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    Compare and Contrast of Gilligan’s Island and Lord of The Flies The television show Gilligan’s Island is a comedy just for general entertainment‚ part of why it’s humorous is Gilligan is always acting goofy and messing things up. The novel Lord of The Flies is a serious book where the children are in a grave situation. Lord of The Flies is about survival‚ lives are at stake‚ that is what makes the novel serious. Lord of the Flies and Gilligan’s Island were made around the same time period with

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    the conflict with the British? Who was treating us poorly? Some leaders continued peaceful means to resolve conflict. Patrick Henry thought differently. He wrote the famous “Speech of the Virginia Convention” to push for war. Because of how Patrick Henry used appeals and rhetorical devices‚ he was able to convince the other colonists to go to war with England. The first thing Henry does to persuade the colonists to go to war is to establish his credible representation was use ethos. One way he establishes

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    A Desire for Freedom Patrick Henry once said‚ “The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people‚ it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.” Henry was very passionate and heartfelt about his desire for freedom and liberty. He believed the Constitution of The United States was not going to be used to rule over the people‚ but the people would take control of their own lives. The Constitution was

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    the Revolutionary War‚ one of the least remembered in Thomas Paine. It’s easy for a poor writer to get overshadowed when you live at the same time as Commander in Chief and future President George Washington‚ not to mention Thomas Jefferson‚ who we know as the writer of the Declaration of Independence‚ or even the famous traitor‚ Benedict Arnold. But like many other blurred memories of the past and quietly forgotten heroes of the time‚ Thomas Paine once played an important role in the American Revolution

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    Life in the 1800’s and 1900’s changed. The industrial revolution happened. Mass production became popular and the owners became rich. The way of life for the poor was horrible while the rich were living happily. Many new patents came out changing the way people did things. Workers suffered they wanted to change the working conditions especially for kids. People did not trust the government or have faith in it. Andrew Carnegie was the first to introduce mass production. He mass-produce steal

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    Thomas Paine’s Common Sense The pamphlet Common Sense by Thomas Paine with its commentary about government and its views of man helped shape the attitude of the colonist in the time of the revolutionary war. Paine begins by making the correlation that individuals have a predisposition to correlate government with the society as a whole. However‚ argues that society is something we are to strive to attain‚ in contrast to government which is "a necessary evil." Paine argues that Society encourages

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    At this time‚ America had not formed its own government yet and Paine writes to revolutionize towards freedom from Britain. He writes about all the mistakes and calamities that Britain has made so far and why America needs to understand why they need to fight for independence. This is were freedom and revolution first

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    Common sense is a book that was originally published anonymously in 1776 by Thomas Paine. It was Thomas saying that we really need to break away from Britain and start an independent republican government. He goes on in the book to really just attacks the kingship and the aristocratic institutions then goes back to urge his adopted country to (def leopard) get the rock outta there so to speak. Proven so in this quote “Society is produced by our wants and government by wickedness; the former promotes

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    In 1775‚ Thomas Paine wrote an essay‚ called Common Sense‚ which was address to the troops. Paine wanted to encourage the troops not to give up hope after they lost a battle to the British. He wanted the colonists and the troops to keep fighting and believing in their country’s abilities. Paine uses many strategies in the essay to encourage and persuade the troops to keep trying to win against Britain. Paine wants the colonists and soldiers to keep fighting and working towards winning‚ so there

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    Patrick Henry History September 20‚ 2013 Prompts: 1) Henry’s speech was a call to action. What did he want his fellow Virginians to do? How did he justify his desire? In what ways did Henry address the concerns of those who did not agree with him? 2) Slavery was a common theme in Henry’s speech. What specific imagery did Henry use to illustrate his message? Why would those images have resonated so strongly with his audience? 3) Throughout his speech‚ Henry referenced a variety

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