Notorious bushranger‚ popular icon and national identity‚ Ned Kelly was hanged at Melbourne Gaol in 1880. It was the final curtain in one of the most colourful and controversial careers in Australia’s history. A ’troublemaker’ in a lawless outpost Kelly was born in December 1854‚ near the town of Beveridge in Victoria. When he was 12‚ his Irish father John ’Red’ Kelly‚ an ex-convict‚ died of dropsy‚ forcing Kelly to leave school and become the family breadwinner. Soon after‚ his mother Ellen
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Ned Kelly the Hero. Ned Kelly the murderer. Ned Kelly the rebel. Ned Kelly the Saint. Ever since his famous death in 1880 in Melbourne‚ an all out battle has been fought by Australian’s‚ and others from around the world who sought to have their point of view sounded‚ all would swear that their interpretation of the person‚ Mr Kelly‚ was the most accurate. The infamous story of a man who grew up in trying times and suffered great persecution from the Victorian Police Force‚ facing the frustration
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In chapter four of Gary Paulsen’s Nightjohn‚ a slave named Alice was caught walking into the White House. Waller‚ the slave owner‚ doesn’t allow slaves in the White House so he whipped her until her back was ripped and bleeding. Sarny‚ the narrator‚ recalled a story about a slave name Jim. Jim tried to escape during the night but the next morning Waller set after him with the dogs. Waller feeds the dogs blood things that make them mean. Jim climbed a tree but the tree wasn’t good enough; the dogs
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We were at Stringybark Creek looking for the Kelly gang. They were wanted for robbery and much more which was illegal. We were all wearing dark black boots and baggy clothes. The creek smelt like a junk yard! “Kennedy‚ Scanlon!” McIntyre yelled out that we were surrounded and should give up our weapons. What nonsense he was talking about? My buddy and I Scanlon just wanted to find the Kelly gang badly so they won’t hurt anyone else. We had already lost enough lives‚ so we just continued riding
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Today I’ll be talking to you about Ned Kelly and my topic is weather he was a villain or hero. His full name is actually Edward Kelly but most people know him by his nick name which of course is Ned Kelly. Ned was an Australian Bush ranger. He was born in Victoria in June 1854 but has a strong Irish background due to his Irish convict father. As a young man he clashed with the Victoria Police. Following an incident at his home in 1878‚ police parties searched for him in the bush. After he and his
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Gary Stanley Becker was an American economist born in Pottsville‚ Pennsylvania in 1930. Becker is described by the New York Times as “the most important social scientist in the past 50 years and possibly longer” (Wolfers 2014). Over his career‚ he made astonishing accomplishments that no other economics have made. He won the Nobel Memorial Prize for Economic Science in 1992‚ was the Rose-Marie and Jack R. Anderson Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and the University Professor of Economics and
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Analysis #1 Kelly‚ Musick. "Are Both Parents Always Better Than One?Parental Conflict and Young Adult Well Being." Rural New York Minute [New York] 04 2009‚ n. pag. Web. 10 Oct. 2012. <http://devsoc.cals.cornell.edu/cals/devsoc/outreach/cardi/publications/upload/04-2009-RNYM.pdf>. I think that this source will give me the pro’s and con’s I need for my paper. It will tell me why some people think it’s better to live with both parents and why some say one parent is best. Kelly Musick is an
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Dear Gary Paulsen: The first time I read Hatchet was when I was in the fourth grade. I have always liked survival stories and Hatchet made me really about how fast our world can be turned upside down. I really appreciate the section when Brian tells how his teacher‚ Perpich‚ told him to "stay positive and stay on top of things" and "You are your most valuable asset. Don’t forget that. You are the best thing you have." Just these few words helped me realize that I make myself who I am. Not what I
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“Canyons” by Gary Paulsen is a great book that can be enjoyed by all middle school readers. The story canyons is mostly based in canyons‚ caves‚ and a camping ground. Itis also based in highschool sometimes throughout the story. Brennan and he is fifteen years old and he’s a sophomore. Brennan also likes to run a lot to escape his thoughts. Brennan is a fifteen year old boy. He is now a sophomore. In the story Brennan goes on a camping trip and he decides to go into a nearby canyon. In the canyon
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English 2030 Mar 5th‚ 2013 A reading of Gary Soto’s “Behind Grandma’s House” The poem talks about main character that has intense craving for attention from family‚ friends‚ and even strangers. Because of this kind of intense craving‚ the character has hostile behavior‚ rebellious acts of misconduct‚ and a lack of respect for authority. The boy in “Behind grandma’s House” does so as a way to appear tough and intimidating. At the end of this poem‚ the Grandma finally shows up‚ and stops the boy
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