Kaitlin Duffy Professor Warnke 7/30/13 Paper 2-Poetry Cathy Song is a 60 year old woman who resides in Honolulu HI with her husband and 3 children. Along with being a wife‚ mother‚ and daughter‚ Song is a developed poet as well. Although Song does not particularly like being classified as an Asian-American poet‚ her ethnicity largely influences her poetry as well as her family life. Concerning her ethnicity‚ Song states “I am just a poet who just happens to be Asian-American.” Ethnic background
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of the rest of the tribe‚ giving away a bit of their land in exchange for compensation. When Andrew Jackson received this‚ he immediately signed it‚ and Congress approved this Treaty. Three years later‚ in 1838‚ the Trail of Tears began. Andrew Jackson played a big role in the Trail of Tears. As stated above‚ he ignored the Supreme Court’s ruling twice‚ choosing to persecute anybody involved with the Cherokee tribe. Additionally‚ he signed the Treaty of New Echota‚ which gave away some Native
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The Trail of Tears began with the idea of white settlers wanting to settle in the land where Native Americans were to grow cotton. They believed that Native Americans weren’t people‚ and they were just objects occupying the land they wanted and felt they deserved. The white settlers were forcing Native Americans to migrate to designated “Indian Territory” that was across the Mississippi River. The ideas of the early white Americans was to try to convert the Native Americans to be more like the
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In the very beginning of‚ Trail of Tears‚ set the tone of the whole entire movie. The struggle of being born an Indian. John Ridge was a gifted young man and his parent knew so they did everything possible to see that he got a white man’s education. He earned a law degree and eventually married a white man’s daughter. However‚ he was still an Indian. No matter what he did‚ he could never escape the fact that he was an Indian. He would never be good enough. Even an uneducated‚ illiterate white
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My owner is dead. I am alone now‚ left to face the frigid temperatures alone. The trail is long ahead‚ I just want to go to bed‚ but I can’t. The struggle is real‚ I cannot feel my paws nor see them under the powder snow. I keep moving‚ looking‚ and searching for a place to go; a place of warmth. The man can no longer make a fire for me to keep warm‚ and I am a dog that is acclimated to being warm. I have got to keep moving ahead and never tire. The obstacles ahead are going to be difficult to overcome
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The trail out back the beauty of nature and the smell of the fresh air. The leaves they’re falling all around you. As you walk the trail leads you to a big waterfall that not many people know about. As you just sit on the rock and watch the leaves fall while the sun sets it’s the most beautiful thing you could ever see. Listening to the birds make their music while lying on the rock besides the water. It’s calm and relaxing; However it can get a bit chilly. Sometimes if you take the four wheeler
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Hellhound on His Trail was practically a story about the civil rights movement‚ during one of it’s most trying times. The book reveals the true motives and character of some of the people whom we have grown up knowing as someone completely different. Since first learning about the civil rights movement‚ I was able to recount the story‚ but not the facts. By this I mean I can spit back out the version of events that are popular belief; the stuff everyone thinks is right and is comfortable accepting
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Carolyn Burdulis Dr. Gail Noel English Composition II 1 November 2010 Beauty is in the eye of the Beholder Beauty is in the eye of the beholder‚ goes to prove that beauty is highly subjective. We all obviously have different tastes. What appears beautiful to one person may seem ugly or not so beautiful to another. It is the person who is looking (the beholder) who has to form his or her own opinion whether a particular person‚ place or object is beautiful. When I think of this‚ I automatically
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Bride To D..? The day of John and Cathy wedding was intended to be the best day of their life. The bride had on a beautiful white strapless mermaid dress‚ with diamonds spaced out on the top and lace that goes throughout the dress‚ and she had 6 inch pump heels with diamonds encrusted all over the shoe to match ; and the Groom had on a slim fit all white calvin klein tuxedo. They said their I-Dos and were on their way to go party. The family along with the bride and groom were mingling and dancing
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Title: Fairest Author: Gail Carson Levine By: Jane Phillips Page Number Direct Quote from the book Response 5 I developed the habit of holding my hand in front of my face when guests arrived‚ foolish practice‚ because it raised curiosity and concealed little. This part reminded me of myself because I have stupid habits. Also‚ I felt sad that Aza would think that she would have to hide herself or feel ashamed about what she looked like. 87 She was our ruler now! Everyone in the
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