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1. The three similarities between the Cofer and Malcolm X are very astounding. They both have an insatiable desire to learn and gives them a feeling of empowerment. In "The Paterson Public Library." She talks about how "She was absorbed by fantasy that gave her a sense of inner freedom and power." (Cofer 73). While Malcolm X states in "Prison Studies" "I never had been so truly free in my life." (Malcolm X 84) Hinting at the fact of how it freed his mind. Both of them were alienated. In "Paterson

In the story, Mama directly asks Dee what she wants the quilts for and Dee directly tells Mama that she wants to use them for decorative hangings I her new life. Dee also tells Maggie and Mama that she isn’t truly showing the heritage that needs to be shown from the quilts because she anticipates that Maggie will surely use them for everyday use. The

The book Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee takes place in the Tang Dynasty in a region of China called Chang-ping. The time in which the book took place was a very Confucian society due to the resurrection of the Confucian Educational System. This society emphasized beliefs such as the importance of the government, education, filial piety, and the 5 relationships. It believed that the gentleman was the embodiment of all these characteristics and was held to the highest standards. Legalism was the practiced

After many mixtapes and nearing the edge of household name status, Maryland rapper Logic drops his first album. In this album is a song titled Gang Related. This song tells the story of what environment and household he grew up in. His brother is in a gang and sells cocaine to his father in front of him. Logic's mother is in an out of mental institutions, all the while logic is growing up and trying not to get shot when he walks outside. With drugs and gangs all around him, it is quite amazing that

Brian's Song is a touching story between two football players named Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers. They are both different in physical and emotional ways that affect their personality. They start to hate each other but then they start to support each other and have a never ending relationship that can only be broken by death. Overall not only they affect one another with their relationship, they inspire others. Brian Piccolo is the man with something always to talk about. He has social skills of

Chancelor Bennett, is an upcoming rap artist from Chicago, Illinois that has drastically changed the music industry with his unique demeanor and way of words. Chance is formally known as “Chance The Rapper” worldwide. He conducts many acts of kindness including giving back to his hometown that most professional artists would not participate in. He recently donated one million dollars to the Chicago public schools. Furthermore, Chance has been seen doing countless acts of community service just out

Celebrated cases of Judge Dee. Tokyo: Dover Publications INC, 1949. Robert Van Gulik was a Dutch diplomat stationed in various countries mostly in Japan and China. He also attained a PhD for dissertation on the horse cult in Northeast Asia even though he made a career in the Dutch diplomatic service he was a very well educated man on Asian Culture. Van Gulik translated the 18th century detective novel Dee Goong An into English under the title, Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee. He is also the known author

B-Rabbit versus Papa Doc The pivotal scene that will be thoroughly represented and analyzed is from the movie 8 Mile, directed by Curtis Hanson, and released in 2002. 8 Mile is a semiautobiographical film based on the life story of the iconic rapper Marshal Mathers, or better known by his stage name Eminem, and how he began his journey into the hip-hop industry. In this film, Eminem plays himself, as the main character named Jimmy Smith Jr.; however, throughout the course of the movie, he is referred

Experience and Education Empowering To be empowered is to be more confident in, and more aware of oneself. To be empowered is to have a more complete understanding of what one must accomplish in order to live more fully. It is to grow in self-knowledge. It is to grow in self-awareness. It is to discover, to liberate, to emancipate, to better. To be empowered is a beautiful happening, however, empowerment is not simple. Empowerment comes when an individual understands their specific needs to better

You may know him from his Lisa Simpson haircut or his mouth full of 24-karat gold teeth; he is the 19-year-old rapper that is taking the music industry by storm. In the past, two years his music has gained national recognition and appealed to all types of fan bases. He is a force not to be reckoned with and his name is Kodak Black. He is the self-proclaimed “Project-Baby” from South Florida that is giving rapper a run for their money. Jon Caramanica, from the New York Times, described Black as “an