Best and Worst Presidencies Essay (50 points) Select the best and worst presidencies from the time period we cover in the course (1400-1877). You are to write a persuasive essay providing at least three reasons for your conclusion about each of these two presidencies. You may use these guidelines as you write your essay. Desired format is to write your introduction‚ three supporting reasons for one president‚ three supporting reasons for another president‚ conclusion. In essense‚ this is two
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Bonny Sim Flamingo Essay July 12‚ 2012 Did you know that flamingos were the inspiration for the phoenix? Pheonicopterus is another name for flamingos in Latin‚ which means crimson wing. Flamingos live in warm places like South Africa. They are usually near salty lakes or rivers. Flamingos are one of the most amazing creatures on Earth. Flamingos’ bodies are mostly pink. Their beaks are brownish black and the inside parts of their wings are black feathers
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Brown-Davis English 1 9/3/15 Atticus Finch Paragraph In “To Kill A Mockingbird‚” by Harper Lee‚ Atticus Finch is a moral man because he sets good examples for his children because he portrays a leading figure by using his words‚ not fists‚ not judging a person until you get to understand who they are‚ and being able to get along with just about anyone. Atticus believed in fighting with words‚ not fists. “Hold your head high and keep those fists down”(Lee 76)‚ as the story develops‚ Atticus reveals
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and hardship. Ask questions- 1. I wonder what struggles and obstacles are going to come through out the story? 2. Judging by the book cover‚ what kind of problems and hardships she is going to have as working as a waiter? 3. Taken from the summary behind the book cover‚ i wonder how people live on a salary of 6 and 7 dollars an hour. Make predictions- Judging by the cover I can assume that she is going to be a waitress on a low minimum wage. Considering the fact that waitresses don’t get
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Billy the kid ‚ the legend lives on Henry McCarty‚ Henry Antrim and William H Bonny are all aliases of the notorious Billy the Kid. Born in the slums of New York City‚ Billy grew up in what we would consider today a broken home. The exact date of his birth is uncertain but it he is known to be born in the early 1860s. After his mother passed away and his step father no longer cared for him‚ Billy moved to a boarding house. While there he began his career as an outlaw. Incarcerated
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mistakes‚ but very good judges for the mistakes of others.” In “The Ministers Black Veil‚” Nathanial Hawthorne exposes a theme of revealed sin and underlying guilt. Throughout the story‚ the author creates this idea that people spend a lot of their time judging others by their actions rather than by their own. Reverend Hooper chooses to never remove the black veil. It conveys this feeling of secret sin and is only confirmed when at his deathbed‚ he says that everyone has a secret sin that is hidden from
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Jean De La Fontaine once said “Beware- so long as you live of judging men by their outward appearance‚” and this idea is reinforced continually in the short story‚ “on the sidewalk bleeding” written by Evan hunter. The important idea was judgment and how we should not judge a book by it’s cover. I think this idea is worth learning about because too often in society we judge people without knowing them. The author wants to communicate that you should not prejudge somebody for their looks and consider
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‘’The Minister’s Black Veil’’ and ‘’Dream Variations’’ Research Paper. ‘’Never judge a book by its cover.’’ This is the English idiom we have been using for years to try to stop people from judging others by their appearance. It is completely wrong to judge others by appearance‚ but unfortunately it has been going on for many years across the world and still is today! Judging can be become infectious and can cause more negative thoughts on an individual. In both the short story ‘’The Minister’s
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helpless and doomed. The doctor’s words‚ not having "the slightest hope" for recovery‚ illustrate his condition. Given this information prior to her attempt to ease his pain‚ Alcott shows her sheer pity for the "poor lad". "I bathed his face‚ brushed his bonny brown hair‚ set all things smooth about him." This quote shows how much effort she put into even the slightest difference in his comfort‚ in hopes of inflicting a "satisfied expression" on a dying face. She "stirred the air about him with a slow wave
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DON’T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER. The saying ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’ goes a very long way; I learnt my lesson the hard way. I happened to be a very judgmental teenager and I lost many friends that way. Even before speaking with or having any contact with an individual‚ I judged them based on what I saw on the outside. My friends‚ the ones who stuck with me‚ always told me that one of those days‚ I would be taught a valuable lesson; and boy they were correct. I remember the day as
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