Assignment 1 When I was nine I was in my Harry Potter phase; the whole nine yards: going to class in a Harry Potter robe, drawing a scar onto my forehead, and even playing Quiddich with my friends during recess. What I lacked was an authentic wizard ward. I couldn’t be Harry Potter without my own wand. Since I didn’t have the money to go out and buy a $50 wand, I did what any other nine year old would do, I stole one chopstick from my mother’s authentic Japanese chopstick set. She had received
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Book Report: "Triangle: The Fire That Changed America" David Von Drehle, author of the book titled "Triangle: The Fire That Changed America", was born on February 6, 1961, in Denver, CO. “David Von Drehle married a woman by the name of, Karen Ball, the White House correspondent for the New York Daily News, in 1995 and had four children together.” according to some online research. As an American author and journalist David Von Drehle's education consisted of a B.A. from the University of Denver
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In the film Triangle Fire, directed and produced by Jamila Wignot, many historians and writers recount the stories surrounding the “deadliest workplace accident in Manhattan’s history”. This accident took place at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory soon after the Triangle strikers demanded to work as a Union but were greeted in return with only higher wages and shorter work days. The fire began on the 8th floor, the location of many of the Triangle strikers, when a cigarette was thrown on the ground
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Survivors of the Triangle Factory Fire Most people that were on the 8th, 9th, and 10th of the floors Triangle Factory during the fire did not survive. Within eighteen minutes the fire was over and 146 people died. Those who did survive were left to live with the memories and agony of the tragic event. Some of the survivors were even willing to do interviews and tell about about their experiences. Josephine Nicolosi was a blouse maker working on the eighth floor when the fire started. A cutter named Sal
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The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire was the loss of one hundred and forty-six women in the Asch building on March 25th, 1911. The fire started on the eighth floor of the building at four forty PM and spread upwards to the ninth and tenth floors. While the workers attempted to get out, the doors were locked and one only swung inwards. This trapped in the masses of women that were trying to get out. So, with them realizing they were trapped in they made the hard decision of how they wanted to die
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The Triangle Factory fire was the most dangerous thing that had ever happened in New York, in 1911. Over 146 people died in this tragedy and 71 were injured and survived. There were many conditions and hazards that made so many people die. People have said that the fire had spread under the door, but how? Isn’t the door low enough? No because there were so many flammable objects in the factory, so this means that the fire had spread because there were papers,boxes,and even plastic. The building
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Script (Act 1, Scenes 1 to 6)Scene 1Harry is sitting by himself on his trunk. He looks worried and anxious as he looks around and pushes the hair out of his eyes and begins to sing.Song: Get Back To HogwartsHarry Potter: Underneath these stairsI hear the sneers and feel glares ofmy cousin, my uncle and my aunt.Can't believe how cruel they areand it stings my lighting scarto know that they'll never ever give me what I want.I know I don't deserve thesestupid rules made by the Dursleyshere on Privet
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Personality Evaluation: Rubeus Hagrid. Personality characterizes who we truly are; rooted by psychological traits that are expressed mechanically, and influenced by our surrounding environment. Carl Jung believed that through the two major functions (how we make decisions, and how we take in information) that we function in two main opposite ways: perceiving information by means of senses and intuition. Jung deduced that these functions could configure whether one was an introvert, or extravert
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Where Is Winky? Where Is Winky? She Is Gone. She Is Gone. Without certain characters, a story loses its appeal. Unfortunately, J. K. Rowling’s novel Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire loses some of its luster when transferred to film. One of the reasons the movie does not live up to the novel’s greatness is that notable characters disappear. Among the characters who make unexplained departures are two house elves: Dobby, who is introduced in an earlier novel and a previous movie, and Winky, who
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Harry Potter: A Wizard Hero Terrance Davis English 155 May 28, 2012 Jan Ward Harry Potter: A Wizard Hero Harry Potter, the main character in J. K. Rowling’s beloved series, is a perfect example of a hero. He is very brave, it is this bravery, and his willingness to take risk that gets him through the tough times. He was not expertly trained and skilled as other heroes but he possessed powerful intangibles that allowed him to exceed in things far above his skill level. He has a knack for solving
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