brown rats ripped through the Germans brains and was still hungry. In fact‚ he got scared so much‚ we tried to hide in No Man’s Land to get away but their snipers shot through him quite literally. By the time it was safe‚ we had finished breakfast from the last of our uncontaminated supplies. And just after that we got on ‘Lice Duty’‚ picking out all those eggs was futile‚ as there were some hidden in the seams of the clothing. Those slugs and beetles were worse than ever‚ crowding the walls of the
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Patton Lawson AP Art History Period 8 Topic Area 1 The significance of the Santa Sabina is people from all over would come to pray and worship god. The Santa Sabina was Commissioned by Constantine so that the early Christians would have a place to come and worship and escape the persecution of the Jews and to celebrate the religion finally becoming legal. The Santa Sabina was on a longitudinal plan with isles that surrounded the church then there would be a semicircular aspe that would hold
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In the first paragraph of Joan Didion’s essay "Los Angeles Notebook"‚ Joan Didion seems to be anticipating the Santa Ana winds. She sees the winds as destructive; physically and emotionally. She uses diction‚ imagery‚ syntax and detail to show this feeling. Joan Didion’s diction and imagery throughout the story creates danger‚ tension and mysteriousness. In the first paragraph‚ she describes the wind as "uneasy" and "tense". She states that the wind "whines" through the canyons and "dries the nerves
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My Dear Fellow Clergymen‚ While confined here in the Birmingham City Jail‚ I came across your recent statement calling our present activities "unwise and untimely." Seldom‚ if ever‚ do I pause to answer criticism of my work and ideas … But since I feel that you are men of genuine good will and your criticisms are sincerely set forth‚ I would like to answer your statement in what I hope will be patient and reasonable terms. I think I should give the reason for my being in Birmingham‚ since you have
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be bad. I remember last year’s heat wave. The rotten smell of those innocent bodies‚ just dreadful and those pesky rats will be coming out too‚ eating every bit of the remaining corpse‚ but thankfully‚ I am in the dig out of the trench to get away from the freezing‚ but memorable weather. It may not be a five star hotel‚ but god thank that I am still alive. I miss you all. I miss mom’s home cooking. I miss getting yelled at for not doing my job around the house. I would trade anything to get out
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I know you’re a busy guy this time of year and you have a ton of mail to get through – almost all of it from children under 8. I’m hoping that because I am almost a teenager and you might consider my letter in the interest of other letters. Like the letters you received from my younger brothers I’m going to list several things I hope you can deliver – please bring as many as you can. It seems a bit selfish‚ I know‚ but I’m hoping this is just because as a preteen I’m conditioned to give rather than
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of Demise; Cabildo Begs Viceroy for Soldiers and Supplies May 8‚1705”. This was a letter written by the Santa Fe cabildo‚ sent on May 8‚ 1705 to the new governor and captain general (Governor Francisco Cuervo and Valdés). The letter requested for the viceroy to send supplies‚ for the members of the Santa Fe Cabildo. They needed supplies due to the frequent ambushes and invasions from the Native Americans. In the letter it states‚ “Their continues invasions and ambush have caused numerous deaths and
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my mom that I know no santa‚ she will not put the gifts under the christmas tree‚ I thought. I believed in santa for 9 years‚ but when I was 9 years old‚ I knew that there’s no santa. Many 10-12 years old kids figured out that santa is not real. Some of them heard it from their parents‚ their friends‚ or their siblings. Me‚ I figured it out by myself. It was so shocking to me but I kept pretending that I believe in santa. I was afraid if I can’t get any presents from santa nor my parents. There
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To My Dearest Elsie‚ I know this is my 5th letter in 3 days but I need to tell the truth. I joined the army for adventure and the chance to see new places but instead I am living in a mud hole‚ freezing under constant fear of death. You may laugh and say that I am but whingeing and that I am probably the only scared man here but it’s not true. All 5‚000 of us are terrified of what may come if we so much as lift our heads into the view of the enemy. Every day I have spent in this trench‚
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Dr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr open letter‚ "Letter from Birmingham Jail" (1963)‚ negotiates the sinful political unsound laws of Birmingham‚ Alabama to come to an end and that will create brotherhood amongst all races. His motivation for composing the letter was the Alabama Clergymen’s unfair suggestions‚ the letter permitted him to state his rebuttal. Dr. King’s purpose was to have equal civil rights for African Americans in order to have fair opportunity’s. Given the emotional value and
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