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    Poirot Research Paper

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    troubles, which hurt others around them in a myriad of ways. Of course, Poirot would put himself on an island if he thought the many murders that surrounded him was his fault for the number one thing Poirot hates is murder. Poirot is on the Orient Express traveling through the snowy night from Istanbul towards it's long way across Europe, where a death occurs, and of course everyone turns to him for help with his gray cells.…

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    Hercule Poirot's Murder

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    A murder detective seeks to enforce justice and bring closure to a mystery by striving to analyze every piece of information, essentially creating a battle between him and the not-yet-known killer. In Death on the Nile, by Agatha Christie, Hercule Poirot faces the challenge of uncovering the murder of socialite Linnet Ridgeway despite the numerous troubles placed in his way and in the way of the truth. Despite the killers’ meticulous plan, Hercule Poirot eventually uncovers the mystery of…

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    Peter Moorhead's Murder

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    Peter Moorhead's Murder is an interactive short story featuring a strong artistic direction and merges visual novel and point-and-click adventure game mechanics in its storytelling. Will the forty-minute inaugural episode of this philosophical cyberpunk murder mystery leave you wanting more? A Cyberpunk Murder Mystery Set In Tokyo Murder's first episode serves an intriguing basis for future episodes, and on its own it is enjoyable and definitely worth the relatively low price of admission.…

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    victory of the Civil War, and improved the economy in the aftermath. Before the telegraph became a common way of communication in the United States of America, the Pony Express was known as the fastest way of communication. Pony Express was the original delivering system for express mails. It was very…

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    Before I analyze the film Chungking Express, I would like to briefly introduce its director—Wang Kar-Wai, a great master who specialized in describing protagonists’ characteristics by details and the whole environment. Since he grows up in Hong Kong, a former British colony involving Chinese culture and western culture, he has lots of thinking on this metropolis and the people living there. Thus he directs bunch of films such like Chungking Express, telling the love stories happened in Hong Kong…

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    railroads throughout the late 19th century, American circuses were able to travel across country and gain popularity between all socioeconomic levels. In response to their arrival, the townspeople directed a lot of enthusiasm towards the circuses and sequentially brushed aside the other cheap amusements in their towns such as the live acts, expositions, and World’s Fair. It became a place to escape reality. The main attraction of the circus was the American circus spectacle, which was a…

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    503 or the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act was passed by congress and officially made into a law. This law prevents the transportation and sale of horses for slaughter for human consumption and other purposes. This has shut down all slaughterhouses in the U…

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    also illustrating how the great American hypocrisy affects this transition. A great example of this comes from two paragraphs discussing her father’s first job at a blood bank. The job is temporary, as he’s trying to get official certification to be a doctor in the United States, but he encounters difficulties. One woman is xenophobic to him, “[requesting] to see an “American” doctor” (Balcita 2006, 1) when he comes to her aid. While this is a prime example of American hypocrisy as I explained…

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    ethnicities experience some sort of racism in America. Typically as Americans we assume because someone is of Asian or Mexican ethnicity that they express Asian or Mexican culture even if they were born in the US. Though the people of other ethnicities may participate in their ancestors cultural experiences, they still have American identity. In both Okita's and Cisneros's works they express American identity as being the culture you express rather than how you look or where your family came…

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    The New Negro Movement

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    Harlem Renaissance had a major impact on the Civil Rights Movement. The Harlem Renaissance was an African-American cultural movement that began after World War I, in the early 1920s. It was centered in Harlem, New York. It was led by African-American activists, writers, poetics and athletes. The Harlem Renaissance was also known as the New Negro Movement because it was time when African-Americans’ works were taken seriously. Art, literature and sports played important roles throughout the…

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