Mecca Nelson Mrs. Balas & Ms. Delivuk Period 8 2/7/13 Carl Sandburg and Walt Whitman show the effect the death of a great President has on the nation in their two pieces “O Captain! My Captain!” and “The Funeral Train.” They include significant details such as the amounts of people affected and the shock of the nation due to this tragic event. Whitman and the American people in Sandburg’s piece have two unique but somewhat similar responses to Lincoln’s assassination. In “The Funeral
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During my Junior year of High School‚ I had the honor to be elected as the Junior Varsity Cheerleading Captain. The team and I instantly had a bond that was unbreakable‚ although we faced some difficult times. When the season began‚ we did not have a coach to lead us‚ so we practiced apace with the Varsity squad. A few weeks into the season‚ the Varsity coach found us a mentor that would lead us. As a few more weeks went by‚ our coach started picking up on more activities‚ which was too much for
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Captain cook. James Cook was born in 1728 in Marton‚ England. in 1771 Cook was promoted to the rank of commander. In 1772‚ in command of the Resolution‚ and accompanied by another ship‚ the Adventure‚ he set out on his second great expedition‚ a search for the fabled southern continent‚ Terra Australis‚ of which Africa was thought to be a part. He entered the South Pacific‚ where he sailed along the edge of the Antarctic ice block; on Jan. 16‚ 1773‚ he made the first crossing of the Antarctic
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This story starts with a lost mine‚ a traditional premise for a desert tale. In 1849‚ a large party led by Captain Jefferson Hunt was traveling to California by wagon train. With winter approaching‚ and afraid of being trapped like the Donners on the wrong side of the Sierra Nevada‚ some of the settlers were convinced to leave the known trail and take a shortcut through unexplored territory. Further disagreements over the route led to additional fragmentation of the group. Of these fragments‚ the
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In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury‚ there is an obvious conflict between the main character‚ Guy Montag‚ and his boss‚ Captain Beatty. The conflict develops as Montag’s ideas do. Once Montag is introduced to Clarisse McClellan‚ he begins to reevaluate his beliefs toward his society. “You always said‚ don’t face a problem‚ burn it. Well‚ now I’ve done both.” (Bradbury 121) Montag was referring to Beatty. In Beatty’s eyes‚ books were the problem and instead of solving this so-called problem‚ he chose
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the conflict of ideas which takes place in our own minds and so it is almost impossible to validate our viewpoint with others. These disagreements present us with generally inexperienced sensations which may‚ in fact‚ support our preconceptions. Captain Trouin in the novel ’The Quiet American’‚ unlike Fowler‚ is certain of his drive in Vietnam. His experience of "bombing defenceless villages" has tormented him to the horrors of the world as he seeks refuge within his purpose. By fighting for his
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Movie Reviews Letitia Crosson Captain America:The First Avenger This classic hero was done good in this modern rendition of a very old storyline. Steve Rogers‚ a sickly young man turned super soldier‚ who wanted nothing more than to fight alongside his fellow Americans‚ and childhood best friend‚ captured the hearts of action and comic book lovers.In a perfect combonation of writing and direction‚ the movie ensures that the viewer falls in love with Steve Rogers before they made him into
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The movies Captain America: “The First Avenger” and Captain America “The Winter Soldier” are both wonderful. Even though “The Winter Soldier” is totally the opposite from “The First Avenger.” It’s basically vas versa‚ with Steven Rogers‚ and try’s his best to prove them wrong and get his bestfriend back‚ now that he knows he’s alive. So‚ in “The Winter Soldier” Steven Rogers looks like the bad guy and Bucky is the good guy as the public see’s‚ and completing his mission by killing Steven Rogers.
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the island with his beautiful daughter‚ Pelagia‚ who is engaged to a local fisherman named Mandras. When Italy invades Greece‚ Mandras leaves the island to join the resistance fighters and an Italian unit occupies the island under the command of Captain Antonio Corelli‚ who is housed with the doctor. The light-hearted Corelli is a musician by training and brings with him his mandolin‚ with which he entertains the doctor and his daughter. Soon Pelagia and Corelli have fallen in love. The story
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baron or a captain of industry‚ but for the most part‚ Ford is a captain of industry. Henry Ford was born on July 30‚ 1863‚ in Wayne County‚ Michigan. He was raised in an Episcopalian household. As a child‚ he was very interested in how the parts of a machine work. At age 13‚ he took apart and reassembled a pocket watch that was given to him by his father.
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