part you do alone‚ but I could of helped with the dying” –Jimmy. This is a story about friendship‚ betrayal‚ and murder. The setting for the story is Boston‚ Massachusetts. Not the Boston of Cheers‚ MIT‚ or Charles River luxury apartments. The Boston where the story unfolds is called “the flats.” The river in which the story evolves is the Mystic River that flows through the flats. The river could tell many stories of human tragedy if only it could speak. It is a neighborhood of lower income
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time did not have access to high tech technology like we do today to speak of their beliefs. Therefore‚ Muslims‚ people of the Islamic religion‚ had to spread Islam in other ways. The expanding trade routes‚ conquering of neighboring land‚ and the incorporation of the religion in the Muslims’ daily lives were three of many ways that Islam spread so quickly The first way that the Islamic religion was spread quickly was the expanding trade routes. Islam was and still is centered in Mecca‚ and so were
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Why Did Islam Spread So Quickly? The Islamic religion spread incredibly fast from approximately 600 C.E. to 700 C.E. because the religion and its beliefs are appealing‚ the main worship center is also a huge trade center‚ and it has noble military campaigns. The founder of the religion‚ a man whose name was Muhammad‚ received word from a god named Allah. He began to preach Allah’s word to citizens in Mecca‚ and his preachings spread rapidly across the Middle East. One of the reasons Islam spread
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religion grew and Muhammad was seen as a prophet of Allah. After Muhammad’s death in 632 CE‚ all of his teachings were recorded in a book called the Qur’an‚ and the religion continued on to spread. Within 100 years of Muhammad’s death‚ Islam had spread past the Middle East and went to other continents‚ such as‚ Africa‚ Asia‚ and Europe (Background Essay). Which begs the question‚ why did Islam spread so fast?
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Although being Saturday‚ the long expected beginning of the weekend that allows me to stay in bed much longer than usually‚ I was already awake and it was not even eight o’clock yet. Still lying in my comfortable bed wrapped up into my favorite‚ soft and warm‚ blue blanket‚ I could hear the pleasing sound of water flowing down the gutter. It was a rainy morning outside. Not being able to help myself from wondering why on earth I had to be the one getting up so early today‚ I tried to prolong my staying
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Why did the Vietnam War really start? Why was the United States fighting? Did it have something to do with the Domino Theory? All of these were questions Tim O’Brien had in “On the Rainy River.” O’Brien was an average young adult who had a job and a family and who did not really care about the Vietnam War that was going on. On day‚ O’Brien received a draft notice and all his thoughts on the war changed‚ but not in a good way. He hated the war so much that he went up to the northern tip of Minnesota
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The Singing River Gaylesville‚ Cherokee Co‚ Alabama April‚ 1851 Charity‚ Jeremiah‚ and the children made it to the outskirts of Gaylesville on a Friday afternoon; it was the 18th day of April‚ in the year 1851. Already‚ she missed the peace of the wilderness; she also missed the soothing calmness of the watershed. Although Gaylesville was not nearly as large a town as Anniston or Jacksonville was‚ it was still a town. Charity disliked towns of any size; to her thinking‚ they seemed to brew trouble
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convert to Islam or join the Pact and continue practicing your own religion!” I overheard a soldier talking to the leader of my tribe. Would he convert to Islam or enter the Pact‚ pay the jizyah and stay a Christian? Part of the reason Islam spread so quickly was because the conquered people liked the Muslim beliefs and the way they ruled. (With consideration to other religions) Other reasons for the rapid spread of Islam were trade and Jihad. (religious war) Mecca was the birthplace of Islam; it
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Reading the different stories and struggles of people from all different lifestyles gave a new perspective on what goes on in the lives of others. The three different stories told in literature and film all captivates audiences of being able to tell the truths that each of these people face. In Americo Parades’s With His Pistol in His Hand‚ Sandra Cisneros’s Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories‚ and Natalia Almada’s film‚ Al Otro Lado: To the Other Side‚ I saw the struggles of people and the
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Passage to Rainy Mountain N. Scott Momaday‚ in the memoir “The Way to Rainy Mountain”‚ traced the ancestral roots of his tribe back to the start of the Kiowa tribe. Momaday had always known about his ancestry but the death of his grandmother‚ Aho‚ prompted him to seek an in-depth personal exploration of his family history and background. Therefore‚ Momaday went back to his grandmother’s residence and he observed that the spirit of the Kiowa tribe was faint but still very stirring. When he
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