I am Lycon‚ I was born in Athens in 460 BCE into a family of sophisticated middle class individuals. I don’t like to think of myself as the best‚ but the Athenian community consider my family to be one of the more fortunate families in society. I have had a great deal of experience with that reprobate of a man that we call Socrates. I am here today with my fellow accusers‚ Meletus and Anytus‚ to prove that Socrates is guilty. I feel that Athens would be a much better place if Socrates were put
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woman. The poem‚ “I am A Black Woman‚” by Mari Evans‚ portrays a relationship between Black women of our history and today’s society. By the usage of vivid and inspiring words‚ Evans is able to capture the reader’s attention. It is clear that the speaker is a very strong black woman. She portrays this in a way that she describes moments where she has struggled and when other black women of history have struggled as well. She implies that those hard times have made her the person she is today‚ which
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Lucia Vasquez Sparadeo English 9B-H February 23rd‚ 2015 I Am Malala Question Responses Question 1 The role of Malala’s father throughout her entire story played an essential part in the developing of Malala’s character‚ beliefs and values as well as a motive for many of her actions throughout the course of the story. Though several of her father’s actions have impacted her one way or another‚ what appeared to be one of the most significant was the building of the Khushal School- a long awaited dream
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Apocalypses are defined as the end of the world‚ whereas creation represents the beginning. What comes in between? Once an Apocalypse ends‚ a creation story begins; thus‚ there is a cycle. This cycle is portrayed by Richard Matheson in his novel I Am Legend. The protagonist‚ Robert Neville‚ survives an apocalyptic world war and a dust-storm-carried disease‚ but he survives alone. He is the end and the new beginning. Thus‚ Matheson suggests that within an apocalypse‚ there can still be elements of
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I am an abnormal person (most of the time in a good way.) My personality is eccentric‚ along with my hobbies and skills. Much of my life is aberrant from beginning to end. The only thing that is boring is my name‚ Taylor‚ which my parents happily gave me. Surprisingly enough‚ I was not named after anyone‚ which I find very uninteresting. Taylor was originally a surname meaning “tailor‚” but someone in England was so unoriginal that they decided to name their child a surname. I was born in 2002‚ making
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kind of learner am I? The learning style of people is logically characterised by their past experiences of learning‚ for example‚ when a person is exposed to a learning situation‚ he gains knowledge. While obtaining and thinking about the gained information the person develops a learning preference or learning style over time. Throughout this essay I will prove that I am an assimilator because I recognised that I obtain my knowledge through theory rather than practice. Firstly I will explain Kolb´s
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Film There are many films that I have seen that have left me with my mouth open‚ but there is one film that stuck out from all of them. My favorite film of all time is‚ I Am Legend. This film had so many moments that left me in amazement. It is about a man that spends several years by himself trying to find a cure for a horrible side effect that made the human race lose every bit of its human traits‚ as a result from the cure of cancer. What I loved about this film is that it was not
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I‚ Allison Harpel‚ am intensely aware that all of my actions –no matter how seemingly insignificant- precipitate a chain of reactions that extends ad infinitum. While we‚ as humans‚ often lose sight of the aftereffects of our attitude‚ demeanor‚ and actions after a certain point‚ they are present and pertinent. Therefore‚ it is important that we try to make the consequences of our existance positive. In my time that I am alive‚ I want my net impact on the world around me to be overwhelmingly beneficial
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Amanda Rae Argueta Descriptive Essay I am every bit the teenager that thinks she’s unique‚ and every bit the young-adult that many rely on. I have my Father’s creative mind and my Mother’s rollercoaster emotions. Although my traits come from someone somewhere‚ when they combine I am every bit unique in my own little ways. I excel in many creative and artistic things like my dad. We work well with our hands in creating‚ building‚ and even fixing things. We can build model cars in under an hour
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the United Nations in New York. In recognition of her bravery and activism‚ she was nominated for the International Children’s Peace Prize and shortlisted for the Time Magazine Person of the Year. At sixteen‚ she has become a global symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest woman to ever get the Nobel Peace Prize. I Am Malala is the tale of a family uprooted by global terrorism‚ of the fight for girls’ education‚ of a father who encouraged his
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