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    In the article “Anti-Intellectualism and the ‘Dumbing Down’ of America‚” Ray Williams draws attention to a very pressing and controversial idea‚ the anti-intellectual ignorance of modern American culture. Williams claims that Americans have developed a caustic standard of entitlement without representation. This political and social issue has only been worsened by the age of modern technology and social media. While less than 40% of Americans under the age of 44 have not read a book on their own

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    OPHELIACHARACTER ANALYSIS Even as a minor character in the play Hamlet‚ the character Ophelia plays a vital part in the development of both the plot and thematic ideas. However‚ Ophelia is an extremely complicated character as she can be read in many different ways. This in effect causes the readers or audience to be more insightful and gain a greater understanding of the plot and thematic ideas in the play such as "Love and Loyalty‚" and "Madness." When exploring the character of Ophelia we must take into consideration

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    William Warren illustrates an editorial cartoon featuring a depiction of the Washington Monument as well as a fictional Obama Monument. Warren uses many strategies and techniques to portray his point of view to his intended audience. The illustrator focuses on the use of specific elements such as exaggeration‚ dialogue‚ analogy and symbolism to create a powerful and concise editorial cartoon. Warren uses elements of symbolism within his editorial cartoon in order to exaggerate his point of view

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    In the novel The Secret River‚ one’s identity is based on their status. William Thornhill was born poor in Victorian London‚ but once he was sent to Australia he was equal to the rest the escapees‚ for he had a house and agriculture. He is able to acquire slaves‚ and he is respected by those around him. Once he gets back to England after living in Australia‚ he’s extremely rich. William Thornhill started in the lowest possible class in England‚ and moved up from that to one of the highest classes

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    Alan Williams book‚ Republic of Images: A History of French Filmmaking begins its long journey through time in the 1800’s before cinema was invented. Williams explains that the three necessary aspects of film were to come‚ the “bricolage” meaning the analysis of movement‚ the optical synthesis of movement‚ and photography. There were many important people over the course of this book that had huge influences on putting together the bricolage as well as path that this most popular media traveled.

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    William Wilberforce‚ who lived from 1759 to 1833‚ was a British man who was a member of parliament. He is famous for being a leading abolitionist of England at the time. He influenced others to the point where slavery was abolished from England‚ and in turn stagnated the worldwide slave trade. His actions are good to learn from. William Wilberforce knew that in order to change big things‚ like slavery‚ he had to change individual people’s hearts. For example‚ he was great at convincing people that

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    In his critique‚ “The Trouble with Wilderness or Getting Back to the Wrong Nature‚” William Cronon argues against the romantic conceptualization of nature that a great portion of the environmentalist movement has embraced. Subsequently‚ Cronon revokes the Romantic and even quasi-religious notion that wilderness spaces are separate from those inhabited by man. He argues that by eliminating the divide in perception between the human constructs of the natural world and the civilized world‚ man will

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    Did you know that Macbeth‚ a famous character in Shakespeare’s play‚ once actually ruled the country of Scotland? Shakespeare based the play off of the true story of the Scottish king’s death which occurred 600 years before it was written. Many of the facts and key characters in MacBeth were accurate. Although‚ the main character’s traits and flaws were often misrepresented. Scholars throughout time have speculated on why Shakespeare chose to make the changes‚ and I believe he probably did this

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    Jones’ William Clark… chapter 3 starts with George Rogers Clark (GRC) declining Jefferson’s offer to lead a military excursion westward‚ suggesting that a few men could sufficiently do the job. Jones then writes of the Clark family’s belated travels across the Appalachians and down the dangerous Monongahela and Ohio rivers before landing outside Louisville and building a farm. He then writes about more problems with Indians‚ prompting GRC to lead an unsuccessful military campaign after a forced

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    The article‚ College Pressures by William Zinnser‚ was relatable. Zinnser explains how college students experience economic pressure‚ parental pressure‚ peer pressure‚ and self-induced pressure. In my case the pressure that I have felt the most was self-induced. Throughout this whole semestester there was a sense that I was not doing my best. Assignments felt like an anxiety attack because I was paranoid over the quality of my work. There were times where I felt that my classmates were doing better

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