In the movie “October Sky” by Joe Johnston‚ which is based on a true story written by Homer Hickam Jr. there was a boy with a dream to reach the stars. Homer Hickam watched the first artificial satellite Sputnik launch into space. The launch made Homer realize that he wanted to build a rocket of his own. Homer had faced many obstacles‚ people‚ and he even had to sacrifice his dreams. I think the theme should be - Dream’s are worth fighting for‚ but sometimes sacrifices are needed. One reason I
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Moon Landing Essay Some people say astronauts landed on the moon. Some people say it was a big fat lie. In 1969 a rocket ship from NASA “Apollo 11” supposedly went to the moon‚ took some pictures‚ videos and some pieces of the actual moon. Then the astronauts flew back to Earth. But did they really go to the moon‚ or was it just a big myth. The world may never know.
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Kendall Smith Honors/Pre-IB English 2 Kober‚ Period 7 Tuesday‚ December 13‚ 2011 The Unveiling of Roger Chillingworth In Chapter Ten‚ when Nathaniel Hawthorne illustrates the transformation of Roger Chillingworth from an unoffending man to a leech-like character seeking revenge on his host‚ Dimmesdale‚ the author implements comparisons along with specific word choice to characterize Chillingworth. His personality in the reader’s eyes metamorphoses into one of a fiendish parasite due to Hawthorne’s
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Glurgle bleep nar gloup ’’this saying on my planet means peace among worlds but going to earth was anything but that’’. My story began when we sent a distress signal to earth requesting if we could land there of course at the time me and my crew had no idea that the earthlings could not understand what we were saying. We came into the atmosphere and were immediately targeted by the defense systems The pilot yelled "four projectiles incoming" I told my crew to prepare for battle but it was too late
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As the story begins‚ a unnamed man is hiding from the police. He is tired of running and has decided that he must either find a hiding place or surrender. At that moment he sees a manhole cover in the street. He lifts the cover; the water below is deep and fast. His fear of the police is stronger than his fear of the water and the darkness‚ so he enters and is nearly swept away and killed by the water before he finds his footing. As he explores the tunnels‚ he knows that he is in danger‚ but an “irrational
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In the story “The Man Killed” By Tim O’Brien‚ the narrator stares in silence at the man he has just murdered. He imagines all sorts of things and describes every part of him‚ from the blood running out of his wounds to his dainty long fingers. He‚ then starts telling us about his life and visualizes his past‚ present and future. The narrator envisions this man of My Khe as a scholar‚ not a fighter; he believes he is someone who went to war only to fulfill his patriotic duty. During this whole
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My science fiction story will be based around a research mission to Saturn’s moon Enceladus‚ to study possible life. I will split the story into two parts; one discussing the trip to the far off moon and the dangers and solutions used during travel and the other part about the research and activities that take place while on the moon. I will talk about drilling into the ice‚ the possibilities of life and also about the effects of Saturn that are acting upon the moon. As many people know‚ leaving
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Anthem Essay Outline I. The Problem: Why does the Council of Vocations assign Equality the job of street sweeper? Is it due to error‚ incompetence‚ or a more sinister motivation? Explain. II. The Solution A. Objectivism 1. Objectivism is the belief that certain things‚ especially moral truths‚ exist independently of human knowledge or perception of them. 2. Objectivism‚ as defined by Ayn Rand in the book Objectively Speaking is that man exists for his own sake‚ that he must neither sacrifice
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The Apollo Missions was a test on mans’ limit and use of the knowledge that God gave us to see if we could land on the moon. Rushed by the Cold War‚ Scientist were antsy to get a manned rocket from this plant to our neighbor‚ the Moon. Many people look at it as the event of “the man on the moon”. I looked up more of the scientific discoveries that were made on those early missions and they were surprising to say the least! One of the questions posed by many scientists was what type of geological
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The power and knowledge of individualism is lost in the novel Anthem and Ayn Rand does a good job showing us the downfalls and troubles the future might hold. The society that Equality 7-2521 lives in is harsh and believes only in collectivism instead of individualism. The main collective government figures are known as Council of Scholars and Council of Vocations who make the rules and strictly force each brother in the society to follow each rule. They are forced to be alike in every way and live
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