orange and my favorite team was the okc thunder. I believed in the thunder because i believed in the star players that played on the team. They are really good and have a good future ahead in the NBA. basketball is my favorite sport that’s why i believe in in the thunder so heavy. Everytime i watch the thunder i get excited and have a good day. I also know that me watching certain players on the thunder will give me a boost in my basketball game because they are really good. If i keep watching i
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Brayden Schoonmaker Music 201 Schoon24 Plato’s Allegory of the Cave; Then and Now Throughout history‚ men and women have continued to strive for excellence and to push the boundaries of what is known in the current age. From Asia to the Americas we have people that we study and pursue to be like‚ thus giving people inspiration to achieve greatness. As we look into the 1500s we see someone who sticks out to us as a pioneer for knowledge and philosophy: Plato. As we look into “The Allegory of
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resting‚ and trying again but always gaining. 7) If we fail now‚ then we will have forgotten in abundance what we learned in hardship. 8) If we succeeded‚ it will not be because of what we have‚ but it will be because of what we are; not because of what we own‚ but rather because of what we believe. 9) For we are a nation of believers. In our own union we believe that every man must some day be free. And we believe in ourselves. 10) For this is what our country is all about
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Entertainment in 1900’s Vs. Now There are many differences between the 1900’s and now‚ we have discovered a lot of amazing technology and ways to be entertained since the 1900’s. A few of those technologies are televisions‚ radios‚ and cellphones. Entertainment has influenced our generation a lot and has changed significantly over the years. Entertainment back in the 1900’s was definitely more active and social than how our generation calls “entertainment” now. Teenagers in the 1900’s would actually
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The Role of the Teenager in America Then and Now Teenagers in the 1950’s were a lot different from the teenagers today. It was a beginning of a transformation into what they are today. The influence of teenagers on America’s economy has changed greatly‚ Teenagers have gone from not being able to speak their mind to freely expressing almost anything they feel. It seems large companies are now only focusing on teens‚ whereas before they had all but ignored them. Their advertising is directed toward
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scientists have been working arduously in search of answers of climatic change and other nature-based phenomenon instead of finding a way to prevent it. Bill Mckibben‚ an American environmentalist‚ educated scholar and author of newspaper article “Now or Never”‚ has worked extensively on the impact and kindled people’s interest in global warming. Mckibben discusses how burning carbon based fossil fuels would lead a gargantuan amount of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere. More importantly
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the war in Apocalypse Now. The sexual connotation is seen in the helicopter scene when bullets enter into the body flashing blood and also in the Sampan boat scene where the soldiers tried to humiliate the women. Coppola made a vision about the war-related problems besides technology and aesthetics of the politics. Overall‚ Coppola made a whole image of the Vietnam War that includes journalism‚ memoirs‚ and references to other movies. The cinematographer of the Apocalypse Now was Storaro‚ Coppola
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I believe in M&M’s. Yes‚ you read that right… M&M’s. I don’t believe in them because they are my favorite candy or because I love separating them by color‚ no. I believe in them because the first thing that comes to mind is bowls around my that comes to mind is my lovely Irish Nana‚ Mary Shannon- Leary because she use to have bowls of M&M’s all around her house‚ that I according to my grandmother and mother‚ “I could never keep my hands out of.” In January of 2005‚ when I was 3 years old‚ heaven
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Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now lacks the impact of its inspiration‚ Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. While the basic elements of imperialism and human nature remain intact‚ the characters of the film bare little resemblance to their literary counterparts. The film serves as a re-interpretation of Conrad’s novella‚ updated from 19th-century British imperialism in the Congo to a critique of 20th-century U.S. imperialism in Southeast Asia. Coppola’s changes in setting and plot structure‚ however
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Witch-Hunts‚ Then and Now Witch-Hunts‚ Then and Now is basically comparing how witch-hunts were handled in the year 1692‚ in comparison to the McCarthy era prosecutions of suspected communists. I chose this topic because I have always been interested in learning what exactly happened at the Salem witch-hunts. I have always only heard stories of the hangings and they left me curious to find out more. I also have never heard of McCarthyism and how it would relate to witch-hunts
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