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Clara Barton Theodore Roosevelt
672 wordsSpartan mothers of old, who, when their sons went forth to battle for freedom and their native land, said to their sons: Either come home proudly bearing your shield before you, or upon it (Edwards 139). This statement is a quote from Again Edwards to His Mother. This statement symbolizes the true meaning of the word patriotism. Patriotism is the action, practice or process of loving, supporting and defending ones country. As I have stated in the previous paragraph, that statement was written by...
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Julius Caesar Roman Army
1,762 wordsThe Roman Empire is considered by many as the basis of modern civilization. Today we use a form of government that was started by them long before people even knew that the Earth was round. Their reign of power began around 509 BC with the overthrow of the Etruscan dynasty till 1453 with the fall of Constantinople to the Turks. Their land, at its peak, contained such areas as Britain, Spain, Gaul, Mauretania, Egypt, Judea, Syria, Mesopotamia, Armenia, Dacia, Illyria, Macedonia, Greece, Corsica, ...
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Rookie Of The Year Thirty Four
1,100 wordsI will inform you on all of the highlights that occurred in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. In case you have no idea on what NASCAR means it means National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing. This series is fifty-one years old. That originated from the sandy beaches of Daytona. This is the longest sport to run in a year and it has the shortest break in-between seasons. NASCAR consists of thirty-six weeks including two non point events which are the first really competitive race of the year, wh...
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Defending Hester Prynne Then And Now
695 wordsDefending Hester Prynne Then and Now When deciding between prosecuting or defending the character of Hester Prynne in Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel, The Scarlet Letter, it would be well to keep in mind the words of Alexander Pope: "To err is human, to forgive divine. " The sin of adultery in itself is not the question here, but the degree of punishment for that sin is. As Hawthorne intended his readers to do, this paper chooses to defend Hester Prynne. The Puritanical society of Salem, Massachuset...
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Responses To Aggression In Man
1,254 wordsThe instinctive aggression does not means that it is related either to the Darwinian theories or genetically heritable. But it definitely is seen in particular stage of social development. This development does not mean the positive development but it means the wrong education that we inherited from our ancestors, which I have mentioned before. Moreover I do believe and agree with the idea of the organised behavioural system since some people apply this aggression as a character. Lastly what I c...
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Moral Dilemma Main Point
896 wordsIn the book, Bhagavad-Gita, Arjuna, a warrior prince is faced with a moral dilemma. On one side of the coin, his duty to his fellow men is at stake, and on the reverse side, the killing of innocent men like himself morally horrifies him to his senses. In response to Arjuna's wavering decision, Krishna's tells him to fight. His reasoning lies behind the principle of defending what is innocent and deemed good from what is evil. "You grieve for those beyond grief, and you speak words of insight; bu...
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Sentenced To Death Put To Death
957 wordsEveryday hundreds of Americans die in either accidents, shooting, from sickness, and evening the death penalty. Capital punishment is a very difficult issue and there are as many different opinions for or against it as there are people. Each yeah over two hundred people are placed on death row. Some of those people deserve to be on death row and a few dont but there is no way to separate the wrongly accused from those who belong. To live or to die is the question that crosses every judges mind w...
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Individual Advancement Vs Democracy
1,374 words"God helps them that help themselves" (Poor Richards Almanack, 722), a phrase commonly quoted from "Poor Richard's Almanacks", illustrates the types of selfishness often seen during Benjamin Franklin's time. Or does it? Is wanting and striving for a better self so bad? Would the reader of such phrase think to himself "Wow, the author is really self-absorbed" or "The author must be a hard worker who values self improvement"? Either way, the real question is why doesn't it say .".. those that help...
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Played An Important Role Wrote This Book
1,400 words... ood at writing that she just does it so naturally and wonderfully that it doesnt seemed forced or unnatural. These to plots are so interesting; I wish she had gone into more detail with each one! To Kill a Mockingbird Test Question 5 When you write a book, you should try to use a variety of literary techniques to make your book or story interesting. Harper Lee used almost every single one when she wrote, To Kill a Mockingbird. She used humor, suspense, foreshadowing, dialect, flashback and i...
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Atticus Finch Scout Learns
579 wordsGrowing up in Maycomb, Southern Alabama in the 1930 s was not an easy thing. Amid a town of prejudice and racism, stood a lone house where equality and respect for all gleamed like a shining star amid an empty space. The house of Atticus Finch was that shining star. Jean Louise Finch, also known as Scout, is given the opportunity of being raised in this house by her father, Atticus. I stole this essay from the net. As she grows, Atticus passes down his values of equality and righteousness to Sco...
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Universal Declaration Of Human Rights Sentenced To Death
1,296 wordsTo this date, Seven hundred and seventy two criminals in the U. S. alone have been subject to Capital Punishment. (Executions USA 2002). Using specific examples such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Timothy McVeigh execution, capital punishment is seen as inhumane, wrong and an unusual punishment. The death penalty is greatly rejected and discouraged by many countries and states. There are more than one hundred countries who have abolished the death penalty in law or practice...
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Bury Her Brother Great Job
864 wordsMake these excuses, I will heap/ The earth over my brothers body (63). Although no one would help her, Antigone took a stand against injustice and honored her brother by burying him, even though Creon said this act would be punishable by death if anyone committed this act of insubordination. Especially in the age that Antigone lived in, it was considered foolish to simply go against a mans orders, let alone the Kings. Not to mention that Antigone was related to the King, making the situation eve...
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Men And Women Anti War
1,009 wordsRows of M 16 s standing barrel into the dirt, The helmets of men sitting on top. Such scenes form a memorial to the men and women who gave their lives to defend their country. These men and women are well placed, when defined as patriots as patriots. Yet in the eyes of some people, defending your country is only one side of patriotism. General Patton defined patriotism as Not dying for your country, but making the enemy die for his. It is not necessarily the actions that count, but also the moti...
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Kill A Mockingbird Atticus Finch
775 wordsThree students kicked out of a high school for threatening to bring a gun to school. Why would they? Because people were prejudice against them because other students thought they were losers. Moral: You shouldnt not like a person because they arent like you. Prejudice was far much worse in the time period of To Kill A Mockingbird. But, Prejudice is the reason for much social injustice. Three characters named Nathan Radley, Atticus Finch, and Aunt Alexandria show us this in the novel, To Kill A ...
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Man And The Sea Ernest Hemingway
913 wordsSome believe to live is to suffer, and in Hemingway's The Old Man And The Sea this philosophy is dealt with and viewed in many situations. In this poignant short novel Ernest Hemingway beautifully illustrates the trials and tribulations of everyday man, through Santiago's struggle at sea. The old mans adventure with the marlin is one of loss, pride, and achievement all combined into one emotional fight for life itself. Hemingway's use of allegory in The Old Man And The Sea establishes many deepe...
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Kill A Mockingbird Atticus Finch
1,180 wordsIn Harper Lees book, To Kill A Mockingbird, she reveals to her audience that prejudice, is a destructive force in any society. During the time that Mockingbird was written, racism was acceptable. Racism is a key theme in her book. Not only those who were black, but also those who affiliated with blacks, were considered inferior. Atticus, a lawyer, who defended blacks in court, was mocked. An example of this is when Mrs. Dubose told the children Your fathers no better than the niggers and trash h...
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To Kill A Mockingbird Life Cruel World
622 wordsSchools tend to have cliques, small groups of narrow-minded people who criticize others. These teens in cliques parallel adults in today's society. They prey on those who believe in different things, come from different backgrounds, and have different morals and values. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, three characters, Boo Radley, Tom Robinson, and Atticus Finch, all resemble mockingbirds, in that people persecute them for no reason. The people of Maycomb County victimize the innocent Bo...
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Founding Fathers First Amendment
507 wordsI am writing to you to express my views on the issue of the Flag Desecration Amendment. Let me begin by discharging from the outset that I am not writing to defend those who would desecrate the flag of the United States. In fact, my contempt for such action is equal to that of any member of the free speech movement. The flag is not simply the symbol of America; more deeply, it is the symbol of the ideals on which this nation rests. Those who would desecrate the flag are thus guilty of desecratin...
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Kill A Mockingbird Boo Radley
576 wordsHate in To Kill A Mocking Bird At the time it was written, To Kill a Mockingbird was looked down upon since there was so much hatred towards negroes. Few people in the United States realized the unjustified prejudice against the negro. The novel focuses on how the main character, Atticus Finch, deals with the controversy surrounding his actions and how he tries to shelter his family from it. The books climax, where it is brought to a final solution, takes place at the trial. A woman named Mayell...
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Aunt Alexandra Tom Robinson
848 wordsThe Evolution Of Jem Finch In Harper Lee s To Kill A Mockingbird, Jeremy Finch is one of the main characters who evolves from a child to an adolescent who learns to question the many faults of his environment. As Jeremy (or Jem) grew up, he adapted to the adult world as best he could, and learned that life was not the beautiful day in the neighborhood that Jem thought it was. And in doing so, he grows a closer resemblance to his father. We meet Jem near the age of ten, with his sister Scout, and...
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