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    “readier to fill their sides of arrows than otherwise”. The Pilgrims could see nothing but‚ as Bradford says‚ “Hideous and desolate wilderness‚ full of wild beasts and wild men”. In John Smiths’ The General History of Virginia‚ he illustrates his firsthand account of what he experienced with the Native American group the Calusas‚ in the New World. He called them a “backwards” tribe. He portrayed the Calusas as “barbaric” and “dangerous”. In Smith’s observation of the Indians in the New World‚ he saw

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    In the happenings of Julius Casers assassination I am writing an article of a firsthand account who saw it happen. It was one of the assassinators Marcus Brutus. I interviewed him and asked him many questions on how the whole thing came about and why he turned on Caeser in the first place. Here is what he said. I started off and ask him‚ “what was the real reason the senate turned on Caeser”. Brutus answered “the senate saw that he was rising higher and higher to power and they saw that Caeser

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    St. Jude Reflection

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    St. Jude is near and dear to my heart and has greatly impacted my own and the lives of those around me. I lost a very close friend‚ Lauren‚ to osteosarcoma in December of 2015. I witnessed firsthand the significance of the role that St. Jude played and the difference it made. Because of this‚ I have nothing but love and respect for the St. Jude staff and founders. I am forever grateful for St. Jude and what they did for Lauren’s family. I am in complete awe of the amount of work and dedication

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    as such and rather seen as friends and allies‚ or rather no difference at all‚ relationships with them function smoothly and all involved parties are able to get more accomplished. I think the best‚ if not only‚ way to achieve this is by gaining firsthand

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    witness to the effects of the Indian Residential School era – the system created and run by churches and the Canadian government to “take the Indian out of the child”. As artist suggests that “many of us didn’t experience the residential schools firsthand‚ but are able to witness through learning and active participation in the reconciliation process” which is how future generation will remember and learn the history of how the indigenous people is being treated during residential schools

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    The Yellow Wallpaper

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    “The Yellow Wallpaper” Charlotte Perkins Gilman “The Yellow Wallpaper” written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is gothic psychological short story written in journal-style with first-person narrative. Other elements used in the story are symbols‚ irony‚ foreshadowing‚ and imagery. “The Yellow Wallpaper is about a woman who suffers from postpartum depression. Her husband‚ a physician‚ puts her on “rest cure of quiet and solitude.” (Wilson 278). This cure consisted of the narrator being confined

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    “Good ideas are common – what’s uncommon are people who’ll work hard enough to bring them about” (Brilliant). The different approach that William Edward Burghardt Du Bois and Booker Taliaferro Washington had to the issue of slavery in the South is not what makes them recognized today. They are recognized for their outstanding efforts to implement their ideas in the black society and set the precedent for others like Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks to follow. Just like Brilliant stated‚ their “uncommon”

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    Spread of Islam

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    As the Islam religion began to spread‚ it began to become a unifying cultural and economic force over Eurasia and Africa. There were many causes to why the Islam religion spread. These causes include trade‚ the Quran‚ people of high ranking‚ and educational institutions. Trade was a major influence on the economic side of Islam religion. For instance‚ trade led to the spread of food and industrial crops. Some of the new crops included staple foods such as sugarcane‚ rice‚ new varieties of sorghum

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    the elders; the young people would later head into the barn to continue the party well into the night. Rachel’s family had come to Happiness from Millersburg‚ Ohio; Ezekiel and Henrietta had been pleased to meet Rachel’s intended and to witness firsthand their daughter’s joy. Noah and Rachel’s intent to marry had been “published‚” or announced before the community. Lesson Learned: Vocabulary: Buggy- refers to a

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    cultural diversity 2

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    for a workplace to acknowledge the diversity amongst them and the great gifts that everyone has to offer because of that. Using a training video to point out that everyone is not the same may seem a bit childish at the moment but I have seen it firsthand where it has helped a lot of conflict between individuals be handled and l personally think diversity is a great thing in America and that God created us all equal and we just have to tap into our own abilities to strive above with the rest as a

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