Euny Hong once stated‚ “Can you think of one situation where the atmosphere would not be instantly shattered with a loud fart or a drawing of a butt? There is no faster way to create universal common ground.” This quote is important because no matter the situation‚ there is always a way to create common ground. It has been said that America was created on a notion that all men were created equal. This matters because if we weren’t all equal‚ chaos would ensue. Individuals can find common ground due
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Julia Alvarez’s In the Time of the Butterflies is a work of historical fiction set in the Dominican Republic during the oppressive regime of Rafael Trujillo. The four Mirabal sisters‚ Patria‚ Dede‚ Minerva and Maria Teresa pass through different versions of themselves to stop the reign of this tyrannical dictator. The theme of the courage to stand up to tyranny is most exemplified through Minerva because she discovers herself and becomes consistent with her beliefs throughout the resistence of the
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ancient times‚ to modern times‚ there is a never ending list of influential chefs that have achieved so much in a lifetime. One of those significant chefs is named Julia Child. This woman changed the view of at-home cooking. She made cooking easier and more affordable for the average family meals‚ along with tricks to save failing meal. Julia Child was born in Pasadena‚ California in 1912. She graduated from Smith College with a small interest in becoming a writer‚ but stuck to writing in her diary
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“Bon Appetite” Julia Child saids at the end of The French Chef as she serves her dish‚ and takes a bite. The French Chef was the first female cooking show in America that premiered in February 1963‚ and ran for 28 minutes per episode (“The French Chef‚ 2016”). Julia Child worked with the network WGBH on the channel for National Education Television‚ and worked with producers Ruth Lockwood‚ Russell Morash‚ Russell Fortier‚ David Griffiths‚ and David B. Atwood (“The French Chef‚ 2016”). The show drew
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Universal Healthcare Universal healthcare in my opinion is the most important discussion we’ve had in this class up to this point. I say this because it is a current affair that will reshape and redefine our country socially and economically. While the idea of universal healthcare looks phenomenal on paper there has been no data to prove that this proposed system will work efficiently anywhere but on paper. I am against the idea of universal or government run healthcare
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physicalities of the three films I chose‚ Mamma Mia!‚ The River Wild‚ and Julie and Julia‚ were quite different since Meryl Streep played three separate roles‚ each having nothing to do with the others. However‚ there were a few striking similarities between the films since Streep was still herself‚ and she has mannerisms that are specific to her. For example‚ in Julie and Julia‚ Meryl Streep plays famous American cook‚ Julia Child‚ who was 6’2” when she was living. While Streep is only 5’6”‚ the make-up
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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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Julia Morgan Julia Morgan was born in San Francisco‚ California January 20‚ 1872 but she raised in Oakland‚ California. She received her undergraduate degree in civil engineering from the University of California‚ Berkeley. She was the only woman to receive the degree in 1894. She was such a great student that her instructors suggested for her to travel to Paris to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. However‚ when she arrived in Paris she was refused admission to the school for two years because
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Deprivation of liberty quite literally is any policy or action that deprives one or takes away their right of liberty and freedom. Under some conditions and cases‚ deprivation of liberty is permitted and even justified to an extent. However depriving one of his/her liberty in the absence of such conditions‚ through detainment‚ arrest‚ interrogation‚ incommunicado etc.‚ are not acceptable under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Many a times‚ deprivation of liberty involves arbitrary
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me develop ideas about Eastern Europe from the start of Unit 1. It made me think about borderlands all over the world‚ not just in Eastern Europe. I started to wonder what exactly defines where a country ends‚ does it really end at the borderland? Julia Sushytska explains in her article “what is Eastern Europe – a philosophical approach” how “borderlands are the territories in which several different cultures‚ ethnicities‚ religious communities‚ etc. exist side by side. In contrast to borders that
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