Stories meant for kids are always cheerful and have a happy meaningful ending‚ yet it’s ironic how almost all stories meant for kids have a much darker backstory. Take Disney for example and the movie The Lion King. Its origins are traced back to the Shakespeare play Hamlet. As a kid you don’t realize this‚ though‚ you just take it for what you see. Which is why when my grandmother and I walked around her garden I wasn’t thinking twice about chanting the nursery rhyme‚ Mary‚ Mary Quite Contrary‚
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Jun 11‚ 2008 If you find yourself needing a soda‚ chocolate or even tea every few hours you may actually have a caffeine addiction. Many people haven’t even heard of this but it is real and it does exist in more people then it is documented. Most believe they can quit at any time‚ but the reality of them actually doing it is another story. Can you stop having your daily caffeine or are do you have a caffeine addiction? Caffeine addiction is just as hard to break as any other addiction‚ if not more
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Andrew Zubiate English IV‚ Period 5 Mr. Lewis 15 March 2013 William Shakespeare William Shakespeare is one of the most well-known and most inspired writers that ever was. There are no existing birth records that state the true birth of William Shakespeare. There are church records that say he was baptized April 26‚ 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. So scholars believe he must have been born around that date and they believe that that date wads April 23‚1564. William was the son of John Shakespeare
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Hook: On average 3 to 5 days after 9/11 there was 44% of the adult US population experienced substantial stress. Bridge: People might even say that 9/11 was one of the worst events in history that caused serious problems for people like‚ depression‚ Post traumatic stress disorder‚ or the suicide rate in America. After 9/11 people most likely felt like they were on an emotional rollercoaster. Thesis: September 11‚ 2001 was a day that millions of Americans could never forget. Point: A 12 year-year-old
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Aaron Rodriguez Composition I Dr. Gonzalez The Immigration Reform For many years‚ the immigrant population of the United Stated had faced many hardships and obstacles during their lives; some during their short lives‚ due to the way America feels about immigration. This great nation was not established overnight‚ but it came to be through a process; a process called immigration. Immigration is America’s heart and soul‚ in fact‚ America dwells and depends on it. For some reason though‚ Americans
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Good morning everyone; I’m ____‚ and today I will be proving that the Battle of Jericho was real and actually took place in history. The evidence I have acquired proves that this story of Israel’s conquest on Jericho is not a folk tale‚ but a plausible historic event. Archaeological and Biblical evidence proves that the Palestinian city of Jericho was populated and active around 1400BC (Late Bronze Age I)‚ in order for the Israelites to conquer and take capture of Jericho. The Battle of Jericho
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Board games have many benefits. To one person it just passes time and to another person it helps with strategy skills. According to Alvin Rosenfeld‚ He states‚ “Nothing bolsters his (or hers) self-esteem more! So why not pull out an old board game tonight? Playing games is an easy and excellent way to spend unhurried‚ enjoyable time together. As an added bonus‚ board games are also rich in learning opportunities” (http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=2060). Although it is posted more
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Today‚ many opportunities are available to women in the United States Army. Women can serve in all positions held by men‚ but women cannot be involved in direct ground combat. This restriction‚ which some women in the Army resent‚ has its adherents and its opponents. Nevertheless‚ while the views about women in the Army differ‚ women join for the same reasons men do: pride for their country‚ funds for college‚ job training‚ and travel. While women are not eligible to be involved in direct ground
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Bodies laid everywhere‚ covered in newspaper and stacked on top of one another. The smell was horrible‚ and buildings were crumbling. This is what it was like for the Jews and other holocaust victims in the warsaw ghetto‚ but the warsaw ghetto was not the only ghetto during the holocaust. In poland there was at least 1‚000 ghettos for the Jews to live in. They had little food and awful living conditions‚ the Nazis were literally trying to starve them to death. “According to Hitler‚ Jews were maggots
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"I never think of the future‚ it comes soon enough" (Albert Einstein). Electric cars are automobiles they use one or more electric motors‚ other than using more common gasoline powered engines. Electric cars use batteries; batteries are used to store energy. Since Electric motors don’t have to warm up they have instant torque‚ creating strong and smooth acceleration‚ which can give you a more satisfying ride. Electric cars are safer and better than gasoline powered cars‚ since they aren’t polluting
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