Contrast: Always a Motive and Gentlemen‚ Your Verdict Recently I’ve read two very good short stories: Always a Motive (by Dan Ross) and Gentlemen‚ Your Verdict (by Michael Bruce). Always a Motive is about a young man‚ named Joe Manetti‚ who is accused of kidnapping. Gentlemen‚ Your Verdict is about five men who are questioned about the murder of sixteen crewmembers. While both Always a Motive and Gentlemen‚ Your Verdict are written in third person and pull at the readers emotions‚ Always a Motives
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Self-respect means to have respect yourself. It’s a term that means something different to everyone one. But it’s something everyone wants‚ not many have‚ and few want to give out. Self respect is one of the most important values a person can have. To gain respect you have to be confident in yourself. Also you have to have respect for others to fully achieve it. Self respect goes along with self esteem. The way you see yourself means everything in order to build strong character. If you don’t see
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serves my correct‚ “The Best Teacher” I remember is my 5th grade teacher‚ Mrs. Hawthorne. She taught at Stamford Middle School in Stamford‚ CT. Mrs. Hawthorne was tough‚ patient‚ caring‚ and didn’t mind going that extra mile for any of her students education. Whether it was staying afterschool‚ coming to your house for parent-teacher conferences‚ or even buying school materials for students that couldn’t afford them. Mrs. Hawthorne‚ to me‚ was the definition of a GREAT teacher. 2. I think when I
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things. Honor means high respect‚ as that shown for special merit or esteem. It is also a good name or reputation. It also can mean glory or recognition or distinction. Also a mark‚ token‚ or gesture of respect or distinction is also honor. A military decoration is also an honor. The word honor is used in many different ways. In the bible "Honor thy mother and father" is always used‚ it is a sign of respect. Your mother and father are in charge of you and you should respect them. They raised you
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18/11/12 “ Respect is the key‚ they are many doors in life and basketball could be one but if you don’t get the key of respect then you will never get pass that door.” Many people that are trying to attract good things into their life have one major flaw. They do not respect what they seek. Our team desires to win and to succeed in the game of basketball but we do not the respect or mind set to do so. Respect is a very important factor in any sport. You must respect your teammates‚ your coach‚ the
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I‚ have always respected authority‚ I believe it is always imperative to respect authority‚ as shortly after I entered the Marine Corps I heard a story about a NCO that told a LCPL to get over here now and he did and right after he moved the berm where he had been standing was shot right where his head would have been. I remember that story from when my gunny told it to me when I first got to the fleet it’s something I don’t think I will ever forget it is one of the things that reminds me every day
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self. When I first strolled into Mr. Watrous’s classroom‚ my first impression was that he’d be a stern‚ serious teacher. Soon after I heard him speak to our class‚ and even more after having him for a few blocks‚ I found that he is an amiable and whimsical man. My first impression of Mr. Watrous is nothing at all as his true personality. He’s actually quite an interesting teacher and very different from the majority. Mr. Watrous appears to be middle aged‚ as his dark brown‚ short hair is filling
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Many people are around us. Some of them are good and some are bad. Some are honest and some are just silent. Some would tell you how they feel towards you regardless of how you’d feel while some think of what to say just not to hurt you. These people around us who are not akin to us may be our friends and some may be our enemies. But do we really have levels of friendship? If so‚ then we also have levels for our enemies‚ right? I am pretty sure that in the middle of both kinds of relationship comes
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in the monologue Always Running portray the theme coming of age more effective than his poem “Race Politics” because in the passage‚ it is more effectively symbolized that Luis learns as tough as people present themselves‚ everyone has a weakness and the monologue gives more detail on Luis coming to grasp that some people’s reputations are more significant than the feeling of the individual. The story displays that learning comes from experience. Furthermore‚ the story Always Running descriptively
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Glory and Respect The actions and sacrifices of the men of the first all-black regiment‚ the Massachusetts 54th Regiment‚ helped break down racial barriers and revolutionized the constitution of our military forces. Under threat of death by the confederates‚ the Massachusetts 54th Regiment and their leader‚ Colonel Robert Shaw‚ bravely stood against many in the fight to free African Americans from the bonds of slavery. The soldiers of the 54th not only had to face prejudices from the confederates
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