1.) Christopher Columbus in his letter to Luis de Sant’ Angel‚ a baptized Jew and finance minister to Ferdinand II who made the case to Isabella I in favor of Christopher Columbus‚ Announced his discoveries in the New World. He further pushed the potential of the newly discovered land by emphasising on the lack of local government and the abundant resources. Columbus certainly overstates his findings. This could be taken as attempt to sell the "Indies" to Ferdinand and Isabella to pay off his previous
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COMPARISONS: 1) Allen Ginsberg’s poem: First Party at Ken Kesey’s with Hell’s Angels 2) Robert Frost’s poem: Acquainted with the Night 3) Clint Eastwood’s movie: Bird‚ based on Charlie Parker’s life There are many different elements in the 3 literary pieces above but in all there are similarities. For instance‚ there seems to be a pervading dismal and dark element throughout all the pieces. In Ginsberg’s poem‚ he mentions “tired souls hunched over”. He chose the word ‘soul’ as opposed to
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Women suffrage act was when women were not allowed to vote and were forced to stay home and do the house work and were not allowed to do anything besides that and only to take care of the house and the kids. Back in that time women didn’t have much freedom just do as the men told them to do. The national American woman suffrage association they began to understand that their ideas were too forceful for the established activists. Over time the national American woman suffrage association problems
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HistoryMission San Gabriel was founded on September 8‚ 1771 by fathers Pedro Cambon and Angel Somera. The planned site for the Mission was along the banks of the Río de los Temblores (the River of the Earthquakes—the Santa Ana River). The priests chose an alternate site on a fertile plain located directly alongside the Rio Hondo in the Whittier Narrows.[11] The site of the Misión Vieja (or "Old Mission") is located near the intersection of San Gabriel Boulevard and Lincoln Avenue in Montebello‚ California
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Critical philosopher and cultural historian. Abrams received HA‚ MA and Ph.D. from Harvard and has taught since 1945 at Cornell‚ He is known for the editorship of The Norton Anthology of English Literature‚ for his contribution to literary history and history of ideas in The Mirror and the Lamp (1953) and‚ to the delight of the literature students‚ for A Glossary of Literary Terms (1971). Abrams writings display well his breadth of knowledge‚ as exemplified in the following essay (1971)‚ a response
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ART OF QUESTIONING * one of the basic skills of good teaching * Erickson: In exercising the craft of good teaching‚ an educator must reach into the learner’s hidden levels of knowing and awareness in order to help the learner reach new levels of thinking * Through the art of thoughtful questioning teachers can extract not only factual information‚ but aid learners in connecting concepts‚ making inferences‚ increasing awareness‚ encouraging creative and imaginative thought‚ aiding critical
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Wars have been fought for many different reasons through the years‚ and that holds true for the American Civil War (1861-1865). In Michael Shaara’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel‚ The Killer Angels‚ the reasons for fighting the war are brought about through the officers and soldiers at a famous battle site of the Civil War‚ Gettysburg. Gettysburg was one of the most documented battles of the whole war. It took place over a span of three days and can be viewed as a turning point from Confederate
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and G. To what extent does Source G challenge the ‘angel in the house’ described in Source C and E? Source G strongly challenges the ‘angel in the house’ ideology expressed in the sources C and E. Source G states “trained themselves so as to consider whatever they do as not of such value to the world as others”. This shows that ‘Florence Nightingale’ undermines the roles of women during that era and their domestic duties it suggest the ‘angel in the house’ theory is not natural been pushed and
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Is Sam Spade a good man? I would tend to argue against it. A good man would be oriented toward helping others and his community. He would be mostly free from sin‚ yet Sam Spade is guilty of four out of the seven deadly sins‚ and as evidence I offer up his actions contained within the film The Maltese Falcon. Within the first few scenes of the film Spade’s character is revealed as a womanizer. He has had affairs with both his secretary and his partner Miles Archer’s wife. Throughout the film
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Lucille Clifton Why some people be mad at me sometimes The poem Why some people be mad at me sometimes by Lucille Clifton was a little confusing for me at first‚ I actually had to read it 3 times in order for thoughts to start processing‚ but once I grasped an understanding from it I felt astonished because it was so deep and powerful. I believe what Clifton was trying to deliver is that there are always two sides to a story‚ one side is theirs and the other is your side and that people will always
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