other player on the field. When players break these rules‚ the other team gets the ball and may be given a free shot to earn a goal. Each team may have eleven players on the field at the same time. The player’s should be dressed in shorts‚ shirts‚ stockings‚ and cleats. If both teams agree‚ tennis shoes may be worn instead of cleats. Shin guards are optional. Players wear the same uniforms as their teammates. The goalie must wear a different color jersey‚ so he can be identified as the goalie. Sometimes
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A pair of silk stockings Essay The story’s main character is Mrs. Sommers‚ a wife and mother. Her family is very poor‚ and she is trying to pick up a few items of clothing for her children. On this particular day‚ she is tired and worn out as she goes about her errands. She is an expert at finding bargains and saving money‚ always looking for a good sale‚ but she finds a pair of silk stockings that she desires for herself. They feel nice against her
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lifestyle‚ giving her a new identity. Taken away from what she knew and went to a place of the unknown. Mary took this new lifestyle in but also wanted to remember what she knew best. Her identity was different then many during this time; she was a white woman in a Native American town. The Indians would now call her Dickewamiss‚ meaning pretty girl. The identity she had known herself as her whole life just changed in a split second. Mary now had a new identity and a new life. Compared to many she
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“A Pair of Silk Stockings”‚ a woman by the name of Mrs. Sommers comes into a fair amount of money for the first time in a long while. Mrs. Sommers ponders what she will buy‚ but soon discovers she can afford all the luxuries she has been denied over the past several year‚ and uses the money on herself rather than her children or husband. Her actions show that temptation and greed will prevail over selfless thoughts. “A Pair of Silk Stockings” starts with telling the reader about Mrs. Sommers unexpectedly
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When you hear the phrase "the American people" do you think of a people who are despoiled‚ alienated‚ or lost? William Carlos Williams characterizes the American people in this way in his poem To Elsie‚ which provides commentary on the American people’s lost perspective. Through tone and imagery Williams tells of a self-alienating America that has lost perspective of its most treasured ideology‚ the American Dream‚ due to its violent and unstable tradition. Williams’ tone is a key component to
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Stevens attended Harvard as a non-degree special student‚ after which he moved to New York City and briefly worked as a journalist. He then attended New York Law School‚ graduating in 1903. On a trip back to Reading in 1904 Stevens met Elsie Viola Kachel (1886–1963‚ aka Elsie Moll)‚ a young woman who had worked as a saleswoman‚ milliner‚ and stenographer.[1] After a long courtship‚ he married her in 1909 over the objections of his parents‚ who considered her lower-class. As The New York Times reported
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The Trial of Anne Hutchinson The first word that comes to mind is unbelievable. Anne Hutchinson choose to privately believe in a theory that the Puritans way of thinking‚ was not the only or right way to think about religion. At first the Bay Colony found Anne to be an upright female citizen with knowledge and contributions to offer‚ as long as those contributions stayed within the theories and beliefs of the Puritans as they were known as “the people of God”. Governor Winthrop believed that in
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Malala Yousafzai‚ and Lucretia Mott all share the desire for striving for reforming their society. They were not among the first of their kind; Anne Hutchinson strove for the same aspirations in 1637. Little did Winthrop know‚ the day when Hutchinson arrived to the colony was the day when a threat that had to be dealt with showed up. Anne Hutchinson was a woman who knew right from wrong‚ was one with God‚ had the persistence and composure to maintain the argument‚ and did not stand for sexism of
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PART ICHAPTER 1SummaryThe novel starts with a description of the landscape in the Northland Wild‚ which is a cold and desolate place. Some “wolfish dogs” are harnessed to a sled without runners. The sled is made of birch bark and rests on the snow. On the sled lies a narrow‚ oblong box‚ along with other essential items‚ including blankets‚ an axe‚ a coffee pot‚ and a frying pan. The box is actually a coffin‚ and in it lies Lord Alfred‚ a companion of Bill and Henry‚ whom the reader meets in this
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The Threat of Anne Hutchinson Questions: What had Anne Hutchinson done? Why was Anne Hutchinson such a threat to the Massachusetts Bay colony? How was Anne Hutchinson’s trial an ordeal for her and how was it an ordeal for the community? Anne Hutchinson‚ for centuries now‚ has been seen as a woman who paved the way for religious freedom. She was a great leader in the cause for religious toleration in America and the advancement of women in society. Anne Hutchinson was "a magnetic woman
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