of the world.” (From the Cylinder of Cyrus). In the world of great kings‚ great empires‚ and great wars lived the greatest warrior‚ conqueror‚ and king‚ Cyrus the great. Who is this Cyrus the Great and what made him so “great”? Cyrus the Great is a Persian king who defeated many groups‚ but perhaps the beginning is the best to start. Explaining his very amazing life includes his early life‚ his victories‚ and his death. Cyrus the Great was born like any other child‚ by his mother. His mother‚ Princess
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In Milton Melzer’s excerpt from the book “We Will Never Forget” he goes into detail on WWII and the Holocaust and the horrors of the German people. First‚ he talks about if it is necessary to remember the holocaust and is it worth remembering because of all of the bad things that happened in that time period. In my opinion it is most important to remember so that you can teach you children and the next generation about what happen in that time no matter how bad it was. Second when Meltzer says “Such
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The main characters in both F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and William Shakespeare’s Macbeth appear stable and successful on the outside‚ but inside they are engaged in a constant struggle with their dreams. Gatsby tries to win back the girl of his dreams by becoming something he’s not‚ a member of high society; while Macbeth believes the prediction of the witches that he will be king and spends his life trying to make it come true. Both characters are willing to risk everything in pursuit
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Paper # 2: The Great Plague “An event of great agony is bearable only in the belief that it will bring about a better world. When it does not‚ as in the aftermath of another vast calamity in 1914-18‚ disillusion is deep and moves on to self-doubt and self-disgust‚” stated by Barbara W. Tuchman‚ A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century. The Great Plague was the worst outbreak in England since the black death of 1348. The Great Plague began in 1665 until 1666 that lead to 68‚596
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Greta Williams 9/9/14 English 3 AP Lang per. D Mr. Butterly Summer Reading Assignment Gatsby The lavish extravagant persona of Jay Gatsby was fabricated over many years. As a boy born from poverty‚ James Gatz always saw himself as more than a farmer‚ but as the son of God. When a wealthy man Dan Cody is under the influence and in trouble at sea‚ James Gatz sees his chance to remake himself into the millionaire Jay Gatsby. The name Gatsby becomes a superpower and legendary figure
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I never expected to get lost; I mean my cousin had told us he knew were we were going. But we still ended up getting lost. It all started in my house‚ not so big but just a regular old house‚ where we were having a family gathering‚ and just like any other Mexican party we had loud music‚ dance and lots of food. I and my sister‚ a short 15 year old girl at that time with long curly hair‚ had bin wanting to see a movie called “The Hangover” for a pretty long time‚ jumping laughing and rolling
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Never Let Me Go Essay People believe that we can control our lives‚ but the fate of our lives cannot be completely controlled by us. In Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro‚ Tommy and Kathy think they can control their lives‚ until they realize that there is no deferral. Never Let Me Go is set in the late 1900’s‚ in the epigraph states of Britain‚ where humans are cloned in order to provide donor transplants. The main character‚ Kathy H and all of her schoolmates have been designed in order to
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In "yancey’s "book Jesus I never knew" in the last chapter titled "what he left behind". When I first read the title I could releate a lot to this title. I remember after graduating high school I was at home applying to college. My little cousin was in elementary school she brought her assignment from her Christian religious study class and one of the question was "what did Jesus leave behind for us?" my little cousin said to me "what’s the answer" I said "he left so many things behind for us
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promised Americans that no matter what origin born into‚ an individual can succeed in life on the sore basis of his or her own skill level. Written about the 1920’s‚ Great Gatsby tells the story from Nick Carraway’s perspective as he introduces readers to the time period of glamour‚ wealth‚ and for some‚ depending on the American Dream. In Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald uses literary devices to criticize the change in morality of the roaring twenties‚ which old values expressed in the American Dream
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Was Alexander The Great really great? I would have to say that yes he was great. I think you have to look at his ability to take a team of soldiers and defeat a much larger force. Alexander founded 70 different cities‚ far more than anyone has ever done before in such a short time span. He also caused greek culture to spread amongst many nations. Not too many ways to find out how Alexander was evil‚ it might be because no one wants to remember that. He did kill a lot of innocent people that didn’t
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