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Mary, Bloody Mary is a fictionalized telling of the childhood and history of Mary Tudor. The book is told from her point of view and it gives the reader an insight into what Mary’s life was like. Mary Tudor is best known for being “Bloody Mary” but, since the book is written from Mary’s perspective, the reader sees her as more of a hero than she is normally portrayed. Mary, Bloody Mary is a very historically accurate book, with very little straying from the true history. The book opens with a…

1 “You’re wearing a coat” “Yes.” “In summer?” “Yes.” Walking to school as fast as possible, Lucy struggled to keep up with the rather tall best friend. With her slightly taller friend Hana jogging on her left and Ayato speed walking on her right, Lucy made her way up the cement steps, huffing after only twelve steps. “Take off the coat,” Hana muttered in a pleading tone, “You’ll have a heatstroke.” “I will not! I love my coat!” She retorted as sweat spots began to appear through her…

Great Gatsby vs Chicago The 1920s was one of the most influential and most expanding period of time that America has ever faced. The 20s was given the name “The Roaring Twenties” due to its sustained economic benefits. The roaring twenties faced innovation since the war had just ended in 1918 which led to the huge outburst in patriotism. Due to the patriotism, people were hyper-emotional and who wouldn’t be relieved that the great World War 1 had just ended. Other than the war ending, the…

Background Ovarian cancer (OC) is the seventh most common cancer for women worldwide in 2012(1). In Canada, 17,000 women are living with ovarian cancer, and it is ranked the fifth most common cancer for Canadian Canadian women in 2013(2). According to the recently released surveillance report, 2,700 new cases will be diagnosed in 2014 in Canada?(3). Moreover, it is the most fatal women’s cancer, with the average of 45% 5-year survival rate comparing to 89% of the survival rate for women with…

Tupac Shakur know as 2Pac is a remarkable person who shaped modern American culture by becoming an influential rapper back in the days. Tupac was born in June,16 of 1971 in New York city. Tupac had a very difficult childhood. His mother, who were a Black Panther activism was pregnant of him while she was in jail and he only got to know his biological father when he was an adult. Raised in a bad area, he spent most of the time around of bad companies. Since he was young, he was exposed to…

to be picked. Laila rushed to the queen's jewelry box, throughout her time as a lady-in-wait she had never open the beautifully decorated box with gem lining the outside. She opened the box and stopped, in the box were rubies, sapphire, gold, black onyx, Mother of a pearls, jade, quartz, zircon, opal, topaz, emerald, amber, agate, amethyst, garnet, cobalt, and so many more. She blink out thought of how many people it would feed and how many medicine…

Wicca is the second-fastest-growing religion in the United States with the first being Islam. When we here Wicca we usually think of straight up black magic but there is much more to Wicca then magic. Wicca means “wise ones” or “to bend or shape”. Wicca is a predominantly Western movement whose followers practice witchcraft and nature worship. The people involved in Wicca see themselves as a religion of pre-Christian traditions of Northern and Western Europe. The origins of the ancient Wicca…

Key to the Cornerstone Gusty winds snaked across the sandy African landscape, bursting drafts of gritty heat upon the cracked ground below. Draughts weaved through the clay houses barren and lifeless with not a soul to be seen. The village had been deserted. Piling in small heaps against the rugged walls of the shacks, the sandstorm collected its silt within crooks and nicks wherever it could find them. Tousled door flaps snapped and wagged in the perturbation. Death rented the air. Although…

which were supposed to protect them from evil spirits/curses. There were designs on the jewelry like snakes and animals (which symbolize wickedness).They were also decorated with emerald and peridot from Egypt and Persian carnelian, jasper, lazuli and onyx. There were pearls and diamonds which were also admired (“Jewelry in Ancient Rome”). There were many different types of shoes in Ancient Rome. Some professions required different shoes than others. Each pair of shoes was made for the…

Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel was a Leo. The lion also in her designs throughout her collections. In fact, instead of the interlaced C’s that we know Chanel for, it is a surprise the Lion wasn’t the main stamp. We could see it in her vintage pieces like the quilted bag. When she was a child her father left her and orphan in the convent of Aubazine. She spent here six or seven years. Through her childhood and until she was 18, she learned how to sew which would make her a future designer. Much of Coco…