A True Lion By: Kevin M. Macheca They say that a brave man is like a lion. So‚ how can we be like a lion if frights and fears are always dominant against to ourselves? Is there any weapon to hinder this kind of phobia in life? People‚ are you a true lion or just pretending somewhat that you belong to this genre of humanoid? Or must we wait until others will tell us as a coward lion? Is true lion a person of great courage‚ strength and determination? Well‚ can you consider yourself as a true lion
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Military Service is a course to create a fit and capable citizen with strong characters. For that reason we see that the majority of world countries obligate the young people to attend of the military service. Should men compulsory attend the military service? Are there any advantages or disadvantages of it? Supporters say that the military service is a very practical course through which young people would attend to learn a wide range of skills physically‚ morally an even psychologically. Parents
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Why fighting in schools should stop By: John Ward A kid is cornered in the bathroom at school. He gets punched once‚ twice‚ then after the third time he punches back. A fight has started. The principal walks in and breaks it up. Both kids are covered in bruises and are in trouble. They are both suspended for three days. Three days later the kid that got cornered is found with a weapon. When he is asked why he has it he says it is for protection. He is expelled and sent to an alternative school
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Romeo’s mood changes when he realizes that Mercutio is dying as he suddenly becomes regretful ‘that an hour hath (Tybalt) been my kinsman’ and decides that ‘others must end’ over ‘this black day’s fate’‚ whereas at the beginning of the scene he is very calm and peaceful and tells Tybalt ‘I love thee’ and that the reason he does excuses the need to react aggressively toward the ‘greeting’ Tybalt gives him calling him ‘villain’ as his hate can have ‘no better term’. Romeo is made ‘effeminate’ by Juliet’s
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Pericles’ Funeral Oration Why do we fight wars if they just cause death and sorrow? This famous speech was written by Thucydides‚ but given by Pericles sometime during Athens’ Pelponnesian War. This kind of speech was generally given at a mass funeral‚ to honor many who had died fighting in the war. Typically‚ funeral speeches at that time were very somber and mournful‚ but Pericles changed that. In this speech‚ he created this idea of national pride and faith in society‚ by using many hopeful
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Beowulf is about this strong hero who is summoned to defeat the main evil being known as grendel who has been terrorizing these people and their king for many many years. This piece of literature is by far one of the oldest and over the years there has been a lot of information that has been tossed around‚ forgotten or changed because the storyteller didn’t like it. Now over the many years the story has been passed there are many different ways to interpret what is said. Since Beowulf can be interpreted
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The story of Beowulf has three challenges of the Anglo-Saxon life that is represented by the monsters Beowulf faces. The first challenge is between Beowulf and the hell-brute monster Grendel. The second challenge is between Beowulf and the hell-bride Grendel’s mother. The last challenge is between Beowulf and the poison-breathing dragon. The first challenge starts out on a dark cold night when Beowulf’s men are asleep in King Hrothgar’s hall also called the Mead Hall. Mead Hall symbolizes a home
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Glimmering in the wind‚ the young knight pulls out his sword and turns to the big green giant that has stumbled his way off the ground. The beast sways side to side making his clunks of metal around his hips chime in the wind‚ his dirty brown fabric that covers his body torn and shredded. His ugly face does no justice‚ having warts and a long shaggy beard that still had chunks of meat dried in blood from yesterday’s late night meal. His eyes dart with anger at the man standing in front of him who
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The sword Beowulf used to kill Grendel’s mother had to have such a powerful background story because an ordinary sword would not have gotten the job done. This became evident when the sword Beowulf borrowed from Ecgtheow did not even penetrate the monster. Despite the irony of the sword magically being within Beowulf’s grasp in his time of need‚ it is by certain the force used to kill off Grendel’s mother. The sword was not just any sword. “It was the best of weapons‚ expect that it was greater
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The Epic Hero Beowulf “A soldier should know the difference between words and deeds and should always keep that clear in his head.” You ever wondered why Beowulf was so great at what he was doing and why he was a good leader ? It is because in this story Beouwulf has super-human strength. He is on a long quest through his journey. He also performs great deeds for his people. The first characteristic of the epic hero Beowulf is that he has incredible super-human
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