It was raining heavily‚ the sky turned stygian and the only thing that could be heard was the rumble of thunder. We ushered to a nearby store to buy necessary items. While I was paying at the counter‚ a young girl of about the age of James‚ asked me if we were new here‚ because she hadn’t seen us and asked where were staying ‚ her face went pale and I could see she got goose bumps‚ when I told her we were staying in #7777. She could not speak anymore and suddenly went cold‚ I immediately called
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Treachery of thy Forest Mary Rowlandson (1636-1711) a puritan women‚ held as a prisoner by the Native Americans and forced to travel‚ “some 150 miles‚ from Lancaster to Menamaset then north to Northfield and across the Connecticut river.”(10) was not a writer however had her book‚ A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson published. The book was released for the‚ “public at the earnest desire of some friends‚ and for the benefit of the afflicted”(5-6) and Young Goodman
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various states like North Carolina‚ Virginia‚ Maryland‚ and Delaware‚ and after thirty-two days‚ arrived in Philadelphia. Congress originally tossed aside even considering letting Lafayette fight; but they would soon be persuaded. Not only did Benjamin Franklin and Silas Deane write a letter to Congress on Lafayette’s behalf‚ but Lafayette also took the liberty to write a letter to Congress as well. He wrote‚ “After the sacrifices I have made‚ I have the right to exact two favours: one is‚ to serve
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Martin Luther King and Benjamin Franklin are two well known significant figures throughout American history. King and Franklin are both similar and different in many aspects of their lives when it comes to their personal lives‚ such as‚ spouse‚ life‚ and education‚ their political movements‚ and their awards. They are good influential leaders to their followers. They both are dedicated and hard workers in what they do. Martin Luther King and Benjamin Franklin’s lives can be compared where both
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remember. Involve me and I learn”‚ Benjamin Franklin. Most people think of Ben franklin‚ they think about how he discovered how lighting generates electricity or the lighting rod. But most people don’t know that he made hundreds of other inventions. Franklin could do many things. He has made multiple stories and has made multiple inventions. He was a inventor and a philosopher and had made multiple discoveries like how lighting can generate electricity. Franklin at a young age‚ dropped out of school
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In the beginning William Bradford characterizes nature as a hideous and desolate wilderness‚ full of wild beasts and wild men. Rowlandson echoes Bradford’s feelings‚ referring to the New World as a vast and howling wilderness an often calls nature a desolate place. Just like Rowlandson‚ Edward Taylor seems to have a distaste towards nature. Puritanism becomes more accepting of the natural world and more liberal in its use of nature imagery. Whereas Taylor becomes seemingly more detached and distrustful
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In the “Proposals Relation to the Education of Youth in Pennsylvania‚ Philadelphia‚” 1749‚ Benjamin Franklin reconciled public service‚ the benefits of classical learning‚ and the necessity of practical training for young people in the colony. Mr. Franklin discussed that knowledge helps to give honor. Not just honor to yourself for knowing what you are doing and talking about but‚ also an honor for your country to represent them if you were to become a part of office and have to communicate with
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Reading Response #2 Benjamin Franklin’s principles are comparable to the Mary Rowlandson’s orgins in way and also diverse in some ways. In Benjamin Franklin’s The Autobiography‚ Franklin holds alloy of importance on educations and improving one own self‚ and how it can benefit to anyone. Franklin is a person who believes if he constantly read and educates himself he will improve his own work and archive hid dream. Compared to Puritan constant belief in the bible and her faith in god will
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To borrow means ’to take and use something that belongs to somebody else‚ and return it to them at a later time.’But is this as clear as it’s presented in the dictionary? Does this action lead to unpleasurable consequences? Borrowing is a doomed cause. It ends with its beginning‚ like a closed circle and never lets you go away. It grabs you with its tentacles‚ until it completely tears you to pieces‚ like a fierce beast‚ and then leaves you to the vultures and jackals. People borrow things‚ and
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[pic] I am a provider‚ to those living and to those not: My abundant leaves for the paper you waste‚ My towering trunk for what furniture’s based‚ Air breathed and fruits consumed‚ I bestow upon you. I am a tree; please acknowledge me. 5 I am like a child‚ defenseless‚ desperate‚ and delicate. High and mighty I stand without bothering your people‚ Yet you ravenously wreck the grounds of the feeble. What was once plenty is now
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