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    like a worthless being is what many called a “standard home”. Unfortunately‚ Brown and many others were exposed to this atrocious mindset. Despite these influences‚ John Brown became a warrior in the battle for freedom of African Americans. Brown had been born into the 1800’s on May 9 within Connecticut before the Brown family moved to Ohio. Because of Brown’s religious upbringing‚ slavery was an unacceptable norm John wished to fight against. As the use of enslaved African Americans expanded‚ so

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    Would you go to extremes and kill an excessive amount of innocent people all because you thought you were right? This merciless‚ cruel man thought exactly that‚ John brown needs to be viewed in history as an terrorist who killed innocent people‚ as he did in the Pottawatomie massacre and Harpers Ferry. John brown took his beliefs to an extreme and brutally murdered anyone and everyone who believed differently than him. He was said to be a believer in god and that he was killing for God but his actions

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    martyrs or terrorists. John Brown happens to be a murderous fanatic. I firmly believe that John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry did not have a remarkable impact on abolition. John brown risked his life as well as others. Brown also had nearly no support from slaves in his attempt to abolish slavery. Despite his efforts‚ and the reactions of the people in the nation he still underwent prosecution. Unfortunately‚ it is almost as if he died in vain. The efforts of john brown were almost unrecognized

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    there to even be a story to begin with‚ there must be the protagonist‚ the hero‚ who overcomes obstacles and challenges in order to achieve a specific goal. So what exactly makes a story good? Perhaps it is a protagonist‚ or hero‚ who is not so perfect. Perhaps a hero who has a troubled or dark past that they are not proud of. Perhaps a hero who is more complex and often lets his emotions make decisions for him. Perhaps the hero is an antihero. An antihero can make a story more likeable and enjoyable

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    Villain" is a theme constantly brought up in cartoons‚ novels‚ stories‚ and has existed ever since the beginning of time. From Homer’s the Odyssey to Ursula Le Guin’s A Wizard of Earthsea‚ there is not one story on this planet without a hero and a villain. Frankenstein emulates the blurred distinctions between the two‚ when a well-meaning‚ misunderstood monster and a happy-gone

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    John Brown had no reason to break the laws of the United States. Not only did he murder people but he attacked a federal facility. Which was completely useless because it didn’t help abolitionists at all. It made it worse because he gave abolitionist a bad name. John brown is a terrorist who had no need to murder people or attack a federal facility. John Brown killed 15 people at Harpers Ferry which cannot be justified because most of the people were civilians. John Brown also killed people

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    so that the reader is more or less able to classify them. Heroes and villains have played an important role not only in literature‚ but also in other of the many forms of animation and even visual arts. If we look up these words in the dictionary or ask around for different opinions‚ the interpretation will more or less be the same. A hero is defined merely as someone who sacrifices himself for the good of others. [1] A villain is a wicked or evil person. [2] However we must ask ourselves if these

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    Jason Peterman History 128 12-7-10 Chris Carey John Brown: An Extreme Abolitionist John Brown’s beliefs about slavery and activities to destroy it hardly represented the mainstream of northern society in the years leading up to the Civil War. This rather unique man‚ however‚ took a leading role in propelling the nation toward secession and conflict. Many events influenced Brown’s views on slavery from an early age. When he was older‚ his strong anti-slavery feelings had grown‚ and he became an

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    The last essay that I studied was‚ “John Brown‚ Quietist” by W. Caleb McDaniel. Personally‚ this was my favorite of the essays to have read. McDaniel’s main argument in his essay was to prove the fact John Brown was not a quietest. Although he is called so by many‚ it is an extreme paradox‚ which is a statement or proposition that‚ despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises‚ leads to a conclusion that seems senseless‚ logically unacceptable‚ or self-contradictory. Throughout

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    John Brown Memorial Park Kansas‚ as a tendon‚ has created motion for change since its inception as a territory. As a territory in the Nineteenth Century‚ Kansas was a part of a network of trails. Examples of those trails were the Oregon Trail‚ the Santa Fe Trail‚ and numerous military trails that the United States Army used to resupply the forts across Kansas to protect the wagon trains moving settlers on the Oregon Trail and trade goods along the Santa Fe. Another trail came into Kansas and it

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