Alex Kingston

Sojourner Truth was born into slavery, but she later became a leading activist for women’s rights and racial equality after being freed in 1827. She performed her famous “Ain’t I a Woman” speech at the 1851 Akron Ohio Women’s Convention. Today, multiple versions of this speech exist because the original was never officially recorded. Each of these interpretations manipulate the wording and presentation differently to alter the overall effect of the speech. Two of these interpretations by…

childhood. After being introduced, Kingston fleshes them out through their dialogue and manner of speaking, and develops them through their interactions with others and changes to their surroundings. Through the stream of consciousness technique she employs, character insight on events and their motivations are steadily revealed. The end result is a cast of multilayered characters who change based on the circumstances surrounding them. Throughout the novel, Kingston utilizes a character’s…

favorite sister Denise would have achieved her goal to become a registered nurse after studying for four years at Kingston School of Nursing. From as far back as he could remember the family supported nursing as Denise 's career choice. At five years of age the last girl and sixth child of the family had decided on Nursing. Then Vera Pottinger Denise 's sister relocated to Kingston , the big city and everything changed. Alexander Pottinger managed a fifty-acre farm in Salem, a well-known…

to do unto you.” This statement is the Golden Rule of our world and society, we apply it almost everything. This statement is also applied to the book Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver. In the novel, Oliver tells the story of high schooler Samantha Kingston. She is popular but hangs out with her three friends Ally, Lindsay, and Elody. Lindsay has a problem with Juliet Sykes, who used to be her best friend, because of an incident that happened at camp a few years back. Everytime the four girls see…

was sent to True North, a religious camp, for doing drugs. Emily then starts dating her swimmate Paige McCullers and is now interested in a girl named Samara Cook. Spencer kisses Ian Thomas and Wren Kingston, 2 of her sister, Melissa’s, ex boyfriends. She then dated a boy at a Country Club named Alex Santiago, then her and Toby got close after he was set free from jail. Hanna, Spencer, Aria, and Emily have had a lot of “A” drama. “A” ran Hanna over with a car after she discovered who “A” was…

Eric Clapton In the history of music there have been many influential people. There were the greats, the ones we still play on the radio, and there were there were the ones that we still talk about because they were honestly that bad. The man I am writing about today, Eric Clapton, was one of the greats. He is a legend in the music industry and out of it. He has been an inspiration to millions of people from the United States to the United Kingdom. He has touched millions of hearts with his…

The BBC’s Doctor Who initially aired in 1963, until it was canceled in 1989 (IMDb). In 2005, the show was rebooted under the direction of Russell T. Davies; in 2008, the role of show runner was passed on to Steven Moffat (Martin). Doctor Who has always been an episodic serial, following the adventures of a “time lord”—simply called “the Doctor”—and his companion. The Doctor can regenerate into a new body instead of dying—allowing the character to be portrayed by successive actors—and has a…

Prospect Faceoff: Matthews stays hot in Zurich, Svechnikov/Garland dual, plus two top-20 teams clash in college hockey Auston Matthews is taking an unconventional path to the NHL, and has earned a few accolades already while playing in Switzerland. Two electric playmakers go head-to-head in a battle of assist machines in the QMJHL, and a pair of potential Canadian teammates will likely see a lot of each other in a weekend contest. The Tampa Bay Lightning’s newest signee lines up against a…

Writers Ralph Ellison (1914-1994), Invisible Man (1952) James Baldwin (1924-1987), Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953) Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968), “I Have a Dream” Malcolm X (1925-1965), The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1964) which was told to Alex Haley, writer of Roots (1976) Leroy Jones (1934- ), a poet Black Women Writers Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965)’s play A Raisin in the Sun (1959) Alice Walker (1944- ), The Color Purple (1982) Toni Morrison (1931- ) who won the Nobel…