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    Native Americans before colonization had rich and diverse cultures‚ religions‚ and languages. If I was a Native American during European colonization‚ I would feel threatened by the settlers. The new settlers are a different skin color‚ have different animals‚ different beliefs‚ and different weapons. Moreover‚ humans naturally fear what is different. I know that if I was an Indian and saw these strange colored men riding these never before seen animals I would be weary. Native Americans had to deal

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    Before I Was‚ There Were What makes us who we are? Is it our friends‚ our job‚ or our activities in which we participate? I believe it is our family that strongly influences who we become. My mother‚ Diane‚ was born on February 17‚ 1969 to Dean and Yvonne Starry. My mom has two older brothers: Joseph and Adam. My mom and uncles were latchkey children because my grandma and grandpa were divorced in 1977‚ and my grandmother raised them on her own while working a full time job. I never had the opportunity

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    Are there underlying reasons why children make harsh and bad decisions? Is it because they have no father figure‚ because their grandma mentally destroys them‚ or because their parents are fighting for the child’s attention. In Before you suffocate your ownself by Danielle Evans very good points are made in the underlying thoughts of the stories‚ its almost as if the writer is trying to portray there is more to everyone’s life than people may know. The first story virgins starts off with three main

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    Problem: The layers of bureaucracy created a group of administrators that were out of touch with those that they were hired to protect. Rather then focusing on results that created change‚ they focused on meetings and memos that essentially did nothing but create a paper trail that lead to a disaster. In the case of the Centralia #5 Mine‚ failure to act was responsible for the death of 111 men‚ the widowing of 79 women and leaving 76 children under the age of 18 without a Father. History:

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    Mine Nationalization Proposals Mine nationalization has been a topic of discussion in South Africa for the past two years. South African mines are the fifth largest in the world and produce more than 80% of the world’s platinum. Other minerals found within the country are coal‚ gold‚ and diamonds. There are many opposing views surrounding the issue‚ which leads one to believe South African mines will not be nationalized. For Nationalization: * Redistribution of wealth; private ownership

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    Compare and Contrast Essay # 2 In October of 2007‚ I gave birth to a new life. I had a beautiful baby girl whom I named Melina Claire. I knew Motherhood was not going to be all about cherry’s and butterflies. I knew it was definitely going to be challenging‚ joyful‚ trying‚ and full of different experiences. Thirteen months later I gave birth to a baby boy named Alex Jacob. My life has changed for the better of course‚ but it is also very different. Life before and after having children has its

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    him before hitting him ’six times with the krooklok’‚ directly in the face. This ruthless and somewhat emotionless attack is shown by the narrator’s statement that he‚ ’didn’t even swerve’ during the attack; which could show the narrator’s sense of proudness in his actions. Armitage uses enjambment to link the third stanza to the fourth‚ as the narrator describes how he pushed the hitcher out of the car whilst in third gear and watched him ’bouncing off the kerb’. The statement ’We were the same

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    Gooseberry Season by Simon Armitage This essay is about the poem which is called “Gooseberry Season” and it’s by Simon Armitage. I will be looking at the character of father in the poem and look at the different techniques that are used to describe the behaviour of the father. At the start of the poem the character of the father seems to be kind‚ generous and caring as he lets a stranger stays in the house when the stranger comes and asks for water. This shows his generosity and niceness. Later

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    childhood experience and the poignancy of losing that innocence. A clear and concise thesis. We are expecting focus to be on ‘environment and culture’ in the poems with comments on the emotional range of pain‚ delight and poignancy to be evident. Duffy uses culture as a context for exploring childhood memory in ‘Captain of the Form’‚ where she adopts a male persona whose unhappy present is reconciled with the idealisation of childhood memory‚ evoking a real sense of 1960’s Britain‚ and thereby joining

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    Ethan McKay Ms. Mayer English 7-5 28 May 2024 Flourish in the Dark “Do what you can with what you have‚ where you are.” Theodore Roosevelt In every route that seems bleak and hopeless‚ there’s always a way to get out‚ even when it seems like all hope is lost. We are like saplings flourishing and blooming in the soothing rays of the sun‚ but every once in a while‚ there’s going to be a storm. We are blowing away all our friends‚ family‚ and everything we once had‚ yet we can’t do anything to bring

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