For the event five on my form‚ I watched the movie which named Boys Don’t Cry. The plot of this movie is a dramatization of the real-life story of Brandon Teena‚ who is a transgender person and who considers himself as a male. The movie begins with the scene that Brandon cut his hair and dresses like a boy. After he involves a bar fight‚ he is evicted from his cousin’s house. Therefore‚ he moves to Fall City to live with his friends John‚ Tom‚ Candace‚ and Lana. Brandon’s body is a female‚ so he
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I chose the song “Don’t Panic” by Coldplay because I strongly believe it reflects myself‚ and my life quite accurately‚ which expresses my beliefs. The song “Don’t Panic” is a pessimistic/optimistic song that can be especially shown in some lines of the lyrics. The pessimistic side of the song shown by “Bones sinking like stones” expresses that we are all going to go through some sort of suffering that we will have to endure. This line relates to a part of my life as a child living in New York‚ which
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During the three decades that preceded the Civil War abolitionism was a major factor in the demise of slavery. Abolitionism was a morally grounded and uncompromised movement during the 17th and 18th centuries. Abolitionist played a key role in setting the terms of debate over slavery and in making it a compelling moral issue. The 13th amendment was ratified in 1865 which abolished slavery. William Lloyd Garrison and other white and black abolitionists played a significant role in leading to the demise
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first book to challenge me to think differently about a lot of things‚ my attitude towards bad situations‚ taught me to be me and not conform‚ it even opened
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I always used to say ‘yes’. My mother never taught me how to say ‘no’. That’s why I am in a corner crying. Not crying‚ crying is too little of a word. I am sobbing. Heart retching sobs that make my body convulse and make me shake uncontrollably. That’s why in my head I am repeating over and over things that make me feel only inches tall. Why did you just take it? Why didn’t you stop him? You’re to blame you didn’t say no! You didn’t stand up for yourself! I am in the corner of my new room in the
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mother “all you had to do was break down the sounds and put the corresponding letters on paper”(1955‚ p. 2). All people all over the world just needed to learn the sound of each letter in the alphabet. As an example a child learns the sounds C‚ A and T not the word
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“Stacy‚ tell the others to get in here. Now’s the time.” “Yes‚ doctor.” The other nurses arrived with syringes all prepped and ready to go. “Are you all ready for this?” “Yes‚ doctor‚” they all replied. All but one.
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shared by Rodgers in his interview. It seemed as though he was pushing the idea that if you believe you can do something and give your all to it you can accomplish it. One of the first things he stated that stood out to me is that‚ “when someone gives you a really hard problem‚ just get excited about it and figure out how to solve it.” Getting excited about doing something really hard seems easier said than done. However‚ this does make sense. Getting excited about the challenge could change your mindset
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Getting started to be great “A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step” is a quotation of Lao Tzu‚ a Chinese philosopher. This is one of the famous inspirational words ever‚ used for getting started. However challenging and difficult any goal it seems‚ you get there by just beginning. It is applicable to a wide range of various types of situations‚ not only for actual trips or travels‚ but also tasks‚ goals or actions where something needs to be done. Somebody who dreams big but never
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you will see a story about someone in the community who gets butchered by a drunk driver. The Center for Disease Control reported that in 2013 there were 10‚076 Americans killed in alcohol-impaired driving crashes. That is almost 30 of us every day. It is an unbelievable figure. Yet we rarely blame the car for the deadly crash; instead we blame the drunk driver. However‚ when it comes to a mad man who kills people with a gun many of us get it backwards. We don’t hold the crazy guy responsible –
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