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    brought all of the African Americans to North America as slaves. The wounds that slavery left behind in American history were still fresh during the time of the interviewee. My interviewee also joined many protests with the African Americans in the city of Philadelphia. His father was sick, and he his family struggled financially. He worked all day, and he didn’t have much time to join protests. He took time from his busy schedule, and participated in protests for African Americans rights. As…

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    “The home of the free and the brave every heart beats true where there's never a boast or brag” is from the song “Grand Ol’ Flag.” Walt Whitman would agree with this song because his poem “I Hear America Singing” give a positive look on America just like the song refers to America and how everyone is free. However Langston Hughes's poem was disagreeing with Witman, but Hughes's describes in his poem how much he wants freedom in America. Whitman wrote his poem in the mid 1800’s although Hughes…

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    Leadership Throughout the Years A point guard yelling and making plays to win. And a New York legislature leading the government. All of these examples of leadership show that one person is willing the take charge and lead a group/person the success. An example of leadership is when a student is falling behind in their school work and the teacher is pleased to stay after school and give the student extra help on their assignments. Another way leadership could be defined is that someone is…

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    pointing south and the head pointing north. The colonies, from the bottom up to the top represent: South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and New England (New England denoted the colonies of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire). Even though there were four “New England” colonies, Franklin merged them into one category to stress the need for colonial harmony. At the time, the colonists aggressively deliberated migrating…

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    Goldberger Analysis

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    Goldberger goes on about how the death of one great architect could be the rise in something new taken over by another architect to finish their boundless work. Goldberger finally concludes with the importance of always moving forward in design; despite tragedy, greatness can come of it. Contemporary design meets southern charm at the 21c museum and boutique hotel in downtown Oklahoma City. When you think of Oklahoma City the first thought that comes to your mind probably isn’t “industrial” or…

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    American Voice The American Voice talk about many things that Americans are hard working ,that they live a fulfilling life , that Americans hold many dreams that to have dreams you must hold hope in your dream . To many people all over the country the Word” America” means many things it means the freedom land , the land of opportunity , to others it might be completely different the direct opposite of what others say about this word “ America” to them it might mean the country of greedy ,…

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    Both Emily Dickinson’s and Walt Whitman’s poems have numerous differences. Their writing styles differ as well, in that Emily Dickinson’s are short and simple, while Walt Whitman’s are long, complex and largely prose-style. In Whitman’s work, “Song of Myself”, you learn much about the author. The poem was written in phases, and on page 1024, the notes at the bottom of the page describe how the title of this poem was changed throughout the years. I think this is a semblance of how the poem’s…

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    The American voice is characterized by The theme of hard work. This is demonstrated in Walt Whitman’s poem “ I hear America singing” states that “ the wood cutter’s song the plowboys on his way in the morning, or at noon intermission or at sundown. this means that they are hard working people that they are passionate in what they do. Those workers are happy to head to work with such Joy.this idea is also found in Obama’s speech that states “her father worked on the oil rings and farm through…

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    handwritten journal pages that included bomb-making experiments and descriptions of Unabomber crimes Final Findings: They found a wealth of bomb components and one live bomb ready for mailing. The Hitler Diaries Overview: In April 1983, the West German news magazine Stern published excerpts from what they claimed to be the diaries of Adolf Hitler, a series of books written between 1932 and 1945. Stern journalist Gerd Heidemann claimed to have paid 10 million for the 60 small books, which had…

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    Richard Wilbur Symbolism

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    The sounds of his daughters writing reminds the father of the same ambition he had when he was younger. Richard Wilbur was born in New York City on March 1, 1921, Richard Wilbur studied at Amherst College before serving in the U.S. Army during World War II. He later attended Harvard University. His first book of poems, The Beautiful Changes and Other Poems (Reynal & Hitchcock) was published in 1947. He also wrote "Things of This World" (Harcourt, Brace & World, 1956), for which he received the…

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