“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember‚ you have within you the strength‚ the patience‚ and the passion to reach for the stars and change -the world.” - Harriet Tubman. Some people are realists and some people like Harriet Tubman are dreamers. According to The Outsiders by S. E Hinton‚ Mr. Ferris and His Wheel by Kathryn Gibbs Davis‚ and Dream Big but be Realistic for a Successful Life by Thomas G. Plante many people consider themselves a dreamer or a realist. A realist is someone
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disguise themselves as men and enlist in the military. Still others helped the war effort by becoming spies. Women like Harriet Tubman‚
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They were treated like properties. Slaves can be sold whenever the masters do not want her/him working for him/her. Other masters buy them without asking questions. Slaves just disappeared as they are bought or hired. Their life wasn’t simple like Harriet Tubman because they work all day with only a little meal to eat then go back to work. They are frequently whipped by overseers so they can work fast since time was precious those days. Slaves weren’t even allowed to socialize with one another because
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Slavery‚ one of humanity’s greatest atrocities have given rise to some of the best literary pieces found in the history of American Literature. One such piece is a classic 19th-century slave narrative written by Harriet Jacobs under the pseudonym Linda Brent. Though devastating as its content be may‚ this piece gives a gut-wrenching depiction of the horrors of slavery‚ particularly as it pertains to young black females. As its title suggest‚ the novel invites its reader back into an era easily regarded
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Walt Whitman describes the United States of America by stating‚ “The genius of the Unites States is not best or most in its executive or legislatures... America is the races of races.” Whitman uses United States of America and America interchangeably‚ igniting this habit as a social norm throughout history. With this repetitive‚ conscious replacement‚ “America” has become synonymous with the United States of America. However‚ “America” began to develop a meaning beyond the geographic location. It
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In Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Notes from Underground‚ the underground man claims that he is inactive. It is this so called “inaction that I found interesting and I was reminded of the underground man while I read Jean-Paul Sartre’s easy‚ “Existentialism is a Humanism.” The underground man is totally aware that he alone is responsible for his choices‚ or lack thereof‚ and suffers the anguish of his choices before he even makes a decision. This is precisely what causes his inaction and provides him with
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problems. Being poachers‚ they catch their loot of the day and go out to sell it at District 12’s black market‚ The Hob‚ to Greasy Sae and other customers. Once the game is sold‚ Gale and Katniss go to Mayor Undersee’s house to sell strawberries‚ an old favourite of the mayor’s. When they knock on the door‚ Madge‚ the mayor’s daughter‚ answers the door. After a petty argument between Gale and Madge ensues‚ Katniss returns home to prepare for the Reaping. Because the day of the Reaping is a solemn
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who embody those qualities that reflect the very best of human nature. But even that is a dangerous game. What do we do with a hero who has done something less than heroic?” I think that this quotes means that we put many heroes on a pedestal who haven’t done things of great courage. For example‚ my hero would be Harriet Tubman she was an African American woman who helped free enslaved people. Harriet Tubman is a well know individual
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Harriet Robinson worked in the Lowell mills from 1834 to 1848‚ starting at the age of 10. Who than became an active abolitionist and was involved in the women’s rights movement. She wrote this autobiography‚ Loom and Spindle: Or‚ Life Among the Early Mill Girls‚ 1898‚ when she was 73 years old with the intention to entertain her readers but also to compare the political issues of the 1890s. During the 1820s‚ Francis Cabot Lowell developed a new system for organizing textile factories in Massachusetts
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Jesus Cholula 5-7-13 Any other day in school was the same‚ going to class going to lunch and going home that was until I saw my schedule change. I was a bit shy not knowing what to expect from my new classes and what were they going to be like. When I come into my new class I felt scared‚ it was like a western movie‚ when a cowboy walk into a bar and its dead silence nothing but eyes staring at me and not in a good way. I was put in Mr. U Jimenez classroom. After a couple of days in the class it
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