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    This weekend I went to the Kansas‚ State Fair! I took my best friend Tori Foust. I have took her since the third grade since my brother started college when I was in second grade‚ so I had no one to go on rides with. When we arrived at the fair we went straight to the stables. While we were at the stables we saw a girl who looked about eight or nine years old. She was walking a beautiful tan horse with a white pattern! She asked if we would like to pet her horse‚ and of course we said yes. After

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    Ben Lara 10/19/09 Dr. Stephen Asma Memento The film Memento tells the story of a man named Leonard with a condition. His condition prohibits him from making and storing new memories. He is able to remember everything up until the night his wife was murdered‚ the same night he got the injury that caused his condition. Every morning‚ Lenny wakes up knowing only one thing‚ “I am.” It closely mirrors the conclusion made by Decartes in his second meditation‚ “I think‚ therefore I am.” When Lenny

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    I believe that Kansas got put on the map as a state. When Meriwether Lewis and William Clark went on a journey to explore the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean to find a trade route ( pg 74). They found Kansas and when the journey was over they talked about how lush and beautiful Kansas was. That drove other explorers to go check it out. The two other explorers said it was a desert. That sparked a lot of interest in the state‚ getting everybody interested in Kansas. The U.S. heavily benefited because

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    Research has shown that Stephen Curry might be a better 3 point shooter than Larry Bird. Despite this claim‚ some people believe that Larry Bird is better. This essay will explain that Curry is better than Bird. Also‚ Stephen Curry holds the record for most three pointer in a game. Curry scored 13 three pointer made in a game. Larry Bird highest is 10 threes. If Curry can hit more than Bird‚ than Curry is probably better. Also‚ Curry also holds the record for most threes in an season. In fact

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    Stories of survival at sea have captured people’s curiosity and imagination throughout history. The struggles that some seafarers have faced while drifting on the open sea are remarkable. “The Open Boat” by Stephen Crane is the story of four crew members trying to survive on the open sea while in a dinghy after their ship sank. Throughout the story‚ Crane describes how man and nature react with one another. By his description of their reactions‚ Crane makes it clear that nature does not care about

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    In the story "The Open Boat" the author‚ Stephen Crane‚ uses a lot of figurative language. Figurative language is used in this short story to give a valid picture of what the men are going through by comparing something that the reader probably hasn’t seen. Examples of how figurative language works in this story are showing the comparison to how small the boat really is and how big the waves are. They are so big compared to the boat that they can’t see anything but those waves. Other examples of

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    Stephen King’s On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft comprises of the science-fiction author’s life experiences‚ which simultaneously act as a guidebook for writers. In the book‚ King incorporates 16 rules that aspiring writers should abide by. Though these rules pertain mostly to fiction authors‚ any type of writer can draw from his knowledge. Thus‚ instead of mindlessly reading a book over the summer‚ an AP Language and Composition student can also find something to learn from King. Of the rules laid

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    Andrew Delbanco‚ writer for New Republic‚ suggested that “Crane’s likely attitude toward such questions: One sees what one prefers”. The experiences and lessons portrayed in Stephen Crane’s works are based on his own personal vision and sense of integrity. (“Stephen Crane”) Crane’s works very often rebuke traditional ideologies and inquires about things that religions aren’t necessarily concerned about. (Vanouse) He loves to analyze and interpret human actions when undergoing terrible and often faith-testing

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    In “Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking‚” Hawking discusses his vision of the universe and it’s ability to exist. In the episode‚ Hawking shares his knowledge on how the universe came into existence and how it managed to become what it is today. Hawking also shares the evidence that scientists‚ such as himself‚ have collected through the years. First of all‚ the video discuss that “the universe is constantly expanding… like balloon.” Hawking explains this by a simple demonstration of the Doppler

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    In "Everything You Need To Know About Writing Successfully — In Ten Minutes‚" Stephen King describes all the process of how to write a good paper and a great essay. Stephen was born in Portland in 1947‚ and he started to write stories since he was a child.       The boundary of his interest about writing began when he found a box of horror and science fiction novels in his aunt’s house.       Since this event‚ he has had writing many novels‚ series‚ short stories‚ novellas‚ and screenplays that were

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