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    The Fire of Jubilee Santo Domingo. In 1799 two white guards were killed while transporting slaves through Nat’s hometown‚ Southampton County. The first attempted large scale insurrection on American soil was the Gabriel Prosser conspiracy in Richmond in 1800. Gabriel and his accomplices planned to burn Richmond‚ and take the governor hostage. His plans were spoiled before he had an opportunity to carry them out‚ but the event contributed dramatically to the uneasiness of many Southerners. Nat toiled

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    “To the Other Side of the Sky” and the article from the International Campaign to Ban Landmines both talk about the issue of landmines because Farah’s story supports the organization’s claims. In “To the Other Side of the Sky”‚ Farah gets hit by a landmine as a child. This blow caused many injuries to her body‚ like to her legs. According to the book‚ “‘Finally‚ I caught one quick glimpse‚ just one glimpse‚ and oh my God! That wasn’t my leg anymore‚ it was just meat! Oh‚ the redness of it‚ the utter

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    Louise Nevelson— Sky Cathedral Presence Survey of World Art By Vyacheslav Borts The sculptress Louise Nevelson was a towering figure of American modernism. Born in 1899‚ she came to prominence in the late ‘50s‚ gaining renown for monochromatic structures built out of discarded wood. Critic Arthur C. Danto wrote‚ “There could be no better word for how Nevelson composed her work than bricolage—a French term that means making do with what is at hand.” (Danto 2007) Her pieces evolved and expanded

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    In the book‚The Sky Is Everywhere” the author ‚Jandy Nelson ‚is trying to illustrate that losing a loved one is hard to moving on.When Lennie was younger her mother left her for a new family‚ Bailey took the mother’s position. Bailey was always there when Lennie needed someone to talk to. Lennie felt so close to Bailey be cause they would tell each other there own secrets. Suddenly Bailey dies‚ leaving Lennie to be on her own. Without Bailey ‚ Lennie discovers she’s a whole entire new person. This

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    A Gap of Sky - Analysis and interpretation The short story by Anna Hope is about a nineteen-year-old girl named Ellie. We’re introduced to Ellie while she is lying in her bed‚ just awoken from what seems to have been a wild night out. It is Monday‚ which means she went out a Sunday‚ which for many people is an unusual day to go party. The first sentence in the short story goes like this: ‘It is dark‚ but the wrong dark.’ Ellie likes the dark‚ but she senses that it is the wrong kind of dark. A

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    The Blue Sky Gallery‚ in Portland‚ currently displays a photo series depicting the daily struggles individuals from Central America face as they make the perilous journey to the United States. In this series‚ Michelle Frankfurter‚ highlights the atrocities presently facing migrants as they attempt to reach and cross the border. Michelle Frankfurter is a documentary photographer who has spent recent years capturing the difficulties immigrants face traveling to the American and Mexico border. Her work

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    Half the Sky is a movie that discusses the oppression of women around the world. It brings to light the issues that‚ even in today’s society‚ are still occurring. Women‚ young adults‚ and children everywhere in the world are becoming victims to abuse‚ rape‚ and being deprived of getting an education. This film documents Nikolas Kristof going around the world with the help of well known people in America to show some of the issues and some organizations that are working to change the way society views

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    Queen Bess: Daredevil of the Sky World War I had impacted everyone in the world with new technology and new inventions. Aircraft were used for the first time and many people could now fly or dream of flying. However‚ only white men were allowed to learn to fly in America. Women and African-Americans were deemed unsuitable to be able to fly. Just a few years before Amelia Earhart earned her aviator’s license‚ Bessie Coleman earned hers and proved to the world that everyone deserves the chance to

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    terrible accident‚ this fire did more than just take the lives of many by also affecting others in a mental aspect. This accident was that of the Hartford Circus Fire. It was a fire that resulted in the entire destruction of a circus and lives lost by many of the circus’ very own staff‚ along with many spectators. Many years later‚ the cause of this fire is still up to some speculation among authorities. This essay will dig into the event of the fire‚ the investigation of the fire‚ and the possibilities

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    Sky Burial’ demonstrates that a person’s identity is defined more by circumstances than by culture of origin.’ Discuss. Culture is a very important and highly influencing aspect of both the Chinese and Tibetan lifestyles. Shu Wen‚ a young Chinese doctor‚ was brought up under strict Chinese culture with deep religion and ideology but she chose to leave it and her whole family behind for the love of her husband‚ Kejun. Shu Wen is a prime example that a culture may influence‚ but does not necessarily

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