John Paul Jones: The Father of the American Navy In times of the Revolutionary War‚ the delegates of the Continental Congress were trying to find ways to make their army more powerful. When John Paul Jones arrived‚ he helped to make and introduce the idea of a navy‚ which obviously was something that the delegates questioned and were not sure about. Jones was a Scottish sailor and an officer of the historical and well-known Continental Congress and a person that when first came to the United States
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Moorhead 1 Ms. Duran English 11 13 March 2015 The March on Washington Civil disobedience‚ according to Dr. Kings’ letter from Birmingham Jail‚ is a way of revolting against an injustice in a peaceful manner. The March on Washington for LGBT rights was a peaceful protest in 1993. It was against the widespread discrimination through policies like the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy. Many people resigned from the army due to this policy and turned to peaceful protesting. Civil disobedience
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This passage is an extract from the novel The Secret Agent‚ written in 1907 by Joseph Conrad. The novel explores themes of corruption‚ words vs reality‚ and also has an acute vision of character development. All of these elements surface within the passage and are shown through diction‚ imagery‚ setting‚ and structure. In passage chosen‚ Winnie and Stevie‚ a sister and her brother are in a cab drawn by a horse. Stevie is deeply disturbed by the driver whipping the horse‚ and jumps out of the horse
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Being an American In his "Letters from an American Farmer‚" Crevecoeur thought that America was a great place to live with many unique factors that could not be found anywhere else. He gave examples of what he considered being an American and why he believed this country was better than European countries. The land was plentiful and had many types of terrain. Everyone could enjoy a freedom to be successful. The government was fair because it did not have a king as well as many other reasons. In Europe
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Prologue: Letters of Robert Walton 1. Robert’s long-range goal seems to be discovering new land. Walton is searching by sea to find and be the founder of land that is uninhabited by humans. 2. Robert’s childhood was full of regrets. Walton disagreed with his father because his father did not want him to persue the seafaring life. Before Walton’s father died he gave Robert’s uncle his last dying wish to forbid him from joining any type of voyage or life at sea. 3. Walton’s first “career
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understand Dr. King ’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” you must understand what times were like when King wrote his letter‚ who Dr. King was‚ and the criticism that Dr. King faced. The 1950 ’s and 1960 ’s were turbulent times for African Americans as they fought for equal rights as Americans. Jim Crow laws in the South dictated where blacks could sit in a restaurant or on a bus‚ they excluded blacks from certain jobs and neighborhoods‚ they segregated schools and prohibited blacks from voting in elections
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I admire Denzel Washington. The reason for this is I think he is a wonderful actor. Denzel has serious side to him and and also a humorous side when he is acting. He is an a award actor and has award winning movies I think he has a wonderful personality from what I see and has a humbling demenor about him self. Dezel made his first apperance in acting in the comedy Carbon Copy in 1981 and has also appeared in a number of off Broadway productions and in telivision
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Fielding Henry Fielding‚ (born April 22‚ 1707‚ Sharpham Park‚ Somerset‚ Eng.—died Oct. 8‚ 1754‚ Lisbon)‚ novelist and playwright‚ who‚ with Samuel Richardson‚ is considered a founder of the English novel. Among his major novels are Joseph Andrews (1742) and Tom Jones (1749). Leaving school at 17‚ a strikingly handsome youth‚ he settled down to the life of a young gentleman of leisure; but four years later‚ after an abortive elopement with an heiress and the production of a play at the Drury Lane
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still plays a huge role today. In 1867‚ the Anti-septic surgical method was invented by Joseph Lister. Joseph Lister is known as the Father of Modern Surgery. He also designed a microscope lens. His contribution to science results him into becoming a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. His first clue was from comparing different fractures of the different patients that he had. Lister saw that the fractures from their bones pierced the skin‚ which allowed air to enter which caused the infections
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December 20‚ 2013 To Whom It May Concern: This letter is written on behalf of Destiny Williams. I was fortunate enough to have Destiny in my Leadership class this past Fall Trimester. She is an honest‚ thoughtful‚ and intelligent person with a promising future ahead of her. Destiny is a driven and intrinsically motivated person. Normally‚ during a high school student’s career‚ they are beginning to form their opinions on various issues‚ however‚ Destiny has a clear vision for her future
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