Because of its similarity to the skyline, Anish called the monument "The Cloud Doors." The artist was fascinated by liquid mercury and a need to investigate form and shape, so he attempted to sculpt something with an entrance and room into which one could walk. After considering the buildings in...
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On March 3, 1991, Rodney King was stopped by police officers from the Los Angeles Police Department and beaten up, an attack that was prominently reported on major American television networks. An onlooker, George Holiday, videotaped Rodney King's pounding. In the footage, police officers are seen targeting King with high-voltage...
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Literature is the sole property of humanity, disclosing its presence anywhere and at all times. World literature offers global knowledge on numerous nations, states, unions, and cultures. Usually, researchers wander the universe in pursuit of knowledge via books, letters, poetry, and documentaries. The accumulation of information by these means also...
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The Open BoatThe open boat is a short story written by Stephen Crane that was first published in 1897 and is based on his experience escaping a shipwreck off the coast of Florida. The incidents happened earlier that year when he was on his way to Cuba to interview for...
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Makina's quest and attempt to cross the US border as a fugitive is captured in the book "Signs Preceding the End of the World." It is a representation of one of today's most controversial topics in America. The topic of immigration is heavily discussed in the plot. The storyline, characters,...
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Choosing the right solution to discovery steps in Robert Frost's The Path Not Taken and Alfred, Lord Tennyson's The Eagle Robert Frost, the well-known author of "The ROAD Not Taken," was born in San Francisco, California in 1876. He stayed in the city for eleven years, until his father, William Prescott...
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Difficulties in Understanding Shakespeare s Works William Shakespeare was an English playwright, actor, and poet who lived in the 15th century. He wrote some 38 plays and several poems, and while his works did not get much attention at the time, scholars are now delving into them in detail 500 years...
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Clarice Lispector was a Brazilian author born in Ukraine in 1920. She is a well-known author around the world for her innovative novels and short stories. She was born in Podolia to a Jewish family before being moved to Brazil. Her adoption to Brazil was due to the issues confronting...
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Agatha Christie's novel The Hollow is a work of crime fiction. It was first published in the United States of America in 1946, and later that year in the United Kingdom. With 66 full-length novels published during her writing career, Agatha Christie established herself as a prolific novelist. The Hollow...
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IntroductionBetween 19961 and 1963, the Vietnamese government implemented the Strategic Hamlets Program as the central strategy for the pacification of South Vietnam. The first step in putting the initiative into action was to separate the rural people from the Vietcong community guerrillas. The primary goal was to improve stability, social...
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Aboriginal Canadians have been characterized as religious, young, transient, illiterate, low-income earners, impoverished, incarcerated, disadvantaged, wealthier, and less healthy (Katzmarzyk 184; Peters 138; Spotton and Inquiry 3). Various cultures put high importance on particular artifacts because of their cultural significance. Although some items were holy or sacred, others signaled force, and...
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Abortion and Society s Moral QuestionsAbortion continues to be one of society s most contentious moral questions. A part of the population believes that women should be granted the freedom to choose, while others believe that life should be preserved under all situations, resulting in the polar opposite. Every nation...
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