...Danielle Keys Professor Leach COM1102 24 January 2013 Anthony Burgess: Deeming Honor of Recognition We are gifted with a great opportunity as well as having the privilege, capability and means in exposing ourselves in a plethora of artful literature. Our freedom to choose what we read, our individual experiences to relate throughout in addition to our inter-feelings, we may develop our own interpretations of a story. With any given literacy we’ll comprehend and draw our own conclusions by the way of critical thinking. As a result, everyone does not view a single story the same way or draws the same conclusions to a stories ending. It’s up to the reader to “see” how it should play out. However, amid such freedom and range evolves readers of criticism and/or bias opinions towards various styles of literature. An author whose work has been of much negative criticism could be due to a reader of some ignorance towards the understanding of the context. Deficient to connect with a piece of literature, judgments of society, lack of critical thinking and understanding makes for a category of controversial authors. Among controversial authors’ such as, J.D. Salinger’s The Cather in the Rye, Dan Brown’s The DaVinci Code, J.K. Rowling’s The Harry Potter Series, Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Hasan, 2008), George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, so is Anthony Burgess’s most controversial novel A Clockwork Orange. Over the past fifty years, readers have deemed Burgess’s...
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...Nasty Bits by Anthony Bordain is a book consisting of his random thoughts throughout all his trips. It is composed of 5 sections; salty, sweet, sour, bitter, and umami. Each one has a different tone to it even though they are all random. Only food and travel seem to connect the sections and stories together. Salty, sour, and bitter all seem to have an angry or annoyed tone to them. Sweet has stories that are a little better in tone and umami is just stories that he wants to talk about. The reader can tell Bourdain’s style in this book right away. It isn’t the traditional story book with one main focus. The style is telling the reader how he feels and telling little random stories. For being a non-fiction writer this style of book is interesting and effective. The reader can now understand how he feels during his trips. It allows readers to also see how his personality really is. In this book his personality comes out when he gets angry or happy about certain things. One noticeable thing about this book is his humor. It is kind of a dark humor and he makes fun of a lot of people. Some examples are when he is mad at fast food chains and calls them the evildoers (Bourdain 13). He also talks about a fat guy who takes up his whole seat and he complains about it (Bourdain 12)If he accepts any consequences with his humor than he can use it. He means what he says and people don’t need to be offended by what he says. Bourdain can probably take any mean jokes targeted at him so others...
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...in Ohio on March 19, 1986, Casey Anthony stepped into the national spotlight after the suspicious disappearance of her daughter, Caylee Anthony. As her story unfolded, many believed she was unquestionably guilty. The jury, however, felt differently. Anthony was acquitted of the murder charge, but she found herself loathed by the general public. EARLY YEARS Born on March 19, 1986, in Warren, Ohio, Casey Anthony was one of two children of Cindy Anthony and George Anthony, who worked in law enforcement. Casey was a bright, personable young girl, with friends and what many thought was an ordinary American family. However, friends say that a pattern of lying began when Casey was in high school. Cindy and George attended Casey's graduation, along with Casey's grandparents—only to discover that she was several credits short of graduating. Casey had stopped attending classes toward the end of the school year, but led her family to believe she would walk with the graduating class. When she was 19, Casey gave her family yet another shock. She had put on weight, and her parents suspected she was pregnant. Casey denied it, claiming she was a virgin. Seven months into her pregnancy, she told her parents the truth. The identity of the baby's father, however, remained a mystery. Casey pointed to different men, including her fiancé, Jesse Grund, as well as a young man she had dated previously, who had died in a car crash. On August 9, 2005, Caylee Anthony was born. A friend of Casey's said...
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...31, 2015 Susan Brownell Anthony was born in Adams, Massachusetts on February 15, 1820. Her family was Quaker and they had long activist traditions. She then became a teacher for fifteen years and after that she became active in temperance (susanbanthonyhouse.org). Temperance is something that is the act of personal restraint (en.wikipedia.org). Simply because she was a woman, she was not allowed to lead or even speak at the temperance rallies. Because of this, and having befriended Elizabeth Cady Stanton is what led her to become part of the women’s rights movement in 1852. Not long after this she dedicated her life to women’s rights and suffrage. Most of the subjects she campaigned for were the abolition of slavery, the right for women to own their own property and retain their earnings, and she also advocated for women’s labor organizations. Even though there were people against what she was doing, she ignored the abuse and the oppositions and went and traveled, lectured, and canvassed across the nation for the vote (susanbanthonyhouse.org) She had many accomplishments and trials as her part as an abolitionist. The whole Anthony family moved to Rochester, and shortly after that the whole family became involved in the anti-slavery movement. They even had the anti-slavery Quaker meetings at their farm almost every Sunday (susanbanthonyhouse.org). They were even sometimes joined by Frederick Douglas and William Lloyd Garrison. Anthony had two brothers, Daniel and...
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...U.S. Leaders Susan B. Anthony was a leading figure of the 19th century movement for women's suffrage in the United States, and one of the most famous and iconic names in women's history. She worked with her close friend Elizabeth Cady Stanton to campaign for women's rights by organizing, traveling, and speaking throughout the United States. It was this significant political movement which shows how reformers in one movement were often active in another, and how one individual can affect the efforts of thousands of others. Susan B Anthony was raised in a Quaker family with long line of activists. She was brought up with a sense of justice. After she moved to Rochester in 1845, her family became part of the anti-slavery movement. She eventually became an agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society where she arranged meetings, gave speeches and distributed leaflets. Because she was a woman she endured many hardships, angry mobs and threats. Anthony was also involved in temperance movement and attended the rallies. Because she was a woman though, she was not allowed to speak at them. It was this that brought her to want to end womens sufferege and be able to have rights and obtain equal pay as the men did. In 1852 she met Elizabeth Cady at a campaign for womens rights and they became partners for they had the same beliefs. Anthony campaigned for both women and abolition of slavery. In 1868, Anthony published her first newspaper The Revolution where she talked about women,...
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...The person I’m doing is Susan B Anthony. This remarkable Quaker woman from Adams, Massachusetts was born on February 15, 1820. Her home life, as a child was not extraordinary, she lead a regular life. However, what she became in adult life challenges some curiosity. She was an American reformer and well recognized leader worldwide. The work, in which Susan B Anthony devoted her life to, perhaps her most memorable contribution, was her struggle with striving for women’s rights. What was it about Susan B Anthony that made her a strong persuasive, dignified individual of the nineteenth century society? After becoming the headmaster of the Kenyon boarding school, when Eunice Kenyon fell sick. Susan B Anthony had her first taste of freedom. Susan B Anthony would no longer bow to the authority of others. It was at this very moment when Susan B Anthony decided to set herself apart from other woman and become an individual who fought for universal rights. Some may have ask themselves why? “Not because she was robbed of her personal identity and independence, but because she had experienced a progression into independence that she became to see as essential for all women. The spark, which lit Susan B Anthony‘s fire. It begin in 1852 in Albany, New York while attending a temperance rally where she quickly learned that she would not be permitted to speak because she was simply just a woman. Now setting out to conquer her destiny. Susan B Anthony over the next several years would not only...
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...Susan B Anthony Some Facts Regarding the Suffrage Movement and Susan B Anthony’s Involvement Cindy Mutchler November 13, 2011 American Public University Tara Simpson HIST 102 Most people have heard of Susan B Anthony as her face is on some of our dollar coins. But some may not know the reasons behind her being on that coin, and the way that she got there. This and many other things in themselves make her fascinating and intriguing as well. Born on February 15 1820, Susan B. Anthony “was brought up in a Quaker family with long activist traditions.” “After teaching for fifteen years, she became active in temperance. Because she was a woman, she was not allowed to speak at temperance rallies.” “This experience, and her acquaintance with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, led her to join the women's rights movement in 1852.” “Ignoring opposition and abuse, Anthony traveled, lectured and canvassed across the nation for the vote.” “She also campaigned for the abolition of slavery, women's right to their own property and earnings, and women's labor organizations.” “In 1900, Anthony persuaded the University of Rochester to admit women.” “Anthony, who never married, was aggressive and compassionate by nature.” “She remained active until her death on March 13, 1906.” Susan B Anthony “helped to found the American Equal Rights Association in 1866, and in 1868 with Stanton as editor, became publisher of Revolution.” The masthead for this paper was “‘Men their rights, and nothing more;...
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...The person I’m doing is Susan B Anthony. This remarkable Quaker woman from Adams, Massachusetts was born on February 15, 1820. Her home life, as a child was not extraordinary, she lead a regular life. However, what she became in adult life challenges some curiosity. She was an American reformer and well recognized leader worldwide. The work, in which Susan B Anthony devoted her life to, perhaps her most memorable contribution, was her struggle with striving for women’s rights. What was it about Susan B Anthony that made her a strong persuasive, dignified individual of the nineteenth century society? After becoming the headmaster of the Kenyon boarding school, when Eunice Kenyon fell sick. Susan B Anthony had her first taste of freedom. Susan B Anthony would no longer bow to the authority of others. It was at this very moment when Susan B Anthony decided to set herself apart from other woman and become an individual who fought for universal rights. Some may have ask themselves why? “Not because she was robbed of her personal identity and independence, but because she had experienced a progression into independence that she became to see as essential for all women. The spark, which lit Susan B Anthony‘s fire. It begin in 1852 in Albany, New York while attending a temperance rally where she quickly learned that she would not be permitted to speak because she was simply just a woman. Now setting out to conquer her destiny. Susan B Anthony over the next several years would not only...
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...Casey Anthony Trial The Casey Anthony trial took place in 2011, on July 5, 2011 the jury returned not guilty verdict, she was cleared of the murder of her daughter. Here is a quick synopsis of the Casey Anthony case; Caylee Anthony, the two-year old daughter of Casey Anthony was last seen on June 9, 2008. Casey Anthony did not report her missing daughter until a month later when her mother contacted the authorities about Caylee (www.orlandsentinel.com). Based on the reports from the authorities, it was difficult for them to figure out what was truth from lies. Casey Anthony had told the authorities many different stories about the ware about of her daughter Caylee. One report was that she dropped Caylee off at the babysitters but was not there when she went to pick her up that afternoon. The authorities had a hard time believing that this was true, as when they looked into the babysitter and where she lived the apartment had been vacant for months (www.orlandosentinel.com). In October 2008 Casey Anthony was arrested for first degree murder, along with child neglect, aggravated manslaughter and four counts of providing false statements and obstructing a criminal investigation. The body of Caylee Anthony was found on December 11, 2008 and the remains were confirmed through DNA match on December 19, 2008 (www.cnn.com). The digital forensic investigation into the death of Caylee Anthony included the computer that was located in the home of Cindy and George Anthony...
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...Susan B. Anthony The Quaker influence--Hers was a Quaker family. The Quakers believed in education and Susan received excellent training. They believed in hard work, and Susan learned a strong work ethic from an early age. They believed in generosity and charity. They believed in peace, temperance and justice, and this was to affect her adult concerns about injustices toward women, as well as social problems that come from alcohol. The Quakers also believed that men and women were equal partners before God, and this must have had an important influence on her belief in women's rights. The family influence--Susan B. Anthony was raised with Quaker discipline and austerity, but there was an independent spirit that came from both her father and mother. Her father, Daniel, was devout, but he went outside the church to marry the woman he loved. Her mother, Lucy, had loved music and dancing as a girl, but she gave this up to accept the rules of her husband’s Quaker faith. In her spirit, however, her mother never forgot her light-hearted youth. Daniel Anthony was concerned about social justice. When he ran his own cotton mill, he avoided buying slave-raised cotton. This lesson was not lost on Susan. The move to New York--In Massachusetts, her father's cotton mill was very successful, and he was soon asked to manage mills at Batten Ville, New York. The family moved there in 1826 when Susan was 6 years old. Soon the family was in a large brick home. Education--Susan's education...
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...Kwame Anthony Appiah Philosopher By Craig Mondaine Who is Kwame Anthony Appiah and what does he do? A philosopher, cultural theorist, and novelist who’s accomplishments are numerous and deserved. Appiah’s philosophy focuses on political and moral theory, the philosophy of language and mind and African intellectual history. He is now currently the Laurence S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University. My paper is intended to outline his life, education, accomplishments and philosophical theory. Appiah was born in London to Enid Margaret Appiah, an art historian and writer, and Joe Emmanuel Appiah, a lawyer, diplomat, and politician from the Asante region. Between the years 1977 and 1978 he was Ghana's representative at the United Nations. Young Appiah was raised in Kumasi, Ghana. As a child, he also spent a good deal of time in England, staying with his grandmother, Dame Isobel Cripps, widow of the English statesman Sir Stafford Cripps. Cripps was Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, or Minister of Finance, and was also involved in negotiating the terms for Indian independence. He currently lives in Manhatten with his husband, Henry Finder, the editorial director of the New Yorker since 1997. Professor Appiah was educated at the University Primary School at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi; at Ullenwood Manor, in Gloucestershire, and Port Regis and Bryanston Schools, in Dorset; and, finally, at Clare...
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...There are many figures in that helped shape American society, but Susan B. Anthony is one figure that deserves praise for all her accomplishments, influence on politics, and influence on time period. Without her contributions, modern society wouldn’t be close to what it is now. Susan B. Anthony was born on February 15, 1820 from Daniel and Lucy Anthony. Both of Anthony’s parents encouraged her to push toward her cause. Daniel Anthony was a Quaker, believing in the idea that everybody should think independently and speak their mind. Lucy Anthony enlightened her daughter by becoming an icon for the burdens of marriage, igniting a reason to accomplish all that Anthony did ( Batten ). Starting out, Susan B, Anthony became a teacher and a headmistress...
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...Ever heard of the saying, “ Stand up for what's right even if you stand alone.” During the 1900’s many reformers stood up for what's right, and eventually their voices were heard. During that time period many women were being treated unequally, and men were always a couple steps ahead of them. Many women were ready to fight for equal rights, and were willing to go to great lengths for it, such as Susan B Anthony. She was a reformer who left a big mark for the women of the United States. Due to her determination, and high ambitions she was able to lead the women in the right path to victory and that's why she was a incomparable women activist. Susan B Anthony was a great leader that always had a positive attitude, and a great mindset. Everyday...
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...live by this quote throughout her entire life, by changing others lives. Susan B. Anthony grew up in a Quaker family with seven other children. Strong morals were instilled in Anthony at a young age. By the time she was seventeen, Anthony was actively working on social reform. She worked tirelessly until the age of eighty-six, when she passed away in Rochester, New York (“Susan B. Anthony Biography”). Susan B. Anthony had a strong voice that insisted on being heard in human rights, and was courageous enough to stand up for what she believed in. Susan B. Anthony was one of the main reformers of women’s rights in the 1800’s. She...
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...In exploring Kwame Anthony Appiah's interview in Examined Life, I found his approach to answering questions from the author Astra Taylor pretentious yet thought provoking. It was clearly an adventurous journey into altruism, past that of the consanguineal family or even tribes, into that of the entire global population through what he calls cosmopolitanism. His claims about cosmopolitanism in our new globalized world appear to be from that of an atheist, steeped in values arriving from philosophers not Christianity, and demonstrated through many, but not all of the key components of an academic argument.Appiah is the author of two books focusing on the idea of cosmopolitanism in which Astra Taylor wished to take aim in their interview....
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