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    present-day elections of 2016, it actually describes an election that took place more than two hundred years ago. This shocking election is told by Edward Larson in his narrative of the election of 1800. Edward Larson was born in 1953 and is an American historian and a legal scholar. Larson’s A Magnificent Catastrophe is a novel about the momentous election that happened in 1800 and would eventually lead to the future of democracy. His account of this election is very useful especially for…

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    Story Structure In Film

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    man or woman determining the message of a story for themselves, is simply postmoderinism. Thus, I should, when encountering various stories, ought to determine what the author is saying, instead of conforming and interpreting the story to my own personal…

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    Super Cool Title- Change Later Is higher education worth it? Which kind of higher education? Debates over questions like this regarding college education have been going on for generations and will likely continue into the foreseeable future. In Mike Roses Making Sparks Fly: How Occupational Education Can lead to a Love of Learning for its Own Sake, he gives the reader his take on the present state of higher education in America and why he feels that vocational schools and liberal arts studies…

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    love for them that weighs like “heavy stones against [their] thumping heart[s],” uncertain about what their children might need from them and how they may provide it (McDermott 41). In this way, After This is an examination of the difficulties of parenting, as John and Mary…

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    This recognition really makes me feel good about myself. I am building self-respect and the respect of others. Finally, there are the needs for self-actualization, which motivate the person to fulfill his or her own potential above and beyond the lower needs (McAdams, 2009). This is the top of Page 3 Personal Narrative the pyramid. Self-actualization is my overall goal. After completing college and upon getting a good job, I believe that I will feel self-actualization…

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    Overview The film Iron Jawed Angels, directed by Katja von Garnier is about the young female activists that led the women’s suffrage movement in the early 1900s. Women suffragist portrayed in the film are Alice Paul, Lucy Burns, Doris Stevens, and Mabel Vernon. These women put their lives at risk for women to have equal rights, specifically to be able to vote. They were beaten, dragged, had trash and bottles thrown at them, and were called “he shes” for trying to exercise their constitutional…

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    communicate to the world about an experience you had, would you use film or print? The personal narrative Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin and the documentary Freedom Summer were both created to represent the struggles of black citizens during the Civil Rights Movement as well as the struggles of getting all races equal rights. Black Like Me is about a white man who changes his skin black to figure out what life was like for the black citizens during the 1960s. Freedom Summer is about some…

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    responsible role to play" (GaleGroup.com pg. 3). Each person has a purpose on this earth, and it 's only through life 's challenges that we will find out that purpose. The character in the story finds his talents when faced with challenges to enter college. He learns to use his talents and takes on a nice career. He speaks out for a small black family, and joins a white brotherhood that speaks politically. He loses himself while being part of this brotherhood. Then the character is threatened by…

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    Reading Self Reflection

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    put a lot of detail into my stories and essays. As a writer, I wish I could structure my fictional stories better, this would help develop my fictional writing. Another skill that I wish I had as a writer is to think of interesting topics for personal narratives and autobiographies. A final way I could improve my writing is by using more diverse sentences, for example, I always start my conclusion paragraph: “In conclusion,” it would help my writing if I used different sentences more. Over the…

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    impact on the entertainment business, there is less information accessible about her personal life. She is considered to be a quiet person and wants to keep her matters out of the public eye. However, here is what we do know about her personal life.Shonda Rhimes was born on January 13, 1970, in Chicago, Illinois, to a family of intellectuals. Her parents are Vera P. Rhimes, a university administrator, and Ilee Rhimes, a college professor. She grew up in Park Forest, Illinois, a suburb of…

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