AJS/502 November23‚ 2013 Melinda Allen Jodi Arias Jodi Arias Jodi Arias was accused of shooting and stabbing her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander in Mesa Arizona‚ June 2008. Travis Alexander‚ a 30-year-old businessman‚ well-known motivational speaker and devout Mormon. With a single gunshot to the right brow and being stabbed 29 times‚ Travis was then left for dead in a stand up shower in his bathroom for several days. When Arias was questioned by the police she stated that she had not seen
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At the age of eight a young women by the name of Phillis Wheatley‚ who would eventually become one of America’s most controversial African-American poets‚ was brought to America from Africa. She was born in Senegal sometime in 1753 and once she was finally brought to Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ on a slave ship‚ she was bought by a white family. The father of that white family‚ John Wheatley‚ bought Philis so she could serve as a personal servant to his wife. Luckily for her‚ this white family educated
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What To Do? Born on August 8th‚ conjoined twins Mary and Jodi‚ struggle to live their lives due to the problems Mary is trying to overcome. These twins were born joined at the circular pelvis‚ one of the twins (Mary)‚ has a useless heart along with lungs that don’t function and an underdeveloped brain. The other twin (Jodie) is glimmering and very much alert‚ Mary depends on Jodie’s lungs and brain and sooner or later Jodie will have heart failure that will kill them both in six months. The
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Phillis Wheatly was born in 1753. At the young age of 8‚ Phillis was kidnapped and brought overseas on a slave ship to Boston. John Wheatly then purchased Phillis as a servant for his wife. Phillis was taken under the wing on Susanna‚ John’s wife. Phillis’s intelligence was hard not to recognize. Susanna and her two children taught Phillis to read and write. At this time it was discouraged for blacks to know how to read and write‚ so Phillis had a pretty good life to be able to do not one but both
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In the Disney film called “Little Mermaid” Ariel saves a prince from a shipwreck and ends up falling in love with him later in the movie. She makes a deal with the sea witch Ursula. The deal is that Ariel will be human for three days. During those three days‚ she has to get a kiss from the prince. If she doesn’t‚ she will turn back into a mermaid and belong to Ursula. She then gives her voice to Ursula and in return her tail gets replaced with a pair of legs. She goes on the land and meets the prince
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Kimyra Lattimore Senior Literature 1st period 01/11/15 ‘Tumbling’ Synopsis Diane McKinneyWhetstone is an African American author. Diane was born August‚ 14 1953 to her father‚ Pennsylvania State’s Senator‚ Paul McKinney and his wife Besie. Diane has eight proclaimed novels and have many awards including the BCALA Literary Award for Fiction from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. “Tumbling” is a Fiction novel and African American Literature. This genre appealed to me because it
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Jodi Picoult is the author of 22 novels. She got her Bachelor’s degree at Princeton University in writing‚ then pursued and earned her Master’s in education at Harvard University. She currently lives in Hanover‚ New Hampshire with her husband and three sons. Picoult’s books are all written with chapters narrated from different characters. She does this to show different views of a situation and morals. Picoult is best known for her book My Sister’s Keeper. It was published in 2004 and became a movie
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In this day and age‚ almost everyone who has been exposed to American pop culture has become very familiar with a prominent set of “princess” movies that ended up shaping Disney into what it is today. First released in 1989‚ The Little Mermaid has become a long standing proclamation that through the power of an unbreakable will and the act of necessary sacrifice‚ an endearing end will be met where one will be undoubtedly fulfilled with utmost gratification and supreme happiness. Ariel from The Little
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In the Disney movie “The Little Mermaid”‚ it tells a story of Ariel- a smart‚ beautiful and adventurous princess of the sea king who is captivated by the world of human beings on land. She always dreams that one day she can become a real girl who can travel all around the world and dance with two feet. However‚ although Ariel has a lovely face and the sweetest voice‚ she is displeased with her physical attributes as a mermaid with fish tail. She can only try to know about people by collecting the
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1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyFVG4VfPmg In this scene of The Little Mermaid‚ viewers can see that Ursula is the villain as she is wearing black‚ a color symbolizing evil. She is ‘The Devil Figure’ as she is offering to make Ariel human to help get Eric in exchange for Ariel’s voice. In order to get her voice back and to permanently stay human with Eric‚ Ariel receives ‘The Task’‚ which is to get a kiss of true love from Eric before the sun sets on the third day. Ariel also has her ‘Friendly
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