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Jim Thorpe was born on May 28,1887, and he died in the year of 1953 at the age of 65. He was a Native American Indian who was treated different since he was not White. He was born with his twin brother in a one room cabin with a dirt floor in what is now Oklahoma. He was born with a personality that was both competitive and stubborn. When he was little, he would play with his siblings who would become tired of the way he almost always bragged about winning. Due to his bragging, his siblings…

The Colony of Roanoke The Roanoke colony was the most famous failed colony in all. It began when Sir Walter Raleigh wanted to explore the East Coast of North America. In the expedition, his ships landed on Roanoke Island on July 4, 1584, and his men examined the shore. The people returned successfully. Because of this, Raleigh founded his second journey. He sent 100 people to the island of Roanoke on April 9, 1585, with high hopes of establishing a new colony. Unfortunately, things were not…

Greg Hardy wants to pursue an MMA career. In 2013 Greg Hardy was an elite NFL pass rusher. He had a Career- best 15 sacks and was selected to the Pro Bowl. It looked like Hardy could be the NFL’s next elite pass rusher. However, the following two seasons turned out to be a whirlwind of arrests and accusations. It all started in 2014 when images of Greg Hardy’s girlfriend, Nicole Holder, surfaced. The graphic images show a bruised Holder after she was allegedly beaten by Hardy. The…

Maria McGarry Durham College 2000 Simcoe Street North Oshawa, ON L1H 7K4 Maria.McGarry@dcmail.ca Kim Younge North Bay Jail 2550 Trout lake Rd North Bay, ON P1B 7S7 Dear Kim Younge: My name is Maria McGarry and I'm writing to inform you on the various institutions that will help you throughout the length of your sentence. Though each has a different purpose than the others, their main goal is ultimately the well being of yourself, as well as every other prisoner within the system. Should…

When one thinks about important people in the history of Georgia, one of the people that always comes to mind is James Oglethorpe. From small boy to trustee of Georgia, James Oglethorpe is one of the most important people to ever live. James Oglethorpe was born December 22, 1696 in London, England. James Oglethorpe lived a comfortable childhood with his father, Theophilus Oglethorpe, and mother, Eleanor Oglethorpe. James grew up with lots of land for playing with his other nine siblings which…

What a week for college basketball!!! We got two young men from different side of the world making a big impact. Devonte Bandoo from Toronto Canada and Jermaine Jackson Jr from Detroit Michigan. Former high school team mates now making a name for them self in College. Devonte Bandoo is at Hutchinson Community college becoming the Jayhawk Conference Division I Men's Basketball Player of the Week. Dropping 19 points and grabbing a season-high 10 rebounds for his first career double-double in the…

Sue Monk Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees is an exemplary novel which reveals the racism, sexism, and overall discrimination that unfolded in the south. The Secret Life of Bees transports the reader to the year of 1964 in South Carolina, where racial tensions were almost as high as the temperature and people were surrounded by oppression. During this humid summer a girl named Lily Owens runs away from her abusive father T. Ray, in search of her mother's past and the truth behind her death. After a…

Tasnia Mahmud HIST-1301 The Lost Colony of Roanoke In 1587, 117 English settlers landed in the new world. Their goal was to establish England's first permanent American colony; however, within three years of arrival, they vanished. Leaving only an ominous clue, Croatoan, carved into a tree-- whether these Roanoke colonists were murdered, died of natural causes, or assimilated into Native American tribes, remains a mystery to this date. The colonization of Roanoke Island, in the late 16th…

Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29. 1958 in Gary, Indiana. He died on June 25, 2009. Michael’s parents’ names were Joe and Katherine Jackson. He had 9 siblings. Michael went to school at Montclair College Preparatory School. He joined a band with his brothers when he was only 5 years old. Their name was the Jackson 5. The Jackson 5’s first top 100 song in 1969 was "I Want You Back". The first song written and recorded by Michael, himself, was released May 2, 1972 - "I Want to Be Where…

A “narrative” is defined as being a “written or spoken account of connected events” (“Narrative”). Narratives can take many forms. For instance, in english class many of the short stories we read are narratives. However, a movie, a television show or a song, could also be a narrative. Even our lives can be considered our own personal narratives in which we are the writer, the main character and often times the reader. “Life as a Narrative” demonstrates how certain events, both minor and major,…