equally‚ and have the same rights as everyone else. What freedom means to me is to be able to say‚believe‚and make our own choices without being judged or harmed. Ever since we first arrived at America we wanted to be free from someone or something‚ and when we finally got it more people wanted freedom. Slowly but surely more and more people have become free throughout the years. Knowing that you and your friends and family are free to do and say what they want is one of the best feeling in the world
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Who is Your Father? Do you know who your biological father is? Do you know what your heritage is? I do‚ but some children do not because they were left for adoption for some reason or another. Do not misunderstand me‚ adoption is a great thing‚ and there are plenty of children without parents right now waiting to be adopted. I have the distinction of knowing who my father is. He and I have the same last name. My heritage starts and ends with my father. This is where my troubles begin‚ my father was
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What does it mean to be a hero? Well when I was little ‚ about four to five years old I thought a hero was a person that had a lot of super powers . A superhero like the ones in cartoons like Batman ‚ Power Rangers ‚ Superman‚ Spider-man‚ and 0thers. But as I kept growing I said I always asked myself what is a hero? Is it some famous person‚ super hero or what? I never did quite understand the meaning till about now. Now I completely understand‚ a hero to me is someone who would always be there for
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descent‚ my culture and my heritage are important to me; my values and morals reflect my Lebanese background. I think of myself as a person with a positive moral code and values that benefit not only myself‚ but others around me as well. Growing up‚ I’ve always thought of myself as an American kid- being surrounded by American culture for years would make one think so. Only years later‚ I realized that as much as I am American‚ I am also Lebanese‚ and I should embrace my heritage as my own-whether it’s
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What does it mean to be German? an essay by Max Zöfeld This is a hard question‚ which may sound a bid jingoistic in the wrong ears. A blonde person with blue eyes‚ well organised and every time punctual is that kind of person‚ which comes to the mind of many people in other countries when they here the word “German”‚ but the question is why? Maybe they are influenced by the Aryan standards which became known in the time of the national socialists. However my own opinion distinguishes from this
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What does loyalty mean? The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines loyal as “having or showing complete and constant support for someone or something” and loyalty as “the quality or state of being loyal”. I agree with that statement. When I think of the word loyalty the first thing that that comes to mind is complete trust‚ openness‚ transparency and being there for one another. Today I am going to talk about loyalty in a relationship‚ specifically loyalty between a husband and wife. I also interviewed
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If you did‚ you must be envisioning the stereotypical hero (and yes‚ that means your answer is still valid‚ but it’s not the answer that I was looking for). When I was a child‚ I too‚ used to believe that heroes were the ones who wore capes and would constantly fight villains in order to save the world. As I got older‚ I realized that being a hero doesn’t mean having an exceptional crime-fighting ability‚ nor does it mean being this paragon of the city. A hero is someone who inspires you to be the
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What Does it Mean to Be Free? “O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!" When Francis Scott Key wrote these closing lyrics to our national anthem in 1814‚ he clearly understood what it meant to be free. But do we know what freedom really means? Webster’s dictionary defines freedom as a state in which somebody is able to act and live as he or she chooses‚ without being subject to any undue restraints or restrictions. When the founding fathers wrote the Declaration of Independence
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Twilights Edward Cullen may both be vampires but don’t have much in common. Dracula could not go out in the sun. Edward Cullen can. Although when he does he sparkles‚ which makes things a little difficult when going out in public. Dracula hunted people. He took human lives for blood. Edward Cullen and his family consider themselves “vegetarians” only hunting animals for blood. Dracula slept in a coffin. Edward Cullen doesn’t sleep. Ever. Dracula was a man‚ a Count. Edward Cullen is seventeen
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built upon. Freedom. What does that mean to us? Many would say that freedom means: freedom of speech or freedom of religion. The question is‚ what does that mean to an immigrant? What is freedom to those who spend their lives in poverty or in a third world country eating dirt cookies such as the Haitians. For many‚ it could mean a break. “Give me your tired‚ your poor‚ Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free”-The new Colossus. Have we forgotten what this truly means? What the "American Dream"
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