After spending several hours walking around the Harn Museum of Art and looking at all the galleries and exhibits‚ I chose to write about two photographs. The Tree #36‚ Martha’s Vineyard by Aaron Siskind and Photo 13A in the Ocean Details series by Joni Sternbach. The Tree #36‚ Martha’s Vineyard is a 14x11 inch black and white print taken in 1973. It is an abstract expressionism photo. I chose this picture because the tree just drew me in. I can see myself sitting in one of the bends of the branches
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Men Vs. Women Equality. | | | Tiera Harrison | | 2/12/13 2 Harrison Commission has adopted a Women’s agreement to improve the promotion of equality between women and men‚ in Europe and throughout the world. Gender inequalities have direct consequences on economic and social unity‚ on supportable growth and competitiveness‚ as well as on demographic changes. Susan B. Anthony‚ a strong and outspoken advocate of women’s rights‚ demanded that the Fourteenth Amendment include
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Melody Houff English 111 Mrs. Forcey 23 February 2013 “The Notorious Jumping Frog Of Calaveras County”. The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain takes place in a tavern located in a small mining camp called Angel’s‚ where a person asks the narrator about an old friend‚ who doesn’t recall a person by that name‚ but does remember someone else by a similar name. Local word color is a writing tool used to help the reader understand
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Use of Customs‚ Dialect and Social Status In "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" Mark Twain’s "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is a short story with the lesson that what goes around comes around. In this short story‚ which first appeared in 1856 and his first successful story‚ Twain uses local customs of the time‚ dialect‚ and examples of social status in his story to create a realistic view of the region in which the story takes place. The way that the characters
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In "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County‚ Mark Twain creates some memorable characters. The longer a character appears‚ the more sides you see of them and the more believable they become. They contrasted with what Easterners of the era expected‚ which made them even more appropriate‚ realistic‚ and likable. The main protagonist in the story is a man in Simon Wheeler’s narration named Jim Smiley. Showing many sides to his character‚ Jim is obviously a round character‚ showing emotions including
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English 11 Name: Luis Aguilar “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras Country” --Mark Twain Target: I can analyze what the text says directly and indirectly utilizing evidence from the text. Directions: Define each vocabulary word using a dictionary. Compliance-the action or fact of complying with a wish or command. Garrulous-excessively talkative‚ especially on trivial matters. Append-add (something) as an attachment or supplement. Conjectured- form an opinion or supposition about (something)
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Overview: For this portfolio assignment‚ you will create an alternative ending for one of the stories you have read in Unit 4. Step 1: Choose ONE of the following stories: “A White Heron” by Sarah Orne Jewett “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” by Mark Twain “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce “A Pair of Silk Stockings” by Kate Chopin “The Wife of His Youth” by Charles Waddell Chestnut “The Lemon Tree Billiards House” by Cedric Yamanaka Step 2: Re-read your
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titles from the course (such as "The Mirror" or The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn)? Your choices may be short stories‚ poems‚ plays‚ novels‚ or a combination. My three favorite literary titles rom the course were “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”‚ “The Secret Life of Bees”‚ and I enjoyed reading some of the cowboy poems as I was doing some research on how to do mine. Newspaper Creation Please provide the following information regarding your communication with your family member
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United States Tax Court Miles and Jack Vineyards‚ Inc. Petitioner V. Commissioner of Internal Revenue‚ Respondent § § § § § § § § § § § Docket No. Petition Miles Raymond (“Miles”) the Petitioner‚ by his attorney‚ David Nguyen‚ hereby petitions for a redetermination of the deficiencies the Commissioner of Internal Revenue (the “Commissioner”) has set forth in the notice of deficiency dated January 25‚ 2013. The notice was sent via the IRS Los Angeles‚ California office
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oppression． Mark Twain neglected or bypassed the harshness of reality in most of his writings．He delighted the readers with humorous and gently satiric sketches about mining camps and life on and along the fiver(Roughing It(1872)‚The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County(1865)，life on the Mississippi(1 883))or with hilarious spoofs about greenhorns and intellectuals(The Gilded Age(1873)，The Innocents Abroad(1869)，Political Economy(1 870))，These works are funny because of their arrangement of the story and
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