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Hot Dog Red Hot
534 words
Sausage is one of the oldest forms of processed
food, having been mentioned in Homer's Odyssey as
far back as the 9 th Century B. C.
Fraunken-au-main, Germany, is traditionally
credited with originating the frankfurter.
However, this claim is disputed by those who
believe that the popular sausage-known as a
"dachshund" or "little-dog" sausage-was created in
the late 1600 's by Johann Georghehner, a butcher,
living in Coburg, Germany. Georghehner later
traveled to Frankfurt to promote his new pro...
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Native Americans Environmental Racism
1,110 words
Native Americans: 500 years of Racism and
Oppression "In fourteen-hundred and ninety-two,
Columbus sailed the ocean blue. " This little
saying is something that I'm sure we all learned
as children, to help us remember the year that
Columbus discovered America. However, Columbus did
not discover America, it has been here as long as
Spain, England, and the rest of the countries in
the world at that time. Although not as nearly
technologically advanced as the countries of
Europe, the Native America...
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Valley Of Ashes Jordan Baker
1,370 words
... being Gatsby's friend makes the funeral
arrangements. He calls to tell Daisy, but soon
finds out that she and Tom had left town. He tries
to find some of Gatsby's other friends, but
quickly realizes that the few friends Gatsby did
have didn't really care about him. Only three
people go to the funeral. Saddened by Gatsby's
death Nick moves back to the Midwest to start a
new life. Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, is set
somewhere west in the US on two identical islands,
the West Egg where the ne...
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Jay Gatsby Nick Carraway
779 words
Jay Gatsby (James Gatz): Born James Gatz in North
Dakota, from an early age he was dedicated to
moving up in society and becoming wealthy and
respectable. He changed his name to Jay Gatsby
after meeting Dan Cody, a wealthy older man who
mentored him. Before going to Europe for the Great
War, Gatsby met Daisy Fay, with whom he became
infatuated, for she represented the genteel
society he wished to join. After the war, Gatsby
built his fortune partially through illegal
activities, yet dedicated hi...
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Story Takes Place Jay Gatsby
548 words
1. CORRECT FORMAT English 2 CP 2. CORRECT
PARAGRAPH DEVELOPMENT Period 8 3. CORRECT SPELLING
Mr. Keiser 4. CORRECT SENTENCE STRUCTURE 5 / 2 /
00 This story takes place at West Egg in Long
Island, an unfashionable town. It is in the early
1900 s. A. Nick Carraway- Nick is the story
narrator. He is a young man from Minnesota who
moves to the east after fighting in the First
World War. He is Jay Gatsby's next-door neighbor.
B. Jay Gatsby- Jay is the title character. He is a
wealthy man who lives in...
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Cyber Patrol Internet Censorship
1,610 words
There is nothing more frightening than active
ignorance, the German poet Goethe stated.
Ignorance is alarming, no matter what good
intentions it is hidden behind. Today, an
ignorance of the issue of Internet censorship has
left a threat to free speech, our constitutional
right. Even worse, many of our lawmakers are the
ones feeding this fire. The first major law
concerning the matter was the Communications
Decency Act (CDA) of 1996. The CDA made it a crime
to transmit indecent material over the ...
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Ode To The West Wind John Keats
1,166 words
... s the wind to change him in order to
"transform the world" (Tet, p. 212). Observing the
seasonal cycle, the poet looks for "a similar
pattern in the world of social and political life"
(Tet, p. 214) of England: he wants to be for his
nation such a changing power, as the wind is for
nature. So he calls for the wild spirit to become
his own, praying to it: "Drive my dead That is, he
wants to hasten the coming of new changes in his
society through his verse ^ he asks from the wind
to "scatter.....
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Abortion Clinics Hundred Years
1,210 words
... uns is not the answer to solving school
violence. Large inner city schools have metal
detectors at the doors but sometimes that doesn't
stop all the potentially harmful objects from
entering the school. It is a step in the right
direction but not all schools need them so
desperately or can't afford them. For now, we need
to try to deal with it as it comes and maybe
educate the teachers on what to do in different
types of terrorist attacks. Attacks on abortion
clinics are terroristic too. I a...
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Short Happy Life Happy Life Of Francis Macomber
1,204 words
Brandon Hunter Professor F. Lucian Masters of the
Short Story 7 November 2002 Hemingway's Portrayal
of Masculinity When thinking of masculinity in
literature, one author has who has become
synonymous with manliness comes to mind, Ernest
Hemingway. Critics have spent countless hours
studying his writing in order to gain insight into
his world of manly delights, including his views
on sex, war, and sport. His views can be seen
through his characters, his themes and even his
style of writing. The c...
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Sum Of Money Thousand Pounds
659 words
1. Author? Sir Arthur Conan Do. 2. Setting? Baker
Street, Threadneedle street, and Streatham in
London England. 3. Identify the theme of your
book? The theme is to never misjudge people until
proven guilty. 4. Story? One morning, a well-known
gentleman went into a bank in London, and was
received immediately by Mr. Alexander Holder, head
of the bank. He asked for a loan of fifty thousand
Pounds. Mr. Holder asked him to present collateral
to cover that large sum of money; the man showed
him a cro...
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Lived His Life Tom And Daisy
1,038 words
ter> What is Nicks last compliment to Gatsby and
why is it true? Nicks final compliment
to Gatsby was Youre worth the whole damn bunch of
the them. This is true because Nick in the end of
the novel admired Gatsby in some aspects. This
quote is also true because compared to the
carelessness of Tom and Daisy; Jay Gatsby was a
great man. Another reason why the following
statement is true is because in the end of the
novel the reader can realize that Gatsby was the
one person in the novel ...
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Significance Of Social Status In The Great Gatsby
1,455 words
F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby may
appear to be a simple tragic romance; however,
within the text, Fitzgerald identifies and defines
social gaps and importance of wealth. He also
presents women within a very separate space as the
men. The Great Gatsby allows the reader to enter
into the world of wealth and experience the joys
and tragedies of being within this certain class.
In the novel, Fitzgerald criticizes American
society in the 1920 's for its emphasis on money,
superficial ...
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Fourteenth Amendment Supreme Court
1,013 words
Plessy decided to appeal the decision to the
Supreme Court of Louisiana, but that court upheld
Ferguson's opinion. Plessy then decided to take
his case to the United States Supreme Court. In
1896, The Supreme Court of the United States found
Homer Plessy guilty once again. Justice Henry
Brown, the speaker for the eight-person majority,
wrote: 'That [the Separate Car Act] does not
conflict with the Thirteenth Amendment, which
abolished slavery... is too clear for argument...
A statute which impli...
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Ability To Create Variety Of People
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Daniel Defoe s acclaimed novel, Robinson Crusoe,
is not only a great adventurous novel, but an
amazing reflection of Defoe s moral beliefs,
personal experiences, and political battles with
the English monarchy. Throughout the course of
this novel, references to defoe s own experiences
come up again and again. In addition to these
numerous references, the general story line of
Robinson Crusoe tells a similar story to that of
Defoe s actual life; slightly reminiscent of the
prodigal son theme. Dan...
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Ability To Create Variety Of People
2,182 words
Daniel Defoe's acclaimed novel, Robinson Crusoe,
is not only a great adventurous novel, but an
amazing reflection of Defoe's moral beliefs,
personal experiences, and political battles with
the English monarchy. Throughout the course of
this novel, references to defoe's own experiences
come up again and again. In addition to these
numerous references, the general story line of
Robinson Crusoe tells a similar story to that of
Defoe's actual life; slightly reminiscent of the
prodigal son theme. Dan...
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U S Military U S Government
1,391 words
Like Castro, Gueverra, and Standing, Jose Figueres
Ferrer holds a place as one of the most important
revolutionary and political forces in Latin
American history. This so-called father of modern
Costa Rica led his country to revolution and
eventual democracy. Known affectionately as Don
Pepe by his admirers, Figueres was both an enemy
of communist and a thorn in the side of the United
States. While putting down a communist regime and
allying himself consistently with the U. S. ,
Figueres was als...
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Washington D C Todd Lincoln
1,955 words
Mary Ann Todd Lincoln, wife of the sixteenth
President of the United States, was born December
13, 1818, in Lexington, Kentucky to Robert and
Eliza Parker Todd. She was raised in a wealthy,
yet dysfunctional family. She was well educated as
a child, but needed more attention while growing
up. Mary had a lot of problems as a Southern woman
during the Civil War. Many people disliked her and
people often criticized her actions while she was
in the White House. Her problems began early in
her life. ...
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Declaration Of The Rights Rights Of Women
1,105 words
The Language of Rights The Declaration of the
rights of man and the citizen, adopted on August
26, 1789, abolishing feudal rights, was one of the
fundamental texts adopted by the Constituent
Assembly formed in the wake of the meeting of the
Estates General. The declaration of the rights of
the women, composed in 1791 by Olympe de Gouges, a
radical revolutionary women, denounced the unfair
and unjustified treatment of women. Over the past
centuries, historians have been separated in their
opinion...
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Town People Lived His Life
1,053 words
Although Gimpel did not die a fool he lived his
life primarily as a fool. Singer? s use of "
Gimpel the Fool" demonstrated two lower
levels of the human scale. The first is the
coward? s ability to justify to himself the
reasoning behind his behavior. The second is the
crowd? s ability to pick out the weakling and
exploit him for their own amusement. Gimpel proved
he was a fool by all that he did. He allowed
himself to be cornered, prodded, and teased yet he
never stood up for himself ...
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Lord Of The Flies Fall Of Man
2,317 words
View of Society Psychologists have argued over the
concept of Nature vs. Nurture for years. People
are either born with a certain personality or
their environment molds their persona like a
potter molds his clay; one wrong moment and the
entire mold can crumble. William Golding expresses
his opinions in his fictitious novel, Lord of the
Flies. Through various tactics and expressions,
William Golding describes how man is created with
a natural evil and how life can either change or
intensify the ...
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