My two explorers are Marco Polo and Ponce De Leon. Marco Polo was one of the most famous westerner travelers. He traveled across Asia. He sailed south from Venice‚ Italy in the Mediterranean Sea. He also explored an area south of Beijing and the coast of china which is now Vietnam. Ponce de Leon sailed for Florida in the Americas. The reason why Marco Polo did his exploration was to find all kinds of different goods to trade. He did this because he was learning about trading goods. He
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accepted this. Why would my parents mislead me in any way? They were‚ of course‚ all knowing about the world. When I moved to my third new school in 6th grade‚ I was introduced to new people and new information. As my view of the world began to expand I became less enthralled with the views about sexuality I had been given at home. Since Freshman year I knew my sexuality wasn’t what I had always assumed it to be. It’s been there my whole life in the way I’ve interacted with my female friends and
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William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is the tragic tale of “a pair of star-crossed lovers‚” (1.Prologue.6). Fate brought them together‚ and ripped them apart within three days. The lovers came from two feuding families who hated each other. Romeo‚ a Montague‚ was encouraged by his friend Mercutio to attend Capulet’s party‚ where he met Juliet‚ a Capulet‚ and they fell in love right away. They married the next day‚ but Capulet had already promised Juliet to County Paris‚ a wealthy man who he approved
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How to Burglar Proof Your Home Many people fall victim every day to someone burglarizing their homes. Valuables are taken‚ homes are vandalized‚ and no place is safe anymore. In this article‚ I will give you some tips on how to hide items in places a thief wouldn’t think to look. The first step in burglar proofing your home is to think like a criminal. Look around your home‚ think about where you currently have your goods stashed. If you were coming into your home to steal items of value‚ where
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I went to see the play Blood Brothers‚ on February the 12th at the Theatre Royal in Nottingham‚ which was directed by Billy Kenright. The play was originally written by Willy Russell in 1983‚ Blood Brothers follows the lives of two twins Eddie and Mickey. The Johnstone twins are born into a very large‚ working class family‚ who struggle to get by with their mother Mrs Johnstone‚ who is a cleaner for a middle class woman Mrs Lyons. Mrs Lyons’ husband is away on work‚ but they both wish they could
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"My First Time Away From Home" Leaving to go to college was my very first time away from home‚ and it took a lot of adjusting to a new surrounding. I didn’t have my mom right by my side anymore and I needed to become more independent on doing things on my own. Adjusting to a new city‚ community‚ and school was a challenge because I was used to being in my own city‚ with my old friends‚ at my old school. I often got homesick and wanted to go home‚ but I soon adjusted. At first when I originally
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As Leon Rappaport was envisioning his novel Punchlines‚ he tried to develop a true definition of humor. As a respected social psychologist‚ he tried to articulate some textbook definitions of humor but couldn’t quite seem to merge them together to form a single definition. Some psychologists and analysts might say that humor is often associated with stereotypes against minorities. Rappaport‚ however‚ disputes these claims. He argues that there is no clear way to sum up humor since it is codependent
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that she was coming back home to me. I had to hear her say that it was all fine. That she just needed some time. I wanted to stay in the tree and never come down. But she wasn’t wearing her ring. I was pushed out the tree. I kicked open my door. My knees buckled and I fell to the dirt. It was an empty road and a starless night. I cried and howled. I had lost her. Reality was all that was left to me. I had hit the ground. Summary It is about a couple‚ about how they have gone separate
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A Brighter Sun ©2011 eNotes.com‚ Inc. or its Licensors. Please see copyright information at the end of this document. A Brighter Sun The Novel Because A Brighter Sun opens with a catalog of events‚ both local and international (and repeats this device subsequently)‚ it might be approached as a quasihistorical narrative; however‚ this technique places the characters‚ their actions‚ and aspirations in social perspective‚ counterpointing major and minor happenings and emphasizing the concerns of
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Juan Ponce de Leon was born in 1474 and lived to 1521. He was a Spanish explorer and one of the conquerors of many lands in the New World. Very little is recorded and known about Juan Ponce de Leon’s early life. Ponce de Leon grew up in Santervás de Campos‚ a Spanish town located near the town of Placencia. He is reported to have fought in the Spanish campaign is 1492 that drove the the Moors out of Granada. After that‚ many historians agree on the fact that he then accompanied the prestigious explorer
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