April 6‚ 2011 U.S History Period 2 Homework; Quote ACE Response Quote; “The Negro slaves of the South are the happiest‚ and in some sense‚ the freest people in the world… The free laborer must work or starve. He is more of slave than the Negro‚ because he works longer and harder for less allowance than the slave.” George Fitzhugh‚ 1857 ACE Response; This is a famous quote entitled “The Blessings of Slavery”. I feel
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Claim: I believe a team‚ no matter if it’s a football team or speech team‚ should be funded‚ awarded‚ and accepted equally. Quote: “Nearly all of the graduating seniors will remember the name and escapades of their star quarterback; nearly none of them will ever even realize that their class produced Arizona’s first national champion in Lincoln-Douglas debate.” Comment: I completely agree with this author. I think that not a lot of kids remember the nerds. I think they work just as hard if
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was put to death when he would not admit to practicing witchcraft. Minister Dimmesdale was a main character in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s "The Scarlet Letter." He fathered a child out of wedlock in a sinful relationship‚ and fell to his death when he couldn’t take the guilt any longer. John Proctor and Minister Dimmesdale had several things in common‚ but also had several differences. Both John Proctor and Minister Dimmesdale were involved in sinful relationships. John Proctor had an affair with a
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great consequences for her lover‚ Minister Dimmesdale and their daughter‚ Pearl. Hester‚ Chillingworth‚ and Dimmesdale have executed sinful‚ secretive actions that led them to be punished in shameful ways. Who of the three is the biggest sinner? Dimmesdale and Hester believe that Chillingworth is the worst sinner because of his deliberate revenge that “has been blacker than [his] sin” (Hawthorne 176). Unlike what Dimmesdale asserts‚ I believe that Dimmesdale is the greatest sinner of the three because
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The quote that Lee says is “Before I can live with other folks‚ I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience” This quote means that in order to like other people you need to know yourself‚ because if you don’t know what makes you happy you won’t know who makes you happy. The first reason everyone needs self confidence is because self confidence helps us succeed or acquire even further progress than when we failed. Without self confidence
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Arthur Dimmesdale‚ a untruthful priest‚ are first to sin it is still viewed that Robert Chillingworth‚ an abandoned husband seeking revenge‚ has “violated the sanctity of human heart” (Hawthorne 234). To compare the sin that was brought on by choice and sin initiated by another should not be evaluated.There is no argument that Chillingworth’s revenge on Dimmesdale is evil‚ he plotted against Dimmesdale soon as he confirmed he was Hester’s lover. But the aggravators of sin‚ Hester and Dimmesdale‚ must
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JOEY HEPNER Stand out quotes of Antigone 1. “If you think what I’m doing now is stupid‚ perhaps I’m being charged with foolishness by someone who’s a fool” (Sophocles469) This quote is very impressive. At this point in the play Antigone has been caught breaking the laws Creon has set forth by burring her own brother. When confronted with these charges she does not deny committing them‚ nor does she deny her knowledge of these
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Ch.11-12[Quote]:“She said she was going to leave this world beholden to nothing and to nobody. Jem‚ when you’re sick as she was‚ it’s all right to take anything to make it easier‚ but it wasn’t all right for her. She said she meant to break herself of it before she died‚ and that’s what she did.”(Lee 148) [Analysis ]Mr.Dubose shows courage when she realized that she had a problem with her prescription. “She said she was going to leave this world beholden to nothing and nobody”‚ suggests that she
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Quote Integration #1 Whole Sentence: 1. “Is it not enough that we are torn from our country and friends‚ to toil for your luxury and lust of gain? Must every avarice?” (Equiano 97). I think this quotes relates to many lives in the world. People are so inclined to become rich and prosperous that in fact‚ doing so‚ they lose sight of what is important. In order to climb up the social ladder‚ you must sacrifice many things in your life. And inturn‚ you have a chance‚ just a chance‚ to reach a very
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Carrie Shen Mr. Goniea English 11 18 May 2014 Contrast of Chillingworth and Dimmesdale As we read the Scarlet Letter‚ we know Chillingworth and Dimmesdale all having relationship with Hester. However‚ they had different attitude toward Pearl and they treated Hester differently even though they both had relationship with her. Firstly‚ Roger Chillingworth‚ unlike Hester and Dimmesdale‚ is a flat character. While he develops from a kind scholar into an obsessed fiend‚ he is less of a
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