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    Voyage Three: 1636 Timothy Turlock- a gross‚ ferret resembling thief‚ is sentenced for hanging‚ however‚ his mother cries and begs for a different punishment. The judge changes the sentence to seven years as an indenture in Virginia. He was sent from England‚ on Captain Barstowe’s boat‚ to the new world. At first he didn’t sell‚ but then sold cheap to a poor land owner‚ Simon Janney. Tim escaped from the Janney’s by hitting Simon over the head‚ he then escaped in one of the Janney’s boats. He

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    and all pirates. Jims used to be fearful of John Silver‚ but now he was not. Jim’s overcoming of the fear to Long John Silvers clarifies that he grew to a brave boy in the adventure. Differently‚ Jim’s fear of pirates becomes part of his curiosity. When Jim was hiding under a bridge and pirates were coming‚ “[his] curiosity‚ in a sense‚ was stronger than [his] fear‚ for [he] could not remain where [he] was‚ but crept back to the bank again” (Stevenson 25). Although Jim is afraid of pirates‚ his fear

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    baggy‚ and they had high goth like boots except withut the buckles‚ andthere top had a swastika on one of the sleeves. The German uniforms varied in color and style. By Also on the tunic was Edelweiss Pirates an Iron Eagle just above the left breast pocket. hey would gather together and act in a manner that they would know would anger the local Nazi leaders. Whereas the Nazi Party required Hitler Youth members to wear a uniform that was semi-military‚ Edelweiss members wore more bohemian clothing

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    picture studios and filmmakers. That creates indications of bad character in people who pirate movies. Those who copy movies illegally for the purpose of reselling them are stealing. They are stealing from all who have been a part of a particular production. It is no different than stealing other goods such as electronics‚ cars or jewels. All of these goods are products that are intended for sale. Movie pirates know that they can make money off of a particular product. In this case‚ the product

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    In The Princess Bride‚ Westley‚ the main character‚ goes through many trials to be with his true love‚ the Princess Buttercup. He becomes a pirate and saves Buttercup from her capturers‚ Vizzini‚ Inigo Montoya‚ and Fezzik. Then‚ they are both captured by Prince Humperdinck; he puts Westley in a torture chamber and Buttercup in his palace to marry in a few days. Westley is killed by the torture machine and resurrected by Fezzik and Inigo‚ and the three save Buttercup and live happily ever after. Westley’s

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    before‚ and even less have been pirates. I therefore plead to you to understand what I am going to say. If‚ by any chance‚ you don’t believe me‚ I have no choice. The maximum I can ask for you to do is to ask my fellow crewmates who have accompanied me on my voyage‚ assuming that you did not hunt all of them down by now and execute them by now‚ to tell you if every word I say is true. I daresay just about every word I say is true‚ although I might use some pirate slangs‚ so please don’t mind me!

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    Odysseus: The Anti-Hero Throughout Homer’s epic The Odyssey‚ Odysseus is a hero. In all myths and legends‚ a hero combats the “monsters.” In the typical story a hero is unselfish and fights to protect his people while the monsters are greedy powerful things that antagonize the people. Yet despite this typical storyline‚ if we read closely‚ we may conclude that Odysseus is actually the oppressive hero in many of these situations – provoking the “monsters” into fighting. The “monsters” in the Odyssey

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    gullibility of religious people. In chapter twenty‚ when the King and Huck visit a church‚ the King pretends that he is a pirate‚ who after hearing this sermon is now reformed‚ and will try to convince his fellow pirates to follow in his footsteps. The people of the church believe his story with no hesitation and even go as far as to take up a collection for his quest to reform the other pirates. “And then he busted in to tears‚ and so did everybody else. Then somebody sings out ‘Take up a collection for him

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    took the strong ones and made them become apart of their ship. But because there were a great deal of blokes they got wrathful and furious at each other. More and more rivalries went on and they got even more furious every time. The days went on the pirates fought and grew restless. Being together for so many they often lashed out on each other. The people from the other ship usually didn’t obey to what the captain was saying and got punished. Everyday they would somehow find a way to nag and start a

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    The founding father generation of 1789 established a new government under the constitution. Interpreting the constitution soon became the debate in the world of politics. Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson both had distinguished point of views during George Washington’s presidency. As a result‚ a the two party system emerged‚ consisting of the Federalists‚ Hamilton‚ and the Democratic-Republicans‚ Jefferson and James Madison. However‚ to some extent‚ president Jefferson and Madison expressed

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