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    Alphas Series Essay

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    The Alphas series is a series of popular books in the young adult genre written by bestselling American-Canadian author Lisi Harrison. The Alphas series is a spin-off from Harrison's other popular young adult series The Clique that first introduced the characters in the Alphas. The debut novel in the series was the 2009 published Alphas which was followed by three other titles culminating in Top of the Feud Chain in 2011. The novels are about an academy founded by a billionaire business woman known

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    Character- Massie- Massie is a rich 7th grader that really isn't that nice of a person. She only is nice to her posse and does not include anyone else into her little clique. Massie is the leader of her social group.”Kristen: Do we like her? Massie: No!”(41) This shows that Massie is the leader because her friends do whatever she says. Massie one day basically decides that Claire, the new girl in town, will be her target. She will embarrass her and torture her and do whatever she wants to her

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    equal? Kurt Vonnegut envisioned the fatal outcome in his masterpiece, “Harrison Bergeron.” The story illustrates “what would happen if a government or some other power takes this notion serious” (Mowery). The protagonist, Harrison, who is arrest for “exuberant individuality,” escapes from prison and goes on national television station to declare himself emperor, only later to be killed by the handicap general Diane Moon. In “Harrison Bergeron,” Kurt Vonnegut satirizes the movement toward egalitarianism

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    Handicap Each to His Ability

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    kills Harrison and his ballerina, it is done with cameras rolling. The television remains on until after the musicians resume wearing their handicaps. Her message could not be more clear; the penalty for open defiance is death. Hazel and the announcer represent the two classes who believe themselves to be benefiting from this quasi-utopian society. The announcer shows no apparent awareness of the burden forced equality has put on others. Hazel, however, briefly does when she sees Harrison killed

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    A. Plan of Investigation The investigation aims to evaluate the significance of third party candidates in the US presidential election of 1892. In 1912, Teddy Roosevelt famously split the vote of the Republican party as a third party candidate, and the investigation resolves to assess whether a third party candidate changed the outcome of the election in 1892. The investigation will focus mainly on the influence of one particular candidate from the Populist Party, James B. Weaver, as he won several

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    Introduction McCain Foods is a potato manufacturing company founded in Canada in 1957 by Harrison and Wallace McCain. Currently, there are 41 sites on six continents employing 3,600 farmers and 17,000 other workers across the world (McCain, 2015). McCain has had several external environmental factors affecting their business including social, legal, economic, political, and technological forces that they have had to overcome and adapt to. Due to these factors, McCain has had numerous opportunities

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    The Beatles were an English rock band who formed in Liverpool. The band formed in 1960 and consisted of four members. The four band members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. The Beatles built up their reputation by playing in pubs and clubs that were located throughout Hamburg and Liverpool, they did this for around 3 years until they became well known worldwide. Background: Brian Epstein who died in 1967 at age 32 managed The Beatles . Brian managed The Beatles

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    Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.’s “Harrison Bergeron” tells the story of an unbelievably talented young man that defies the constraints of total equality in futuristic America, year 2081. Because of the 211th, 212th, and 213th amendments, all citizens are subjected to a communist like state where everyone is made to be equal in beauty, physique, and intelligence. Throughout “Harrison Bergeron,” symbols such as Harrison’s defiance of the law, his physical attributes, and the setting presents the theme of the story

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    world of politics or try to protest through their music they have songs that focus on those exact two things. In 1966, the English rock band that consisted of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr (the Fab Four), released a song called “Taxman” on their album Revolver. George Harrison wrote this song after he “discovered how much of The Beatles earnings went straight to the Treasury” (Taxman | The Beatles Bible) and “in anger at finding out what the taxman did” (“Taxman.” Wikipedia

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    Harrison Bergeron, by Kurt Vonnegut Essay

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    Harrison Bergeron is a story written by Kurt Vonnegut. Vonnegut’s story is a warning to the world about the quest of equality, which is spreading all round in many nations with America on the lead. The story shows the reader how the equality issue can have negative impacts on people’s individuality, and the society. The story revolves around the protagonist, Harrison Bergeron who is an archetypical symbol that represents defiance, and individuality. He is used to represent the people who will stand

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