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    world that at certain time of age people start working for having money for their future‚ and it will hard to imagine a life where someone is careless and don’t care of nothing and leaves all behind just because he has different perspective of life. Jon Krauker in his story “Into the Wild” tells a life from a person just like this. Christopher McCandless just when he graduates from college decided to leave his family with no notification to anyone‚ just a simple note on his bed that he will go. He

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    Hate Becomes Lawful; Nazi Takeover O’Rell Williams Buchtel CLC‚ Grade 10 Word Count: 910 Hate Becomes Lawful; Nazi Takeover When hatred becomes law it means that us‚ the people have no more hope. We will not have any more control‚ in what goes on‚ in the country that we call home. We the people will have no more democracy from which we were taught since we were children. Everything will be hate. And

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    Before WW I Europe was enjoying its time. Each country was in peace. But soon germany became a superpower and as austria hungary as well soon they both became super powers as armies grow and soon developed new weapons And soon germany began to invade its neighboring countries and so did austria hungary. Than Other countries came and join the war to protect their allies and Russia joined as well to fight germany and the main reason why germany expanded their territory and set up more business to help

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    Germany – such as the Jews and the Gypsies – but also included German individuals of “Aryan” race‚ whom they considered asocial. This included but was not limited to homosexuals‚ the disabled and mentally ill. This essay argues that Germany had become by 1939‚ to a great extent‚ a racial state. Nazi radicalism had

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    After learning about the life of Confucius‚ who is considered to be a genius of his time‚ we can see that his life had both successes and failures. Especially when he was trying to accomplish his goals in life. One of his failures was when he was 20 and managed grain stores. This was because his mind was not occupied by his job‚ but was focused on the turmoil in the world. Even though he failed at managing grain stores‚ it allowed him to also succeed. This is because by focusing on the turmoil in

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    The land of Israel has one of the oldest histories in the world. Up until the mid 20th century‚ what war Palestine had become Israel. The reasons why Palestine shouldn’t have been given to the Jews is because the land had belonged to the Arabs for over 1000 years‚ the Arabs were promised to keep their land‚ and Israel had taken more land than they were granted. The land of Israel rightfully belongs to the Arabs. The Arabs are historically entitled to the land because they had lived there for a

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    How Gilgamesh represents the Ancient Humankind The story of Gilgamesh is considered one of the oldest pieces of epic western literature. Gilgamesh was considered a semi-mythic King of Uruk‚ at the time one of the most important cities in ancient Mesopotamia. This epic depict Gilgamesh as a demigod‚ who was endowed by the gods and goddess with several attributes which made him as incredible human. The physical traits given to him for instance were the perfect beauty by Shamash the glorious sun and

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    Tana VanPolen Miss Kiekintveld 7th grade L.A May‚ 24‚ Becoming a Man “You can’t order me anymore‚ Father. I’m a man.” In the book My Brother Sam is dead‚ you can tell that two people are growing up. Sam comes home from college and goes to war. Sam is brave enough to go to war and fight. Tim has also grown up after he brings home the wagon by himself without his father. Tim takes charge by becoming the man of the house. He takes charge because his father and Sam are both gone.

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    The government that Rome had was an Empire‚ that means the emperor decides what to do to the people‚ the law‚ or anything that makes him pleased but won’t cause a crisis. When Rome became an empire‚ it meant that Rome had dynasties or states under a single ruler‚ usually an emperor or empress. After the fall of the Roman Republic‚ their emerged Rome’s absolute ruler named Augustus‚ or Octavian. At that time‚ the Romans wanted to recover their great republic‚ and Octavian had told them he would restore

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    Xerxes’ kingship after Darius was from 426BC to 465BC‚ his accession being a decision finalised by the previous king from a number of factors as evident in inscriptions‚ reliefs as well as accounts by the Greek historian‚ Herodotus. It was not straightforward that Xerxes’ would succeed his father‚ and the sources provide dates and insight that factor out possibilities which may have resulted in Darius’ final decision. Xerxes’ had several brothers both of half and of blood‚ including Artobazanes

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