element Alice Walker presents in her story "The Flowers." It is at the heart of the meaning of this story which is driven forward by imagery‚ setting‚ and diction. This story catches you off guard with a sudden twist and changes your emotions a full 180 degrees; as you start to realize the severity of the situation and the times. At the beginning of the story‚ Walker utilizes diction that creates an atmosphere of childhood innocence. Myop‚ the main character‚ "skipped lightly." Walker describes the
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The photographer also developed a series of sign collages: Outdoor Advertisements (1929) and Broadway (1930) (Epstein 2000). Such works were bringing over $100 per photo at those times; however‚ the Great Depression was on its way (Epstein 2000). Walker Evans’ career took off very quickly due to the photographer’s talent and charisma. In the early stages of his professional path‚ he got acquainted with the rich and young editor of Hound & Horn Lincoln Kirstein who was startled by the Evans’ works
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Walker Questions Choice: A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr. by Alice Walker highlights the racism black Southerners still faced a hundred years after the Civil War‚ and how Dr. King changed that. Walker’s family had lived in Eatonton‚ Georgia for generations‚ and it was there where so many of her relatives were buried. Despite this‚ her family couldn’t own the land because of the widespread discrimination in the South. Even if someone did buy land‚ it could be taken away at any time. Because
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Name: School: Date: Facilitator: 4.01 “The Devil and Tom Walker” Questions Directions: Answer the following questions in complete sentences. (18 points) 1. Who is the author of “The Devil and Tom Walker”? washington irving 2. What is the setting of the story? boston Massachusetts country side 3. Whose treasure is buried in the woods? Deacon Peabody 4. Why didn’t this person come back and get his treasure? He was under the influnece of the devil 5. What
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JR is a 25-year-old middle-classman of the Parisian background. He never reveals his full name because he says it would add nothing to the art. In his teenage years‚ he tagged as a graffiti artist‚ but only started taking photographs when he was 17-year-old when he found a camera on the Paris Métro. JR calls himself an "urban artivist". He creates art that he displays on buildings in the Paris projects‚ walls of the Middle East‚ and other countries across the world. During the pasting phase‚ the
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Jesse L. Jackson Jr.‚ a former U.S. Representative. He represented Illinois ’ 2nd congressional district. He is the son of activist and former presidential candidate Jesse Jackson Sr. Elected to Congress in 1995 at the age of 30 from a district that includes a part of the South Side of Chicago‚ Mr. Jackson was one of the most prominent young black politicians in the country. He is most remembered for working on issues related to health care and education for the poor. Jackson and his wife‚ Sandra
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People think they know what they are talking about‚ but in all reality they don’t even know half of it. Every so often we find someone who is a true leader in our society that makes things seem like they will turn around. For example‚ Martin Luther King Jr. stood up for what he believed in put‚ his self out in the open even when he knew it was dangerous and he did what he had to do to better our society.
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Alex Luu “A man who won’t die for something is not fit to live.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.‚ The Autobiography of Martin Luther King‚ Jr. A Baptist minister….. A civil-rights activist? He was many things. We all know him. Family? Textbooks? The internet? Whatever it was‚ we knew him. It wasn’t because of his job. It wasn’t because of his role. It wasn’t because of his color. It was how he was as a person. Out of many‚ he impacted the United States greatly. He brought us understanding
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Alice Walker – The flowers “The Flowers” is a story written by Alice Walker‚ in 1988. It’s a 3th-person narrator that tells the story. The story tells us about a girl‚ whose name is Myop. She lives near a forest in a cabin with her family. Sometimes she walks in the forest with her mother‚ they collect nuts among the fallen leaves – actually they have done it many times‚ so that’s why Myop knows the forest very well. One day she is out for one of these walks‚ but by herself. This day something
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burger. The advertisements in today’s world have been altered to use women as bait to reel in men and buy the product without any hesitation. If I told you that if you go to Carl’s Jr. and purchase a cheeseburger and a gorgeous model comes with the burger‚ would you buy it? I sure would…if only it were true. Carl’s Jr. is known for having its famous juicy‚ charbroiled‚ seven hundred calorie burgers. Anytime they want to promote a new burger‚ they use a model dressed revealingly to present the
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