For a long time‚ I’ve had a bottomless fascination with Marco Polo and his adventures. From the beginning of the competition‚ I immediately knew my topic would be based on Marco Polo. When I was little‚ I heard stories from my father‚ who loved to travel but never had the chance. He would enthusiastically describe the places Marco Polo had gone and the sights he had seen. I was deeply moved by his enthrallment with Marco Polo‚ which gave me the aspiration to choose this topic. This would be a great
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an aerial missions in WWII when he and the crew of the bomber Second Ace crashed. Dylan and his Uncle‚ Todd‚ have set off on an expedition to find the wreckage of the plane‚ but Uncle Todd is also tasked with teaching Dylan a lesson about respect and behavior. His mother sent him to live with his ex-military uncle as punishment for having stolen a car and destroyed a field. Soon after staying in Uncle Todd’s condo
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fictional imagery of looking for figure‚ “Uncle Roy”‚ simultaneously in a combination of real and virtual spaces. The performance includes two categories of performers‚ called street players and online players. Street players were guided to give up anything in their pockets (their kays‚ wallet‚ phone‚ etc.) and in return‚ they would get a handheld computer and sixty-minute period to find Uncle Roy. Their only clue was “Hear to location in the park. Uncle Roy will send you message indicating where
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In her book did Marco Polo Go to China? (first published by Secker & Warburg‚ London‚ in 1995)‚ Dr Frances Wood claims that Marco did not go to China and that he probably never traveled much further than the family ’s trading post on the Black Sea and in Constantinople. (Rachewiltz) There are many parts of his accounts open to question and criticism. However‚ it was likely that he did get to China. As to whether he personally witnessed all that he said‚ or was favored in the court of Kublai Khan
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this novel is the sheriff’s son‚ David. His Uncle Frank is a doctor and Grandfather Julian was the sheriff as well. David’s family lived just across the street from the courthouse. In late summer of 1948‚ one afternoon‚ though‚ his family’s live-in Indian sitter‚ Marie Little Soldier‚ falls sick with pneumonia. When she vehemently objects to being seen by David’s doctor uncle‚ the summer breaks apart in a fast-moving story of betrayal and tragedy. Uncle Frank is a threatener‚ he raped Marie when he
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"Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut" and "Just Before the War with the Eskimos" "Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut" A woman named Mary Jane has just arrived at the house of her friend and old college roommate‚ Eloise. Neither of them ever graduated‚ the narrator tells us. Eloise left college mid-sophomore year “after she had been caught with a soldier in a closed elevator on the third floor of her residence hall.” Mary Jane left around the same time to marry an “aviation cadet.” (The marriage didn’t last
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Bureau of Investigation to put a stop to discriminating local police officer. But in NWA reasons were to inform the people about police brutality and racial profiling‚ and in its lyrics quickly said consider the use of violence against police. While My Uncle Vinny film displays a good case of the relationship between language and context in verbal communication. A gang called NWA begins in the streets of Compton in Los Angeles‚ California‚ in the mid-1980s‚ had transformed the way of culture on Hip Hop
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin is a historical fiction is inspired by the life of Josiah Henson. It is a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe and was first published in 1852. Uncle Tom’s Cabin is wholly about slavery‚ how slaves were treated and how they lived. Christianity‚ the incompatibility with slavery and Christian beliefs‚ and the outright evilness of slavery are recurring themes. Through Uncle Tom’s Cabin‚ Stowe provides a prime example of the golden rule in storytelling‚ and that is "show‚ don’t tell." From
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Dear Uncle Sam‚ How are you? I hope you are in the pink of health. My family and I are fine over here. I am sorry because I didn’t reply your letter earlier. As the exam is just around the corner‚ I was very busy as a bee preparing for my exam. Don’t worry uncle‚ I believe that I’ll achieved my target and passed the exam with flying colours. Please pray that my strenuous effort will pay finally pays off. If my prayers are answered‚ and I’m going to be elated over here. Dear My beloved
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citizens hopes and dreams by showing the new immigrants arriving‚ so they are more willing to buy and help with the war efforts. The second poster is the iconic propaganda posters. A big symbol in this poster is Uncle Sam. If you could make American a human it would be Uncle Sam. America‚ or Uncle Sam is asking you for help and assistance. It makes it more personal. The poster is effective because it makes every person look at themselves and see what
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