Ahmed Farooq Summer Assignment Mr. Premliser American History The Killer Angels Michael Shaara’s goal in writing The Killer Angels was to write about the men of the Civil War‚ not the war itself. A take on the war from the inside out‚ opposed to outside in. Shaara was able to show that there was no good vs. bad‚ there was just men who had dreams‚ and the will to fight for their homeland. One way that Shaara shows that there were no bad side in the war was through the portrayal
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One beautiful September morning‚ Patti and Matt were getting ready for work. While giving her 6 mouth old son‚ Michael‚ a bath‚ her friend‚ Mary‚ called her and told her to turn on the news. When she turned on the news it was talking about hijacked planes crashing into the Twin Towers. The hijackers were terrorists‚ they hijacked four planes. Two landed in the Twin Towers‚ one landed on the Pentagon‚ and one crashed in the Pennsylvania Felds it was headed to Washington D.C. Leanna‚ Patti’s two
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saying. The book says that Semantics refer to the meaning behind a word‚ and their primary and connotative meanings. One great example from the movie was how Nell called Jerry her "gaw anja‚" or translated: "guardian angel." She got this from a passage in the bible about a guardian angel swooping down from the heavens. Nell took this as primary meaning of Jerry‚ coming out of nowhere to be her friend and help her. Jerry took it as the connotative meaning that he is strong‚ supportive‚ and helpful. Jerry
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The Angels Vs. The Real You Ad campaigns have been using body shaming techniques for decades to sell products to women. Victoria’s Secret angel campaign is one of the worst offenders of advertising their products on unrealistic looking women. The way the media has been portraying women’s bodies has had a huge negative effect on women’s self-esteem. In America 91% of women are currently unhappy with their bodies (Do something organization). More and more women are starting to take a stand against
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GUARDIAN ANGEL WORKED OVERTIME Living life to the fullest and achieving my dreams has always been the number one goal in my life‚ but one day I thought that my whole life was going to come to an end. I never knew that people could be so cruel. Who would want to bring fear to anyone‚ Considering where I live‚ one would have thought that this would not have been a shock. I guess I was too young to realize the harsh realities of the outside world. So let get to the point of
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Christopher Columbus: An Angel of Mercy becomes the Angel of Death Europe was a continent emerging from the darkness of the Middle Ages. The people had endured a long period of war‚ disease‚ and general strife. Europe was emerging from the Middle Ages with a new sense of confidence and self-worth. Europe’s achievements‚ however‚ led to ever increasing confidence. Christopher Columbus’s “The Journal of Christopher Columbus” documents his actions taken in the Americas as well as insight into his
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In the movie Iron Jawed Angels‚ I viewed the more deeply about the troubles and conflicts that Alice Paul and Lucy Burns had to defeat to complete their most desired goal which was to help women gain Independence‚ and achieve the right to vote in a male based society. All of these hardships that they went through were so significant because it was women like Paul and Burns that helped get the law for women rights to pass‚ women gained so many of the rights and the freedoms that we have today
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The Lady of the Angels fire was the worst school fire from Illinois history. This fire taught other schools in the future how to prepare for fires‚ and what is not safe to have in a school in the event of a fire. The fire killed many children and nuns in just two hours. It was December 1 1958‚ at 2:40 pm a small fire started in the basement of Our Lady of Angels School in Chicago‚ Illinois. The school was a two-story building and was recently remodeled. At the time the school was up to code with
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on her 1969 memoir ’’I know why the caged birds sing.’’ Maya’s life experiences are revealed in her work continuously. Throughout her poems of ’’Phenomenal woman’’‚ ’’Touched by an Angel’’‚ and ’’Harlem Hopscotch’’ her poetic language is shaped by her experiences. Maya
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Watching Iron Jawed Angels really opened my eyes. There was struggle between women and politics‚ but also between women themselves. It was not easy to gain these rights. This was just one step in gaining the equality that women should have. As Alice Paul says in the movie‚ “It’s unfair to die in a fight we shouldn’t have to fight.” In Iron Jawed Angels‚ we are shown part of the journey to gain women the right to vote. Alice Paul and Lucy Burns meet with Carrie Chapman Catt and Anna Shaw about being
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