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Golden Gate Twenty Nine
1,516 wordsAlthough Alcatraz sits in the middle of San Francisco Bay, only a little over a mile from the city, the island seemed as distant as if it were a thousand miles out to sea. The island seems uninviting and because of its un appeal, it played an important role in the history of California. The island had a number of uses. Alcatraz was the site of a powerful fortress, a military prison and a federal prison. The island is surrounded by treacherous cross currents and five-knot tides with a deadly unde...
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Great Gatsby American Dream
1,747 wordsThe Great Gatsby written by F Scott Fitzgerald in 1920 s illustrates the failure in striving for the American Dream. What he failed to understand was that Daisy and he lived in two different worlds, which because of social circumstance was never allowed to intermingle. Daisy was a rich southern belle, who became involved with Gatsby when they were still young and later rejected him, because he was too poor to marry her and in his place married Tom Buchanan, a rich abusive man who ended up cheati...
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Edward Alexander Crowley Occultism And Satanism Dawn
1,250 wordsHymn to Lucifer Ware, nor of good nor ill, what aim hath act? Without its climax, death, what savour hath Life? an impeccable machine, exact He paces an inane and pointless path To glut brute appetites, his sole content How tedious were he fit to comprehend Himself! More, this our noble element Of fire in nature, love in spirit, unkenned Life hath no spring, no axle, and no end. His body a bloody-ruby radiant With noble passion, sun-souled Lucifer Swept through the dawn colossal, swift aslant On...
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Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde Evil Will Prevail
1,527 wordsIn the 1886 classic, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, author Robert Louis Stevenson creates a mysterious tale of good versus evil and the dual nature of man. It is for the reader to decide if good or evil prevails in the end. In this argumentation, evil prevails. Jekyll asserts, Man is not truly one, but truly two, in other words every man has the ability to be good or evil. But Dr. Jekyll's potion, which he hoped would separate the two good and evil elements, succeeds only in bringi...
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Rival Gang Capone Men
1,713 wordsThe Life and World Of Al Capone Written By, John Kepler Report By, Adam Monteverde Al Capone is Americas best known gangster and the single greatest symbol of the collapse of law and order in the United States during the 1920 s Prohibition era. Capone had a leading role in the illegal activities that lent Chicago its reputation as a lawless city. Capone was born on January 17, 1899, in Brooklyn, New York. Baptized " Alphonsus Capone, " he grew up in a rough neighborhood and was a membe...
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