Broadside Essays

  • Creative Writing: All Quiet On The Western Front

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    It was a cold autumn evening, colder than normal for Germany around this time. Franz looked at his pocket watch, it was about quarter after 11. The swastika was worn proudly on Franz’s left upper arm. He saw the animals within the barbed zoo, striped like zebras. Hanz was enjoying a piece of bread his wife prepared for him this morning, but his face had a look of discomfort. “Might I try a piece?” Franz asked politely. Hanz broke off a piece and handed to him. “Why this is delicious, how can you

  • The P. D. Int: A Short Story

    2027 Words  | 9 Pages

    ACT 4 26. INT. SEATTLE P.D. – BULLPEN – DAY At his desk, Clive looks around, and, once he is sure no one is looking, opens one of the drawers. He pulls out a file labeled “Lilywhite, M.” He opens it, and reveals that it contains dozens of pictures and documents. All of the photographs show Major doing mundane activities and some of them feature Ravi. Clive takes out a few pictures from the night before and adds them to the file. He then puts it back in the drawer and locks it. 27. EXT. SEATTLE

  • New York City History

    550 Words  | 3 Pages

    N-YHS holds 66,000 unique subway construction photographs that provide a wealth of information on the built environment of the city, including buildings that had to be demolished to dig the routes and the public spaces that were forever altered. The New York City subway system is the largest subway network in the country, and its construction – in three separate phases – constitutes one of the largest infrastructure projects ever undertaken by any U.S. metropolitan area. The photographs capture streetscapes

  • Case Study: The American Federation Of Labor

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    of Labor (AFL) broadside from 1881 refers to the common American worker experience of long hours, poor working conditions and low wages and lack of jobs. The broadside mentions the AFL’s national efforts to improve working conditions through the following activities: financial aid during boycotts, strikes and lockouts; regular communication between organizers, members, and sympathizers; information campaigns; and Congressional oversight and lobbying efforts. The broadside makes a general

  • Allen Ginsberg's Argumentative Analysis

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    Britain, with printers taking both sides, as Carl Berger describes in "Broadsides and Bayonets: The Propaganda War of the American Revolution": "From the beginning it was a war of words as well as gunpowder, with each major protagonist seeking to subvert and weaken the enemy camp with carefully prepared arguments." The strong parallel between the printers of the Revolutionary War era disseminating their political views via the broadside and pamphlet and zine publishers spreading their opinions and viewpoints

  • Romanticism In Oliver Twist

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    wildfire in the local residents. In fact, broadsides and ballads with gruesome details of her death were being sold by street peddlers. Similarly, figures that were made of clay depicting her death were made available in Staffordshire. Additionally, people were captivated in peepshows that featured the gloomy life of Maria Marten. On the other hand, the notorious mass murderer in London in the 1880’s named Greenacre was also highlighted in the broadside issues. Greenacre was

  • Bowhunting History

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    Bowhunting dates back to the Stone Age and can be traced throughout history in many regions around the world including Asia Europe and North America. Native Americans were skilled bowhunters. While their bows and arrows were often crude they overcame the limitations of their equipment with their exceptional ability to stalk within close range of wary prey. The ability to get close to game remains the essence of all bow hunting today. As immigrants moved into North America they gradually combined

  • What Difficulties Did The Continental Army Experience During The Revolutionary War?

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    difficulties did the Continental Army experience during the revolutionary war? The Continental Army faced many difficulties in the Revolutionary War. This can be seen in Colonel Brooks description of Valley Forge, Washington’s speech, and military broadsides of the American Revolution. By 1778, just three years into the Revolutionary war, the army has already faced many difficulties. They have already have debt, not prepared for the winter season (clothing), and even money to afford the things that

  • Samuel Adams Resistance To The Stamp Act

    338 Words  | 2 Pages

    between New England and the United States of America. The colonists wanted to be free from america and rebelled against the british troops of England. Samuel Adams formed a resistance to the stamp act which taxed newspapers, almanacs, pamphlets, broadsides, legal documents, dice, and playing cards. The act was made to raise money for Britain. Samuel Adams also made a resistance to the sugar act. The Sugar Act raised colonial money for the Crown. The act also increased duties on non British goods shipped

  • How Did William Pitt Have A Coalition Government

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    Despite the initial success of William Pitt’s coalition—bolstered by his almost unanimous support—the 1760’s saw a change in fortune for Pitt’s government. William Pitt’s overwhelming popularity declined and so did the faith in his regime. A key reason for this came from newly crowned monarch George III. George III was crowned monarch in 1760, and arrived as a new, bold and strong willed king, who was restless and wanted political change. George III wanted to assert his political dominance immediately

  • Napoleon's Attacks

    1001 Words  | 5 Pages

    ). One of the most important relationships that would determine the outcome of the crushing loss for the allied troops was between Napoleon and his leading Admiral, Pierre Villeneuve. The lack of partnership between these two men would shape the battle as Villeneuve would repeatedly ignore the unworkable orders sent directly from Napoleon’s central command (Adkins, 60). It was just days before the battle when Villeneuve became aware that Napoleon planed to replace him with Vice-Admiral Rosily

  • Cinda Warner's Being Overweight And Unlucky In Love?

    302 Words  | 2 Pages

    Being overweight and unlucky in love is hard enough for a young woman. But when Cinda Warner finds out that she has a failing heart, her life goes from bad to awful. Just after hearing her diagnosis, she broadsides a car, knocking it off the highway. Her heart skips a beat during the collision, but it almost stops completely when she sees Hank, a man she met a year earlier, walking unhurt and unburnt from the blazing wreckage. Were-dragon Hank Jansen is thrilled to find the girl he’d lost track

  • Seeing Annie Dillard Analysis

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    In “Seeing” by Annie Dillard, Dillard argues that there is more than one way to see the world. To allow oneself to enjoy the simple wonders and life a pleasurable life, one must see the world properly. Dillard begins “Seeing” with a story from when she was young about pennies. How she would hide them, wishing and wondering about how later on they would be found by strangers. She continues to recount multiple stories about bullfrogs and darkness to emphasize the different ways of seeing the world

  • Compare And Contrast The Alien And Sedition Act

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    The Alien and Sedition Act were enacted to make the United States more secure from foreign spies and domestic traitors (Defining America, n.d.), due to the result of the hostility between the United States and France (Outline, pg. 82). The Alien Act gave the President the authority to detain, imprison or expel aliens (immigrants) in the time of war or peace (Outline, pg. 82), which President Adams felt was needed because “foreign influence within the United States was dangerous and must be exterminated”

  • 3: 1b The Serpent Analysis

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    die! For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil’” (3:4-5). In the first question (3:1b), Satan tiptoed up to Eve on her blindside, but now he steamrolls over her on the broadside with a bald-faced lie. The Hebrew places the word lo (“not”) in front of God’s declaration: “Not—you shall surely die!” Take that God! It’s the Serpent’s word versus God’s Word—an absurd juxtaposition. It’s crucial to understand the “Father of Lies”

  • Brief Summary Of The Excerpts Freeman's 'Affairs Of Honor'

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    Joanne Freeman is a history professor at Yale University, who specializes in politics and political culture of early American History. Often times, the founders of our nation are exempt from scrutiny because their ideas of a new government have stood the test of time. In Affairs of Honor, published in 2002, Freeman humanizes these men in showing political culture as it developed through the words of figures who lived during the time period. Freeman expertly uses the diary of William Maclay, Thomas

  • Dbq Gender Differences

    1254 Words  | 6 Pages

    ballad “Tis Not Otherwise, the Praise of Married Life (Exercise 14.1 Allen, G. online), reinforces the role of the patriarchal male and how a man would benefit by taking a wife. This ballad is one of 7,859 17th century ballads held on “The English Broadside Ballad Database” (no date), This database shows the extent of topics sung about and a range of genres include political, religious and seditious songs. The number and variety of topics of ballads and their circulation suggests that the growth and

  • Personal Statement: Uconn Early College Experience

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    I am writing to apply to become a certified instructor for the UConn Early College Experience (the “UConn ECE”). My background and qualifications make me uniquely qualified to be a certified instructor for the UConn ECE as I have Masters Degrees (CAPITALIZATION???) in both education and Special Education and in addition to my high school teaching experience I also have twenty years’ experience teaching history at Hillyer College at the University of Hartford. I am passionate about history,

  • Personal Narrative: Hunting

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    Hunting One day at 5:30 I went hunting. I got my bow, jacket, and my mask. I put on my boots and went out to my blind. It was a ¼ of a mile walk. I saw a flock of birds fly over me. I got in my blind and ZZZZZZ! As I unzipped my windows in my blind. I got an arrow in my bow and did a practice run to make sure that I would make any noise when I got up to shoot the deer. I saw a couple of cardinals fly about two feet from me. I saw a bunch of cardinals all over the place one almost went in my bind

  • Analysis Of Ballad Of Birmingham By Dudley Randall

    640 Words  | 3 Pages

    young girl, so it is clear to see that at some point in the poem the mood will put the reader into a state of sadness or pity for the little girl and her mother. The mood begins with the cover image for the “Ballad of Birmingham” in Dudley Randall’s Broadside Press. “The card format and the somber illustration of six figures huddled together, heads bowed, suggest a funeral” (Sullivan). The cover of the press is a black background with six white silhouettes with their heads bowed. “Drawings will do more