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Patrick Henry “Give me liberty, or give me death!” Patrick Henry’s words ring out like a bell, covering the crowd of respected politicians and lawyers with stunned silence. Henry’s brave, powerful speeches encouraged the colonies to stand as one to rebel against the British. Considered one of history’s most influential speakers, Patrick Henry played a crucial role, before, during, and after the American Revolution. In some ways, Patrick’s life before the war influenced his views and important…

Ford was a very successful man, as you all may know or not he was a very good engineer which led him to his amazing company. Henry Ford helped society by making and designing cars, as he also followed in his father’s footsteps. As we can imagine all the hard work and dedication Henry Ford must of put into all these cars, trucks, and jeeps that we so thankfully drive today Henry Ford was born on July 30, 1836 in a clearing in Michigan woods. They had came from Ireland (Lacey 4). Ford was only a…

(the violin) in a traveling circus. But before he was sold into slavery, he lived in upstate New York, with his family and of course, his work. He was your everyday worker with skills of a violinist. So when two con men offered him a job playing the fiddle in a circus with better pay in Washington DC, he took that chance for his family and for himself for a better life. Sadly it was a trap and he was drugged, kidnapped, and ended up being sold as a slave. In the book, for the next…

Northup, Solomon. 12 Years A Slave. Originally published in 1853 by Derby & Miller. (240 pages) 12 Years A Slave, by Solomon Northup is a memoir and personal narrative about the hardships of slavery during the 1800’s. An autobiography written jam packed with several specific accounts of mistreatment in the black community. While reporting, Solomon did not want to provide any bias or discrepancies in the story. To prove that there has been no alteration in the story he has been asked to repeat…

the war come, he saw fit to go off and fight in it ...I traveled around, and one time there was this letter saying Jesse got killed in the war.Broke my heart it truly did. They sent what he had with him over there, and what it was is this old mouth fiddle and these clippings” (Myers 14). This shows that Lemon Brown stilled thought and cared about his son after he died so he kept the things that he had before he died. Also Lemon Brown was gonna never forget his son and everytime he looked at the…

Comparative love story These two poems reflect the meaning of love in a way that love out reaches everything else. In “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell, the poem speaks on a male lover who seeks an attempt to convince his female lover to seize the day. While “How Do I love Thee? Let me Count the Ways” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning expresses a woman’s love and herself being for something who she would give her life for. Both poems elaborate off of setting and theme with the use of…

his main instrument. Elements of southern rock can be found inside each of the songs he played. He used the classic 2/4 time beat with guitar solos and twangy sounds you normally hear in country music. Phil did mention to the fans that he did have a fiddle player in his band before. He played one song he wrote for another artist named Jo Dee Messina called Bye Bye. He also played one of his hit songs called Just Another Day in Paradise. The crowd was very into the concert and dancing to the beat…

Although connected with a twin bond, Millat was the polar opposite of his serious and intellectually minded twin, Magid. Millat’s preferences leaned towards name brands, popularity, girls, and he had no interest in academics. Stuck as second fiddle to his brother, because his father believed he would never measure up to Magid, Millat became defiant during his teenage years. He became the revered teen and was accepted and adored in all social circles because of his good looks, charm,…

Interviewer: Hello, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to ‘Rear Vision’, the only radio show still better than the history channel! Today I’ll be interviewing World War 2 (WWII) veteran, Schnadolf Shnitler on his experiences in the Changi Prisoner of War (POW) camp after the fall of Singapore. So Shnitler, tell me a bit about yourself before we begin? Schnadolf: I am a veteran of WW2 and I *was* serving in Singapore before they decided to surrender! It was alright I guess. Interviewer: Interesting.…

This woman really knows how to use her man, and play him like a fiddle. She knows what every man is weak for, and savagely uses it against Macbeth. She says, “And live a coward in thine own esteem’st the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting ‘I dare not’ wait upon ‘I would,’ Like the poor cat…