The Minnesota Vikings may not have gone to the Super Bowl before‚ but that doesn’t mean they are one of the worst teams in the NFL football league. In fact‚ each season they are improving to greater their chance in the Super Bowl. The Minnesota Vikings had a strong streak this past year by closing out at week five as the only undefeated team left in the NFL. Even fewer people would have predicated this after the quarter back Teddy Bridgewater went down with a devastating knee injury. Regardless‚
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because you are diverse doesn’t mean you have to be ashamed. The poem "Immigrants‚" by Pat Mora and the short story "Names/Nombres‚" by Julia Alverez both shows us a lesson about being proud of where you are from and who you are. The authors’ shows that the theme is don’t be ashamed of who you are and they show it by their story and the poem they wrote. Be proud of your heritage and culture. In "Immigrant‚" by Pat Mora‚ expresses that to be proud of your culture. It says that they name their kids’
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Mops The Scandinavion world ond Europe in the eorly Viking Age I Scandinavia in the Viking Age 63 2 Scandinavian settlement in Eneland 83 The making of modern Europe was a slow and laborious business which the historian simplifies at peril. Modern conceptions of national growth and of national types are too easiiy applied to situations in the past where they are distorting‚ anachronistic and positively misleading. To be obsessed with the image of peaceful and peaceJoving Scandinavian farmers
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The word communion in the sense of the sharing of thoughts and feelings is not always necessarily spiritual in nature‚ but also mental exchanges as well. Pat Mora uses this sharing of the intimate thoughts and feelings or communion in her poems. In the poem “Elena” the speaker is describing feeling alienated from her family in the time of their communion as they sit at the kitchen table for dinner‚ due to her inability to speak English. This can be seen in the lines “At night they sit around the
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Viking Impact on Northern Europe When we hears the term Viking an immediate image of bloodthirsty men with long beards and horned helmets is conjured up in our minds. This is the image the historical sources have given us‚ and it is partly true. Vikings were merciless when raiding‚ but they were peaceful when they traded. Their navigational technology was exceptional‚ and the ones who settled in foreign lands contributed greatly to the lands’ culture. The Vikings are famous for their violent
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The Vikings were explorers who lived in the region that is now Denmark‚ Norway‚ and Sweden. They often set sail for distant lands. Although their feats took place more than 1‚000 years ago‚ the tales live on in legend. Stories tell of the sailors’ voyages to new lands and of their violent raids. Two views of the Vikings have emerged from these accounts. One view is of the Vikings as brutal warriors who led vicious attacks. The other view is of them as noble seafarers who embarked on journeys of exploration
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Women are wearing long linen shift under woolen tunic‚ clipped at the shoulders by two brooches. All were wearing woolen and fur hats‚ socks‚ soft leather shoes and boots. They told me that I was drowning and they saved me and brought me inside their Viking community in Scandinavia. I heard about this place from my grandparents before but I can’t remember exactly what they said. I stood up and found myself in this long house and there was a hole on the roof. I asked them about the hole and they told
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The Viking age was a period of four hundred years (700 to 1100 AD) and was either part of the late Iron Age or Early Medieval Time. Back then there were no countries or huge kingdoms. The Scandinavian Peninsula was divided into a bunch of smaller kingdoms or realms‚ each with its own king or chief. There are three types of vikings. Merchants- History does not have much to say about merchants‚ but we knew they were trading iron and fur and were not alone and unarmed. As a matter of fact‚ they probably
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When a hiker‚ named Goran Olsen‚ stopped to rest in Haukeli‚ he found a Viking sword under some rocks. Haukeli is a fishing and hunting area about one hundred and fifty miles to the west of Norway’s capital‚ Oslo. The sword is in good condition because of the large amount of snow and lack of humidity the area had. It is a bit longer than thirty inches and is made of iron. Archeologist believe that it was made during 750 A.D.‚ making it approximately one thousand sixty five years old. I chose
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Throughout time there has always been wars‚ and the hardships that follow shortly behind. The novella‚ Leaving Gilead by Pat Carr‚ the Civil War has began to engulf the Balm-of-Gilead Plantation. Ian Birdsong heads off as a confederate captain in the Arkansas 14th‚ leaving his daughter Saranell‚ his wife Geneva‚ and all of his slaves to keep the plantation running. As the Yankees crept closer to their home Geneva‚ Saranell‚ and the recently bought slave Renny‚ head off in hopes of evading the approaching
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