On the night of December 25‚ 1776 George Washington planned a surprise attack on the Hessians in Trenton‚ New Jersey. His plan was to sneak up the Delaware River the following night. The plan took a full two days to create‚ but after it was made it sure was a great one. The following night Washington led a group of Army troops across the icy Delaware River. The used a very small boat with about twenty men on board. It was a hard and cold journey and least six men had to row the boat at a time.
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Book Report 1. In the book‚ "The Unexpected Guest"‚ there are two main themes. The main themes are revenge‚ and love and hate. Revenge is a very important theme to the plot because Mr. Richard Warwick‚ the man killed‚ had ran over the little boy of a man who later comes back to kill him. Love and hate is also a theme. In this book‚ many people had a motive for murdering Warwick‚ but these people were his family and friends. The line between love and hate is broken when accusations arise. 2. The
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From the day in 1901 when oil first jetted out of the earth near Beaumont‚ oil has been a big part of the Texas economy. The big oil boom of the 1900’s brought new wealth and jobs for both blacks and whites. This also brought a few unexpected social changes for everyone as well. The first social change was about public schooling in Texas. At the time‚ college was only for the rich‚ but this oil money went towards building some schools for the public. Now almost anyone could get better education‚
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do not necessarily need to have the experience‚ we also learn from observing others. School and media are the most common sources we learn from since they are meant to have a positive impact on us. However‚ sometimes people can learn lessons from unexpected sources and this can be seen through how I got injured in table tennis‚ how watching a mosh pit has inspired me and how the habit of gaming has changed me. Whether sports injuries heal or not‚ they often teach us a meaningful life lesson. Sometimes
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1. Explain the importance of the ending in "The Unexpected" and one other story in this collection. Third essay The ending paragraph of the short story “The Unexpected” is the most important paragraph in this short story. It’s in this paragraph that makes the reader find out the surprising final twist of the story‚ persuading them to ponder about relationships and female independence (in 18th century for the modern day readers). Correspondingly‚ in another short story of the same collection 19th
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TOPIC: “The poetry of John Donne presents unexpected perspectives on human experience.” Discuss with reference to at least three poems. The use of unorthodox poetic imagery conveys equally unconventional notions of the human experience in Donne’s poetry. Through static images and exaggerated similes‚ satirical or humorous effects are expressed as each poem provides an insight into divergent facets of human existence. Established ideas are challenged by largely innocuous lines of reasoning‚ as Donne
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Why did the Labour government suffer an unexpected election defeat in 1970? In 1970‚ Harold Wilson’s Labour Government lost the general election to Ted Heath’s Conservatives. The Labour government had suffered economic problems (inherited from the previous Conservative government) throughout their time in office. Along with this; voters views of Wilson‚ problems with policy and awkward relations with the Trade Unions all contributed to the election defeat of 1970. Economically in the 1960’s
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William Shakespeare My Misstress’ Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun The Surprise Reversal in the Rhyming Couplet. "And yet‚ by heaven‚ I think my love as rare As and she belied with false compare." In lines thirteen and fourteen‚ the poet explains how down to earth she is and how the speaker’s love is rare. The change in tone tells us that the poet in the first eight lines are not discontentment but truth. Shakespeare ends the sonnet by proclaiming his love for his mistress despite her lack of beauty
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It was a lovely walk‚ with the sun rising in a pool of crimson and gold‚ spilling light all over the land. The scenery of the park was extremely mesmerizing and breathtaking. The water in the park glistened invitingly and the birds were chirping to my favorite song. As a way to release stress‚ it was a must for me to jog in the morning every weekend around the park‚ which was stone’s throw away from my house. The park held many memory as it was where me and my parents used to have picnic together
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about Lord Capulet and his behaviour‚ the way he is‚ and why he acts like that. I will compare the way he acts in the earlier scenes‚ before Act 3 Scene 5 with the way he behaves in Act 3 Scene 5 towards Juliet. I think that Capulet behaviour is not unexpected because we have seen his aggression in Act 1 Scene 1‚ at the start of the play and we have seen his aggression towards Tybalt when Tybalt sees Romeo at the ball. When Capulet speaks to Paris in Act 1 Scene 2 we feel that Capulet is being fake and
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