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    When Jackie Robinson took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers on opening day April 15‚1947 he forever changed the faces of major league baseball. Robinson was the first African American to play in the majors in the 20th century.Jackie Robinson made history in 1947 when he broke baseball’s color barrier to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers .The impact Jackie Robinson made on Major League Baseball is one that will be forever remembered. On April 15 each season‚ every team in the majors celebrates Robinson’s

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    biggest one all started on a summer day when I was riding my bike and I slipped on a patch of sand and the handle bar went inside my stomach and my intestines were hanging out. Now join me in this story on how I dealt with this tragedy.     One of Jackie Robinson’s nine values is Courage. I had to have courage to not be afraid of the things I use to be able to do. I was scared to play basketball because I always thought the ball would hit me in my stomach whenever somebody threw a pass I had to get

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    absence of necessity‚ coercion‚ or constraint in choice or action.” Throughout time heroes have been icons of freedom and justice. In Kurt Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron”‚ he depicts equality as not only idiotic‚ but also unjust. In a nation without freedom‚ one man rose up and stood up to the restraints and handicaps of an unjust society. That man was Harrison Bergeron. Kurt Vonnegut presents an extremely equalized society that exaggerates the principles to equality. He is ridiculing America and other

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    people. Jackie Walorski was born in South Bend‚ St. Joseph County‚ Ind.‚ August 17‚ 1963. Jackie worked as a journalist before becoming a State Representative of the 2nd District of Indiana in the 114th Congress. She attended Whitcomb Riley High School and later attended Taylor University where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree. Jackie was taught to care for the well being of the community by her father‚ who was a firefighter‚ which helped her appreciate her community. Although Jackie has not

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    life. In the excerpts from Jackie Robinson’s biography‚ ”I Never Had It Made‚” Rebecca Maksel’s auto-biography‚“The Father of Chinese Aviation‚” and Melba Beals’‚ “Warriors Don’t Cry‚” each person faced important turning points that changed their lives and their countries. One broke the color line in baseball and changed the United States‚ another changed aviation and industrialized China‚ and the last made it so schools were not labeled by race in the U.S.A. Jackie Robinson changed all sports

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    Why Is Harrison Rebelled

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    was cloudy‚ and nobody liked it because it was gloomy and dark. The H-G men had taken Harrison away from his family. The reason Harrison rebelled was because of his character‚ his values‚ and to express himself. Harrison’s character is revealed when he charged into the TV studio‚ ripping off his handicaps and freeing the musicians of their handicaps. He wanted them to play to the best of their ability‚ “Harrison plucked the mental handicap from her ear‚

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    31‚ 1919‚ in Cairo‚ Georgia‚ a sleepy Southern town near the Florida border. Jackie was the youngest of five children‚ four boys and a girl‚ born to impoverished sharecroppers Jerry and Mallie Robinson. Jerry Robinson deserted the family six months after Jackie was born. Mallie Robinson‚ a strong‚ devoutly religious woman‚ moved the struggling family across the country by rail to Pasadena‚ California‚ in 1920 when Jackie was fourteen-months old. She worked as a domestic to support her family; leftovers

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    The story ”Harrison Bergeron” is about what the life in the future would be like. In the story‚ all people have to have the same in looks‚ strength‚ and intelligence. The story takes place in a couple’s home on the television. Harrison Bergeron comes on screen. Harrison is forced to wear “handicaps” in order to be equal to everyone else. He does not like this so he rips them off and proclaims himself emperor. The story “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut JR. displays the lesson equality does not

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    living in to some. However‚ “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut disproves this idea. In the story‚ the government attempts to create a population of completely equal beings. In order to create this society‚ those who are born smarter‚ stronger‚ or prettier are required to wear handicaps of some sort to compensate for their upperhand in life. Vonnegut uses multiple literary devices to portray the theme of this story. The irony‚ symbolism‚ and resolution utilized in “Harrison Bergeron” work together to

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    In the short story “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut‚ Jr. it takes place in a society that makes everyone equivalent. In the short story‚ Vonnegut suggests that total equality is not an ideal worth striving for‚ which is saying if everyone functions exactly the same‚ then the extraordinary will be the ordinary. Harrison Bergeron tries to be the savior of the society and makes a stand showing how prejudiced this civilization is‚ but he ends up failing in the end. Harrison Bergeron‚ although

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