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    Progressing, feeling, learning, regressing are what Charlie has been through after the artificial intelligence surgery. In the science fiction story "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes, Charlie Gordon a 37 year old man with an I.Q. of 68. Charlie was given an opportunity to have the opportunity of a lifetime. Charlie took the opportunity to have the A.I surgery so people would accept him for who he is. He thought that if he had the surgery people will start to like him more. Charlie Gordon's…

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    Imagine that you were given a decision, a decision that could Chang your life forever, it could take you from your IQ of 68 and triple it. Would you do it ? In "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes, a cognitively impaired man named Charlie Gordon with an IQ of 68 undergoes operation that could Change his life forever by tripling his IQ. Charlie has to make this decision with his unitellgentce mind. He was not told all the side effects of the experiment, he was told that it might be temporary.…

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    Research Paper On Dan Graham

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    writer-artist was Dan Graham, who consistently published various written works related to his artistic production over more than four decades, tracing his journey through curation, performance, photography, video, installation and architecture. Graham’s work is based within conceptual art, an example of this being his ‘Schema’ (1966), which was a work he staged entirely…

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    also received money through writing contests. Finally I became an editor of magazines, making the Southern Literary Messenger famous. However, my employer did not like my drinking and was sick of my writing. After losing my job, I earned only sixteen cents a day for the next two years and lived in great poverty. I even tried to learn lithography. Nevertheless, I became an editor for Burton’s Magazine and made the magazine 's successful with my stories, poems and ability to decode ciphers sent in…

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    muscle relaxed. Graham’s dances were often based on strong, precise movements and pelvic contractions. The more she choreographed the more her dances started to become her own and with each dance she challenged herself and the art form further. She established a new era of dance that would forever change anybody who wanted to become a…

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    In 1836, he married Virginia, who was fourteen years old at the time. Over the next ten years, Poe would edit a number of literary journals including the Burton’s Gentleman’s Magazine and Graham’s Magazine in Philadelphia and the Broadway Journal in New York City. It was during these years that he established himself as a poet, a short story writer, and an editor. He published some of his best-known stories and poems, including “The Fall…

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    Edgar Allan Poe's Life

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    Edgar Allan Poe always had a difficult life, starting when he was a child. When Poe’s mom died Mr. and Mrs. Allan adopted Poe when he was two years old. Poe was able to grow up in good surroundings and go to good school because Mr. John Allan was a successful merchant. However, Poe soon started to become broke leading him to join the army. Poe had a very difficult time getting his short stories and poems published. Although he had several jobs as an editor, those jobs did not last long. Poe died…

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    1948, Eugene Meyer sold the company to Philip Graham for just $1. Philip helped improve the popularity and widespread reading of the newspaper, helping it beat out the prior competition, including The Washington Times Herald and Newsweek magazine. The Graham’s marriage could have been said to be rocky and was full of rough patches. A couple years after the marriage, Katharine Graham found out that her husband had been having an affair with a reporter. After years of being in and out of mental…

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    of death would remain a big subject through his life work. From basically being exiled from Richmond, Poe went back to Baltimore to his aunt, Maria Poe, and her nine year-old daughter,Virginia. Due to his shortage of money he became a writer for magazines, the Saturday Courier published Poe “Merzengerstein” on January 14, 1832, that was about a narrative of supernatural revenge with strong overtones, according to Kenneth Silverman. By staying in Baltimore besides having a Professional writing…

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    Edgar Allan Poe Life

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    Many people had a good and happy life; however, Edgar Allan Poe did not. He lost both of his parents at a young age, and experienced rejection and loneliness. Although he does not include this in his writing, we can infer that his life was dark because of his style in poetry. Despite these problems, he still managed to become a successful poet, critic, editor, and short story writer. How he did this was particularly interesting. Born 1809, Boston, Massachusetts, Edgar Allan Poe started his…

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