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    is not a hero because he is a murder and a thief. My first reason why is Odysseus is not a hero is that he is a murder. For my first example on why Odysseus is a murder is that he killed all the men on an island when he was sailing home. Odysseus landed on an island on his way home and he killed all the men and enslaved the women on the island. My second example

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    Michaela McCabe English 11‚ Period 1 Racism in Huckleberry Finn 29 March 2013 Racism and Huckleberry Finn: A Look Below The Surface “I see it warn’t no use wasting words—you can’t learn a nigger to argue. So I quit.” Says Huckleberry Finn‚ the central character Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Twain 78). This casually racist comment—which‚ in itself‚ embodies several of the racism-based arguments for the censorship of Twain’s 1884 novel—is one of many that

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    A prime example of this would consist of the first war of Scottish independence‚ where many Scottish people thought and dreamt of freedom‚ but it wasn’t until this actions of a brave landowner‚ and assassination of William de Heselrig‚ the English high sheriff of Lanark‚ in May 1297‚ which led to others joining his actions and eventually lead to a truce between England and Scotland in 1302. If William Wallace never acted‚ just thought‚ this truce may have never happened. Another example

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    Values Essay Values can be described as the universal idea of appropriate and pleasing action that informal and formal social organizations hold. People were born to follow their beliefs and thoughts‚ which are developed by their ancestors. In an environment‚ someone who has different society ideas and values‚ might dress him/her and behave differently from others. These individuals sometimes would be seen as unusual and most likely be excluded by other regular ones. The instinct of humans is

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    many of the examples given are crimes I do not commit. The only example‚ that was given‚ that I do commit is in the case of using who or whom. I know in writing that I have never actually used the word whom‚ even though it was the correct form to use. I never learned why whom would be used over who‚ so I never made the connection of when to switch over. Now‚ I am committed to using the right form since the song taught me when it is correct to use whom. Though I only found one example in the song

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    A working outline is an outline used to puts together and arrange the main points and its explanation and examples as the preparation for the speech while a speaking outline is an outline that directs the way the speech has to be delivered. A working outline is the researched whole speech filled to your gratification. Meanwhile the speaking outline is used to deliver your speech. The speaking outline should include the ideas in a shorter lengths and shorter than the working outline. Speaking outline

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    eyes because she would get depressed and nearly start crying. With most of their parents uninvolved in their lives‚ the young teens were allowed to spend time with their peers which was a gateway for committing crimes and getting in trouble. One example‚ why the students would act disobedient to Mrs. Gruwell was when she had parent

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    How the video was a good example of a persuasive speech? The video was a good example of a persuasive essay because of its overall structure from attention-getter and visual aid to the conclusion and performance. The speaker began to start his persuasive speech talking about global warming and what we the listener can do to prevent and lower down the devastating effects of Global Warming. The speaker allowed us to know what type of speech is he exactly giving information about and told us a personal

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    Dominick Flannery Purcell English 12 Honors September 9‚ 2016 The Story of a Man‚ a Myth‚ a Legend An allegory is a story with two or more levels of meaning. Beowulf is an allegory because it has many different beliefs from the Christian and Pagan religion. All of these conflicts happen because of these religions. The story of Beowulf starts out with Grendel seeking revenge. Summary (ch.2). Grendel is monster who was related to Cain who was banished by God from man because he killed his brother

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    The Jews were not the only group of people who were used as scapegoats to further the cause of ruthless people. Throughout history‚ a myriad of people have been wrongly persecuted for belonging to a specific social group. One example of scapegoating is seen in the infamous "Sacco and Vanzetti" trail in which Italian anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were arrested outside Boston in 1920 and charged with robbing and killing a shoe factory paymaster and his guard. After WW1‚ America suffered

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