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    A poem by me

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    want to see an essay but these stupid people are making me write an essay cool for them this is what they get why must they require an essay cant i just look at a freaking essay that someone wrote and honestly shouldnt they expect this to happen I mean‚ They cant expect people to take this seriously‚ can they? I just hope someone reads this one day and uses it as an actual essay or poem is it long enough yet? aparantly not ill keep going i could probably just write my essay that im actually

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    The Hemingway Hero

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    Many brave men and women in the military have been inspired by someone or something to put their life on the line for the sake of their country. John McCain and his heroic efforts during the Vietnamese war are a great example of how the Hemingway Hero inspires people in the world today. John McCain gets his inspiration from Ernest Hemingway’s 1940 novel For Whom the Bell Tolls‚ in which he says he wants to be just like the main character: Robert Jordan (Stamburg). John McCain spent five and a half

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    A Hero Within

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    Everywhere you turn society today seems to be keen on portraying African Americans as a scapegoat to white societal issues and inadequacies. Ernest Gaines exemplifies this idea in the novel A Lesson Before Dying in which a young black man‚ Jefferson‚ is sentenced to trial and execution for what can be considered a “wrong place and wrong time” incident. Grant‚ who is an educator in the community‚ plays the role of a cynic and buffer between Jefferson and the rest of the community. He begins this novel

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    My hero

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    My Hero It gets me through Last year‚ I went through the hardest things I ’ve ever been faced with in my life. I lost my grandpa and two months later I lost my aunt and soon after our home was foreclosed on. This left me thinking‚ " Is this the end of the beginning or the beginning of the end". What I needed was something to help get me through these traumas. That ’s where my hero‚ Ozzy Osbourne‚ comes in. In the essay "My Heroes"‚ Elizabeth Berg describes how her daughters hero is her

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    opening lines. Owen’s aim to explore not only the reality of war‚ but to condemn those that support the age old lie‚ that it is ‘noble and honourable to die for one’s country’ – “Dulce et Decorum Est pro patria mori” – are reflected. The title of this poem which is ironically used also indicates Owen’s belief that war is barbaric and pointless. Along with the ironic title‚ Owen’s use of literary devices and techniques allows Owen to portray the suffering and pity caused by the war. Throughout‚ ‘Dulce

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    Jfk Hero

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    JFK’s boat got struck by a Japanese destroyer when he was a military‚ in that situation he stayed calm and saved a bunch of his army men and got awarded medal of heroism. John F. Kennedy displays the traits of a hero because he showed bravery on the battlefield‚ showed confidence throughout his life‚ and he achieved great things. John F. Kennedy was extremely brave. He joined the Navy in 1941 and a Japanese destroyer struck the craft in the Solomon Islands. He helped some of his marooned crew back

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    Symbol and Poem

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    I chose to read the poem “Chivalry” by Carol Muske-Dukes‚ and enjoyed reading it. The poem was pretty easy to read and used some good literary elements. The elements that make this poem stand out are the setting‚ tone‚ and the use of symbolism. I understood the poem the first time I read it‚ but I read it two more times to get a better understanding of some of the vocabulary. This poem is about a man that is holding his dead wife in his hands and then decides to set her body in a fire kind of

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    Nickel Poem

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    never thought that the story would be what it turned out to be. I would think at first it would involve some sort of worker or child in South America that works by handling Oranges in some sort of way. In my own words and thought‚ I would summarize the poem about a boy nervous about his first time with a girl. So they walk to a drugstore so he can’t treat her with something from there. The boy is very poor so he knows that the nickel may not be enough. So when she took a piece of chocolate that was more

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    Hero and Saint

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    way of the hero and the way of the saint. The hero approach is related to genetics and evolution. Genes are inherited from one generation to the next‚ but may change according to the culture one is surrounded by. Individuals that follow the hero approach realize that there are no rewards; one only has achievements after overcoming obstacles that will eventually fulfill his or her own goals. Therefore‚ these heroes characterize strength and courage. These individuals following the hero approach live

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    Poem Analysis

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    the Church Janitor Finally Quits” by Martin Espada and the secretary in “The Secretary Chant” by Marge Piercy feel unappreciated and lost as employees. Jorge is “outside…of [Americans] understanding” and The Secretary is lost in her work and compares herself to objects such as her “hips are a desk.” The employees from these poems have become hidden behind their duties and are slowly sinking into the unknown. “Jorge the Church Janitor Finally Quits” begins with Jorge’s point of origin. While working

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