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    they encountered discrimination or fear from mob violence. Taught through her parents to never give up on fighting for changes for a better future‚ Ida used her words and voice to make society conscious of what is occurring in the U.S. She uncovers how struggling life was for African Americans transitioning into life as a freed man and inequalities that continually undermine their citizenship. Ida’s leadership in her anti-lynching campaign made it an international crime and visible for everyone to

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    characteristics‚ as he originally was too kind hearted to ever argue or yell at his friends who will eventually become his knights. These tales will show many examples of contrasting personality changes from Arthur as one reads ahead.

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    I learned about the crimes of enslavers and how Fredrick Douglass wished to be an animal than being cursed by slavery. I’ve never been put to work like a slave‚ but I know they lived a nightmare. When reading the expert‚ you could feel the utterable feeling of living an agony life. Not being able to live a normal one‚ because you’re meant to work like animals. From here‚ I learned about slavery more than I already knew. Not only that‚ I also learned how to appreciate the life I have now‚ because not

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    1. Macros ↑top 1.1. Generic Macros for Mages 1.1.1. Counterspell * #showtooltip * /stopcasting * /cast [@focus‚exists][@target] Counterspell This macro casts Counterspell at your focus‚ if you have one. Otherwise‚ Counterspell is cast at your current target. If you are using Glyph of Counterspell‚ then you can remove the /stopcasting from the macro. 1.1.2. Spellsteal * #showtooltip * /stopcasting * /cast [@focus‚exists][@target] Spellsteal This macro for

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    DOCUMENT RESUME CS 201 686 ED 098 597 AUTHOR TITLE INSTITUTION Fleming‚ Margaret‚ Ed. Teaching the Epic. National Council of Teachers of English‚ Urbana‚ PUB DATE NOTE AVAILABLE FROM 74 120p. EDRS PRICE DESCRIPTORS MF-$0.75 HC-$5.40 PLUS POSTAGE American Literature; Bibliographies; Classical Literature; English Instruction; *Epics; German Literature; Greek Literature; High Schools; Legends; *Literary Analysis; Literature; *Literature Appreciation; Medieval Literature;

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    The call in the epic hero cycle is when the hero is challenged to face the unknown. In the song “Through the Wire”‚ Kanye West is called into the epic hero cycle when he gets into a car crash. This can be seen in “Through the Wire” when West said‚ “There’s been an accident like GEICO” (45). He is called into the challenge of recovery. West enters this challenge unwillingly. The car crash he got in was near fatal‚ and everyone involved had serious injuries. This is ‘The Call’ for him‚ because these

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    practice mercantilism. This meant that their government was going to begin to control foreign trade to ensure that their country’s prosperity and security. The first move in becoming a major power was their play for Indian Calico. Calico had become very popular in Britain. As many turned to it instead of British made cotton. The English Cotton industry began to lose business. In an act to preserve the system‚ called protectionism‚ the importation of Indian calico was banned in 1707. England

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    Beowulf The poem begins with a feast that was held at the Herot Hall. Hrotghar was a good king and he wanted to celebrate with his people his reign by building a new hall. But such celebration did not only bring Hrotghar people to the feast‚ but also the attention of a horrible monster known as Grendel. It is a beast that lives in the darkness all his life and dislikes the light; as well as the people of the light. Grendel main focus was to eliminate them all. The night was around the corner to

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    In the winter of 1940-1941 in New York‚ soviet spy Jacob Golos‚ approached and retained Ernest Hemingway for the “Soviet work”. Jacob Golos was charismatic Bolshevik and old school with strong revolutionary beliefs‚ who ran from the exile and managed to make it from Siberia to China‚ the final destination eastern side of Manhattan‚ where he incepted USA communist party and main chain for the soviet spy web in the eastern region‚ whilst when he approached Hemingway‚ he was a representative of the

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    How Spartan boys became Spartan warriors Imagine being taken away from your family and your home when you were just seven years old. The Spartans may have built one of the finest militaries of the ancient world‚ but their culture was so harsh that the word “Spartan” has become synonymous with an austere way of life. Spartan society was carefully constructed around a strict moral code and sense of duty‚ and its people underwent extreme hardships and deprivation on their way to becoming accepted

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