The Tropics in New York was written by Claude McKay in 1920. McKay was born in Jamaica in 1890 and immigrated to the United States in 1912. The twenty-two years that he lived in Jamaica gave him inspiration for this poem. The poem includes masterful imagery and other literary devices. The poem starts with McKays somewhat cheerful description of luscious tropical fruits: Bananas ripe and green‚ and ginger-root‚ / Cocoa in pods and alligator pears‚ (lines 1-2). At this point‚ the reader is not sure
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Edwin Stanton Porter was born on April 21‚ 1870 in Pennsylvania. He had grown up with his parents Thomas Richard Porter and Mary Jane Clark. He had worked in the electrical field at first and began experiencing with electricity. He had worked with light bulb currents and telegraphs. In early 1890’s he had opened his own small business as a tailor‚ until 1893‚ when he had joined the Navy. He served there as an electrician and telegraph operator. With his help communications were improved. After a
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Edwin Chadwick Poor Law Public health Success failures Able bodied poor should be kept in workhouses. This way‚ only the desperate would ask for relief Commission of enquiry; he was a committed benthamite. Commissioners devised three different questionnaires. Questions were badly phrased‚ were they seeked the response they wanted. He was seen as a tireless investigator who insisted on seeing for himself the effects of poverty and the operation of the poor laws. Chadwick was
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DESCRIPTIVE WRITING ON THE EFFECTS OF TWO DIFFERENCE SEASONS ON THE SAME LANDSCAPE Johannesburg also known as Jozi‚ Jo’burg or eGoli‚ is the largest city in South Africa‚ by population. It is the provincial capital of Gauteng‚ the wealthiest province in South Africa‚ having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa. The city is one of the 50 largest metropolitan areas in the world and is also the world’s largest city not situated on a river‚ lake‚ or coastline. Built
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“The Way to Rainy Mountain” written by N. Scott Momaday‚ is a story behind a Kiowa descendent experience with Rainy Mountain. In the story‚ he depicts history‚ culture and life of the Kiowa tribe. In addition‚ he focused more on his grandmother to display the life for Kiowa people. Rainy Mountain is a place where weather becomes extreme no matter the kind of season. One day‚ the author returned to Rainy Mountain to visit his grandmother’s grave. She had recently died and he feels nostalgic. His grandmother
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Everyone hates it when it rains too much. They cause natural disasters‚ diseases etc. However‚ when it rains in the middle of the summer‚ its heaven on earth. I also experienced a rainy day. I was going to my best friend’s house; we had not met for many days. I was just going out when it started pouring cats & dogs. I went in with teary eyes since my mother firmly said that I should not go out at all in this weather. I thought that the rain was the worst thing ever. I was very sad. Therefore‚
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Edwin Land was born on May 7‚ 1909 in Bridgeport Connecticut. He was the the only child to Harry and Martha Land. Edwin Land attended Harvard University‚ studying chemistry. Land dropped out of college after one year and moved to New york‚ where he researched and developed a Polaroid J Sheet. Every night‚ Land worked in a laboratory that he snuck into to work on his Polaroid J sheet. Edwin returned to Harvard‚ where he focused on chemistry and physics. Land paired up with one of his professors and
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Andrew Pham Date: 4-8-11 Period 1 Mrs. Harley Frederick Douglass Rough Draft Frederick Douglass is a man who tried to change the position of African-Americans. Frederick Douglass original name is Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey. He was born on February 1818 in Tuckahoe‚ Maryland. He died on February 20‚ 1895 in Washington‚ D.C. Frederick was an abolitionist who fight for civil and women rights. When he was older he escaped from the plantation to find himself a job and to start figuring
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English III (2013) (S2453406) Sierra Turner Points possible: 20 Date: ____________ This is your journal activity. Complete the prewriting steps below before moving on to the journal response. Read and Paraphrase Read the text below from The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday: Great green and yellow grasshoppers are everywhere in the tall grass‚ popping up like corn to sting the flesh‚ and tortoises crawl about on the red earth‚ going nowhere in plenty of time. Loneliness is an aspect of the
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After visiting three church services‚ Lutheran‚ Presbyterian‚ and Methodist‚ and I found many similarities and differences. But first‚ I will discuss each church service individually. Then‚ I will compare those services with each other. Firstly‚ when I visited Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church‚ I did not know what to expect because I have had never visit a Church before this visit. When entering the church‚ I noticed that there were many people there‚ and they were waiting for the service to begin.
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