three words that describe Katherine Johnson. Many people believe that Katherine Johnson was just a smart woman at NASA‚ but she was so much more. As a well known mathematician for NASA‚ Katherine Johnson showed Americans that African American women are just as useful as white women. She left a lasting legacy as an extremely intelligent hidden figure. Katherine Johnson’s childhood was one of many contributing factors that helped her get to where she is today. Katherine was born on August 26‚ 1918
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Beethoven and Katherine. The reasoning behind these parallels‚ however‚ is not revealed until Katherine delivers her final lecture. As Katherine begins her lecture‚ she starts by explaining the purpose of a hypothesis before then providing the audience with her own. “My hypothesis was that Beethoven wanted to use Diabelli’s waltz to show Vienna what a great masterwork he could create out of a grain of sand‚” (Kaufman 101) in many ways this same hypothesis can be applied to Katherine. As a matter of
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The Stranger is heavily rooted in philosopher Albert Camus’ theory of the absurd: the notion that human life has no definable purpose‚ and while the pursuit of an intrinsic meaning to life and the universe holds value‚ it will inevitably prove futile. Meursault‚ Camus’ protagonist‚ lives his life according to these tenets‚ however unwittingly‚ and for the majority of the novel reacts only to concrete‚ sensory things‚ showing neither understanding nor interest in more abstract societal constructs
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"The Stranger": Analysis Author: Albert Camus Pierre Palmer English II. Period #5 Date: 10/4/9 copyright‚ by Pierre Palmer I. Biographical Insights A. Albert Camus’ cultures consist of being a novelist‚ literature and short story writer of many books. He wrote an essay on the state of Muslims in Algeria‚ causing him to lose his job and he moved to Paris. Albert Camus also joined the French resistance against the Nazis and became an editor of "Combat"‚ an underground newspaper. He was dissatisfied
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In the book‚ Disclaimer‚ Catherine Ravenscroft hides her secret for 20 years‚ after which a self-published book The Perfect Stranger appears on her nightstand and it is about her and her long kept secret. The secret itself is an emotional problem for Catherine as she carries the burden for 20 years and when it is almost reviled she is unable to handle it. The Perfect Stranger recounts events that happened twenty years earlier -- the gist soon revealed in Disclaimer‚ though the details are only slowly
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Alex Abreu Mrs. Myatt A.P Language and Composition 13 March‚ 2013 The Stranger in the Photo is Me Photos are wonderful still frames of a world that has passed us. Without them we would have lost so much of time. In every little box you keep a fragment of that day for all of time. I love pictures that don’t include me. I personally dislike being in photos but love looking at others photo. It’s weird I know but that’s my stand on photos. In this photo I was in pre-k back
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An Abundance of Katherines Relationships are very high maintenance. John Green shows this is can be very true in life by telling a realistic story of Chicago prodigy (and wannabee genius)‚ Colin Singleton who just lost yet another girlfriend named Katherine‚ the 19th in fact‚ hence the title An Abundance of Katherines. Colin struggles to be liked by others and notices this is most likely the reason why he has been dumped so many times. Green makes the story interesting by adding lots dry humor and
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An Abundance of Katherines by John Green An Abundance of Katherines is a book about a guy named Colin who was dumped by 19 girls named Katherine. He went on a road trip with his friend Hassan to take his mind off the last Katherine and to prove a mathematical theorem he thinks that will predict the future of relationships (also help him to finally get a girl and stable relationship). The book is published in 2006‚ and in 2007 it won Michael L. Printz Award and received recognition as one of American
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An Abundance of Katherines In Relation with the Young Adult Fiction Genre Young adult fiction is a quickly developing genre of literature. The genre is typically marketed towards adolescents and young adults‚ however‚ it is enjoyed by a wide variety of people‚ including adults trying to experience youth again. Young adult fiction‚ also known as young adult literature‚ is written in a teenage language and writing style so the marketed readers can thoroughly understand it. The storyline is often full
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“What matters to you defines your mattering.” (Green 212). The book An Abundance of Katherines by John Green is about a roadtrip that lands a heartbroken genius and his muslim best friend in the town of Gutshot‚ Tennessee. Once lured by the road signs advertising the body of Archduke Francis Ferdinand‚ these two boys meet their tour-guide and soon-to-be roommate for the summer. When these three unlikely friends strive to find their purpose in life‚ they come to realize that the secret to finding
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