The book The Girls of Atomic City by Denise Kiernan is the story of the young women and men who worked in secrecy on a project unknown to them‚ which would help end World War II. Ms. Kiernan is an author and journalist who has written several historical titles. She is writing this book from the viewpoint of a historian interested in women’s roles in World War II history. In this book‚ Kiernan describes how young women came from all over the US traveled to Oak Ridge‚ Tennessee to work for Clinton
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The Red Badge of Courage is a fictional story of a young soldier named Henry Fleming‚ who finds himself by overcoming his inner fears in a series of events during the Civil War. Henry is an average farm boy from New York‚ who dreams of being a true war hero. He has enlisted in the 304th New York regiment‚ which fights for the Unionist forces. The rising action for this novel is of Henry trying to overcome his struggle with courage. This changes when a dear friend‚ Jim‚ dies right before his eyes
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Blood Red Snow‚ by Gunter K. Koschorrek is a graphic rendition of the German War in the Eastern front‚ which began in 1942. Koschorrek is a former German soldier who kept a frequent account of his experience in the steppes of Russia and the advancement of the German battalion in Stalingrad. Written as a memoir‚ Koschorrek’s writing serves as a first hand account of the tank and cavalry warfare in the Eastern front. Rather than glorifying the heroic aspects of death and destruction in war‚ Koschorrek’s
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This book looks closely at character development and how linguistics and dialogue further the development of the characters in a variety of television shows. The book specifically looks at Gilmore Girls in Part One‚ “Fictional Television: Dialogue and Drama‚” and in the chapter “The Genre of Dramedy and its Audience.” In this chapter‚ Bednarek looks at the relationship between dialogue and genre‚ specifically the intertextual references and dramedy of Gilmore Girls. In analyzing the dialogue‚ Bednarek
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Starkey‚ Marion. The Visionary Girls. Canada. Little‚ Brown and Company. 1973. On April 13th 1901‚ in Worcester‚ Massachusetts‚ a lady by the name of Marion Starkey was born. She was the daughter of Alice T (Gray) Starkey and Arthur E. Starkey‚ who was known best as a painter and publisher. In 1922 and 1935‚ Marion received her B.S and M.A from Boston University‚ and later graduated from Harvard in 1946. She was also a member of many organizations‚ which included League of Women Voters‚ Lynn
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In Japan‚ the images of women have undergone rather remarkable transitional changes. In her article "The Modern Girl as Militant"‚ Miriam Silverberg focuses on the category of Modern Girl ("moga‚" or modan gaaru)‚ a topic of debate in Japanese society during the 1920s and early 1930s. She argues that the Modern Girl was a media creation designed to portray women as promiscuous and apolitical. It was a way of displacing the militancy expressed in their political activity‚ her labor in new arenas and
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Name: Maria Cerdio Title: Girl With a Pearl Earring Author: Tracy Chevalier Genre: Historical Fiction/Romance This engaging book tells a story about the events surrounding the creation of the painting “Girl With a Pearl Earring” by 17th century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer. Chevalier presents a fictional account of the artist‚ the model‚ and the story behind the painting. It follows the experiences of young Griet over the two years she serves in the Vermeer household and slowly grows apart
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In the movie version of “Boys and Girls”‚ there were many differences‚ such as the beginning. In the movie‚ we open into the scene where the first horse is shot. The girl and Laird are both watching‚ however another difference to the original short story is that Laird has an adverse reaction to the death of the horse. He runs out of the barn and away until his sister catches him and tells him that it was good that he saw‚ so he now knows what has to eventually be done in these cases. In the events
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copyright © 2011 by S.C. Stephens All Rights Reserved. This book may not be reproduced‚ scanned‚ or distributed in any printed or electronic form without permission from the author. Please do not participate in or encourage piracy of copyrighted materials in violation of the author’s rights. All characters and storylines are the property of the author and your support and respect is appreciated. The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons‚ living or
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They are “rooting through an up-to-the-minute designer kitchen colour-coordinated in blood red” (The Met’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History‚ 2002). Rosler wants to show that the media can no longer censor the violence from American homes‚ exposing them to the reality of their surroundings. In this work‚ there are gender stereotypes present
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