Dear Diary‚ February 16th‚ 1778 I’m writing to you from Valley Forge in Pennsylvania. Life here is horrible. There’s a lot shortages of everything from food to clothing to medicine. My men are sick from disease‚ hunger‚ and exposure. Right now‚ were camped in crude log cabins and have endured cold conditions while the Redcoats warmed themselves in colonial homes. Naked and starving as they are we cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery. My men
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“There’s always tomorrow for dreams to come true. Tomorrow is not far away” “There’s always tomorrow for dreams to come true. Tomorrow is not far away” Economics Reflection A few years ago I was in realization as a sixth grader that I was only halfway done my public school career now‚ as a tenth grader‚ I realize that I have less than three years until I graduate with my high school diploma as an adult. And when it seems like I’m just a kid and my whole life is ahead of me I’m living it now
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last year during one of the Book Festivals. The book is called Zlatas Diary‚ and it is written by Zlata Filipović. It is from the Memoir/Autobiography genre. This is a diary that was published‚ and the author became really famous because of all the things that she had to go through‚ and because of her experiences. She had many journalists coming to interview her. The setting is in Sarajevo‚ Bosnia and Herzegovina during the war in 1901 through 1903. In the beginning of the book Zlata is a eleven-year-old
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Javonda Weeks April 20‚ 2015 The event that most interested me was the slave trader video. How they took a prince and broke him. He still was able to survive and still run a plantation just like the tribe he was from. It must take a lot of self will to survive in the conditions they were put in on the boat‚ then to get off and still be no better than cattle. Though slavery was equally as tragic and traumatic for black men and women‚ the experience of slavery affected them in different ways. "Depending
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The people who live in third world countries have much harder lives than how we live everyday. In “Radiance of Tomorrow” by Ishmael Beah it shows how difficult their lives are. Even though they are going through tough times‚ they still remain very hopeful. The theme of this book is to always stay hopeful‚ and that’s what the people of Imperi do. Bockaire’s family should stay in Freetown so they can get nice jobs‚ a new beginning‚ and it is more realistic over all to stay there. Bockaire’s family
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intentions‚ the conflict went horribly wrong.’ The Vietnam War was a conflict‚ which the United States involved itself in unnecessarily and ultimately lost. The basis of the conflict was simple enough: Communism vs. Capitalism‚ yet the conduct of the Vietnam War was complex and strategic‚ and brought repercussions which had never been seen before. The struggle between North and South had an almost inevitable outcome‚ yet the Americans entered the War optimistic that they could aid the falling South and
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and prayed each morning and night‚ thanking our gods. I had never fully come across a white person before. Only when one would walk by and they would look strangely at us as if we were animals. But soon enough they were the animals‚ and I learned to hate them. The day I was captured was the scariest day of my life. I was 13 years old and we were all carrying on in our normal lives‚ when we heard a distant scream. It was unusual in a small area like ours. The out of nowhere four men came running into
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class when we were asked to analyse a case study in groups then present an output. I joined a group of managers who have very strong personalities and the discussion became highly technical. Confronted with this unfamiliar situation‚ I kept quiet and observed. I listened to everyone’s points but said nothing significant until the discussion ended. I also did not sound confident when I gave my short comments. I felt indifferent and I found it difficult to throw myself “out there”. When I noticed
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proteins build up‚ maintain‚ and replace tissues in your body. For instance‚ proteins help make hemoglobin which carries oxygen to all the parts of your body. Proteins are broken down into amino acids during digestion. The amino acids can then be reused when the body needs protein. The body can only produce thirteen of the twenty-two essential amino acids that the body needs. A diet that does not contain enough protein can lead to growth problems‚ loss of muscle mass‚ decreased immunity‚ weakening of
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author is contrasting his or her viewpoints with. In addition to this‚ I have always been expected to incorporate my own thoughts on the subject of analysis. I feel as if I am a very good formal writer on serious subjects‚ and a not-so-great writer when it comes to talking about my own opinions and thoughts on an open topic. The best writing that I have ever done and was very proud of was the final paper for my Music Education philosophy course last semester. For this assignment we were expected
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