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    Helen Keller was born on June of 1880 from Tuscumbia, Alabama. Helen Keller had a unique perspective about the world and the people around her. Even though Helen Keller lost her hearing and her sight by an illness as a new born child, she never gave up on learning and exploring new things. She figured out what things were by feeling the object. Helen Keller had to learn to communicate with her parents and others by acting out what she needed or wanted. She had a childhood friend, Martha…

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    started when Helen got sick with “brain fever”, she was about eighteen months old when this happened. This fascinating story was brought to life in a play called “The Miracle Worker”. It was written by William Gibson in 1956. Six years after the play came out, a movie was released based on the play. It was called “The Miracle Worker”, it was directed by Arthur Penn and was released in 1962. Annie Sullivan, teacher, came into Helen Keller’s life when she was about six or seven. Annie taught…

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    As stated by Cesar Chavez, "a new study shows pesticides used in growing may be responsible for the illness over 300,000 of the nation's 4 million farm workers." Chavez created a speech encouraging people to boycott the grapes because of the pesticides. Chavez used rhetorical strategies such as pathos, logos, and metaphors in order to provoke and inspire the consumers to stand against the pesticides. Throughout Chavez's speech, he uses pathos to alarm consumers about the dangers of…

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    What Does “Do Not Muzzle The Ox” Mean In The Bible? A Biblical Definition by Jack Wellman Thou shall not muzzle the Ox means, the worker should be treated fairly and (all people, for the work they do) must not be stripped of the wages that they deserve (Jack Wellman). What does “Do not muzzle the ox” mean in the Bible? Paul interpretation states; do not muzzle the ox while treading’ as ‘do not ignore to pay Christian ministers,’ commentators have quite naturally assumed that his analysis was…

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    Julio Cesar Chavez Gonzalez was conceived on July 12, 1962 in Ciudad Obregon, MX. His dad, Rodolfo Chavez, worked for the railroad, and Julio experienced childhood in a surrendered railroad auto with his five sisters and four siblings. He started boxing as a novice at sixteen years old and after 14 wins entered a competition in Mexico City, in which he got his first and final novice misfortune. Chavez chose he would passage better as a genius and got his expert vocation off to a decent begin by…

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    The Miracle on 34th street is a film remade in 1994 for the 4th time for entertainment of the entire family; it is a classic example of a Christmas movie in today’s society. The Miracle on 34th street was produced by William S. Beasley, John Hughes, and Bill Ryan. The Director for the film Miracle on 34th street is Les Mayfield. There were approximately 55 cast members for this film, the following are the actor/actresses that were given credit: Richard Attenborough as Kris Kringle,…

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    the farm workers. According to Ann McGregor’s book The Legacy Cesar Chavez, published in 2000 Dick Meister stated” Some of these groups were the socialists, the AFL and CIO organizers- all their efforts had collapsed under relentless pressure of growers and their powerful political allies.” All Chavez said was “Si se puede-it can be done!” According to Ann McGregor’s book The Legacy Cesar Chavez, published in 2000 Dick Meister said “Chavez grasped the essential fact that the farm workers had to…

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    Catholicism; the Roman Catholic religion. Vatican’s population is about 800 people, but 451 have Vatican citizenship, while the rest have permission to reside there, either temporarily or permanently, without the benefit of citizenship. Also, Vatican’s population and labor force consists mainly of Catholic priests, nuns, guards and dignitaries but about 3,000 other workers enter the area each day. Its government type is considered ecclesiastical and its chief of state is the Catholic Pope,…

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    Duffy dives into the “Catholic revisionism” debate, which is that most revisionist are catholic but in reality most are Protestants. The Catholics think that they were terrorized by the evil new religion whereas the protestants thought they were being saved from the tyranny of Catholicism. Duffy sides with slow reformation from higher…

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    Spanish Civil War Causes

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    groups provided the basis for societal unrest, as extremists clashed heads in opposing ideals. Poverty was also a striking aspect of the unrest, as poor masses were neglected by the Catholic Church that found identity with “wealthy landowners than with the Spanish People” (Spanish). To add insult to injury, the Catholic Church, who was responsible for providing education, withheld it from women and peasants, deeming it a danger for the masses to be literate (Spanish). Riots ensued, ending many…

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