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- 1811: How To Play Beer Pong
- ... of beer pong there exists rigorous competition. The real object of the game does not require winning. It requires having fun and getting drunk. Beer pong started one Friday night long ago in some fraternity house. Pure entertainment and intoxication inspired the creation of beer pong. The simple game transmitted through word of mouth and observation. Today beer pong exists as a house hold name at parties. Anyone can view beer pong at any fraternity house on a Friday or Saturday night. The game has become so popular that a resident of Finch Hall (alcohol- free) used to have a beer pong table in his dorm room. The materials for ...
- 1812: Loss Of Innocence
- ... discriminate against the Indians and David has to decide what he thinks is right or wrong. In addition, an uncle who doesn't obey the law and has bad behavior lives in his family's house. David was abused by his uncle when his uncle would come back from the bar. Frank would try to beat someone in the house but Wesley, David's father, would stop him most of the time if he was home. The abuse affected David's view of the world and he developed a sullen attitude towards his family. He ... beating his mother. This crushed Paul's view of the world. He had to face other disappointments in his life that caused him not to trust society. It was always said that in Paul's house William was the favorite child, although after William died Paul thought he was "promoted" to favorite son and he couldn't understand why there had to be a favorite child that gets all the ...
- 1813: Thomas Jefferson
- ... and took her to live in his partly constructed mountaintop home, Monticello. Freckled and sandy-haired, rather tall and awkward, Jefferson was eloquent as a correspondent, but he was no public speaker. In the Virginia House of Burgesses and the Continental Congress, he contributed his pen rather than his voice to the patriot cause. As the "silent member" of the Congress, Jefferson, at 33, drafted the Declaration of Independence. In years ... In 1800 the defect caused a more serious problem. Republican electors, attempting to name both a President and a Vice President from their own party, cast a tie vote between Jefferson and Aaron Burr. The House of Representatives settled the tie. Hamilton, disliking both Jefferson and Burr, nevertheless urged Jefferson's election. When Jefferson assumed the Presidency, the crisis in France had passed. He slashed Army and Navy expenditures, cut the ... embargo upon American shipping, worked badly and was unpopular. Jefferson retired to Monticello to ponder such projects as his grand designs for the University of Virginia. A French nobleman observed that he had placed his house and his mind "on an elevated situation, from which he might contemplate the universe." He died on July 4, 1826. Bibliography www.22savenue.com Word Count: 533
- 1814: Observation of A Meal
- ... Hence, many of our traditional dishes have been verbally passed down from one generation to the next. I observed a meal – or should I say, a ceremonial feast – that took place at my mother’s house in Long Island. Unfortunately, my grandmother passed and since my grandfather was here in the States we had to have a traditional ceremony which involved a lot of cooking and eating. My grandfather is the ... our community/home town and he must partake in a lot of ceremonies as a way of traditionally recognizing the death of his wife. Among the surplus amounts of food prepared at my mother’s house (rice, beef stew, etc.), I will focus on our most traditional meals of Pounded Yam, Okra Soup, Egusi (melon seed) Soup, Pepper Soup (an appetizer). I will first discuss the purchase and preparation of the ... or dilute tomato paste with water and add to meat 8. Add the remaining ingredients one by one, stirring each as added 9. Simmer for ten minutes Over 25 guests came to my mother’s house to pay their respects to my grandfather. Although all of our guests live in the tri-state area, they are all originally from home town/village in Nigeria. Everyone was served pepper soup as ...
- 1815: Vincent Van Gogh
- ... wanted to hear from or see him again. She left and went back home the next morning. Kay s leaving only made Van Gogh want her even more. He went to Kay s parent s house to find her. They refused to let him talk to Kay. This made Van Gogh feel even more abandoned and alone. The rest of Vincent s family turned against him after that, also. Theo was ... and he thought he was not successful because Theo could not sell any of his art work. People would not even consider his artwork. Van Gogh then moved out of Paris and bought he "Yellow House" in Arles as a Home of his own for painting. Theo still continued his frequent correspondence and monthly allowance of one hundred francs. Vincent did not like it living in the house all by himself. He was beginning to get very lonely. Vincent wrote Theo a letter asking him to convince his old painter friend, he met in Paris, Paul Gauguin, to join him in Arles. ...
- 1816: Analysis Of Those Winter Sunda
- ... poem, Hayden recounts that in winter Sunday mornings, his father always gets up in the cold and builds a fire for him, the child, so that he could get out of bed into a warm house. However, he failed to appreciate his father's love. This brief and lovely poem captures the sense of poignancy inherent love in the father-son relationship. The poet is the obvious speaker who is a ... the son to get up. I'd wake and hear the cold splintering, breaking. When the rooms were warm, he'd call, and slowly I would rise and dress, fearing the chronic angers of that house, When the fires drive away the cold, we experience a sense of relief. In here, the poet uses images again. We can hear the sounds of the wood in the heat as "splintering, breaking ", and ... and dressed. The poet uses" slowly" to show the child's mood at that time when he was not willing to get up from the warm bed. However, the son fears "chronic angers of that house." We can see that the chronic angers are the stern ways of the father, who has difficulty in showing his emotion toward his child, so that the child fears endless angers of his father. ...
- 1817: Ellen Foster
- ... her childhood was “cast on the rocks”. The last line reads, “Power and speed be hands and feet”. This reminds me of how Ellen ran from her problems at home and stayed away from her house as much as possible. The line also represents strength and Ellen was a strong person. She dealt with losing a mother, father and grandmother within one year. She never even had a good relationship with ... that is a lot different than she is. After Ellen’s mother died, she is unwillingly left with her alcoholic father who mistreats her. Ellen spent a lot of time at her friend, Starletta’s house and at the house of her grandmother. Life with her grandmother was no better than life with her father. She did not want to be in either situation. After living with her grandmother, Ellen’s struggle to find ...
- 1818: Analysis Of "Those Winter Sun
- ... poem, Hayden recounts that in winter Sunday mornings, his father always gets up in the cold and builds a fire for him, the child, so that he could get out of bed into a warm house. However, he failed to appreciate his father's love. This brief and lovely poem captures the sense of poignancy inherent love in the father-son relationship. The poet is the obvious speaker who is a ... the son to get up. I'd wake and hear the cold splintering, breaking. When the rooms were warm, he'd call, and slowly I would rise and dress, fearing the chronic angers of that house, When the fires drive away the cold, we experience a sense of relief. In here, the poet uses images again. We can hear the sounds of the wood in the heat as "splintering, breaking ", and ... and dressed. The poet uses" slowly" to show the child's mood at that time when he was not willing to get up from the warm bed. However, the son fears "chronic angers of that house." We can see that the chronic angers are the stern ways of the father, who has difficulty in showing his emotion toward his child, so that the child fears endless angers of his father. ...
- 1819: Anne Frank
- Anne Frank was born on June 12, 1929, in the German City of Frankfort. Anne Frank lived with her family in a nice house. Anne and her sister, Margot s childhood was a secure place inhabited by loving parents, relatives and nurses. However, when the Nazis had gained power in some parts of Germany, everything began to change. The ... 5 months later, the Germans summoned 16-year-old Margot Frank to report for deportation. Otto Frank had contacts with some Dutch friends, and they were able to hide out in the attic of a house. The morning after Margot was summoned they left Amsterdam and went to the attic of the house called the Secret Annexe. In the Secret Annexe the Van Daan family accompanied them. There was Mr. and Mrs. Van Daan and their son Peter. Some time after an elderly man, who was a ...
- 1820: Mary Warren
- ... Mary proves to be a kind girl who gets along well with Mrs. Proctor. Although Mary has become a court official in Salem, she still gets up early in the morning to clean the Proctors’ house. While in court, Mary passes the time by making Goody Proctor a present of a small rag doll called a poppet. Upset by the court proceedings, Mary tells Mr. Proctor that she is "all shuddery inside" because Goody Osburn will hang. When the poppet becomes false proof of witchcraft against Elizabeth, Mary willingly ...
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