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    Colleen Knier Mr. McCarthy Rogues and Reformers 25 February 2013 Billy the Kid vs. Young Guns The legendary story of Billy the Kid has been told for over one hundred years. Movies have been made since then‚ portraying a similar story of Billy the Kid. The popular movie‚ Young Guns‚ was made in 1988 and was based around the teenage life of Billy and his posse known as “The Regulators”. However‚ the movie had many major historical inaccuracies. One example of a historical inaccuracy was the

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    a record; there were all kinds of drama and stories from each individual. The story and controversy of Billy Bishop involves different interpretation and view of remaining evidence. But the thing is‚ we will never know every detail of those stories by looking at records. No matter how detailed the records are‚ there were too many variables that could’ve affected one’s decision in war. Billy Bishop is known as an ace pilot who fought for Canada in World War I. He won 72 aerial victories which

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    Slaughterhouse-five is about a man named Billy Pilgrim. Pilgrim was born in 1922 and grew up in New York. He does reasonably well in school. While attending college to become an optometrist he is drafted in to the army. He trains to be a Chaplain Assistant. He is taken Prisoner in the battle of Bulge in Belgium. Right before his capture Pilgrim experiences his first flashback were he sees his entire life flashes before him. The Germans put him into a boxcar to Germany. Once he arrives he experiences

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    The pragmatic Charlotte Lucas does not have a romantic concept of matrimony‚ however deems marriage to the most disagreeable‚ pompous‚ Mr Collins as the best alternative for a ‘woman of small fortune’ in her society. Through her dispassionate materialistic rhetoric she states; ‘I ask only a comfortable home; and considering Mr Collins character‚ connections‚ and situation in life‚ I am convinced that my chance of happiness with him is as fair‚ as most people can boast on entering the marriage state

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    Billy Joel and His Battle with Depression Since the early seventies‚ Billy Joel has displayed greatness with his success in music‚ and has captured America with the sounds of his catchy tunes. Many accomplishments have been made‚ such as winning five Grammy Awards and many top ten hits in the seventies‚ eighties‚ and nineties. Joel has been successful throughout the years‚ but one thing he is still trying to overcome is his depression‚ and that is a hard thing to control. As early

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    Moneyball is the story of a dynamic change agent who rallied a small group of undervalued professional baseball players and executives to overturn convention and rethink how Major League Baseball (“MLB”) was managed and played. In 2002‚ Billy Beane‚ General Manager of the Oakland Athletics (“Oakland A’s”)‚ faced a critical situation—his baseball team was consistently losing the battle for talent. The best players were being lured to wealthier teams with more lucrative contracts. Constrained by a

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    In the story “Hunger games” by Susan Collins‚ the main character‚ Katniss Everdeen is forced into the hunger games. Over a 3 year course‚ Katniss shows a great deal of changes in and out of the Arena. Katniss must leave her family including her younger sister Prim to take care of herself. Katniss herself is not certain she will return. She leaves all the responsibility in her sister’s hands. Once the 74th hunger games is over‚ katniss returns home to her mother and her sister only go straight back

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    of things to many different people. However‚ historically speaking‚ apocalypse has a much more defined and spiritual connotation that has been well documented throughout literary records. In the article‚ “Apocalypse: An Overview‚” author John J. Collins provides a detailed review of the historical definitions and significance of apocalyptic text in modern day religions. According to the Apocalypse of John‚ or Book of Revelations (New Testament)‚ the genre known as apocalypse refers to “mysterious

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    In "Introduction to poetry"‚ the poet uses personification at the end of his poem. He uses a lot of it in the last two stanzas. Collins writes‚ But all they want to do is tie the poem to a chair with rope and torture a confession out of it. They begin beating it with a hose to find out what it really means (12-16). When he writes this‚ It shows personification. Poetry takes on characteristics that can only

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    Honorable Headmaster‚ Members of Staff‚ Co-aspirant‚ Out-going Prefect‚ Fellow Student‚ Ladies and Gentlemen. I greet you all. I am very grateful for being given the chance to read my manifesto to you‚ as an aspirant for the position of boy school prefect. I am Benjamin Quarshie‚ a second year art student of this great institution. I am before you today‚ to solicit to your vote for the enviable position of a boys school prefect for the 2013/2014 academic year. Honorable headmaster‚ my reasons for

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