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    Lee Harvey Oswald Was No Loner On November 22nd‚ 1963‚ President John F. Kennedy (JFK) was shot and killed in a motorcade running through Dealy Plaza‚ in Dallas‚ Texas. Shortly after‚ a man by the name of Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested and charged with the murder of President Kennedy. Over the years there has been much controversy over if Lee Harvey Oswald was in fact‚ the only man involved in the assassination of JFK. The assassination is still a topic of debate to this day and has spawned many

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    star treks influence

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    worlds...To seek out new life; new civilizations...To boldly go where no one has gone before!" Star Trek’s connection to the real world started with its monologue‚ “to boldly go where no one has gone before” (Gene Roddenberry‚ Star Trek: the Original Series)‚ which was taken almost word for word from a 1957 White House booklet on space exploration(Startrek.com). In their 80 episodes‚ the original Star Trek crew beamed themselves on and off the Enterprise‚ traveled at warp speed‚ found new civilizations

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    The Fault In Our Stars

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    girl‚ but imagine being a sixteen-year-old girl who has terminal thyroid cancer. Unexpectedly a very handsome boy walks into this young girls life and takes her through a journey she would have never thought she’d go through. In John Greens novel‚ “The Fault in Our Stars” it takes the reader through a young‚ tragic love story between a sixteen year old girl named Hazel Grace‚ and a boy she meets in a cancer support group named Augustus Waters; whom both have cancer. Greens novel touches on a wide

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    In the Fault of Our Stars

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    depression is not a side effect of cancer. Depression is a side effect of dying” (Green 3). John Green implements many aspect of his experience at the Children’s hospital and his encounter with Esther Earl as a reflection of Hazel’s life through the book “The Fault in Our Stars.” John Green’s experience at the Children’s hospital changed his life around. “Watching children die had a profound effect on John Green’s life” in a positive way because it “convinced him to abandon his vocation to be a Christian

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    Library Service to Children Newbery Paper The John Newbery Medal is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children each year. Upon reading “Number the Stars” by Lois Lowry‚ the Newbery Medal winner in 1990‚ one can easily understand why this great novel won the coveted John Newbery Medal. There are many reasons as to why “Number the Stars” obtained the Newbery Medal but two main reasons

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    Tattooine In Star Wars

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    In the opening scenes of the movie Star Wars by George Lucas Princess Leia‚ who is a leader of the Rebel Alliance‚ has stolen the plans for the Galactic Empire’s new weapon‚ The Death Star. Leia has to get the plans off the ship so she records a message to Obi Wan Kenobi‚ an old jedi knight in hiding‚ and loads them onto a droid named R2D2. She sends him and another droid‚ C3P0‚ off of the ship on an escape pod which lands on the planet Tattooine. This is the home planet of the protagonist Luke Skywalker

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    John Krakauer‚ Into the Wild: Philosophical Journey or Suicidal Folly? Compared with oriental people’s implicit quest for freedom and truth‚ people in western countries are more direct which means that they pursue their goals through practice. The book‚ Into the Wild‚ tells a story about a guy who had a philosophical journey. The book shows a process of a person’s spiritual growth: from the yearning for the absolute freedom‚ a kind of irrepressible impulse and force‚ to the yearning for

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    Star dust relationships

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    Captain Shakespeare mentor of youth In the movie Stardust‚ a movie about a boy becoming a man though a journey for love‚ relationships play a key role in the plot. Temptation sent the main character Tristan on a journey that will change the course of his life. Tristan eventually finds the fallen star and the relationship between Yvaine and Tristan has begun. Tristan and Yvaine learn many things along their journey especially while meeting Captain Shakespeare. The things they learn from Captain

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    The fault in our stars

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    Of those 16‚000‚ 1/8th will not live to see the end of their disease. The fault in our stars (TFIOS)‚ by John Green‚ is a beautiful novel written about the things people leave behind when they die‚ a novel based around perception and absolutes‚ and‚ somewhat importantly‚ the tragic love story of Augustus Waters and Hazel Grace Lancaster. In full honesty‚ I never intended on reading the Fault in our Stars‚ the soapy love book about two sad and lonely cancer stricken patients who meet at a pitiful

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    Odyssey & Star Wars

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    The Odyssey & Star Wars The Odyssey has been called one of the greatest epic ever written. This epic was made by a man named Homer‚ a famous Greek poem writer. For years this had been considered the best epic ever written by man until Star Wars came along. Star Wars is kind of a future based version of the Odyssey‚ It was famous because of the technology and the characters incorporated in them. This hit movie was written by George Lucas and released in May 25‚ 1977. In both of the epics

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