5.07A Wild West Brainstorming: When I hear the word “cowboy” I think of.. 1. a tall slender man 2. boots 3. wrangler jeans 4. rural and southern accents 5. hats 6. fishing 7. respectful 8. flannel 9. guns 10. mudding 11. hunting 12. has manners‚ ex. Yes ma’am‚ Yes sir. 13. whiskey 14. leather 15. cows 16. poker 17. tobacco Outlaw: Black Bart Known as the master outlaw of his time. He had become the master at stealing from stagecoaches. He believed
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A: The Decline of the West The Decline of the West is a short story by Hanif Kureishi. It is about a husband and father‚ named Mike‚ who comes home from an over twelve hour day at his job‚ to find his wife annoyed and not pleased with him‚ his oldest son the same‚ and his youngest son happy to see him because he have promised to buy him a guitar‚ an amplifier and a microphone. Because of these troubles at home‚ he does not get a chance to tell his wife or the children that he earlier the same
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Settlement of the West With the closing of the frontier and the turn of the 20th century‚ the west side of America was becoming heavily populated and settled in. For America this meant many resources were needed in order to accelerate the expansion of the west. The development of the west brought many problems. How would you transport goods‚ to and from the east? Before any settlements were possible‚ a means of easy transportation was essential. In 1862 the Pacific Railway Act was passed‚
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The Transformation of the American West The transformation of the American West was both good and bad. In 1840‚ people began to trek from the east to the west coast of the united states. They encountered native Americans‚ and forced them out of their lands. This was done to take over the land gained from other countries in the recent decades. It was both good and bad that our ancestors decided to journey to the west. In 1840‚ people began to organize themselves to go on treks. Such treks were long
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Blake and the “Universal Man” In his poem “The Little Black Boy” from “Songs of Innocence‚” William Blake exposes his white Christian audience to an innocent little black boy who narrates his own story. The little boy‚ sitting under a tree in his mother’s lap‚ learns a valuable lesson about color and God. This poem was written as the abolitionist movement was recently becoming known. Blake and other writers participated to advance the cause of this movement by exposing the white Christian audience
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I chose to do my final for the Criminal Justice academy on the United States Coast Guard. The reason I chose that topic is because it has always interested me and I plan to hopefully pursue a career in that field. My opinion on the Coast Guard is that it is the best branch of the military and there is no other like them and without the Coast Guard‚ the United States would not be the way it is today. To support my statement I’m going to talk about what they are‚ when they got started‚ what their purpose
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thesis has been disputed (along with Freud’s ideas which Jung built his own hypothesis own)‚ the idea of universal ethics and desires which unite all mankind are persistent even to this day. Kofi Annan‚ the former Secretary-General of the United Nations‚ spoke passionately on the subject of universal ethics that must be upheld even if human societies failed to meet them regularly. These universal human ethics specifically include the ability to care for one’s family in safety and peace‚ the opportunity
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Essay The present papers have been prepared for the role of microcredit as a tool in the fight against poverty and gender inequality. This paper aims to create increased awareness of gender and poverty through the microcredit programme. Microcredit has proven its potential to generate results. However‚ these results are generally short-term and vary significantly among borrowers. In general‚ studies suggest the poorest seldom benefit from microcredit‚ Women in particular. This paper identifies three
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Written Case Analysis: Metric Division Case The Metric Division is a division that is currently undergoing significant change within an organization. They have recently reorganized‚ and are now responsible for an entire product line. Top management has been in place for five months and is now seeking ways to improve the working relationships within the division. Don‚ the national sales manager‚ feels that it would be very informative if all the staff members were interviewed to determine what
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“APING THE WEST” Of late the trend has been to follow whatever is done in the west and it is becoming a sort of in-thing to be doing it. Is it due to liberalization of economy that we are also attempting to liberalize our life style. Indians have started aping the west completely and the western influences can be clearly seen in our behavior‚ culture‚ attire and even language. Though to say‚ we are an independent nation but instead of promoting our culture‚ we are aping the west and one would
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