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    Ms.Probert 03/02/11 Essay According to the critical lens by William Saroyan‚ “Good people… are good because they’re come to wisdom through failure.” In other words that a person can learn from mistakes and become a better person. Two literary works that agree with this statement are The Lord of the Flies‚ by William Golding and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey. The novel by William Golding‚ The Lord of the Flies

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    What the American flag means to me. The American flag is something that I’ve looked at since I was 5 years old in preschool. Every day in school since then I have said the promise of loyalty with my peers to the flag with my hand on my heart. When I see a flag blowing in the wind‚ or when I see a crowd of people standing with their hands to their hearts while the National Anthem plays‚ it gives me chills. When I recite "The Pledge of Allegiance‚" it is more than just words to me. It is a reminder

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    hereby declare that my Project entitled “Teaching & Teaching Method of teacher (A case study of union council Hero Shah Tehsil Dargai‚ Malakand)”submitted for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Education‚ is my original work and has not been copied‚ wholly or partially‚ from another research work/report/thesis/article/paper. And that it has not been presented for any other degree and would not be presented for another degree in future by me or someone else. I understand that my doing so would render

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    by reinforcing the character’s surroundings and childhood. Hannah Robert’s short story ‘Sky High’ effectively expresses this theme through her colourful use of figurative devices. Similarly‚ Jayce White’s short film ‘Between the Flags’ conveys aspects of youth culture through character commonalities. ! ! One’s idea of self can change overtime‚ but the realisation of this can happen within an instant. The persona’s reflection begins with a vivid memory of the washing line‚ ’the best climbing

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    Flag Raising On Iwo Jima

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    can come to stand in for larger discourses (such as Nation‚ race‚ gender‚ or protest) and are visual vocabulary for articulating these larger discourses” (Light). Additionally‚ according to‚ “Performing Civic Identity: The Iconic Photograph of the Flag Raising on Iwo Jima” by Robert Hariman and John Louis Lucaites‚ “Iconic images are widely recognized as representations of significant historical events‚ activate strong emotional response‚ and are reproduced across a range of media‚ genres or topics”

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    There are many ways how the men died. But there are even more reasons why they died. Knowing how the men died is not the same as knowing why they died. First knowing how they died is easy to see.Like how if the ship had better ventilation‚ it wouldn’t have sunk so fast. It would have given them a little more time to see what they needed to do to get help. When the ship went under they were in shark infested water and some men died from getting eaten by the sharks. Most of the men got thirsty after

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    Confederate flag is a part of history? Are you aware the constitution gives us the freedom of speech? Did you know the meaning behind the Confederate flag my not be what you thought it meant? All of the answers to these questions may be different than what you originally thought. The Confederate flag may be banned because many people around the country don’t know the truth about this controversial issue. All things considered‚ the Confederate flag should continue to fly because the flag is a part

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    I Knew This Was My Moment

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    “I knew this was my moment.” “Dear diary‚” I started to write on one of the blank pages of my diary. For the past few months‚ my diary has been my only companion. These pages are where I write my stories and let my imagination run free while I pour my heart out on each page. I continued to write. “I’ve decided that‚ for today’s diary entry‚ I’ll write a story. A story I have never had the courage to write. But lately‚ it is all I have been thinking about. I need to get it out of my head and

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    confederate flag should not be banned because it’s not about people being racist‚ it’s about the slavery and our hairitage. The confederate flag has been around since the civil war. The confederate flag has been around for about 150 years. They are taking the confederate flag down from the battle ground and tv shows and now trying to ban it from school. They should not ban it because it goes way back. Just because the guy shot 9 black people‚ it should be banned. The confederate flag is a part of

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    I Knew This Was My Moment

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    I Knew This Was My Moment I was sitting on a chair‚ tied up‚ in an isolated cabin. I felt very weary as I had just opened my eyes after a deep sleep. I had no idea of my sleeping hours‚ days or even months! It was damp and frosty inside the place. This wood cabin‚ if I were to use one word to describe it would be ‘UNKEMPT’! Spider webs clouded every corner‚ refuse scattered all over‚ hordes of flies buzzing around it‚ scavenging for sustenance. A pungent smell arose from a stale‚ discarded

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