and women are equal. They have the same opportunities‚ same rights. I wasn’t really keen on the ‘feminist’ name tag either. Mostly‚ due to its association with single‚ angry women burning bras and holding sign boards saying “We don’t need men to dictate us.” It took me a while to reflect upon my purpose for calling myself a feminist. It involved intensive googling at 3 am and long discussions with friends in coffee shops to
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I am Sam is a heart-warmth story of Sam Dawson‚ a mentally challenged single father who is raising his daughter Lucy with the help of an extraordinary group of friends and his next door neighbor Anne. As Lucy turns seven and begins to intellectually outshine her father‚ their close bond is threatened when their situation comes under the inquiry of a social worker who wants Lucy placed in foster care. According to Smart (2016)‚ Society causes the disability‚ and it is society‚ rather than the individual
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Proud to be an American I am proud to be an American. I am proud because we have always fought for freedom and peace. There are many people who have fought for the freedom of our country. There are also many people who have died for it. In the following paragraphs‚ I will tell you about three of the five branches of the United States Armed Forces that fight for our freedom‚ facts about them‚ and the important battles that they have fought. The first branch I will tell you about is the United States
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Critical Review: I Am Sam The movie‚ I am Sam‚ is the portrayal of a mentally retarded single parent struggling to maintain custody of his normal intelligence daughter. Within his circle of acquaintances are four special needs adults who are his close friends and two normal intelligence adults who exhibit disordered behavior. The writers‚ Kristin Johnson and Jessie Nelson‚ spent months researching and observing developmentally disabled adults in order to provide an accurate representation of the
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The “I Am Hip” chapter of the 1970 novel takes somewhat of a different turn. The two characters known as the ministers of information for Black Panther Party Party and the Red Guard (an Asian pro-communist organization) are discussing their past in a hotel room in the USSR and are planning to travel throughout Communist Asia. They hope to ultimately meet up with Mao Zedong. The Red Guard Party’s Minister of Information‚ also known as “RG” for short‚ talks about his past. He explains that he toured
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with different ethnicity of people and people who face different financial‚ social‚ and mental differences one thing that we all can relate to is having a dream. Yet as we transform into a toddler to an adult are dreams may shift from wanting to be an epitome of a princess to the president of the United States. But nevertheless it’s a dream. And dreams today are the driving force of America. But what if out of nowhere you realized
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Apocalypses are defined as the end of the world‚ whereas creation represents the beginning. What comes in between? Once an Apocalypse ends‚ a creation story begins; thus‚ there is a cycle. This cycle is portrayed by Richard Matheson in his novel I Am Legend. The protagonist‚ Robert Neville‚ survives an apocalyptic world war and a dust-storm-carried disease‚ but he survives alone. He is the end and the new beginning. Thus‚ Matheson suggests that within an apocalypse‚ there can still be elements of
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I am Lycon‚ I was born in Athens in 460 BCE into a family of sophisticated middle class individuals. I don’t like to think of myself as the best‚ but the Athenian community consider my family to be one of the more fortunate families in society. I have had a great deal of experience with that reprobate of a man that we call Socrates. I am here today with my fellow accusers‚ Meletus and Anytus‚ to prove that Socrates is guilty. I feel that Athens would be a much better place if Socrates were put
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Alice Walker’s essay Am I Blue?‚ is on the surface‚ a statement about how humans treat animals and the right’s of animals. However‚ on a deeper level‚ Walker is making a very powerful argument about how human animals treat each other much the same way they treat non human animals. All though history‚ horses have been symbols of power and grace. Gigantic herds of mustangs were once seen galloping on the American frontier. Alice Walker brings you to her reality‚ with the story of a beautiful horse
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I wonder who lived here the year before me‚ I hear the sky calling me‚ I see the footsteps below‚ I want to walk and be free‚ I am just a leaf‚ hanging high in the tree‚ I pretend that I am something that lives on the ground‚ I feel a touch of branches throughout‚ I touch a flower that grows close to me‚ I worry about me growing fast‚ I cry when I see the stars falling from the sky‚ I am just a leaf‚ hanging high in the tree‚ I understand moments in time‚ I say tomorrow is another day‚ I dream about
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