Methods of transportation are often taken for granted. Only when you lose it‚ do you truly understand its value. “The 21 Mile Walk to Work‚” an article by David A. Graham‚ presents the story of a man‚ James Robertson‚ who walks to work every day. This article brings certain political issues to light by using this story as an example for the local government to expand their public transportation services. People like James are forced to walk to work so they can make a living and survive in the city
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illuminate this often overlooked part in American history‚ Tiya Miles‚ author of Ties That Bind: The Story of an Afro-Cherokee Family in Slavery and Freedom‚ gives a chilling view into a part of American history that many may not know about and may wish not to know of. Miles work follows the story and life of Shoe Boots (a Cherokee)‚ Doll (his African slave and wife)‚ and their children. In examining this strange and unique family dynamic‚ Miles seeks to gain a broader picture of the interconnected relationships
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“‘Can’t repeat the past?’ [Gatsby] cried incredulously. ‘Why of course you can!’“ In so much as two lines the novel was born with one of its main themes – the vast obsession with the past and the failure to accept that it is‚ contrary to what Gatsby says‚ impossible to recreate. As the novel concludes‚ Nick reflects‚ “So we beat on‚ boats against the current‚ borne back ceaselessly into the past.” In some instances‚ “beating against the current” is considered a positive quality; an optimistic life-force
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Life Off-Line When my family’s Internet provider had some mechanical problems that interrupted our service for a week‚ my parents‚ my sister‚ and I thought we would never make it‚ Getting through long evenings without streaming movies‚ emails‚ twitter updates‚ and internet searches seemed impossible‚ We soon realized‚ though‚ that living off-line for a while was a stroke of good fortune. It became easy for each of us to enjoy some activities alone‚ to complete some postponed chores‚ and to spend
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Gladwell’s answer to this question is in the summary at the end of chapter 1 – the Law of the Few‚ the Stickiness Factor and the Power of Context. Since the Stickiness factor and the Power of Context are discussed in chapters 3 and 4‚ I’ll not be considering those topics to discuss about why some ideas get passed on. Law of the Few: What will be Gladwell answer to the below question? If 100 people can complete a task in 10 days‚ how many people will it take to complete 80% of the task in 10 days
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A Few Things That Went Wrong in the Patriot Presented to: Barry Reynolds By: Simon Lamy On April 10th 2006 Roland Emmerich’s ’The Patriot’ is a romanced story taking place during the Independence war and depicting the impact of the militia on the United States victory over England; but there are a couple of things wrong with this movie; notably some misconceptions in the main themes and some flagrant historical discrepancies. The theme of patriotism in this movie is spectacularly
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Life on the Color Line Life on the Color Line is a memoir by Gregory Howard Williams talking about his life and what it was like to grow up in Muncie‚ Indiana as a white colored boy. It starts off in Virginia where the Williams family owns and lives in an Open House Cafe for all the war soldiers and veterans black and white alike. Since they were “on the color line” of Virginia bordering between white and black neighborhoods‚ Greg’s father Buster was able to house both colors in the bar and keep
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Assembly line From the beginning of times‚ most markets and products have been targeted to the bourgeoisie and/or anyone who could easily afford these products. But in the early 1900’s‚ an individual named Henry Ford‚ decided to change this idea and dared society to work for the success of the proletariat and the lowering of costs. Henry Ford‚ along with other individuals‚ created the highly praised “moving assembly line” and started the mind change in the targeting of markets. The assembly line was
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not be someone else’s reality. Amitav Ghosh in his book The Shadow Lines (1988) dwells on reality as a construction‚ that is‚ reality as an individual creates it for him/herself. This paper will look at the construction of reality for us by the Author‚ narrator and the various other characters in the story and thus giving the reader the reality effect or realism. One of the ways in which reality is constructed in The Shadow Lines (1988) is by the use of detail. For one Amitav Ghosh naturalizes the
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Table of content Content page List of tables………………………………………………………………………………………………...I Acronyms ……………………………………………………………………………………………….…II Acknowledgment …………………………………………………………………………………………III Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………………………IV CHAPTER ONE 1. Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………….1 1.1 .Background of the study area ………………………………………………………………..1
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