Katherine Dunham was born in Chicago‚ Illinois on June 22‚ 1909 as the youngest child of Albert Millard Dunham and Fanny June (Guillaume)‚ with an older brother‚ Albert Jr.‚ as well as children from her mother’s first marriage. Her heritage included Indian‚ French Canadian‚ English‚ Malagasy (Madagascan) and African ancestry (Aschenbrenner 7). Dunham’s mother passed away when Katherine was only four and their father left the children with their aunt Lulu‚ where Katherine faced multiple instances
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Biography Dato Nicol Ann David Personal life Born in Penang‚ David is the daughter of Ann Marie David‚ a retired Malaysian Chinese school teacher‚ and Desmond David‚ a Malaysian Indian engineer‚ who is also a former state athlete and footballer. She has two sisters‚ Lianne and Cheryl‚ both of whom are accomplished squash players at the national level. As a youngster‚ mathematics was David’s best subject at school; she dreamed of one day becoming an engineer. Her primary education was at Sekolah
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Conclusion of Valentine by Carol Ann Duffy Duffy uses an onion in her poem as she shows how this object can represent the positive aspect of love. In this poem she is saying that her love is different and unique. The first stanza tells us she is not giving what would be typically labelled as love like ’a red rose’. Instead‚ she gives an onion. An onion is very unusual gift to give to someone you care about. Although onions are acidic‚ smelly and not very appealing‚ she makes connection by comparing
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Ann Hopkins worked at Price Waterhouse ’s Office of Government Services in Washington‚ D.C.‚ for five years before she was proposed candidacy for partnership in 1982. She was neither offered nor denied admission to the partnership that year; instead‚ her candidacy was held for reconsideration the following year. When the partners in her office later refused her proposed partnership‚ she quit and sued Price Waterhouse under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 charging that the firm had discriminated
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“Shooting Stars” Critical Essay In this critical essay I will be writing on account of “shooting Stars” by Carol Ann Duffy. Duffy successfully reveals the true horrors of the Second World War using a wide variety of poetic techniques‚ of which in this task I will evaluate and finally conclude with my own opinion. Throughout the dramatic monologue Duffy encourages sympathy towards the female persona by using a range of imagery‚ structure and word choice. The persona appears to be a woman who
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The poem ‘Valentine’ by Carol Ann Duffy portrays a realistic and honest view on love. Duffy has a unique perspective of love contrasting to the stereotypical way love is often thought about. She compares love to an onion‚ which is odd because an onion is neither visually appealing nor valued but Duffy’s insight on love and unconventional way of perceiving love is what makes the poem Valentine interesting. She presents her ideas by using a range of different poetic devices such as‚ choosing a distinct
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foster parents. Her younger brother dies on the trip there‚ due to suspicious circumstances and illness. They bury him in the cold winter snow and while they are burying him one the workers drop a book and she picks it up. The book is called “The Grave Digger’s Handbook”‚ but she does not know this because she was never taught to read. The book is the only memory of her brother she has. In a way it is a good thing‚ his suffering is stopped early. When she first arrives she is reluctant‚ but soon
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In high school Katherine joined Terpsichorean club. Their she began to learn the free movement style that modern dance had to offer. Her parents wished for her to have a job teaching like her brother Albert Dunham Jr. Katherine went to the University of Chicago where she became one of the first African American woman to attend the school and get a bachelor‚ masters and
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A Cup of Tea By Katherine Mansfield Rosemary Fell was not exactly beautiful. No‚ you couldn ’t have called her beautiful. Pretty? Well‚ if you took her to pieces... But why be so cruel as to take anyone to pieces? She was young‚ brilliant‚ extremely modem‚ exquisitely well dressed‚ amazingly well read in the newest of the new books‚ and her parties were the most delicious mixture of the really important people and... artists - quaint creatures‚ discoveries of hers‚ some of them too terrifying for
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It started years ago like a joke cracked by a famous jester. A lifeless stick of matches scratched against its coated paper produces a small flame but when left carelessly near an open jar of volatile petrol‚ causes a conflagration‚ which can claim life and property. Rose started smoking at the age of fourteen. She was born to a very wealthy family of five and she was the only daughter. I wonder why most children born in wealthy homes appear to be the worst groomed. It may be because of the luxury
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