My Responsibility to America “To be an American for me means freedom and justice. I also think being an American is a big responsibility.” This is the response of 10-year-old Neil from Wisconsin when asked the question‚ “What does it mean to be an American?” Neil is right; Americans have responsibilities that are imperative to living in America and helping the United States be prosperous and successful. If everyone were to learn and follow these obligations‚ America could be the utopia it was meant
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Persepolis Writing Assignment Chose one of the following essay prompts and write an essay based Persepolis. I am looking for two things here: 1) to get an overall impression of your writing skill and 2) to assess your comprehension of the graphic novel (this will be assigned a grade). Your grade will be determined by how you explain the relevance of your examples and how they illuminate an overall argument about Marjane’s life. 1. How has Marjane been educated through her experience by the
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is what makes people free and true to themselves and what they believe in. Peaceful resistance to laws positively impacts a free society because it is truly giving the people their freedom. It does not harm anyone‚ since it’s only done to prove one’s point or to let them stand up for what they believe is right. The normal population seems to dictate that civil disobedience is wrong because it violates laws which are made to protect the people. Morris Leibman‚ a Chicago lawyer‚ stated in his article
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“Someone once told me not to bite off more than I can chew. I said I’d rather choke on greatness than nibble on mediocrity.” When you really take a good look around‚ you will realise that most people‚ often including ourselves live average and below par lives. We keep putting away the things we truly wish and dream to do and eventually find ourselves old and unable to fulfil our desires. Entire lifetimes have been wasted in this similar pattern but no one seems to realise what it is that they are
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I believe in being responsible as the true definition of being responsible is having an obligation to something or someone. In other words‚ if a parent asks me to babysit their child‚ then I become the one accountable for the child for everything the child does in the time limit I have them. Responsibility becomes a huge characteristic in one’s life only because the older you get‚ the more you become accountable for. When you’re a kid‚ you’re up for keeping your room picked up and brushing your
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What Does it Mean to be a Man or a Woman? A theme the tragedy of Macbeth routinely reveals is one of gender roles. Throughout the play‚ many characters struggle with conflict within themselves; not unlike conflicts that we face inside ourselves today. Various major conflicts throughout the screenplay are somehow connected with characters’ roles as men or women. The dominant question is‚ do the characters know who they are as men and women? Although Macbeth’s age was never stated‚ it is concluded
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and shovels to slaughter somewhere between ten thousand to thirty-five thousand Haitian civilians. Which was known as the Dominican uprising. Even up to present day there is still a miscommunication and tension between Dominicans and Haitians/other blacks.
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What does Nutrition mean to you? Good nutrition takes on major roles in the life of healthy individuals. This is common knowledge among most individuals. However‚ two-thirds of American adults are still overweight or obese mostly due to bad eating habits and lack of exercise. On the other hand‚ there is an accepted self image that is portrayed by the media and our society which may also lead to deadly problems. Ten to fifteen percent of Americans suffer from eating disorders such as anorexia
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courage. Courage is standing up for something you think is/isn’t right. Uncle Hammer is someone who wants to protect his family & doesn’t think before he acts. He stands up for what he believes in/thinks is right. Uncle Hammer was a mighty man‚ but sometimes he didn’t think things through. When Cassie told Uncle Hammer what Charlie Simms did to little Cassie‚ Uncle Hammer got very mad. He said that he wanted to hurt them Simmses. Mama tried to stop
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How can the word ‘explain’ exactly means? According to Cambridge dictionary the word ‘explain’ is used to mean ‘make something clear or easy to understand by describing or giving information about it. It is possible to have various interpretations of the same world ‚in everyday language the term "explain" can mean many things‚ and is generally applied to prove something or make it more comprehensible‚ but in the more complex level it could mean many things depending on the subject it denotes. However
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