What the flag means to me it means freedom because we have people out there fighting for our freedom. It means courage to me. Because there are people taking the chance to die for our country. It means justice to me. We have a jail for all the bad people. It means war for all the bad people. And it means war for the blood for all soldiers on the flag the red. It means life for us. Because if we didn’t have people fighting for us we would all be dead or slaves. It means civilization. Because we have
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ability to find things that are missing (which never unfold for his parents‚ sadly). The whole community is informed of this specific skill of his‚ and have abused of its ability to satisfy their needs but never his. The unknown orphan is seen as a freak and never a hero‚ regardless of the objects and people he has helped along the way. This eventually becomes the tragedy of
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quickest thing on wings‚ launching smoothly‚ swooping down on a cringing dove” (546). This metaphor in particular is captivating since it is the second occurrence in which Homer compares Achilles to a mountain hawk. The detail and precision of this mighty creature perfectly characterizes all the heroic traits that Achilles possesses: he is strikingly swift and powerful with every calculated maneuver‚ and the repetitive depiction further proves
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were beat down‚ and trampled upon. Attempting to break their spirits‚ and to own their souls‚ the mighty empire beat them‚ starved them‚ and taxed them. On July 4th 1776‚ those 13 colonies stood together as one. They became traitors of the king that once rule over them. They risked life‚ limb‚ and what freedom they had. In their quest to create a more perfect union‚ these 13 colonies defeated a mighty empire. What was thought to be impossible by most‚ became reality. On May 25th 1787‚ the traitors
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Magical Realism could be confused by fantasy in literature. In fantasy the story is happening in another world whereas in Magical Realism‚ the story happens in our world‚ but there are small magical elements which happens in the story. In the short story of “A very Old Man with Enormous Wings” written by Garcia Marquez fits in to Magical Realism category. Garcia Marquez uses magical realism by setting fantastical characters. In the short story‚ an old man with giant wings lying unconscious on the
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that without such a misunderstanding how could a handful of Spaniards conquer the great Aztec state. The only way these so called mighty conquerors could have pulled off this unbelievable conquest is that the Aztecs were fooled in the worst way. The Aztecs fell victim to their devoutness and calendric coincidence and that could be the only reason that the mighty Aztec s feel to the quite lucky Spaniards. If the Aztecs had not been confused by the major coincidences‚ they could have blew the
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twenty thousand pounds. They have been feared for hundreds of years by North American Natives and even mentioned in Greek maritime records. Their name when translated from Greek means "killer from hell" ( n.p. ). Unfortunately the freedom of these mighty sea kings is growing more limited as humans wish to capture them for aquatic mammal parks. The history of captured orcas is a sad one‚ the first whale captured was by Marineland of the Pacific in Newport Harbor‚ California 1961.The fully matured female
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mind and mental health of the victim by downgrading them and making them believe that they are worthless. When a student goes to school every day and gets pushed‚ shoved‚ made fun of‚ and laughed at‚ they develop a feeling of being an outcast‚ or a freak. This view that they develop of themselves causes them to shut down mentally. They can no longer think logically‚
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hands with girls and feel like a normal person for a change‚” she then mentions even a show like Glee which claims to recognize and empower all the freaks and underdogs‚ makes fun of the “myth” of bisexuality (565). Zimmerman uses emotional appeal when citing this fact about the TV show Glee. This show was put on air for anyone that feels like a freak to be able to feel comfortable and to be themselves but the show itself made it seem like being bisexual is not to be taken
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All the bright things is book written by Jennifer Niven which follows the crazy life of two High School students who meet on the ledge of a bell tower at school. Theodore Finch‚ one of the students on the ledge‚ was known as Theodore Freak. He was fascinated by the idea of death and he thought of different ways to die each day. However‚ he would also try to find reasons to live. After that day on the ledge of the bell tower‚ his new reason to live was Violet Markey. Violet Markey‚ the other person
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