Brock Stegeman ELA 11 Schulte 3 December 2014 Dear father‚ You may remember me as your son‚ James Gatz‚ but I write to you now as Jay Gatsby. Living as a poor boy in North Dakota‚ I learned to despise poverty. I dropped out of college at St. Olaf’s because I could no longer work as a janitor to support myself through college. I was also dismayed at its ferocious indifference to the drums of my destiny. After I dropped out‚ I met a man‚ Dan Cody‚ at Lake Superior. Cody invited e on his yacht trek
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Lady Macbeth and I were ecstatic that the king was coming to our lovely home.What an honor it was to have king Duncan in our home.Lady Macbeth was acting particularly wild that night she kept leading me on to the conversation of killing the king.I didn’t want to accept the fact that my wife was wanting me to kill our leader‚the father of our land.Then she brought up the fact that i would be king if he died‚so i asked her outta curiosity how would we even kill him.She instantly replied as if she already
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I would like to thank you all for being here today‚ it means a lot to me‚ my mother and my brother Biff to see all of your faces. It has been a very hard time for us and I am happy to see all the lives my father has touched‚ and I am glad to see that all of you have come for him. He would also be happy to see all of you here since he always wanted to be well liked. I wish that I had a lot more time with my father. My father might have had some flaws but he never meant to hurt people he always wanted
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We are gathered here today to mourn the death of a well-known man. Johannes Kepler‚ very brilliant and hardworking. He was born in Weil der Stadt‚ Swabia southwest Germany in 1571. His grandfather Sebald Kepler mayor of the city took care of him for two years along with his grandmother. He learned many things from them while he adored the learnings from them. Johannes pursued a lot of his dreams growing up he loved school. I remember when he started his university education at the Protestant university
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during the Great Depression Era in the 1930’s in America. There are two main characters in this story are called George and Lennie. These two men struggled from the Great Depression Era by an economic failure and stock marketing failures which lead to unemployment and poverty in North America that began in 1929 and lasted until about 1939. It was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced by the industrialized Western world. I believe that Lennie is the loneliest character because he is
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How does Steinbeck present Lennie and George in the 1st chapter? Lennie and George’s father and son like relationship is clearly one of love‚ although from the beginning we sense George’s frustration due to Lennie’s constant childish behaviour. George is very protective over Lennie‚ “Lennie for God’s sake don’t drink so much!” because he has been told to look after him by his “Aunt Clara”. George does like having Lennie around as he says‚ “No you stay with me”. As Lennie and George are itinerant workers
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Eulogy for Atticus Finch read by Jean Louise Finch (Scout) My dear family and friends‚ we have gathered here not only to mourn the loss of a great man and amazing father‚ but to celebrate his life’s amazing achievements. I am his daughter Jean Louise Finch and I wish to say a few words. Atticus finch was his name‚ a name we will remember for the rest of our days. My father was just and wise as well as honourable. Throughout his life he taught my brother Jem and I the ways of the world. He taught
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Fort just came running into the house screaming at me that Betsy slapped one of the cows and it kicked Adam across the grassy field behind the house. This isn’t old news… I go out there hearing Adams four year old screams‚ while hes laying in the grass gripping onto his stomach. This happened about 7 years ago right after Fort was born but the cow kicked George. It happened the same way too. Our family friend‚ Frank‚ Slapped our cow because it tried eating his shoe and the cow got angry and
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Mr. Washington: the greatest sound in any community is the voices of the youth praising their creator! Ezekiel was a priest and a prophet (vs. 1:3)‚ and his hairstyle was locks (vs. 8:3)‚ like many of his sisters and brothers today! He also was among the captives of his people‚ we came from greatness‚ and by the “wheel” of his grace through faith‚ we must return. In the name of our savior Christ Jesus to the glory of our creator‚ thank you all for that heartfelt salute. May the Father of Lights shine
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Dearest friends‚ family and the people of Denmark. We gather here today to mourn the loss of the noble prince‚ loyal son and true friend‚ Prince Hamlet. But we are not here only to mourn‚ but to reminisce the times we have spent with him‚ both the good and the bad and to remember him as the person he was. Prince Hamlet did not live a very fortunate‚ on the contrary his final weeks were filled with a tragedy none of us should have to bear‚ but he lived his life to the full and I am sure that he has
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