door was locked. Its locked I yelled as I leaned against an old metal pole that probably once held a flag. Then clunk clunk creak {pause} the metal pole had been pushed down by the weight I had placed on it and the door had opened. As I entered the house I thought it was the end of me for I stood atop an endless void. Correction I stood in the center of a void looking down into a never-ending drop. Wait a second. There was something wrong here and it wasn’t the fact that I felt like I was going to
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Haley 12 February 2013 Jay Gatsby – The Gilded Man In an era made infamous for its displays of corruption and carelessness‚ the Upper Class of the 1920’s faced a degradation of character due in part both to their grand accumulations of wealth‚ and the materialism that had become associated with their prosperity and the life of excess. Within the pages of The Great Gatsby‚ a novel written by author F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the oppressive powers of wealth are demonstrated through the corruption of
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Gary Ridgway‚ commonly known as the Green River Killer‚ was convicted of 48 murders and it has been presumed that Ridgway had killed twice that number (Murray‚ 2008). Figure 1 is a map of where the police have found bodies of Ridgway’s victims‚ many of his victims were found near or in the Green River in Seattle‚ which was why he was named the Green River Killer. Also in figure 2‚ one of Gary Ridgway’s victim was found in the Green River by the authorities. However due to the Seattle police department’s
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No Child Left Behind Act De’Vaka Newton Ashford University: ENG 122 Instructor: Evan Halpine-Berger June 01‚ 2014 The No Child Left Behind Act is a legislation that was signed by President Bush whereas states would conduct student assessments annually in reading and math that are linked to state standards. It reveals the schools that are failing towards making progress and those that are excelling in reading and math. Many still believe that this legislation had good intentions
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A Doll’s House South University Ibsen’s a doll house centers around a time where men worked and women were the care givers of the home. In a Doll’s House there were some major points made that eventually led up to that one defining moment. The defining moment for me was when Nora decided that she no longer wants to live the lifestyle of being the “doll”. It starts with Torvalds reading the letter about her borrowing the money and Nora’s secret is finally exposed.
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President Bush called No Child Left Behind "the cornerstone of my administration‚" back in 2001. Even Senator Kerry voted for it. It gave unprecedented control to the federal government‚ which is a major deal since it comes from a Republican‚ a group who normally advocates state control over education issues. Now‚ four years later‚ the law has shown some major problems in the implementation of its goal and fundamental problems with the law itself. During the election you would have expected something
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Commentary for “Soldier’s Heart” Author‚ Gary Paulsen The book Soldier’s Heart‚ is based on a true story about a fifteen-year-old boy in Minnesota named‚ Charley Goddard‚ who lies about his age to join the First Volunteers of Minnesota to fight in the Civil War. Some of the events and time sequences are not completely factual‚ but the essential elements of the books story are true. Charley Goddard is a fifteen-year-old boy growing up in the farming community of Winona‚ Minnesota‚ in 1861‚
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27 January 2011 Hiding behind the Mask As a non-traditional student attending college‚ I sometimes ponder on how I have secluded myself. I am taking both online and face-to-face classes‚ and seem to hide my fears one time or another. Like Paul Laurence Dunbar in his poem‚ “We Wear the Mask” I can tell that different types of people do hide behind the mask rather than being honest with themselves‚ because I seem to do that also‚ whether it is to save ourselves or the feelings of another.
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Hiding Behind the Screen Roger Scruton The New Atlantis; Summer 2010; pp. 48-60 Human relations‚ and the self-image of the human being‚ have been profoundly affected by the Internet and by the ease with which images of other people can be summoned to the computer screen to become the objects of emotional attention. How should we conceptualize this change‚ and what is its effect on the psychic condition of people who construct their world of interests and relationships through the screen? Is
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Journal Entry #1 Hernando de Soto Born: 1500‚ Province of Badajoz Type: Spaniard We have started our journy with our new leader Hernando de Soto‚ the man with many flaws. We have been sent away ‚ and by we I mean a small group of horseman‚ to find riches such as gold and silver prohaps even slaves. We have been picked by how well can fight and defend ourselfs. Hernando has been equipped with 600 men (picked out by how well they can fight)‚ 10 ships‚ servants‚ staff‚ 200 horses‚ and a pack of blood
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