...During the war, Japanese families hid their belongings in the basement of the hotel and were just now discovered. Henry wonders if he could find the Okabe’s things and possibly a jazz record of his friend performing, that he once gave to Keiko. Henry’s son Marty, and Marty’s fiance Samantha search and find it but it’s in critical condition. Marty finds Keiko and gives Henry a plane ticket to go visit her in New York. They are both very happy to finally reconnect after all these years. Throughout the book, Jamie Ford portrays racism as an obstacle in Henry’s life that ultimately made him stronger. The story inspired by Jamie's family history is a heart wrenching, incredible tale. The format and straightforwardness the author chooses, makes you feel as though you are in the book and you can understand the hard troubles many experience today as well as in the...
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...Red Convertible in which they share many beloved memories together. The Red Convertible is the most essential evidence of the symbolic meaning behind Lyman and Henry's relationship. “In those years I’d put his car into almost perfect shape. I always thought of it as his car while he was gone, even though when he left he said, “Now it’s yours” (Erdrich 327) Nevertheless, the quote demonstrates how the two brothers relationship is very close towards the beginning of the passage....
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...Patrick Henry: Champion of Freedom According to George Mason, Patrick Henry was the Founding Father most responsible for “the preservation of our rights and liberties” (Unger 3). Growing up on the frontier of Virginia, being educated by his family, experiencing early failures as a young man and coming from a long line of gifted orators, shaped his convictions and actions. These impacted his life, both as a lawyer and a statesman, causing him to work tirelessly for the freedom of all people. Patrick Henry’s early life had a huge impact on the man he became and his mission. On May 24, 1736, America’s best orator was born. He came from a family of public speakers (Unger 5). Patrick Henry, the second oldest of nine children, two boys and seven...
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...HENRY'S DAUGHTERS by Paul Martin Great Projects Film Company 594 9th Avenue, 2cd Floor New York NY 10036 212 581 1700 HENRY’S DAUGHTERS SCRIPT – Version 7.0 - Page 1 of 25 1 MONTAGE OF PHOTOS 1 2 EXT. HENRY’S BOAT’S BRIDGE, DAY NARRATOR #2 This is Henry. He’s done well for himself - first as a professional engineer and now as a semiretired lobbyist for a select group of transportation companies. He lost his wife, the mother of his two daughters, to a heart attack when she was just fifty-five. 3 INT. STATE DOT, DAY NARRATOR #2 This is his elder daughter Laura. She’s close to her dad. She’s an engineer, with her professional engineer’s license, for the state department of transportation. The gossip at the DOT is that her quick rise has had more to do with her father’s connections than her skills. 4 INT. TEST GARAGE, DAY NARRATOR #2 This is Julie. She is eleven years younger than her sister. Henry tends to coddle her. Following the family into engineering by recently completing her degree, Julie has accepted a year-long contract with OUTOCAR. She’s going to be living with her sister while working at her first job. 5 EXT. HENRY’S BOAT, DAY NARRATOR #2 This, then, is the story of Henry and his daughters and the complications that arise as they all work - at different levels, on different tasks, and for different people - on the same project. 6 EXT. HENRY’S BOAT’S BRIDGE, SUNSET BOB Okay, guys. You’ve wined me and dined me. We’ve gone fishing. Now, tell me about this halfbaked...
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...‘Waterpark Capital of the World,’ and though this may be true, this wasn’t what made it famous in the beginning. It didn’t even start out as Wisconsin Dells; It was renamed in 1931, 74 years after it was first founded! H.H. Bennett is a photographer, who changed Wisconsin Dells forever. After a terrible tragedy he ended up making his place in history as being one of the best photographers of his time. He influenced photography, and helped shape it into what it is today. He might be a foreign name to you, but I’m going to show you the man who made Wisconsin Dells famous. Henry Hamilton Bennett was born on January 15, 1843, in Canada where he would stay for a year before moving to Brattleboro, Vermont. This is where 8 of his 12 siblings were born. Henry’s father, George, moved to Reedsburg, and worked as a carpenter earning $1.50 a day. George had hoped to buy some farm land, but it was really hard to get at the time due to the good land was more expensive. Some were at $1.25 an acre, but the best land was usually between $3-$30. Another set back was...
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...Can we really call French international Thierry Henry a cheat for his handball ball in Wednesday night UEFA World Cup playoff? A hand ball which we can easily identify as a play ground reaction. Sticking your hand out there, gaining control and hoping the referee didn’t see it so play can continue. Henry’s instinctive reaction carried a greater significance then a pickup game. The handball gave Henry control of a ball coming extremely fast in a crowded penalty area allowing him to cross it to teammate William Gallas for the controversial game tying goal and an overall aggregate victory of 2-1 over Ireland. The goal secured France a World Cup spot. Le Bleus won the away much in Dublin following the goal of Chelsea player Nikolas Anelka. In the return leg Played in Stade de France in Paris the Irishmen got out to any early late behind Robbie Keane’s goal. The match ended in a 1-0 victory to the Ireland, but France had won the away much by the same result which meant extra time was needed to decide a winner. In over time Henry involuntary handled the ball cleverly before playing a square ball across for Gallas who headed the ball home for the goal. The hand ball was clearly seen by everyone, but the center referee view was obscured by two Irish players not allowing him to see the hand ball and let the goal stand. So the debate begins now that will live on for soccer history Did France cheat their way into World Cup South Africa 2010? The Irish Football Federation filed a protest...
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...War and combat injury can lead a soldier to take drastic measures to change his life for the better. In A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway divulges Frederic Henry’s life from his time stationed as an ambulance driver with the Italian army to his desertion. Frederic is a character who evolves over the course of the war and ends up becoming an empathetic yet tough character who is abandoned by his hope of eternal happiness in the end. Frederic Henry’s story is one of impending tragedy, he can be looked at as a round character who mostly looks out for himself. When we meet first meet Frederic, he is lost in a world of alcohol, sex, and personal desires. Frederic finds pleasure in alcohol and women on his leave. Frederic then meets a nurse by the name of Catherine Barkley during his time as an ambulance driver for the American Red Cross. At the front lines, Frederic is nearly blown up by an enemy mortar shell, lodging several pieces of...
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...not have to. When Henry went through the camp on the eve of battle disguised as a regular soldier to find out what the men were thinking and feeling about the war, he came across men who did not show him the loyalty that he wanted in his soldiers, and he met men who did not view him in a good light, yet he did not do anything. Henry understood that many of the men were scared, that they felt the war was already won by the French because of the number of soldiers that they had. Henry had compassion on the men as he felt the most pressure as the one leading all these men into battle that he did not know the outcome of. Henry could have gotten angry with the men for not agreeing or seeing eye to eye with him, but instead showed them grace for coming this far along on journey that many would never see the end of. Henry was a man of great humility. Being a king, there must be an...
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...Essay #3 – “1919” & “The Red Convertible” Comparison and Contrast There are many similarities between the short stories “1919” and “The Red Convertible”, mainly relating to the two main characters Shadrack and Henry. Both of the stories focus on the return of the two main characters coming home from war. Shadrack from WWI and Henry from the Vietnam War. Both of these wars were extremely brutal, WWI having over 100,000 US casualties and the Vietnam War having just over 58,000 US casualties. These astonishing amount of casualties allow us to see the reasoning behind the problems that each main character finds themselves with in their respective stories. Both Shadrack and Henry suffer from what would nowadays be diagnosed as post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD. PTSD is an anxiety disorder which is caused by very stressful, frightening or distressing events and is very commonly diagnosed to war veterans. Shadrack’s PTSD was the result of seeing one of his fellow comrades shot in the face whilst stood next to him and Henry’s PTSD was the result of being captured by Vietnamese soldiers and held captive for 6 months. You can see that both Shadrack and Henry are severely affected by the events that they experienced at war, both of their personalities and behavior are clearly changed. Another similarity between the two stories is that both Shadrack and Henry are ethnic minority soldiers, Shadrack being of black ethnicity and Henry Native American. Although during the time period...
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...Preface-SUMMARY The artist creates beautiful things. Art aims to reveal art and conceal the artist. The critic translates impressions from the art into another medium. Criticism is a form of autobiography. People who look at something beautiful and find an ugly meaning are "corrupt without being charming." Cultivated people look at beautiful things and find beautiful meanings. The elect are those who see only beauty in beautiful things. Books can’t be moral or immoral; they are only well or badly written. People of the nineteenth century who dislike realism are like Caliban who is enraged at seeing his own face in the mirror. People of the nineteenth century who dislike romanticism are like Caliban enraged at not seeing himself in the mirror. The subject matter of art is the moral life of people, but moral art is art that is well formed. Artists don’t try to prove anything. Artists don’t have ethical sympathies, which in an artist "is an unpardonable mannerism of style." The subject matter of art can include things that are morbid, because "the artist can express everything." The artist’s instruments are thought and language. Vice and virtue are the materials of art. In terms of form, music is the epitome of all the arts. In terms of feeling, acting is the epitome of the arts. Art is both surface and symbol. People who try to go beneath the surface and those who try to read the symbols "do so at their own peril." Art imitates not life, but the spectator. When there is a...
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...George Washington Shaped America into Greatness Amanda Villeso American History Mr. David 4-24-17 “Give me liberty or give me death”(“Patrick Henry’s “Liberty or Death” Speech.”). George Washington definitely applied this saying when fighting in the Revolutionary War. Washington being called the Father of His Country has done many wonderful things for everyone. Being the leader of the Patriots, he had lived a successful and long life. Thomas Jefferson said “On the whole, his character was, in its mass, perfect, in nothing bad, in a few points indifferent; and it may truly be said that never did a nature and fortune combine more perfectly to make a man great…” (“Revolutionary-War.net.” “Greatest Stories Ever Told”) To think it all started here and in the end people like Jefferson would be saying things like this about him. George Washington’s family, education, and military career has helped America become a better country for all....
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...policy methods used by both Wolsey and Henry were effective in this period such as the Battle of floodin (1513) or The Treaty of London (1518) however the effectiveness of their foreign influence came at great costs such as the events of 1525 (amicable grant) and the Aftermath of Pavia (1525) in which Henry was left as a weak, lonely power in Europe, possibly hinting at a sense of ineffectiveness within the period given. On one side of the argument, it was clear that Henry and Wolsey did carry out an effective foreign policy in the years 1513-1529. A clear display of this effectiveness is presented in source one, featuring the ‘Field of the cloth of gold’ painting. From this painting we can clearly infer that it was an effective display of Henry’s wealth and power, which was a fundamental aspect of English foreign policy, specifically to the king. We can tell that it was an effective display of wealth and power due to the fact that Henry was meeting with the French at the time of the Hasburg wars between Charles and Francis (1520), crucially putting Henry as a key figure within the table of European politics, being between the two largest powers at the time. Also considering the fact that in the Painting from source 1 Henry is depicted as the largest, most dominant figure at the meeting, sitting atop a noble white horse, presenting the idea that Henry is the wealthier of the two powers. Fundamentally, this position of ‘balancing the power’ gave essential credibility and honour to...
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...During the Civil War, a lot of things changed in America. Ranging from lines being drawn, friendships coming and going, policies being made and changed, and above all, people’s ideas and beliefs being reshaped to accommodate what they saw and felt during the war. It has been said that the war can change a person. Meaning that one can go into the war with no experience and be innocent as a lamb, and then come out being haunted by what they saw. Over the century and a half since the war, there have been many novels written by writers who have had military experience or are more experienced altogether. A writer such as Michael Shaara, winner of the Pulitzer prize, for his novel, The Killer Angels. Shaara’s novel is written in an entirely different light than Crane’s. In particular, the way that Shaara starts The Killer Angels, is...
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...Taylor Groenhout Ms. Schaner AP Language 22 May 2012 Two Different Worlds With the “BOORRRUUMMMM” of the big horn on our giant ship, the captain sounded the supposedly great news of our arrival. Although I love traveling, sitting in this musty old coat pocket is quite a bore and our destination on this business trip is less than desirable. “I’m back…” my master droned as he stepped onto the unsophisticated American soil. Whipping me out of his chamber of a coat pocket and handing me to the tall uniformed man, I was admired, scanned, and stamped. The man at the port had never seen such an accomplished one of my kind before. I have ventured between America and the always great Europe an impressive number of times and plan on being stamped at different country boundaries until my pages are worn to the core, and I am an inked mess. “Incredible, Sir this passport is quite weathered. I see you have been many the miles.” “Mr. Henry James is my name and thank you. I take great pride in my travels for they provide one with experience and insight.” With a hard stamp my pages were once again marked with the disgraceful American ink, but either way I was glad to add another traveler’s mark to my collection. As Henry continued to talk about his travels and writing, he waved me around like a trophy to behold. Although glad to be seen and treasured, I wished he would put me away and we could start exploring some more. Getting into the carriage, he slipped me into the breast pocket...
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...This essay is an attempt to examine A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, within the critical theoretical framework of Chris Weedon’s essay, ‘Feminism and the Principles of Post Structuralism’. At the heart of feminist post structuralism lies the theory of post structuralism itself. The theory offers a way to study the conditions of how knowledge is produced. To understand an object it is necessary to study both the object and the systems within which it is produced and lives. Post-feminist structuralism seeks to examine the production of knowledge as it impacts on gender. The pervasiveness of male discourse is a particular target for post-structuralist feminism. What I hope to achieve is an analysis of the theory in relation to the character of Catherine Barkley and her romantic relationship with the novel’s narrator and protagonist Frederick Henry. For poststructuralist theory the common factor in the analysis of social organization, social meanings, power and individual consciousness is language. Language is the place where actual and possible forms of social organization and their likely social and political consequences are defined and contested. Weedon in Storey, ed. (555) However, within Hemingway’s novels language is used to different effect, or rather the omission of it is. Hemingway’s aversion to theory is discussed in Owens-Murphy’s essay on pragmatism. She quotes Scott Donaldson as saying both Hemingway and his characters...
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