The Hobbit Informative Essay Assignment The Assignment: What does it mean to be a hero? J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit is a classic text that explore the idea of heroism‚ and your assignment is to write an informative essay that explains how Bilbo Baggins becomes a hero. Successful essays should 1) identify three of Bilbo’s heroic character traits‚ 2) explain how these traits are developed in Bilbo through the situations he faces and the ways in which he interacts with other characters‚ and 3) explain
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19 March 2013 Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI and Election of Pope Francis The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI and the election of Pope Francis are getting to be a pretty big deal around the world. Pope Benedict XVI was born under the name Joseph Ratzinger on April 16‚ 1927 in Marktl am Inn‚ Bavaria Germany. He grew up under war and reparation from World War I. He was briefly a member of the Hitler Youth in his early teenage years. He turned to theology studies after the war. His father was
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Kevin Kogelman Mrs. Turner English 131.74 November 4‚ 2014 Marijuana in today’s society In today’s society many people look at marijuana in both bad and good ways. There has been a long term controversy over the legalization of Marijuana in the United States. Even though marijuana is still medically illegal in some states because of its health risks‚ it has helped many people with diseases and disorders. Some may say that it should be legal to create a source of additional tax revenues‚ and also
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As he comes off the field‚ an athlete notices he has a subtle pain in his shoulder. Determined to finish out the season strong‚ he takes two tablets of aspirin in hopes of healing the beginnings of an injury. What the athlete does not know about the painkillers could affect him later down the road‚ especially if he upholds his mentality of constantly taking aspirin whenever he senses an injury in the making. Painkillers are drugs that simply mask the pain many people suffer from on a daily basis
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In order to take a stance on circumcision‚ one must know some things about circumcisions. A circumcision is a procedure done to male patients. The doctor conducting the procedure first numbs the penis. Then the doctor grabs the prepuce (foreskin) and tears the synechia apart. The prepuce is held and a vertical slit is cut into the bottoms side of it. A device is laid over the prepuce‚ and the excess skin is cut off using a scalpel or surgical scissors. This procedure removes about one third of the
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NAME:Logan Pickens_____ DATE:12/13/2016___ Auschwitz Auschwitz Was an extermination camp or what people call concentration camps‚ concentration camps was a place where the Nazies held Jews‚ gypsies‚ and‚ gays. Auschwitz killed many people even children. To support my claim from an article called 2 Teenagers Arrested for Theft of Auschwitz Artifacts. Jacob Koffler says “More than 1 million people‚ mostly Jews‚ as well as gay people and gypsies‚ were killed at Auschwitz between 1940 and
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Pitocin a brand name drug is the synthetic version of Oxytotin a natural hormone that helps your uterus contraction during labor they give Pitocin through a IV the hormone binds to receptors in the uterus‚ Helps to reduce the pain when you in labor. Oxytotin is secreted as your body reads is for childbirth but if you aren’t contraction quickly enough or aren’t in labor at all and need to deliver for health prevent. Stress is the number one hormone during Halloween and holiday‚ for Halloween making
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After spending a good deal of time building up your tolerance to the drugs and/or alcohol of your choice‚ you most likely have developed quite an addiction. By the time you realize your life is at risk‚ you will be in need of professional help. Hopefully‚ you will recognized that detox and treatment from a reputable drug and alcohol rehab center is the only alternative. As part of the detox process‚ you could find yourself needing another kind of drugs. That would be detox medications. About Detox
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I strongly admit and believe that obesity has become an epidemic and an important public health concern today. I have to talk about this topic because‚ I’m a part of this society. I have to talk about it because‚ I’m a teenager. I have to talk about it because I can not remain silent while my groupmates or peers are suffering and others are being affected by the obesity. The people like me and you who do not this problem can not feel that pain and that struggle ‚but let’s have a look to their
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The Declaration of Independence states that “All men are created equal‚ that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable Rights‚ that among these are life‚ Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” I submit to you that a person developing in it’s mother’s womb‚ is a human and should be treated equally. The definition of abortion is‚ any of various surgical methods for terminating a pregnancy‚ especially during the first six months. According to the World Health Organization‚ (WHO)
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