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The Nazi’s coordinated many ways to separate the Jews from the rest of Germany. Germany was weak, poor, and in need of a leader. Hitler was a phenomenal speaker and rallied support from the people easily. This gave him the leverage to convince the german people to help him separate and eliminate the Jews from the rest of Germany and society. After his rise to Chancellor, he began to assign blame to the Jews for World War Two and for Germany’s economic downfall. He took over large amounts…

Cerebrovascular accidents (CVA) have been documented throughout the histories of medicine, science, and philosophy, dating as far back as 400 B.C. Despite having hundreds of years of research and the help of medical advancements, the outlook for a patient post-stroke has extremely poor up until the last 100 years (Galindez, Sanabria, & Borroto, 2014). Coincidentally, within the last 100 years, the field of occupational therapy has also been growing, developing, and advancing rehabilitation…

World renowned Canadian author Margaret Atwood is the writer of countless poems, essays, criticisms, short stories, and novels. The author of over a dozen novels, Atwood continually features female protagonists and covers themes pertaining to women. The Handmaid’s Tale deals with the rise of the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that replaces the United States and returns to the suppression of women. Another one of Atwood’s novels, Alias Grace focuses on Grace Marks, a women…

The House on Mango Street is an amazing coming of age story about a young Mexican girl in a low-income Chicago neighborhood. The novel was written in the 1980’s by Sandra Cisneros (who will be explored further in the paper). The main Protagonist is named Esperanza. The story starts with Esperanza being happy about her family’s future, she is 12 and has just moved into her new house on Mango Street. The house actually does not live up to Esperanza’s expectations because it’s old and tiny. This…

Because of my association with the Artemis Film Festival, I not only have an appreciation for stunt women; I actually seek them out and do my utmost to promote their work whenever I can. I will always claim that festival opened my eyes, and Maja Aro was my instructor for "Stuntwomen 101." Therefore, I am pleased to share with you my interview with Lisa Chandler, stuntwoman and actress extrodinaire! I was thrilled that she took the time to inform me about how she got started in the business, her…

Introduction For centuries a myth has been purported regarding Black fatherhood. That myth carries with it a misguided belief that Black fathers are overwhelmingly absent and uninvolved child rearing activities. The myth is persistent within American society where it is replayed ad nauseam in the mainstream media where one would be hard pressed not to believe a great number of Black fathers are detached from family life due to incarceration, dependency issues, unemployment or underemployment.…

The Industrial Revolution: A Time Period of Positive Change for American Society of the 18th-19th Century: The British Industrial Revolution is marked as a powerful time period which impacted American lifestyles to a very large extent. Its outcome resulted in technological innovations, growth in machinery, urbanization, and transportation for the society of the (1800s-early 1900s). It is almost impossible to imagine what the world would be like without the impact and effects of the Industrial…

amount of scientific text with such significant terms as necropsy, postmortem, Inuit, Basque, forceps, indelible and the numerous scientific names. A Text Talk vocabulary presentation, allowing students to interact with the words, as suggested by Roberta Linder in Text Talk with Picture Books, prior to reading would help elevate the level of understanding of students. The Lexile determination appears appropriate. As a non-fiction text, it is heavily saturated with history and science and is…

Brave enough to see it: Perrault, Andersen, Disney and the Stigma of Inevitable Heteronormativity in Fairy Tales ‘Fairy tale’ is a genre of storytelling that is deeply ingrained into our persons and cultures. In this essay I will expose the idea that heteronormative ‘happy endings’ are their inevitable conclusion. My main points of reference will be Charles Perrault’s Little Red Riding Hood, both Hans Christian Andersen and Walt Disney’s versions of The Little Mermaid, as well as Disney’s more…

Typically, this involves the allocation of resources from these businesses based in different countries, to a new project or venture which they seek to undertake, using cooperative methods and the pooling of expertise and experience. The purpose of global strategic alliances is to: • • • • • create synergy; accomplish more than could be achieved had the businesses been operating independently; coordinate effort; gain and share technologies; gain entry into an overseas market. Major…