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    Shakespeare in the bush was written by Lauren Bohannan an American Anthropologist and furthermore was published in August of 1966 by Natural History Magazine. Lauren Bohannan story depicts when she traveled to the Tiv, a homestead of some hundred and forty people in West Africa and by her surprise, she was taught the true meaning of Hamlet. Before Bohannan departed from Oxford she was asked by a friend if she needed guidance interpreting Shakespeare since he was "a very English poet, and one can…

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    Book Reports On Unbroken

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    We can’t allow life to beat us down. Everything happens for a reason, and it builds character in us, and it tells us what we are about and how strong we really are when we didn’t think we could be that strong.” In the nonfiction book Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, the courageous Louis Zamperini emulated with Devers words when, even in times of hopelessness and doubt, he survived a World War II bomber plane crash into the great Pacific, where he was left and considered dead for 47 days. To say…

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    1. What is his main question : A : How do you explain someone success? What causes success and how can someone or something rise over everybody or everything else? (Ex : Apple, Wright Brothers, and Martin Luther King). 2 . What is the Golden circle? Apple inc? Wright Brothers? The Golden circle is a simple idea that consisted of What, How, Why; Martin Luther King, Apple, and the Wright all use the same simple idea that was completely opposite from everybody else. They are…

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    author of the Little House series, Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder was a mother, a teacher, a farmer, a journalist, a loyal democrat, and an active political protester extraordinaire. However she is also the mysterious writer with her fans always asking what is true or fake in her books. ⅝ of her “Little House” books won Newbery awards. Laura even has a literacy award named after her called the “Laura Ingalls Wilder Award”. She was the first awarded in 1954. l. Laura Elizabeth Ingalls was born…

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    The term white collar came about from Edwin Sutherland and has risen in notoriety recently. White collar crime has been more spotlighted in the last decade due to the magnitude of money that was stolen from countless innocent people. When the general public thinks about white collar crimes like Ponzi schemes, most of them bring up Bernie Madoff. Madoff was able to steal $50 billion from a myriad of individuals. Madoff is not the only criminal who preys on people and their trust. Allen…

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    displays the theme of attraction versus repulsion throughout the novella, but particularly emphasizes these contradicting ideas in the passage on page 44-45. This passage depicts Laura’s sickness as she begins to turn into a vampire. While the idea of Laura becoming a creature that thrives off blood should be repulsive, her intrigue at the thought of death creates a more impactful scene. Within the first few sentences of the passage we hear of Laura’s ill feelings and how she is not opposed to…

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    Conestoga Wagon Essay

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    Laura Ingalls Wilder, an author renowned for her stories of pioneer life, wrote about her childhood memories of traveling aboard wagons in what would come to be known as The Little House on the Prairie series. Millions of people have read Laura’s books and they still hold relevance to this day. However, perhaps one of the most overlooked factors of her books was the significance of the wagon used by the Ingalls’ family during their travels. For the Ingalls and many others, the wagon represented…

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    Another key reason that Laura and Howie encounter is more dangerous and malevolent is that Howie and Laura are exploring the wilderness on their own. Howie wanted to stay alone in the woods with Laura. Howie said “I had this idea. About us. I had this idea that just you and me could live together in the woods. Sort of like Indians. They wouldn’t be able to find us, because we wouldn’t ever be there when they looked for us.” Brook Cole’s point is that Howie wanted to hide from the world in the…

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    Laura Bullion Outlaw

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    of the outlaw Laura Bullion, well now you will. Laura Bullion had different names, she used the names Della Rose, Freda Lincoln, Freda Bullion Lincoln, and Mrs. Maurice Lincoln and more. She was born in Knickerbocker Texas near Mertzon in Irion County, in October 1876. The actual date of her birth is not known. Laura Bullion died December 2, 1961. When she died, she was about 84 or 85. Laura Bullion was an outlaw that was known for robbery and forgery of banknotes signatures. Laura Bullions…

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    Willa Cather’s “A Wagner Matinee” was first published in 1904 and is a short story about a woman, named Georgiana, who finds herself transition from the ecstatic city of Boston, to the primitive Nebraska frontier. Cather’s “A Wagner Matinee” was inspired by Richard Wagner who was a German composer and conductor that lived from 1813 to 1883. He’s well known for his operas and his most famous work is that of “The Flying Dutchman”. Willa Cather, instead, wasn’t a musician but was an author of the…

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