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    self-sacrifice and is willing to risk his life in order to help others regardless of the consequences. Heroes can be individuals or a group of people who does good in order to serve their societies without the expectation of material gain. Coach Jimmy Young is a great example of hero. He

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    isolated from the people‚ who feels your pain‚ and who shares your dreams and who draws his strength and his wisdom from you.” Indeed‚ these words echoed throughout many American televisions on July 15‚ 1979. James Earl Carter‚ Jr. better known as Jimmy Carter‚ our 39th president uttered these words as he addressed the nation with his famous Crisis of Confidence speech. Moreover‚ the quote showed Carter had concern and empathy for the issues the nation faced‚ and was willing to lead the nation through

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    standard‚ they were seen and treated by the civilization or culture that followed them as the ’truth ’‚ the established knowledge and explanation of their world‚ their reality and their role and place in it. Each myth‚ each pantheon of gods had their own ’sacred places ’. Like dwellings to humans‚ these sacred places were either their abodes or locations that held great significance to them due to events and roles that played out in it. There are different types of sacred sights. Despite their differences

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    A Small Place The novel‚ A Small Place is about a woman named Kincaid who talks about her life growing up in Antigua and her feelings towards society both in times of the “old” Antigua and Antigua in the present time of the novel. Kincaid also talks about her feelings towards tourism‚ the exploitation and colonization of her country‚ and global stratification. In my opinion‚ this novel can relate to class discussions such as the discussion on racism and gender wars. Again‚ in my opinion I did

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    War Time Changes: The Transformation of Jimmy Cross Many authors tend to use character transformations to further an idea in a story. Tim O’Brien’s story “The Things They Carried” has an open ending‚ which he uses to signal a new beginning with the transformation of Jimmy Cross. The transformation greatly ties in with one of the major themes of the story‚ that war changes people. Tim O’Brien provides his audience with a very descriptive image of both the physical and mental "things" the characters

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    Significant Place is a paper that was designed to show one’s ability to use descriptive and figurative language. This essays main purpose was to let the reader know about a significant place by using descriptions about what you see. In this essay I really focused on showing the reader what the surrounding were and not telling. My significant place was Otto’s Place in Galena. I chose this place because this is where I have spent the last four years working. I know a lot of the place and have been

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    They Carried” Lieutenant Jimmy cross serves as a metaphor for the Vietnam War‚ particularly the war’s lack of a definite structure. The dominant trait of Jimmy Cross is that he is lacks a definite purpose and he fails in his role as the leader of the Alpha Company who should offer clear instructions to his troops on what to do. The author Tim O’Brien used Jimmy cross to show how situations that people are placed in lead to external and internal conflict. The war made Jimmy doubt himself and the internal

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    that everything they carry are either very meaningful to themselves or a necessity.Everyone carries something. Jimmy cross carries his photos of Martha‚ The men carry can openers‚ Knives‚ Kool-Aid‚ and water‚ but almost everyone humps (carries) photos of girls‚ of family‚ and of friends.Although the men carry these things they also carry things based on superstition. Jimmy Cross carries photos of martha‚he also carries her letters that she sent him.Jimmy loves martha and hopes martha

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    The Grandstand Tumble Fourteen feet high looking over a sea of people cheering for their favorite football team‚ then all of sudden the world starts spinning‚ my heart beating‚ pain shooting down my body and people rushing over to help me; before I finish this sentence let me rewind and share what happen to me this day. I was 14 years old‚ excited‚ but nervous entering my first year of High School. For the first month or so‚ things were going great‚ but then the week of homecoming started to come

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    Your best bet on passing the report is to actually read the book. There’s nothing like the frantic feeling of uncertainty that can only come from not reading an important book in order to do a report--except perhaps the feeling one gets when being thrown into a pit of wild bears. Ads by Google Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Sea Synopsis and Commentary Full Summary of Book with Lit Guide www.crossref-it.info 2 If you are 100% certain that actually reading the book is a bad idea

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