My ally is my Uncle George for many reasons. The main being that he is my role model because of what he has achieved in sports. What he has done is more than anything I have ever done. I want to be like him at football. He has always been someone I looked up to. My goal is to be like he was in highschool because of his talent in football. What he has achieved is beyond anything I have ever seen someone do. My dream is to be at his level of excellence and be on varsity next year. He is also my
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the shrine that is Edgar Allan Poe’s grave who cares that the only poem they know by him is “The Raven”. He is their patron saint‚ a manifestation of all they wish to be deep‚ misunderstood‚ and enigmatic. The Raven is the perfect representation of what these kids want to be it’s
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which is simply‚ yet powerfully titled “Smokey Bear is a White Racist Pig”. In this chapter‚ Kosek insightfully argues that Smokey Bear is a symbol of the exclusionary‚ racist and nationalist history‚ that is engrained in the U.S. Forest Service. What has allowed Smokey to become such a long-standing symbol‚ even with all this tension and hate filled history? Kosek opens by portraying the disdain that many local residents have for Smokey in New Mexico‚ claiming the bear is a constant reminder that
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sword is covered in the hot blood of the enemy. After these few references to honour‚ the symbol of blood now changes to show a theme of treachery and treason. Lady Macbeth starts this off when she asks the spirits to "make thick my blood‚". What she is saying by this‚ is that she wants to make herself insensitive and remorseless for the deeds which she is about to commit. Lady Macbeth knows that the evidence of blood is a treacherous symbol‚ and knows it will deflect the guilt from her and
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©Journal 1: “Just the Way I Liked It” Throughout the story the red hunting hat is very significant to Holden and the way he acts. In the beginning when Holden is at boarding school‚ you first hear about Holden’s hat. It is introduced when Holden walks into his room and tells his roommate that he got it at a dollar store in New York. The reason Holden got that hat was because of its color‚ which was red. The color is significant to why Holden bought it because it was the color of his little sister’s
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mothers and homemakers‚ resulting in many hardships. The narrator receives a prescribed cure of ‘home rest’ to overcome her sickness by a high standing doctor‚ her husband. John Bak‚ who studies literature‚ states in his article that “John prescribed what many nineteenth-century physicians
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Suzanne Wong What these ads are? An advertisements show up everywhere and in different ways in our lives‚ whether in the form of newspapers‚ television commercials‚ radio‚ magazines‚ or billboards. What is the purpose of advertisements? Obviously‚ advertisements are designed to attract the attention of consumers and try to persuade them to buy products. However‚ advertisements have to be persuasive enough with
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In “ The Yellow Wallpaper” by Gilman‚ an important symbol is the Yellow Wallpaper‚ which represents the unknown woman’s illness and life. Throughout the story as the woman’s mental health gets worse‚ the wallpaper pattern gets more unbearable. She becomes obsessed with the atrocious pattern‚ and repulsing color. When the narrator and her husband arrive at the mansion‚ she knows she is depressed but nothing too serious. And when she first sees the wallpaper‚ she thinks it’s disturbing‚ but she can
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The Bronze Bow is a very religious and political book written by Elizabeth George Speare. The Bronze Bow takes place in Galilee‚ Israel during the time when Jesus was preaching. An 18 year old young man named Daniel bar Jamin‚ who is the main character and a Zealot‚ has a lot of conflicting emotions because he watched his father being crucified by the Romans. He vows to avenge his father’s crucifixion by overthrowing the Roman empire. However this journey of revenge leads him to separation from his
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people act in an unprincipled manner when there is no authoritarian figure watching over them. In most cases‚ people will be disorderly or even become rebellious without some sort of hierarchy and social rule to follow. A perfect example of this is what often happens when a teacher leaves a classroom‚ some students will start talking‚ getting up and moving around‚ or even throwing items to each other‚ all actions they would normally refrain from when the teacher‚ an authoritarian figure‚ is present
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