Annie Oakley I am a woman. I am able to get an education if I so choose. As an adult I will be able to own property and vote. I am not spending my childhood learning how to become a wife and a mother. Whether she knew it or not Annie Oakley helped to give me the rights that I have today. Annie was a woman too‚ and famous sharpshooter. She could shoot better than any man of her time. She helped to show women that it was okay to do more “masculine” things. And‚ she helped women to realize that
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In Kiersten White’s Mind Games‚ sisters Annie and Fia escape evil Keane’s school. Annie has been blind since she was four years old and is also a Seer. This meaning she sees random pieces of the future‚ but usually only consisting of Fia. Annie is the only Seer that can have visions of her sister due to Fia not thinking about or planning what she will do. Also‚ for as long as Fia can remember‚ she has had perfect instincts. She has a flair of sensing what is right and wrong and knows exactly how
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In an American childhood a young woman named Annie Dillard writes about her life growing up in Pittsburg. In the book Annie has many people who influence her throughout her life. One of her main influencers in her adolescent years was her mother (pam). Her mother was not the usual stereotypical woman; she possessed very unique qualities that distinguished her from the rest of the crowd. Everything that she did was not done in the usual way she had to put a twist on it. You had to always expect the
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“Taking our century’s measure‚” for Dillard‚ means taking count and reminding us of all the unfortunate events that have occurred in the past. She seeks to find out how we deal with news of the death of thousands in a natural disaster many miles away. Of course the answer to that is different for each person. Perhaps Dillard wishes for us to help out and make the world a better place in our own‚ unique ways. For me personally though‚ natural disasters that occur around the world do not greatly affect
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Annie John: A Bildungsroman? Jamaica Kincaid’s story Annie John is often thought of as a “postcolonial coming-of-age novel.” To understand this‚ it must first be known what both terms‚ postcolonial and coming-of-age novel‚ mean. Postcolonial refers to the period of time after the establishment of independence in a colony. European countries‚ including England‚ France‚ Spain‚ Portugal‚ and the Netherlands‚ colonized other nations in order to benefit from things like resources or geographical locations
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Dreams play a major role in deciphering subconscious psychological issues‚ such as fears‚ desires‚ and anxieties in Annie John. Dreams "have been interpreted as expressions of infantile desires or considered elaborations of the problems of waking hours". In Jamaica Kincaid’s Annie John‚ Annie’s dreams become a significant element in the way she views herself and the world around her. Annie comments about her dreams: "I had been taught by my mother to take my dreams seriously. My dreams were not unreal
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Annie Oakley Annie Oakley‚ legendary sharp-shooter and celebrated member of Buffalo Bill ’s Wild West show‚ was one of America ’s first superstars. In the late nineteenth century‚ her image was known all over the world. She had tea with Queen Victoria‚ met the Austrian Emperor Franz Josef‚ and was challenged by Grand Duke Michael of Russia to a shooting match. Though the Grand Duke was noted for being an excellent wing shot‚ Annie Oakley beat him‚ missing only three birds out of fifty‚ while
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Max 11/5/12 Eng. 101 9:30-11:00 "Seeing" by Annie Dillard: 1) According to Dillard‚ lovers and the knowledgeable can see well. Yet she also suggests that those who are knowledgeable on a topic‚ such as people who have been blind from birth and can suddenly see (due to an opperation)‚ can perhaps view more objectively the world around them‚ and see it in a way that those with vision from birth cannot. Infants‚ she says‚ can see very clearly‚ for they are viewing the world for the first time
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about it -- they want you to buy it! • The neuro-physiology of the brain determines the power of text‚ sound‚ and image-based media messages. Together‚ images and music are more powerful than text. When we view images or listen to music‚ they are immediately stored in more ancient parts of the brain‚ which are most directly connected to the central nervous system. Images arouse the strongest emotions‚ and are more persuasive than sound. (Remember the saying: "Seeing is
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As Creon and his men race to correct their error‚ Annie enters through the plantation. She is dressed in white‚ holding a veil in her hands. Surrounding her is a chorus of dead Confederate soldiers‚ two of which are her brothers Earl and Paul. “Look at me‚” she says‚ “men of my fatherland/setting out on that last road” (102). She speaks directly to the dead‚ and the dead answer. The chorus taunts her impending death‚ for which Annie takes offense‚ asking that the spirits wait until she is dead
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