The movie Johnny Tremain helped me gain more knowledge about the American Revolution from a different perspective. Johnny Tremain is a work of historical fiction‚ combining real people and events like Paul Revere‚ Sons of Liberty‚ and the Boston Tea Party‚ and fictional ones like Jonathan Tremain‚ Priscilla Lapham‚ and Ephraim Lapham. The fictional characters‚ although these people did not historically exist‚ gave me a personal insight to the actual events that occurred such as the Boston Tea Party
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not every hero wares a cape or needs super powers to be considered heroic. Despite the fact anyone can be a hero. I can give some pretty convincing examples; it only takes three simple stories about three boys that sure made the headlines‚ Ponyboy‚ Johnny‚ and Dally. They proved that no matter who you are you can be a hero. There for when it comes to doing the right thing‚ sometimes doing the wrong thing seems to be the only right thing. For example when it comes to telling an adult about
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from the movies. A car filled with socs followed him‚ they jumped him. He remembered that Johnny‚ his best bud‚ got jumped by the same socs. Darry‚ Ponyboy’s oldest brother was worried sick about him‚ finally ponyboy showed up. Darry hit him and Ponyboy ran away‚ found Johnny in the vacant lot‚ sleeping. A car hovered around them‚ five socs jump Ponyboy and Johnny. Ponyboy was drowning the fountain‚ Johnny stabbed the soc and killed him. They went to Dally for help. Dally gave them a gun and said
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Many Characters in the book “Johnny Tremain” are Dynamic‚ there are also a few static characters‚ Static is a character which personality doesn’t change much and the opposite for dynamic‚ A dynamic character would be Johnny Tremain‚ two static characters would be Mr. Lapham and Rab. Static is a character which personality doesn’t change much and the opposite for dynamic. Johnny Tremain is a Dynamic character. In the beginning of the book he never would think before he talked for example when he
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pre-revolutionary time. At the beginning of the book‚ Johnny Tremain‚ is working as an apprentice to Mr. Lapham. Mr. Lapham is a blacksmith. Johnny’s parents died in a fire several years before‚ and this is why he lived with the Laphams. He worked there with enthusiasm for several years until he hurt his arm‚ scolding it in hot metal. After the accident‚ Mr. Lapham told Johnny that he needs to find a different profession‚ but he can stay with the laphams. Johnny‚ after a lot of searching‚ finally finds a
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this novel‚ Hinton explores the theme‚ social status does not define who you are on the inside. Johnny impacted Ponyboy by murdering Bob. In the novel it reads‚” ‘I killed him‚’ he said slowly.’I killed that boy.’ ” Johnny made this choice because the Socs were drowning Ponyboy‚ holding his head under water in a fountain and Johnny didn’t want to get beat up again. The result ended in Ponyboy and Johnny needing to run away so they won’t get into trouble. Ponyboy now could not go home.
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murder. This was called the Boston Massacre a huge turning point in the colonies. Although most people thought the soldiers were guilty I think they aren’t. I will prove from the testimony and eyewitness accounts that the soldiers should not be charged with murder and they acted only in self-defense. Although soldiers fired into the crowd I think they are still not guilty and acted in self- defense according to what Daniel Cornwall said‚ “I think I should of heard him. I directly heard a voice say
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The Outsiders Heroes. In the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton‚ “A hero isn’t measured by the size of their strength‚ but by the size of their heart.” Anyone can be a hero. People judge others from the outside not the inside. They judge them by their looks and in the end they don’t really know who that person is deep down inside. First of all‚ Johnny is an outstanding example of a hero. Johnny has a bumpy road relationship with his parents. Johnny is beat by his father and ignored by
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the question is viewed changes its answer. The only certainty is that the philosopher‚ Socrates‚ was found guilty and sentenced to death by a jury of his peers for corrupting the youth and a disbelief in the Athenian’s Gods. If the Apology’s origins are to be believed‚ as in if Plato wrote a true description of events‚ then it can be said that Socrates does not believe himself to be guilty of these crimes. This is evident from the very beginning of the text‚ as Socrates states‚ “And yet hardly
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In the story the Crucible Abigail is guilty. Some reason why i believe why she is guilty is because‚ she was secretly seeing someone‚ and had an affair with him‚ and his name was John Abigail was also the type of girl that liked to lie so she lied about Ms.Tutuba she also would blame people for things that weren’t true. And for these reasons i believe that she is guilty. Abigail was having an affair with someone named John he was married and they had two kids and one baby one the way and his wife
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