Proud to be an American I am proud to be an American. I am proud because we have always fought for freedom and peace. There are many people who have fought for the freedom of our country. There are also many people who have died for it. In the following paragraphs‚ I will tell you about three of the five branches of the United States Armed Forces that fight for our freedom‚ facts about them‚ and the important battles that they have fought. The first branch I will tell you about is the United States
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Pakistani activist for equal female education‚ Malala Yousafzai‚ in her biography‚ I am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up For Education And Changed The World‚ actively articulates how she has strived‚ yet struggled through much resistance in order to advocate that girls should have the right to an equal education anywhere despite the cultural difference. Yousafzai’s purpose is to illuminate the world by elucidating her culture and journey as a whole in order to portray to world that female students deserve
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uncensored voicing of her fight against her society. Being a part of the partition of subcontinent‚ Naheed witnessed harassment against women and its effect is greatly reflected as we see women subjugation the main focus of Naheed’s poetry. Naheed’s poems “I Am Not That Woman” and “The Grass Is Really Like Me” voice the lack of dignity and respect felt by the females and how they come to terms with it. Feminism being Naheed’s forte is the main theme of the two poems. Naheed highlights how females are reduced
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graduation‚ I moved roughly an hour away with my significant other at the time and began working to pay bills. Throughout the last 18 years‚ I’ve worked at several different organizations in several different roles. Recently‚ I’ve decided that I have held out long enough and it is time to invest more into myself by working towards a degree. After a few months of researching and doing some deep thinking‚ I’ve decided that I would like to be involved in a career that helps others. As much as I would love
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and women are equal. They have the same opportunities‚ same rights. I wasn’t really keen on the ‘feminist’ name tag either. Mostly‚ due to its association with single‚ angry women burning bras and holding sign boards saying “We don’t need men to dictate us.” It took me a while to reflect upon my purpose for calling myself a feminist. It involved intensive googling at 3 am and long discussions with friends in coffee shops to
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Exploring Isolation In “I Am Legend” by Richard Matheson Ashley Proulx As John Donne said “No man is an island‚ entire of itself; every man is a piece of a continent‚ a part of the main.” Donne believes man cannot live a happy‚ successful life on his own without any connection to other living things. Loneliness and seclusion are extremely prevalent issues in the 21st century society primarily because we find increasing reliability to non-verbal interaction‚ rising globalization and reliance on
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Growing up I read almost everyday. Reading took me to places I never thought I would go. I’ve been an alien fighting against others to save earth‚ a lost bird looking for my mother‚ a highschool kid going through what every other high school kid goes through. Of course that was before technology took over my life but I still manage to pick up a book every now and then. I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore‚ one of the most interesting books I’ve ever read‚ is the first book in the Lorien Legacies series
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I believe that I am deserving of this scholarship for multiple reasons. One of those reasons being that I have always tried my hardest in everything that I do. I have tried my hardest to earn the grades that I have received throughout high school‚ and because of this I have been able to earn a 3.214 GPA. Another reason that I believe that I am deserving of this scholarship is because I have been able to give back to the community as often as I have been able to. I have been able to give back through
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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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Senses: A Deeper Perception into Imagery In the two poems “I Am a Black Woman” by Mari Evans and “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke‚ the authors use the strong poetic device of imagery to bring their words to life. In two very distinct styles and meaning‚ Evans vividly depicts the struggles of “black” women‚ while Roethke uses his diction to show the emotional skirmish and dance between a boy and his father. Evans begins “I Am a Black Woman” by appealing to the auditory sense in order to
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