where stupid 8th grade boys come to see 8th grade girls shake their stuff. I hate it‚ but my mom always forces me to come. “Honey‚ it’s good for you to build school spirit.” “Oh Bree Bear‚ just go and have fun with your friends.” I just went to make her happy‚ but honestly sometimes I have a bit of fun. Okay‚ maybe sometimes I have a lot of fun. But you know what‚ that’s not the point. This time the cheerleaders were doing a new cheer. Instead of saying To the San to the Diego to the Bears‚ (Our school
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an idea or an event to protest against prejudice. The purpose of protest poetry is to promote for positive change. Prejudice is making preconceived assumptions of a person or a community based on limited understanding‚ being prejudiced moves you below others‚ even societies. Prejudice is belittling because people whom encourage prejudice don’t see you as a person‚ they see you by your colour‚ they see you through stereotypes‚ see you as a character‚ and they don’t see you as equals in their society
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impatience‚her almost desperate desire to be on the move”(meyer‚93). According to the quotes melanie is not listening to the wanderer and wanting to be on the move without the wonders permission. “My awkward attempt to myself was so pathetic that melanie didn’t pay any attention to it‚felt no worry at all”(meyer‚93). This
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writing. It is universally known that history is an integral factor of literature; sometimes‚ certain political events inspire poets and authors to cleverly voice their opinions regarding the event in ways that require much ambiguity and analysis to completely understand the author’s intentions. Poetic protest is best shown with careful choice of word‚ punctuation‚ and capitalization. The first example of political protest in poetry can be seen in “Buffalo Bills” by E. E. Cummings. Cummings dislikes the
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Secondly‚ the writings that portrayed the most irony to protest war is by Stephen Crane and Wilfred Owen. In the poem‚ “War is Kind‚” by stephen Crane (Doc A)‚irony is used throughout the poem to protest war. For example‚ “Do not weep. War is kind‚” is very ironic because war is horrible but the author says it is good. These lines prove that the author is using irony to protest war. This quote is very ironic because of how it is used throughout the poem where Stephen elaborates on the negatives effects
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“We can’t all be Washingtons‚ but we can all be patriots.” Writer Charles F. Browne says this‚ meaning that we can’t all be perfect but we can be patriotic in our own ways. We can’t help the nation as much as Washington did but we can still help the government as much as possible. To be an American is to pursue unique and individual ideas and freedoms to benefit the central government. This includes the rights that the Founding fathers created. These rights are shown with the rejection of tyrants
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concept of fairness from equal to equitable. When referring to equal treatment‚ Berry (2008) states‚ “However‚ as with all principles of distribution‚ there is a limit beyond which applications of the principle of equality quickly become absurd; for example‚ not everyone receives the same medical treatment at the doctor’s office.” Equitable treatment is about giving students what they need‚ with the understanding that sometimes the treatment given may not be equal or exactly the same. Fair is when
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Protests Against the Vietnam War The 1960s and 1970s were a turbulent time for Americans as the country entered in the Vietnam War‚ from 1965 to 1975. The lives of young men were drastically changed as they were entered into the draft lottery. Others were outraged by the United States entering yet another war. Americans across the country came together and formed huge‚ diverse protests to stop the Vietnam War and save the lives of the soldiers and innocent civilians. Protesters weakened America’s
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Criminalizing peaceful protests to become illegal is a major issue that has not become fully acknowledge by people. Ten states that have proposed this law are: Colorado‚ Indiana‚ Iowa‚ Michigan‚ Minnesota‚ Missouri‚ North Carolina‚ North Dakota‚ Virginia‚ and Washington. Although Washington is not the only democratic state of these ten states‚ it is drawn more attention to it as to why it is considering proposing a law. With a new Republican president in office and majority of both‚ the House of
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easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today... Imagine there’s no countries It isn’t hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace... You may say I’m a dreamer But I’m not the only one I hope someday you’ll join us And the world will be as one Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can No need for greed or hunger A brotherhood of man Imagine all the people Sharing all the world
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