Boot Camp to Battle By Kana Freeman My boots are covered in mud as I walk with my comrades. Most of them joined to honor this country. I can’t say the same for me. This land is at war with itself. My home is at war with me. Even if I win. If we win. My home will never be the same. My home is the land. When this war started I had no home. No home in particular anyway. I was homeless‚ no food no money. I joined for a job. Not because I want to honor this country. “You men have been recruited to hold
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This passage is an extracted from a Chronicle‚ written by Jean de Venette‚ a French religious leader and a chronicler from 1307 to 1370‚ which records events in France from 1340 to 1368. It describes how the Plague (Black Death) spread and people’s reactions. It also described what people at that time thought were the causes of the Plague and the effect of that understanding of the Plague. Jean de Venette was probably an educated and rich person as literacy wasky only starting to become popular
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Talent Code: Carving the Statue of David Review: Coyle‚ Daniel (2009) The Talent Code: Greatness isn’t born‚ it’s Grown. Excerpts from Chapter 1- The Sweet Spot Whether talent is born or acquired is a hotly debated topic‚ not only amongst psychologist but also common people. In daily life we can observe that some people are admirably good at some task while the others are not. Some people are good at singing‚ cooking‚ playing chess or whatsoever‚ whereas‚ there
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America in the 1960’s was a dark‚ despairing environment for African Americans‚ or Negroes. Conditions in all areas of life were poor‚ chances of success were slim to none‚ and appreciation or acceptance in the community was barely a dream. Negroes of this time were downtrodden‚ disrespected‚ and poorly treated. In his book‚ “Why We Can’t Wait‚” Martin Luther King uses historical allusion‚ emotive imagery‚ rhetorical questions‚ and juxtaposition to convey the negative‚ daunting poor social conditions
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Abraham Lincoln‚ First Debate with Stephen A. Douglas at Ottawa‚ Illinois‚ August 21‚ 1858 (excerpt) I hate [indifference to slavery] because of the monstrous injustice of slavery itself. I hate it because it deprives our republican example of its just influence in the world-enables the enemies of free institutions‚ with plausibility‚ to taunt us as hypocrites-causes the real friends of freedom to doubt our sincerity‚ and especially because it forces so many really good men amongst ourselves into
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In Said’s memoir‚ Out Of Place (1999)‚ the author talks about his sense of alienation‚ of the dual parts of his conflicting western and Eastern identity and name. He has never found out where he really belongs. He is stuck in between those two contradicting worlds‚ ever since he was a child. Said starts by first talking about the most conflicting part of his identity‚ his name. "’Edward‚’ a foolishly English name yoked forcibly to the unmistakably Arabic name’Said’" (p.13). For as long as he could
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23 The geopolitics of internet control Censorship‚ sovereignty‚ and cyberspace Ronald J. Deibert In early 2007‚ the online mapping service Google Earth provided a feature on the ongoing political crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan. Not long afterwards‚ however‚ an aid worker based inside Sudan reported not being able to properly load the map‚ receiving an error message in his browser stating “This product is not available in your country.” Upon further inspection‚ the source of the inaccessibility
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Sanders’ contends in his essay that American society has molded Americans into embracing anonymity and abandoning the "common life" and the social interaction that goes along with it. I completely agree with Sanders on this issue. It is truly a shame that the rate at which society is decomposing has grown so high. At many times throughout my young life I have already felt deeply disturbed by the lengths to which greed‚ envy‚ lust‚ and temptation drive so many of our nations individuals. Corruption
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Ben Cooke 10-1-12 Period 7 For as long as fathers have had sons the bond has been a strong and awesome one. Its no wonder two authors from totally different periods of time have chosen this bond as their topic. After reading “Father and Son‚” by both Homer and Mary Nagy the reader would be able to pick out a lot of differences and some similarities. The two stories tell about a father and son’s relationship towards each other. The stories are very different from one another yet some what similar
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Evaluation/Summary Oct. 4‚ 2002 Keeping Close to Home: Class and Education I decided to evaluate an excerpt from the book The Presence of Others. This selection‚ entitled Keeping Close to Home: Class and Education‚ was written by Bell Hooks‚ and is taken from her book Talking Back‚ published in 1989. Hooks is the author of many other volumes‚ including Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center (1984)‚ Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom (1994)‚ and Remembered Rapture: The
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