Growing up is one of life’s greatest adventures with no definite time span. Finding individual identity is a never ending journey‚ but discoveries are made along the way. The characters in Linda Sue Park’s A Single Shard and Grace Lin’s The Year of the Dog explore the world around them and find themselves in the process. The contrasting characters come from different time periods‚ family dynamics‚ ethnic backgrounds‚ and socioeconomic status‚ but they share a common objective; searching for their
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Josephine Baker 2/27/2012 Josephine Baker (Freda Josephine McDonald) was born on June 3‚ 1906 in St. Louis‚ Missouri. Her parents were Carrie McDonald and Eddie Carson. After Eddie left them both alone‚ her mom married a man named Arthur Martin. Her mother had a son and two daughters‚ with him giving Josephine siblings. She grew up cleaning houses‚ and other things for a very wealthy family. When she turned twelve years old she dropped out of school. After she dropped out she lived as a street
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Subject 1:The 50 year-old man‚(HDL) cholesterol =30mg/dl‚ Which is an undesirable level of HDL is any level below 40 mg/dL (1.04 mmol/L). In this case‚ low HDL levels may help to contribute to heart disease. low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol = 160 mg/dL‚ LDL levels between 160 – 189 mg/dL (4.14 - 4.90 mmol/L) are considered high. triglycerides = 300 mg/dL‚ Levels between 200-499 mg/dL (2.26-5.63 mmol/L) are considered high. This 50 year-old man is at high risk for heart attack‚stroke
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47 Ronin The purpose of this novel is to give an accurate retelling of the original 47 ronin from 1701 in Japan. John Allyn Jr. is incredibly qualified to retell this story. He attended the Army Specialized Training Program at Stanford University in 1944‚ where he majored in Japanese language. He later attended the Army Intensive Japanese Language School at the University of Michigan in 1945. He worked as Pictorial Censor of the Civil Censorship Detachment of G2‚ SCAP‚ in Osaka and Tokyo during
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The 47 Ronin Response John Allyn’s The 47 Ronin‚ is the true‚ although slightly embellished‚ tale of 47 masterless samurai bent on avenging their fallen leader‚ Lord Asano‚ as well as a fairly accurate portrayal of the culture of Japan during the eighteenth century. Each page of the 47 Ronin is steeped in the aura of Samurai‚ Confucian‚ Taoist‚ and Buddhist ethics. The most prominent of these ethics‚ is that of the Samurai; the code of Bushido is modeled by seven core virtues: rectitude (gi)
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To the Twelve-Year-Old Me Dear 12-year-old Sydney‚ I want to say to you that it is fine to maintain your innocent mind. You did not grow up too fast‚ but this caused a jolt for you later in life. When you progress to high school‚ you will realize just how innocent your childhood was. Everyone around you is not innocent‚ and they have not been for a long time. They ruined their own childhood by growing up too fast. You preserved yours as long as you could without being called naïve. In high school
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Explain how pressure groups have recently attempted to influence policy-making decisions in relation to social inequalities A pressure group can be defined as an organisation that does not stand for election‚ but instead aim to influence the Government and public policy‚ usually on one specific issue or a variety of issues linked to a topic. They are often formed with the purpose of campaigning for the reduction of social inequalities. For example‚ “The Fawcett Society” and “Save Lewisham Hospital”
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Marriage under 18 years old “She may do nothing against God’s will‚ but many things she must against her own will if her husband require her.” Population council said more than 51 million girls younger than 18 are already married in 2003. In the world teenagers are making a family when they are so young. God created and created family to feel happiness‚ rest and peace. Marriage was not men idea‚ only God’s idea. So God thought “To provide a helpful mate for Adam‚ it was not good that man should
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Explain recent attempts by the Government to tackle social inequalities Political parties A political party is an organisation of people who seek to achieve goals that members feel are particularly important‚ such as giving people better opportunities‚ creating fairer society‚ and protecting the environment. The opposition party is Labour party. The UK has here main political parties among many‚ which are Conservative‚ Labour and Liberal Democrat. These three parties work in both the House of Lords
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3:45pm Reflection: 47 47‚ written by Walter Mosley‚ is the story of a 14 year old slave who lives on a cotton plantation in Georgia. 47 has lived in the house and barn all his life‚ thus giving him a clouded vision of what slave life is really like. One day he is relocated to the slave chambers where his universe is turned upside down. 47 meets a presumably runaway slave‚ named Tall John who in all reality is an extraterrestrial. Through their friendship Tall John teaches 47 all about freedom
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