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Jack Schembari Mrs. Mohr Social Studies period 3 1-23-17 There are many people deserve to be in the History Hall of Fame. One person stands out of that group of people. That person is Nelson Mandela. Nelson Mandela was a great man who impacted many lives, he deserves to be in the History Hall of Fame. Rolihlahla was born July 18, 1918. His name meant troublemaker. Little did they know he would live up to his name. Rolihlahla changed his name to Nelson. When Nelson was nine his father died.…

The poem "Oppression", written by Jimmy Santiago, discusses the basis oppression, its brutal effects on one’s mind, and the importance of one's ability to seek emancipation. In the first stanza of the poem, Santiago defines oppression as the feeling of "being trampled under" (Baca 3). Santiago continues to explain that oppression "[i]s a question of strength" (1) in regard to the oppressor, and likewise a question "of unshed tears" (2) in regard to the individual enduring oppression. Baca is…

In the poem it said,“The Spear-Danes in days gone by and the kings who ruled them had courage and greatness. We have heard of those princes' heroic campaigns,” (Beowulf 1-3) Being heroic is what they strived to be and was celebrated heavily along nations. In Year of the Hyenas,…

The advertising industry spends limitless hours and millions of dollars preparing and influencing the way and place in which a person will view their ad. However, within the territory of advertisements, there appears to be a major difference in the way that men and women are portrayed. Also, the design outlines of ads that are targeted towards men or women appear to be different as well. Advertising creates gender stereotypes in the scheme of advertisements in the hopes of alluring to the…

faces when the piglet broke loose shows that Jack could simply not bring himself to kill the pig. Later in the novel, Jack was able to kill the pig, “Jack, his face smeared with clays, reached the top first and hailed Ralph excitedly, with a lifted spear. ‘Look! We’ve killed a pig—we stole up on them—we got in a circle— ‘” (Golding 69.) Jack calling out excitedly about him killing a pig is him leaving behind the past society of Britain behind. Thus, through the symbolism of the pig, the…

The atlatl has been shown multiple times not to catapult the spears, but to throw them as you would without the atlatl; making it more or less just an extension of the spear throwers arm. Archeologists have gone through many ways that the atlatl functions, in Raymond’s paper “Experiments in the Function and Performance of the Weighted Atlatl” further explores the function…

Guido D'Arezzo invented music. He also invented solfege , a vocal note scale. He was italian of the medieval era. He was regarded as in the inventor of modern musical notation. He was born in 991 A.D and died in 1033. Here’s a couple of interesting facts about music. Loud music can make someone drink less. The world’s most expensive musical instrument was 15.9 million dollars. Listening to music while working out improves physical performance. Your heartbeat mimics and changes the music…

Card games were played a lot during the Renaissance. Games like Frussi, which is also known as primiera. Primiera was highly popular during the Renaissance period. In order to play you had to give every player four cards. The one who gets four cards of the same kind is the winner. About every person played, from royalty to peasants played. Another popular game was Basetta. When the dealer lays down three cards then every players has to draw a card from the pack. Chess was another popular game…

The Stereotypical Girl Kim Kardashian, Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus, and Beyoncé, all great women who have changed the way that many teenage age girls act today. Kim Kardashian has changed the way girls dress and broke many fashion rules, Britney Spears showed people that just because you have a rough year doesn’t mean you can’t grow and learn from it, Miley Cyrus had a certain persona tied to her and she taught young girls that just because people perceive you a way doesn’t mean you are who…

Name: EYE Symbolic Meaning: Enlightenment. The spiritual third eye is a symbol of clairvoyance and spiritual gifts. Sometimes a deity would grant a third eye to a devotee to enhance their spiritual vision. There are also some cases of mythic stories where an eye is destroyed, and here it represents ignorance, which is often brought about by upsetting a Goddess, such as the example of Kuber or Shukracharya. Palmistry Meaning: Extremely strong intuitive ability, someone who has ‘seen the…