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    John Q One of the disrespectful scenes that I saw was when John Q’s wife yelled at him through the phone and told him to do something‚ while she couldn’t do anything about the situation but pushed him to do something extreme like holding hostages at the Hope Hospital. This also demonstrated the deep pain that both parents were going through at the time. The reason being‚ the wife pressured her husband who she loved dearly to do something very dangerous. It also shows how that John Q was having deep

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    Why did Shakespeare Write Hamlet? Shakespeare wrote Hamlet because his only son had died of an unknown illness at the age of just 11. Dating all the way back to the spring/summer of 1596 Shakespeare had received word that his only son Hamnet was ill at the age of 11. Shakespeare being on the road with his company he would only be able to receive news from his family as he was very busy with his tour. In the summer of 1596 Shakespeare had just heard that his only son Hamnet had gotten much sicker

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    Why I Write George Orwell

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    Orwell addresses political writing as a form of the writer giving a viewpoint of an event to an audience by using direct language to give an image to an audience. In his collected essay‚ “Why I Write‚” Orwell mentions the fact that all background information that he writes is because he believes that it is not possible for you to “assess a writer’s motives without knowing something of his early development‚” emphasizing the idea that writers use an emotional attachment to their writings. Political

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    ¨The power to tax involves the power to destroy.¨ That is one of John Marshall’s quotes. Marshalls life story was very interesting. He was born on September 24‚1755. Grew up in Germantown‚VA. Both parents were politically connected. He was in the army until 1781. Then spent 34 years as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Until he died on July 6‚1835. John Marshall is famous for a couple of things. He was in the Supreme Court for 34 years. He was also on the supreme Court until he died. Marshall

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    Essay 1 Why did Paul write to the Philippians? In examining Paul’s reasons for writing to the Philippians it is important to place the letter within the context of when it was written and whom it was written. Philippi was an ancient and major city in Macedonia‚ Greece. It was taken over by Philip of Macedonia‚ the father of Alexander the Great. Phillip of Macedonia established the city as a military stronghold in order to protect his surrounding lands which were rich in silver and gold. It was

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    In this scripture Jesus was explaining why John the Baptist was killed – because of the gospel‚ and warned his followers not to be discouraged by the tragic death of his forerunner. What led to John the Baptist death? There was a time he digressed from his divine message‚ and rebuke king Herod over unlawful covet of Herodias. That rebuke cost him his life‚ and he so languished

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    John Lennon "When I was 5 years old‚ my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school‚ they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ’happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment‚ and I told them they didn’t understand life" (John Lennon). This was a quotation from John Lennon stating that he wants to become a successful person and be happy. John Lennon created many songs and protests against war‚ used Thinking Flexibly to overcome

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    John Brown had no reason to break the laws of the United States. Not only did he murder people but he attacked a federal facility. Which was completely useless because it didn’t help abolitionists at all. It made it worse because he gave abolitionist a bad name. John brown is a terrorist who had no need to murder people or attack a federal facility. John Brown killed 15 people at Harpers Ferry which cannot be justified because most of the people were civilians. John Brown also killed people

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    Why Is John Lennon Unjust

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    According to some‚ John Lennon’s assassination was considered just as devastating as the deaths of Martin Luther King Jr. and John F. Kennedy (Feeney‚ Nolan). John Lennon was a member of the very popular and impactful band‚ the Beatles. Lennon was considered the intellectual and outspoken Beatle and this resulted in a lot of hate from some people (History.com). The assassination of John Lennon was unjust because he was an innocent musician who was killed by a mentally unstable man; however some believe

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    is like the fog in Daly City- it’s inevitable. Writing essays in Science class on the other hand‚ is like a sunny day quickly covered by fog. It’s somewhat expected‚ yet still disappointing‚ and surprising at the same time. We’re most expected to write essays in our English class‚ so writing an essay in any other subject such as Science makes us hate writing essays even more. In general‚ writing essays interfere with our personal responsibilities‚ and our activities outside of school. The main

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