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    My Super Hero

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    odd place‚ coming to some even odder conclusions‚ these leaders didn’t back down. Leader I admire Everyone has their own admired leader. And for me‚ that leader is a very famous superhero – Superman. This is simply because he is too much of a hero not to admire. First‚ his background is really extraordinary. Born into a family that lived on a farm‚ Superman had to disguise his talents. At a young age‚ he took an interest in many things‚ but could not par take due to his super power strength

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    Christopher Columbus Essay Although Christopher Columbus was a huge impacted on US history. He did more harm then good‚ he started slave trade‚ he forced religion on the Indiana and he a was a mass murder. Christopher Columbus destroyed cultural tradition and killing multiply people for what reason? Christopher Columbus started the slave trade. He demanded the Lucayan’s to give his men food‚ gold and sex. He didn’t get the gold he wanted so he didn’t have to come home empty handed he sold five

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    Beowulf As A Herioc Hero

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    protected those who couldnt protect themslves. There are many herioc figures in literature but in the poem “Beowulf” there is one character that stands out the most named Beowulf. Beowulf saved the danes from the demon Grendel and for that Beowulf is a hero. Beowulf has a lot of herioc qualities such as courage‚ bravery‚ and itelligence. Beowolf is all of these characterics and more. In this poem it really shows what it takes to be a true heroic figure. In order to be a herioc leader or figure it takes

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    standards‚ Christopher Columbus would be considered a villain due to the atrocities that he has committed against the indigenous people of the new land When Columbus first travelled across the atlantic ocean‚ he was in search of India. What Columbus did find was not India‚ but was the land millions of people now call the United States of America. The first man of the shop to spot land was to receive a yearly pension of 10‚000 maravedis for the rest of their life. Christopher Columbus claimed he spotted

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    Technology would have greatly affected the voyage‚ Christopher Columbus made to the Americas. How would history be impacted if Christopher Columbus had the technology that exists today? Christopher Columbus would have benefitted immensely if he had access to even a few pieces of the technology available in modern times. With such technology‚ the conflicts that Christopher Columbus encountered along his voyage would have been lessened or potentially avoided. Moreover‚ some of the enemies that he encountered

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    citizens‚ should not celebrate Columbus Day. Many misconceptions surrounding the man and the holiday‚ cause us to believe that this man not only discovered America‚ but that he was also very peaceful when he arrived in the Caribbean. Although‚ this is not true‚ many facts help support that Christopher Columbus‚ in fact did not discover the continent that we live on today. As a child‚ many kids are taught that Christopher Columbus founded this land‚ and that "Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in

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    Christopher Columbus was an Italian born navigator who sailed in the service of Spain. He is commonly described as the discoverer of the New World America. Although Columbus was in search of a westward route to Asia by sea‚ the discoveries he did make were more important and valuable than the route he failed to find. It is certain‚ however‚ that Columbus was not the first European to cross the Atlantic. Documentary evidence supports claims that the Vikings reached the New World about A.D. 1000. And

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    Ponyboy: A True Hero

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    Most people think of Superman or Batman when they hear the word hero‚ but the true heroes are in our everyday lives. The Outsiders is a novel about the rivalry between the Socs and the Greasers‚ in one point of the book a cigarette catches a church on fire giving Johnny and Ponyboy a chance to be heroes. In the book The Outsiders there are many heroes‚ like Ponyboy‚ Johnny and Dally. Ponyboy‚ In his most obvious heroic act he saves multiple children from a burning church. This is heroic because

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    In 1492 Christopher Columbus landed his ships on a foreign land‚ unknown the monumental era that would be started by his discovery. There he mistakenly dubbed the natives as Indians‚ believing he had successfully reached the “Indies.” Columbus’s epochical voyage would soon be followed by various power-hungry European countries‚ scrambling for their stake at the New World. Newly unified Spain who was eager their superiority‚ and religiously conflicted England both claim their share in the Americas

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    History 1CP 21 September‚ 2010 Christopher Columbus is one of America’s most celebrated murderers‚ cheaters‚ and thieves. Responsible for thousands of Native American lives‚ Columbus forcibly took control over the Americas with the army of Spain on his side. Yet this man is still renowned for his actions and rewarded with an annual nation-wide holiday. Christopher Columbus was merely a power hungry‚ genocidal maniac and should be viewed as such. Columbus can be looked down upon for multiple reasons

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