Doodle’s Angel Even a whole year later I still felt responsible for his death; I was a wreck. I was still regretting how I treated him. So I take it as no surprise when I saw him for the first time after his death; I thought I was going crazy. He didn’t look like how he did when he died. It’s like death brought out the best in him; he looked happy. I was in school when I saw him. He was outside in the gocart‚ I used to pull him around in. I jumped out of my skin. As my teacher slowly passed me
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Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers is about a young black male named Riche Perry from Harlem who enlists in the Vietnam war to try to help his single mother with bills. But due to misfiling he is sent into combat which he is not mentally ready for and does heavy soul searching into the meaning of life and why he is here. The story takes place in Vietnam several months between 1967 and 1968 during the Vietnam war at an American base at Chu Lai in South Vietnam. The narrator of the story is Richie
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A few months ago‚ I was digging through my mother’s old pictures for fun on a lazy‚ Sunday afternoon. I quickly stumbled across her senior picture from 1985. I was struck by her big hair‚ bigger thick rimmed glasses‚ and her excessive use of hairspray (seriously if one had lit a match‚ the entire photo studio probably would have been engulfed in flames). The 1980s truly were a time of economic prosperity‚ rabid materialism‚ and outlandish fashion choices ushered in by a Reagan Presidency. People
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1. Synopsis: The Aviator focuses on Howard Hughes’s life from the 1920’s to 1940’s. After his father’s death‚ Hughes inherits the small family fortune and moves to Los Angeles to become a film Director in Hollywood. His movie Hell’s Angels‚ a huge film success‚ takes three years and a large sum of money for him to finish with a change from silent to sound. When he becomes romantically involved with Katharine Hepburn‚ she helps Hughes alleviate his symptoms of OCD. Even in the movie‚ his passion
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The Killer Angels is a historical fiction novel in which two armies‚ The Army of Northern Virginia (The Confederacy) and The Army of the Potomac (The Union) fought against each other and re-created The Battle of Gettysburg‚ which started on June 30 of 1863 and ended July 3 of the same year. This book shows an insight into the Civil War‚ it’s meaning‚ and how it’s importance still remains with us today. We will forever remember those who have fought for our country with honor‚ courage‚ and sacrifice
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Black Angels Particulars: Black Angels‚ a historical fiction book by Linda Beatrice Brown published in 2009 Main Characters: Luke- An 11-year-old slave who escapes hoping to head north and join the Union Army. Daylily- A 9-year-old slave who is freed by her owner while union troops are destroying the town. She runs into the woods with her grandmother and her friend but both her grandmother and friend die leaving her alone in the woods. Caswell- A white seven-year-old who’s mother goes into labor
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minié balls. It’s because medical hygiene didn’t exist until a few hundred thousand soldiers died of infections. Fortunately‚ someone figured it was a bad idea chopping off limbs and cleaning soldiers with dirty medical equipment. In the novel‚ Killer Angels‚ by Michael Shaara‚ we get an insight of what unhygienic conditions soldier’s had to face during the war. A grand total of about 414‚000 soldiers died during the
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has had to face challenges‚ well if some haven’t they will. Some people might have it easier than others but Mawi had it the hard way. At a young age his family had to go through hard times and a big change had to happen. In the novel Of Beetles & Angels Mawi Asgedom tells the audience about his story of coming to the United States‚ where Mawi lost his loved ones but gained courage and commitment which motivated him to become a top student at his high school and graduate Harvard. Mawi Asgedom was
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The Killer Angels is a historical Civil War novel by Michael Shaara. The book follows the three day battle of Gettysburg‚ switching points of view from the generals of the North to the Generals from the South. In the beginning of the novel the Spy‚ sent out by General Longstreet reports back findings of Northern troops moving prompting General Lee to take action. Though he does not believe the spy‚ he has no choice but to take the spies word and begins to move the troops towards a small town called
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Iron jawed angels is a movie about about the struggle of American women for their right to vote. The movies starts out with two well educated friends in London‚ Alice and Lucy. They are both woman suffrage activists. Both Alice and Lucy were willing to do whatever it took for the amendment that allowed women to vote. During a meeting they spoke to a lady part of the National American Suffrage association (NAWSA) about their ideas of fighting for constitutional amendment for the right for women
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