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The original call came on 12/9/15 from a female who stated she was the client. It is believed to be the actual client, she was inquiring about surrendering her account, she also gave a change of address to Liberal Kansas (it was not changed at that time) she indicated she was having family problems and did not want her sister Janet Perez as the beneficiary anymore, however, on the 3/4/16 and the 1/11/16 call, the caller stated she was living at the address in Coconut Creek, FL which is listed as…

SOUTHERN TIER (WENY) Last year the Southern Tier received nearly $80.8 million dollars in funding through the New York State Regional Economic Development Council initiative. As we get closer to the end of the year, WENY wanted to know if that money has been used and how. As a way to boost economic growth throughout the state, Governor Andrew Cuomo created a funding program that would cover 20 percent of the cost of the project if you qualify. Last year the Southern Tier received nearly 81…

April 2018 What is Literature? When asked ‘What is Literature?’ most people would think of things like poems, novels, or stories. Since the early 17th century the definition of the term “literature” has been a controversial topic. I found a quote while writing this assignment, I could not find who said it but it went along the lines of “Literature is the reflection of human experience.” I strongly agree with this quote and it supports my argument. My definition of literature is any…

Book was published IN 1967. She lived in Tulsa Oklahoma during the process of this book. Her career began when she published The Outsiders at age 17. She wrote thi to help her cope with her dads condition. The book was made for kids ages 12 and up. She based the book on the riveraly gang at her school. She just describes where she was coming from and whats its based on. She thinks highly of others an sees the good in situations. She calls them greasers and soc’s. I expected it to be more sad…

Girl Interrupted The piece of literature I chose to read and write about was “Girl Interrupted” by Susanna Kaysen. In 1967 Susanna Kaysen was sent to a mental hospital called McLean Hospital after a failed suicide attempt. She always had aspirations of becoming a writer and in 1993 wrote a best selling memoir titled Girl Interrupted detailing her experiences in the hospital and the people she met. She also won a YALSA Best Books for Young Adults award. What drew me to choose this book was…

Her poetry was a huge contribution to American Sign Language literature. Nelson Mandela said, "If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart" (Lapiak, 1996). Now, thanks to Dorothy Miles, there is literature that the Deaf community can appreciate and relate to. Later, she returned to England where she continued her work, but with British…

moments in African American literature. It encouraged and motivated African Americans to form their very own publishing companies and magazines as well as numerous institutions of the arts. The movement was also believed to have inspired the formation of African American Studies classes at universities and colleges throughout the United States (Rojas 2147). The Black Arts Movement was also thought to have been initiated by Malcolm X’s assassination (Salaam). In literature, some of the…

defined fan fiction as “stories about characters taken from the work of other writers without their consent” (Martin, 2010). Transformative fiction also has the potential to change the agenda the author may have been trying to convey through the literature, such as using characters for minority representation. One example is that of the novel Liar by Justine Larbelestier, wherein one publisher whitewashed the biracial protagonist for the cover and Larbelestier campaigned for a new cover, arguing…

“The Universe is composed of Nature and the Soul. Spirit is present everywhere.” This new voice led American Romanticism to a new and mature period, the period of New England Transcendentalism. This was the most significant development of American literature in the mid-19th century. Development The Concord club was the first and most famous of a series of forums that served during the next few decades as social gathering points. It became the movement's magnetic center. They advocated their…

“A writer’s technique is actually the means by which he discovers, objectifies, explores and evaluates his subject, and his technical dexterity determines his success”---Mark Schorer This chapter undertakes to make a detailed examination of all the narrative techniques present in the two novels, Wuthering Heights and The God of Small Things. The novel, as an established cultural institution has over the last two hundred years become the most significant and dominant form of literary writing…