Formula and Convention as Seen in J.K Rowling’s Harry Potter and The Philosophers Stone J.K Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone and subsequent novels have received extraordinary amounts of attention and exploded into everyday pop culture. One theory accredits their success to the incorporation of a recurrent mythological theme‚ or convention‚ specifically the hero’s adventure narrative that is known to most everyday readers‚ especially those with a love for the fantasy genre. Harry
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Pa. There was a total of 38 signings. Two from Conn.‚ 5 from Delaware‚ 2 from Georgia‚ 3 from Maryland‚ 2 from Massachusetts‚ 2 from New Hampshire‚ 4 from New Jersey‚ 3 from North Carolina ‚ 8 from Pennsylvania‚ 3 from South Carolina and 3 from Virginia. Some important names that signed was George Washington‚ Benjamin Franklin‚ Alexander Hamilton‚ and James Madison. http://www.history.com/topics/articles-of-confederation However before the US Constitution was established it was the Articles of Confederation
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Constitutional convention feels that a bill of rights is unneeded. Guarantee of Habeas Corpus is the legal action which requires people to be brought before a judge or into court under arrest. Constitutional convention feels that way because the Bill of Rights must be charged for a crime‚ no ex post facto laws that punish crimes‚ get a jury trial for all crimes‚ no punishment for treason for anyone but the accused with two witnesses. Overall‚ the constitutional convention opinions on Bill of Rights
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Henry’s Speech to the Second Convention and Thomas Paine’s The Crisis No. 1 both have similar goals and purposes. Patrick Henry was a lawyer and a great public speaker. His goal was to get the colonists to be passionate about the revolutionary war. He was a symbol for the struggle of liberty which shows in this speech. Henry was so passionate about his cause and he makes it obvious through this speech. He shows a sense of urgency and seriousness. The most famous line from his speech is the ending
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Difficult Lives When the drama attains a characterization which makes the play a revelation of human conduct and dialogue which characterizes yet pleases for itself‚ we reach dramatic literature. George P. Baker. The elements in fiction; plot‚ setting‚ point of view‚ character‚ theme‚ symbolism and language‚ give the author of a short story the prospect to sculpt their words into a beautiful piece of art. Two elements‚ dialogue and characterization‚ are approached differently in the two
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representing every state but Rhode Island‚ met at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia‚ which is now known as Independence Hall. Notable delegates included George Washington‚ Benjamin Franklin‚ Alexander Hamilton‚ and James Madison. At first‚ the convention was very secretive. No members of the press were allowed to observe‚ and no official journal of the proceedings were kept. In fact‚ chaperones were assigned to Ben Franklin at all times‚ the eldest of the delegates‚ who had a reputation for being
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The essay “In search of a Room of One’s Own” by Virginia Woolf starts out by asking a simple question‚ what were the living conditions of women in England‚ in the time of Elizabeth? The author wants to understand why no woman had written any literature‚ unlike a man who was capable of a song or sonnet. It was as if the life of a woman was fiction. We must first start out by understanding how women were viewed in the public’s eye and then understand how they could not have been as smart as men; or
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Essay Number 3 I was the oldest delegate in the Philadelphia Convention. Other than George Washington I was the best man in America. I was born into a poor family and became an inventor‚ scientist‚ diplomat and publisher. My career in public service was long‚ I serviced as an ambassador to England and France and I was also a Governor of Pennsylvania. I was a compromiser‚ I brought delegates together. I favored the strong national government that the United States had‚ I was a firm believer that
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The laws of war The IHL and Geneva conventions are mainly known as the organizations that keep morals and sense in armed conflicts otherwise known as wars. These organizations place laws during war‚ if these laws hadn’t been put in place during 1949 I don’t think many of us would be here today. The main international agreements are the four Geneva Conventions of 1949. Nearly every country in the world is part of these treaties‚ they protect four different categories of war victims the wounded
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The morning before Nikki Giovanni’s speech a terrible event had occurred‚ when a student at Virginia Tech starting shooting fellow students. This shooting spree lasted for about two hours and by the end there were a recorded thirty-three deaths including the shooter. After this shocking event so many students and families were crying over friends‚ family and loved ones. Nikki Giovanni‚ in the speech “We are Virginia Tech” in 2007‚ addressed the Virginia Tech students fear and sadness. The speaker
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