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“Buccaneers and Pirates of our Coasts”, by Frank Richard Stockton, is a non-fiction, rollicking story of the origins of piracy and of the famous pirates of the coasts of the United States, such as Blackbeard, Captain Kidd, and Henry Morgan. The stories don’t cast pirates in the glowing light of modern day interpretations, in Stockton’s stories, pirates are bad guys! Stockton tries to show his audience that even old pirate stories can be entertaining as well as valuable. Although, the dramatic and

Pite has created over forty works for different companies. Choreographer Pite founded Kidd Pivot in 2002. According to Kidd Pivot organization, “In 2002, she formed Kidd Pivot in Vancouver. Integrating movement, original music, text, and rich visual design, Kidd Pivot’s performance work is assembles with recklessness and rigour, balancing sharp exactitude with irreverence and risk.” (Kidd Pivot Organization). Kidd Pivot has a unique language for all of their choreographed works. Their movement is considered

Having no rights, being owned by other people, and being punished as your “master” sees fit. This was the reality for many people around the world in the early 1800 's. In the novel The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd, this is illustrated clearly from the views of a white woman, Sarah Grimkè, and the perspective of a black woman, Hetty “Handful” Grimkè who was under the Grimke’s ownership. Sarah opposed the way of life for Southerners in Charleston where slavery was a common occurrence

identity means that you know who you are and those beliefs guide your life. You can do so many amazing things if you live with a firm identity and finding it may as well be one of your greatest accomplishments. The Secret Life Of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd, is a coming-of-age story about an adolescent girl named Lily, who wants to know more about the day she killed her mother. She chooses to run away with her stand-in-mother, Rosaleen, and see if she can find her mother’s past. They arrive in Tiburon

The Romance and Reality of Pirate Life David Cordingly, an engaging, self-exclaimed pirate expert, gives a vivid history of what it was like to live during the height of Atlantic piracy. Cordingly tells us who became pirates, what they wore, and how they were armed among many other detailed accounts of every day life both on land and at sea. Pirates, says the author, were attracted by the lure of plunder and the desire for an easy life.” The author explains that these men and women were not the

Take a moment to consider the state of the world. With the ongoing world conflicts, social injustice, or the empathy that every person lacks, can a person ever achieve true peace? “The Secret Life of Bees” written by Sue Monk Kidd follows a young girl named Lily who embarks on a journey of self discovery and the search for answers to her mother’s life. She shows up on the doorstep of the Boatright sisters house, desperate for answers. With the acceptance of the past comes peace with the present.

The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd Original passage from page 18* of Sue Monk Kidd’s book The Invention of Wings: “...Mary didn’t seem to care for books, but I . . . I dreamed of them in my sleep. I loved them in a way I couldn’t fully express even to Thomas. He pointed me to certain volumes and drilled me on Latin declensions. He was the only one who knew my desperation to acquire a true education, beyond the one I received at the hands of Madame Ruffin, my tutor and French nemesis. She was

Another way Kidd demonstrates racial extremity is through Lily’s relationship struggles. At the end of chapter 7, just moments before the quotation, “I can tell you this much: the world is a great big log thrown on the fires of love,” Lily was driving with Zach when she realized, definitively, that she loved him. Then, in the field, she licked honey off of his hand. This experience, involving emotional outbursts and physical interaction, only serve to confuse her as to the point of love in life.

aspirations that are quite impossible to achieve in their given setting, Charleston, South Carolina. However, once Sarah is exposed to the wonders of Pennsylvania with the Quakers, new hope arises for both the girls. In “The Invention of Wings”, Sue Monk Kidd displays contrasting settings to introduce the difference in the two atmospheres in regards to freedom, women’s rights, and simplicity.

The section with the most pathos that appealed to me was Chimamanda Adichie. Her emphasis on how many misconceptions that so many people are inclined to believe was very relatable. As a child, I was not racist and still am not. However, I understood where her college roommate would have the mental image that a woman from Nigeria would lack any characteristics of American culture. It was easy for me to form a mental image of what someone’s life is like in Africa, despite what their situations might