making sure all the food was edible. Some of the women‚ though‚ had the job of being a runner. Harriet ChugJug‚ the fastest runner in the Glade‚ was on her daily duty‚ she ran through the maze with incredible speed‚ almost impossible to be caught by a griever. She took a sudden right‚ and then saw something behind the vines on the wall. She spent about an hour

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    Railroad began in the 1780s while Harriet Tubman was born six decades later in antebellum America. The Underground Railroad was successful in its quest to free slaves; it even made the South pass two acts in a vain attempt to stop its tracks. Then‚ Harriet Tubman‚ an African-American with an incredulous conviction to lead her people to the light‚ joins the Underground Railroad’s cause becoming one of the leading conductors in the railroad. The Underground Railroad and Harriet Tubman aided in bringing down

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    Harriet Tubman was a Black-African American ‚ who slaves honored for inspiring the slave community ‚ to never give up. Also her brave role of intelligence motivated a 100 plus slaves escape with her  to freedom. Later‚ Harriet’s legacy became the founder of the Underground Railroad . Harriet Tubman’s character traits played a role in her deciding to escape from slavery. Harriet’s honor for inspiring the slave community encouraged many people to never give up and they admired her how confident she

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