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would have been directed in different ways based upon his skin color. Trying to explain to the woman his appearance, he tells her: "Facially I am brunette, but madam, you should see / The rest of me. Palm of my hand, soles of my feet / Are a peroxide blond" (28-30), but believes only a face-to-face meeting with her will change her perspective of…

One of the FBI’s “Ten Most Want Fugitives” for more than 16 years before his arrest in June 2011, James Joseph Bulger Jr., popularly known as Whitey Bulger, accounted for over 19 murders, federal racketeering, extortion, conspiracy. He accomplished this all while working as an FBI informant in his days as part of Boston’s Southie Irish gang, the Winter Hill Gang. Whitey Bulger was born into a large Irish-American Catholic family on September 3, 1929, in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He was one out…

In Amy Bloom’s novel, Silver Water, Violet tells about her life growing up with her older sister living in mental institutions and hospitals. Rose, Violet’s older sister, was in and out of hospitals for over 10 years. Music was an important part of their childhood, for their mother was a musician and the girls were exposed to music at a young age. Throughout the story, readers are exposed to the fact that music made an impact on Rose’s life. Throughout the majority of the story, music had a…

In the year 1933 Adolf Hitler was in charge Germany. When he was in charge, he had repeatedly blamed the Jews for not winning World War I. He also hated people with blond hair and blue eyes. Hitler had thought that the Jews were the complete opposite of them At this time the jews were only one percent of the German population. That was around 55 million people. But they were gradually shut out of German society by the Nazis through a never-ending series of laws. Which deprived them of their…

By and large, Ava quickly reached the conclusion she was no longer simply a woman seducing men for espionage, now she was a political criminal too. Realizing her larceny and godless existence might lead to her death, Ava plotted how she would use her charms to get through what she figured would be a lengthy imprisonment, if not torture and death. Every few days, when they shoved a bowl of gruel at her and some stale cheese, she flirted with the guards. When they questioned her, she followed…

a hot, beautiful day with the sun beating down and not a cloud in the sky. I look at the small, red clubhouse building and see four of my teammates sitting down against the wall of it. I hardly knew anyone on my team, except a boy named Noah with blond, curly hair and pale skin. As my team showed up one by one, nobody said anything to each other. Before the game started, our coach, Coach Mark, gave a short, little speech about the importance of teamwork and how we should run hard. However, I was…

Just a moment before I stepped onto the humongous metal machinery that would soar through the sky, I had doubted myself. “Am I qualified to take this privilege to go to Canada? Or would this be a foolish choice that would impact my life in a bad way?” Now, when I think back, I was quite surprised about how I wasn’t excited about the airplane ride. I guess I was just more “mature” than the other 7 years-olds. This is because I was more worried about how I would endure the changes that I must…

The only way you’ll know we’re slightly Irish is by asking. My mother and sister do have the stereotypical red hair of the Irish. In Ireland today, however, brown, black, and blond hair are usually more common than red hair. Most Irish people have very pale skin no matter the hair color. The Irish usually have squared chins, a trait my sister, mom, and I share. Most Irish have long noses and foreheads that slope out on the brow…

Bring your partner, grab a seat, pick up your baby catalog and start choosing. Will you go for the brown hair or blond? Would you prefer tall or short? Funny or clever? Girl or boy? And do you want them to be a muscle-bound sports hero? Or a slender and intelligent bookworm? Imagine a perfect world, were everyone was perfect and designed a certain way. Designed how your parents wanted you to be like. Imagine the feeling once finding out you were made into the child your parents thought was “the…

Hiebert and I was born on September 1, 1999. I am now 16 and trying to decide who I am and what I want to do with my life. I am a sophomore in high school and have no idea on what I want to do, but I do know who I am. I am a 5’ 10” girl with dirty blond hair, glasses and size 11 feet. I participate in every sports season and don't know what taking it easy or having a brake is. I love it that way though, yeah sometimes I wish I could just lay around and do nothing but that's just not me. I was a…