The Worst Riot in U.S. History “The last thing the leaders of Los Angeles expected in the early 1900s was that their city would become the scene of the nation’s deadliest urban race riot since the Civil War” (Cannon 3). On March 3‚ 1991 Rodney King was arrested for driving through stop signs and multiple lights. Rodney King‚ African-American‚ had been arrested once before and the police were convinced he was on the narcotic “PCP”. The entire arrest was filmed and several witnesses claimed
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English 11 Hannah Armstrong August 21‚ 2012 Waah! Waah! Cried the voice of a beautiful baby boy. On July twenty-second of two-thousand four‚ Karsten Luke Armstrong was born. As a premature baby‚ life was hard for Karsten the first month and a half. However he managed‚ and came home on August fourteenth‚ two-thousand four. It was the best birthday present I had ever gotten! I thought to myself‚ "I‚ Hannah Marie Armstrong was finally going to
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Dream Job Paper For most of my life the only job that ever held my interest and that really wanted was to be a stay at home mom. However after spending the last four years in college I have learned more about myself and the things I am good at. Once I got into my official major and started taking classes that actually interested me I realized I want to not only be a mom but also use what I have learned in school to excel as a career woman as well. As I approach graduation I have started to think
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On my very first job I worked in a warehouse where I expected to a difficult time since it include heavy lifting but‚ what I didn’t expect was having a boss that would make an enormous impact in my life. This man changed my perspective of life and was the only person in my life that actually helped me when I really needed it while the people that I thought would always be there for me weren’t there when I really needed them the most. My boss David‚ didn’t have to do the things he did for me but he
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Despite of the gross cold I decided to go to school .the problem was i didnt knew that day was a holiday‚no it was not sunday but whatever day it was it was terrible.there is nothing like i am affectionate towards school but we students have to keep our work updated.the most weird thing was my mom didnt remembered it too. so after that i walked downstairs to my parking lot took my vehicle and drove .the first breeze made me astonished then the breezes didnt affect my will to go to school . at last
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eBay etc.‚ similar is the case with movies. It doesn’t cost much to an e-book seller to produce a copy of the book ordered. Video streaming companies can stream the rarest of the movies which is liked by only few people. In such circumstances‚ if a movie or a book is a hit‚ it more because of conformity. We live in a society
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I chose the movie Gothika because It is a very good movie and It has one of my favorite actors in the movie. Gothika is about a Psychiatrist (Halle Berry) who works for a women’s penitentiary‚ and she had car accident after trying to avoid a girl on the road while it was rainy out. She gets out the car to go help save the girl‚ turns out to be a ghost and possesses the psychiatrist body. The next day Halle Berry wakes up to find herself in a hospital bed where she works‚ and she is also being treated
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The Movie or the Book? Nicholas Sparks has written multiple novels that have evolved into movies‚ such as The Notebook‚ The Last Song‚ Dear John‚ Message in a Bottle‚ and A Walk to Remember. The movies previously mentioned are as equally good as the novels except for Dear John. To me‚ Dear John is one of the best books written by Nicholas Sparks‚ yet the movie is the worst. The plot is excellent‚ but it is poorly portrayed in the movie. Several literary elements are found in both the movie and the
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Since I am not a fan of viewing blood‚ and the violent actions that causes it; I decided to watch a movie in which the violence is less grotesque. The movie that I chose to watch was "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets." I chose this movie because I have recently read that the children’s book series Harry Potter has been rated amongst the most violent books meant for young readers. If you look at "Harry Potter" through a uses and gratifications perspective‚ children would most likely watch
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TITLE: GLADIATOR PLOT: The story is about Maximus‚ one of the leading generals in the Roman army. He led the Romans to victory in a decisive battle with the Barbarians that ended a long war between them. This victory helped him gain trust and favour from the old Emperor Marcus Aurelius‚ which is now old and near his end. Emperor Aurelius wishes to appoint Maximus as the temporary leader of Rome‚ even though he has a son‚ Commodus. Commodus‚ being told by his father that he would not be the appointed
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