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In Louise Erdrich’s enthralling novel Tracks, Pauline Puyat is a young woman of Chippewa and Canadian descent. Throughout the course of the story, it is abundantly clear that Pauline wishes nothing more than to shed her Native American culture. Instead of embracing her Chippewa roots, she wants be like her mother, “who showed her half-white”, and her grandfather, who was “pure Canadian” (Erdrich 14). While it is easy for the reader to assume that Pauline is willingly rejecting her Chippewa…

during pin removal or pin driving process. The author Dick Mahue has an extensive collection of bench blocks for all purposes however, he stated he had a scrap piece of steel he had been using since the 1970's that was his main bench block, but was not sure of its original purpose. I myself do not own a commercial bench block, however I use wood and scrap pieces of metal I have laying around to accomplish these type of tasks. Depending on the firearm I may use a padded vise or vise block for…

more personal. Our two person family moved into a house on a sloping hill. Beside us stood a large tropical forest. Nearby -maybe a miles walk- a large old house was had been torn apart. Many of it's materials reused for construction elsewhere. Scrap metal, wood, and nails littered the site. Seeing this kindled my quest for independence;…

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot displays the controversy as to whether or not the public has a responsibility to support scientific progress at all costs. This controversy became evident after Henrietta Lacks’ cervical tissues were taken from her body without her consent and then her cells, which became immortal, were used for medical research everywhere and her family did not know about it. These cells have helped the medical field in…

Awakened in a white and black bed, in a white and black room, while wearing white and black clothes. A boy, aged about ten years with fair skin, black hair and black eyes. He sits up, fumbling carefully with the white blanket draped upon him. He turned his head to the left wall which was closest to him, and sees a painting of a gray flower. Then turning towards the right he sees a white wall with a black door. He doesn’t move from his spot. Not now, it just didn’t feel right. He’ll do it when…

A good movie not only entertains someone, but it makes them think about the film and how it relates to life. An amazing movie makes viewers think about the film long after watching it and has an impact on the their life. Million Dollar Baby is a spectacular example of all these factors. Million Dollar Baby is a drama film directed by Clint Eastwood and it stars Hilary Swank as Maggie Fitzgerald, a poor boxer who is determined to become the very best that she can be. Million Dollar Baby is a…

biggest links binding recycling bins and local junkyard to China. Copper was been accounted for 43.1 percent by China or more than five times the amount demanded by United States in the same year (117) China being one of the growing economy in the scrap business does lack in the supply of raw materials. With that American factories had shut down the process of Refining a copper due to environmental concerns. Even though China was never a part of copper business until 1980’s now leads throughout…

What is it like? What is it like to be an African American in this time period? Well let me tell you a little about an ordinary day of an African American man or women. We get stared at by every white person in a predominately white area as if we aren’t supposed to be there. We still get made fun of because of our skin color or how we annunciate our words. We get called ghetto if we don’t dress like or act like the “white people.” We are dangerous to be around because of the false allegations…

Innocent citizens in Syria are suffering and fighting to live while some people just sit there and let it happen. Syria is having a civil war right now and the government is trying so hard to win that they bomb towns of people just trying to live their life, cutting life short for many unsuspecting people. Since the only reason I'm still alive is because people go out of their way to help me, I think that the fortunate people of United States should reach their hand out to people in need. First…

Throwing off Her Weeds, a painting by Richard Redgrave depicted the scene which a seamstress was showing a widow a lilac-coloured dress in front of a scrap screen. This piece was painted in 1846, Britain. This oil-on-panel piece is currently located in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Britain. Redgrave uses colours to illustrate unity and variety. The whole background and the dressing table are composed of yellow, red and brown. This massive use of warm-toned colour creates unity.…