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    English III online January 27‚ 2014 Experiences and their influences When authors base their work on personal experience‚ they make a connection with the reader. This often makes for a better and more knowledgeable/informative story. We are constantly experiencing new things in our daily lives‚ whether we know it or not. If you are 5 years old or 75 years old‚ there’s always something new to learn and grow from. When authors base their work on personal experience such as Harper Lee did in “To Kill

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    unbroken Chapters 1 + 2 The book so far is based around the story of an Italian boy named Louie Zampernini and his family. Louie’s father and mother moved from Italy and brought themselves up in a half-acre field with a one-room shack. “If it was edible‚ Louie stole it.” This is an idea brought up constantly in these chapters about Louie’s daring and witty attempts and successes at stealing‚ fighting‚ and causing most other kinds of mischief. The book also says that “Confident that he was clever

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    American writer Dennis Prager once said‚ "Goodness is about character - integrity‚ honesty‚ kindness‚ generosity‚ moral courage‚ and the like. More than anything else‚ it is about how we treat other people." In Laura Hillenbrand’s nonfiction book Unbroken‚ the considerate Louis Zamperini personified Prager’s words when he‚ no matter the predicament‚ placed the others before his own. Needless to say‚ it was Louis who motivated other American soldiers to persevere during World War II as he never wanted

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    Somalis:Isolated‚Resignation‚Suffering‚Powerlessness‚Harsh conditions in the village- atmosphere of death‚ decay and abandonment‚Violence. Purpose?To explain his role as a reporter‚ giving his thoughts and feelings about a particularly challenging incident. He is also trying to challenge us as readers‚ to make us think about our role. In this passage George Alagiah is writing both as a journalist and about being a journalist. He describes what he saw in a vivid way but at the same time he gives the reader

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    Laura Hillenbrand’s monumental Unbroken is a true story of a promising young Olympic runner from Torrance‚ California. This promise was soon broken because of the upcoming Second World War‚ a time period of ferocity and sadism. During this war‚ many were captivated‚ many died‚ only a few came out in a single piece known as war heroes. The war wasn’t the end for these heroes‚ many caught on with the phrase‚ post-war life. Post-war life had many survivors on another set of problematic and unforgettable

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    The Technical Writing Process Describe the three main steps of the technical writing process and how you would use these steps to create the manual mentioned in this scenario. a) Prewriting – Is the process in which we gather the information to be used in the manual. In this step we must examine the purpose for which we are writing‚ determine the goal(s) that we want to accomplish‚ consider the type of audience that will be reading the manual‚ using all necessary resources we gather the data

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    Unbroken “Then he found himself thinking of something Pete once said: A lifetime of glory is worth a moment of pain” (36). Louie Zamperini joined the Air Force during WWII and was assigned to search for survivors from a plane crash‚ but ended up crashing in the middle of the Pacific himself. Starving and deterred‚ Louie floated for a total of forty seven days and finally rafted into a Japanese boat where he was swept away into Japanese camps‚ some POW camps‚ some not. After a few years of being

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    refusing to let his captors deprive him of his humanity and make him “invisible.” Louie’s life could have been very different if he had never been captured. His experiences shaped him as a person and eventually made him a better man. In the book Unbroken‚ Laura Hillenbrand illuminates the theme that war and conflict have profound and varied effects on different individuals. Many prisoners of World War II were made to feel mentally invisible by their imprisoners. While in a POW camp‚ a man named Mutsuhiro

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    Unbroken is a story about a man going through the most difficult time in his life and emerging‚ unbroken. The name of the novel is reflected in the main character’s perseverance. The book often foreshadows upcoming tragedies and misfortunes that will happen to the main character‚ yet through each encounter Louie survives and carries on. The novel explores how the horrors of war can wither away at a man’s dignity‚ yet in the end he finds the strength to forgive the people that abused him. Even though

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    Writing a Business Plan: Purpose and Benefits A Presentation by Western Connecticut SCORE Christopher Tse SCORE Business Counselor What is a Business Idea? A Business Idea describes:     The concept of an undertaking that can be used for commercial purposes How value can be created The direction the concept will go The long term viability of the concept What is a Business? A Business is a range of functional activities organized to achieve a common goal. For Profit Businesses focuses

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