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Muhammad Ali’s real name is Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. in January 17, 1942 he was born in Louisville, Kentucky. Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr. is his father and he was a painter and musician. Her mother is Odessa Lee Clay and she was a loving housewife to them. Muhammad’s younger brother is Rahman Ali his real name is Rudolph Valentino Clay who is also a former heavyweight boxer. Muhammad Ali has been married four times. His first wife, was Sonji Roi. In 1967 he married his second wife Belinda Boyd,…

opportunity in the workplace. Meanwhile, the cartoon by Clay Bennett acknowledges racial prejudice sometimes present in law enforcement, as a black man is seen raising his hands as a cop car simply drives in front of him. Both works, although representing different topics, are rhetorically effective to persuade their target audiences of inequality in society. The first cartoon conveys the message of gender inequality in the workplace. The woman…

up in a close and planned community and was raised mostly by his single mother (Michael Chabon Biography). In his Pulitzer prize-winning novel, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Chabon addresses many broad topics including the idea of escapism. Through the novella The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Michael Chabon explores escapism in society during the era of comics and WWII to convey how escape itself can be a valid solution. The novella itself uses escape to present…

Muhammad Ali born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. was born on January 17 , 1942 In Louisville , Kentucky. Known all over the world for being a professional boxer and an activist. Muhammad started training amaturally at the age of 12. At the age of 18 he won his first gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics and then later that year started boxing professionally. He then went on to win the WBA, WBC, and Lineal Heavyweight titles from Sonny Liston. Mahammad then changed…

insecure. I purchased many different products that I thought would work, but none of them seemed to make it any better. Finally, I came across a mask that was well reviewed on Amazon; therefore I decided to give it a try. It is called the Indian Healing Clay Mask, and it was definitely a life changing product for my skin. The first time I tried the Indian Healing Mask, I instantly saw results. Who would have thought that a product worth only ten dollars would be so amazing? This product…

In 1892, corporations and business’ were booming due to recent transitions into an industrial society. The transcontinental railroad was allowing nationwide interaction and corporations were ascending. With the ideology of laissez-faire and social Darwinism, the government was not intervening with any inequalities of the time. Business’ were taking complete advantage and workers suffered severely long work days with little profit. Besides few, farmers were struggling due to high tariffs, crop…

“Thud!” The car door slams shut, with me inside the vehicle. The engine revved as my dad and I pulled away from James S. Rickards Middle School. As we got on Interstate 95 we were disappointed as it was the peak of Monday afternoon rush hour traffic. Nevertheless my imagination still swirling as it was my first time traveling to this destination. The destination was Markham Park Shooting Range. As the car ride took about an hour, that alone gave enough time for my excitement to bloom. When we…

During Michael Chabon’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, the theme of escapism reappears countless times to create the idea that both Sam and Joe use The Escapist, and their careers as superhero artist, to be able to escape from the obstacles and insecurities in their lives. The novel fleshes out this theme by using various important bug metaphors throughout the story. One way to make their significance more apparent is through the exposure of a distinction between the definition of…

Reading about Andrew Carnegie I got to learn more about the Gilded Age as well as the American Society during the time. Coming from a small house in Scotland to making 23 million dollars a year, Carnegie made the American dream a reality. Growing the steel industry to being bigger than any other company, Carnegie provided jobs and built foundations off his industry. Doing this Carnegie believed in Social Darwinism and felt that the working class was meant to stay poor. Underpaying his workers…

The Johnstown, Pennsylvania flood, May 31,1889, was a tragic Disaster waiting to happen. The town was placed in a river bed for a steel company, with a poorly built dam holding a lake from pouring into the town. The town,payed to be built by Andrew Carnegie and other rich powerful men was destroyed in a instance. It would take years to repair the damage to this town. The question is, is Andrew Carnegie and other wealthy men at blame for this incident? It could have been a honest mistake or…