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    Gary Soto speaks to the romantic side of all of us with his poem “Oranges.” In the poem‚ Soto uses the innocence and simplicity of first love‚ combined with symbolism and imagery of colors and light to evoke the feelings we all had on our first date. While the poem reads simply as words about a walk with a girl‚ the use of light and color build into a reflection on the feelings and emotions associated with young love. “Oranges” is written in the past tense‚ as the speaker examines in the first-person

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    English Composition 102 April 27‚ 2012 Morality: Manner‚ Character and Proper Behavior INTRODUCTION In his film A Clockwork Orange‚ Stanley Kubrick‚ an American film director and producer‚ creates a futuristic London where youth gang violence and other social subjects are portrayed. The main character‚ Alex DeLarge‚ is a sociopath who likes listening to Beethoven and is fascinated with raping women‚ amongst other things he is also the leader of the gang‚ which consists of Dim‚ Georgie and

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    Our experiences and the choices we make when we are young help shape who we are as we get older. In "Oranges" by Gary Soto‚ the narrator recalls a memory from his childhood - the first time he goes on a date with a girl. The boy is young and probably a little scared at first‚ but things turn out well and the date with the girl seems to have an impact on him later in life. We don’t know anything about the narrator when he is older but he seems like a likable person. He tries to make the girl happy

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    Conquest of Mexico and Peru “How did small groups of Spaniards‚ which initially numbered only a few hundred men‚ conquer the Aztec and the Incan empires that had populations in the millions‚ large armies‚ and militarist traditions of their own? (Keen and Haynes 68). Many modern day scholars express how easily the Spanish conquered both Mexico and Peru from great leaders such as the Aztec ruler Moctezuma and the Incan emperor Atahualpa. In order to understand how this conquest was accomplished

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    A Clockwork Orange The freedom of choice and the rehabilitating form of corrections encase the realm of A Clockwork Orange‚ by Anthony Burgess. It produces the question about man’s free will and the ability to choose one’s destiny‚ good or evil. "If he can only perform good or only perform evil‚ then he is a clockwork orange-meaning that he has the appearance of an organism lovely with colour and juice but is in fact only a clockwork toy to be wound up by God or the Devil or State"(Burgess ix)

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    life‚ as well as the sorrowful. The play ’A Streetcar Named Desire‚’ written by Tennessee Williams‚ represents this paradox that is capable of inspiring us or swiftly casting us down into the depths of depression. Stanley Kubrik’s film ’A Clockwork Orange’ contrastingly examines the concept of free-will and the effects of its intervention‚ while Marko Bok’s ’Woman on Bondi Beach’ celebrates life’s beauty‚ criticizing society’s attitudes of discrimination and broadening our understanding of the human

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    Gluck uses strong diction to create vivid images in order to convey the hatred and helplessness that is the core of the character. Although the diction is relatively colloquial‚ there are some prominent words‚ which are utilized to exhibit the woman’s emotions. The first two lines of the poem are bursting with powerful lexis‚ "It is not the moon‚ I tell you. / It is these flowers..." (1-2). The woman hates men‚ and uses influential words to aid in her belief. The word moon suggests power. The subject

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    Hernán Cortés was for the most part responsible for the conquest of the Mexicans. He was Spanish conquistador who pursued to gain wealth and admiration. “…to investigate rumors of a fabulously wealthy kingdom somewhere in the interior of the mainland.” (American Promise‚ pg. 34) Cortes and his army were welcomed and were given gold. Consequently‚ Spaniards’ greed grew‚ and Cortés took Montezuma captive‚ then murdering him. “Cortes took Montezuma hostage and held him under house arrest‚ hoping to

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    spread of Islam has been categorized between three periods‚ most commonly known as the “Three Jihads”. The first jihad was the imperialism in five continents between 700-1000 AD‚ the second jihad involved the Christian Crusades as well as the Mongol conquest of Islam between 1000-1300 AD and the last and final

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    The assignment for this class participation short essay paper was to watch and write a critical analysis of the film "1492 Conquest of Paradise." The information I used for this paper came from various web pages‚ which are enclosed‚ "The American Nation Textbook"‚ and finally the movie itself. I believe the biggest item that should be talked about is how historically accurate this film is‚ and did the director try to accurately portray what really happened during that time period. From the start

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