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    145.10cm wide sits in the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, United States. The painting was purchased with funds from the friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art, but no price is given. The accession number is 68.25. The painting depicts 112 clear, empty glass Coca-Cola bottles in 7 rows and 16 columns (Boodram, n.d.). The medium used for this piece was acrylic paint with the addition of screen paint and a graphite pencil on a plane white canvas (Whitney Museum of American…

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    As described on page 20, a skyscraper shows culture as a hierarchy where at the pinnacle of the skyscraper it 's a description of high culture or classy things that we like. However, visually it can be stated that we have less of class than we have of our guilty pleasures. It can also be stated that we have more guilty pleasures because as the shape of a skyscraper starts at the base that holds the flow of the building which is much bigger as you progress up to our idea of high culture. In other…

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    In 1816, this was created by Reverend Robert Finley to assist free black people in emigrating back to Africa. Finley believed the land of black people’s “fathers” was Africa. He wanted to find the positivity in colonization and the spreading of Christianity to Africa. Finley also believed that the American Colonization Society would bring an end to slavery. Finley saw blacks living in America as a threat to the status of the United States and the quality of life for white people. Finley declared…

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    As me and Whitney grown up, we have grown apart as we matured. I stopped being childish after high school, and Whitney continued her ways. I had to end up cutting her off because we decided not to attend the same college and because she was still acting childish. I assumed that she would never grow out of her childish ways, and thought i could not help her out like a real friend. This past semester my perception of Whitney changed when she sent me a letter saying how…

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    Rainsford’s acquaintance is also a hunter he is thinking about the ethics of hunting and sometimes feels guilty. On page one Rainsford states,” Don 't talk rot, Whitney," said Rainsford. "You 're a big-game hunter, not a philosopher. Who cares how a jaguar feels?" This shows that Rainsford is a determined hunter and is trying to tell Whitney that he is a hunter and needs not to feel guilty. This makes the reader think that Rainsford is not a soft person and is a serious and determined hunter.…

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    Medicine and Dentistry, n.d. para. 3). One result of hyposalivation is a reduced output of enzymes and hence a lack of hydrolysis. This spiraling issue may inhibit the digestion of carbohydrates at the very beginning of the gastrointestinal tract (Whitney & Rolfes, 2013, p. 74). One method to prevent or reverse hyposalivation is proper fluid intake as noted…

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    In the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, the protagonist is Rainsford. He is a big game hunter. In the beginning of the story Whitney says to Rainsford that maybe animals can feel something besides just fear then Rainsford says to Whitney “Don’t talk rot, Whitney, You’re a big-game hunter, not a philosopher. Who cares how the jaguar feels?”(6). This shows that Rainsford is an arrogant human being, but can core beliefs change when somebody’s life is threatened? Rainsford…

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    Although he was a very small child, had asthma and awful vision, nothing took away his energy and zest for life (Gable 465). Theodore grew up very privileged because his father, Theodore Roosevelt Sr., was a very wealthy New York City banker (Whitney 205). Theodore Sr. was also a philanthropist and a civic activist (Kane 299). Teedie seemed to acquire his energy and ambition from his father (Gable 465). By encouraging Theodore to be actively involved in sports, exercise…

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    Modern Day hunting is totally different than how people use to back in the old days. Many people are not supporters of hunting, but I am. Modern day hunting is a great opportunity for people. To begin, “It will be lightenought in Rio,” promised Whitney. “We should make it in a few days. I hope the jaguar guns have come from Purdey’s. We should have some good…

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    personality to become more animal like in which he must imitate the instinctive behavior of paranoia of animals to survive from big game hunters like Zaroff and Rainsford. This quote also reminds readers of Rainsford’s earlier conversation with his friend Whitney on board the yacht when Rainsford denies that what he hunts does not care about living in fear because they don't have feeling. Such thinking, he had initially believed, only personify animals…

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