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    Everyone hates it when it rains too much. They cause natural disasters‚ diseases etc. However‚ when it rains in the middle of the summer‚ its heaven on earth. I also experienced a rainy day. I was going to my best friend’s house; we had not met for many days. I was just going out when it started pouring cats & dogs. I went in with teary eyes since my mother firmly said that I should not go out at all in this weather. I thought that the rain was the worst thing ever. I was very sad. Therefore‚

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    same sex couples. In his music video it shows the violent backlash the homosexual couple received because being “gay” is not accepted within the church community. The lyrics represent the frustration that Hozier feels about the Catholic Church and their stance on homosexual relationships. This song and music video allowed me to compare the feelings and misunderstanding individuals feel in regards to same sex relationships. The segment‚ documentary “For the Bible Tells Me So”‚ the Poteat’s fundamentalist

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    presumptuous troublemaker‚ invariably never heeding to his astute parents. His parents strictly advised him not to go and swim unassisted but guess what... he departed anyways! Submerging further beyond the coastland than he ever accomplished before‚ he was becoming lassitudinous. Promptly comprehending that there was no one in his immediate proximity to extricate him‚ he started to overreact. Investigating why James was so inaudible in his bedroom‚ Mother didn’t detect James but alternately a unfastidious

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    to Martin Luther King’s “Why We Can’t Wait” he was setting out to arouse the emotions of his readers by showing them the sad reality of the almost inhuman black situation during this time period. His sole‚ rhetorical purpose is to arouse pity in his reader by revealing the “cold facts” that no one took notice of. King achieves this goal through careful use of diction and detail. He tells a persuasive narrative in a style that is appealing to his reader. He tells the story of a young girl and boy

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    Why Did the Battle of the Somme go so Badly for the British Army? The Battle of the Somme took place during 1916 to take pressure off the French at Verdun and the Russians on the Eastern Front. The French were under heavy fire at Verdun and had been since February‚ and the army itself was close to cracking. The Russians had fought gallantly on the Eastern Front to try and avert the German Forces away from the Western Front. After launching many small offensives the Russians had gained very little

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    Response “These days I live in three worlds: my dreams‚ the experiences of my new life‚ which trigger memories from the past” (20). This quote is important because Ishmael Beah is still haunted by nightmares of his time fighting the war. I chose this because it is important to know that his new life is unfamiliar to him. “Things changed rapidly in a matter of seconds and no one had any control over anything. We had yet to learn these things and implement survival tactics‚ which was what it came

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    WHY WE CAN’T WAIT By Martin Luther King‚ Jr. (“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed”) 1. Summary on : The foreword by Martin Luther King‚ Jr. Story about a racially segregated city Alabama‚ Birmingham‚ in 1963‚ which led to a Campaign launched by King and Civil right movement in order to achieve civil rights and equality for African Americans. Introduction Poor Boys in Harlem living in an environment surrounded

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    Faith Like A River Helen Keller once said‚ “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence”(brainyquotes.com). The level of faith that someone has can really show their true character and personality. This is shown in the story Peace Like A River by Leif Enger. This story is about a small rural family that is placed with an immense burden after the eldest son Davy kills two local boys and escapes prison. The Land family ventures out to find him and

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    Why was the great depression was so hard to cure? Doing the 1930s‚ President Roosevelt and his intelligence advisers were facing with many obstacles of a magnificent decline in unemployment in the nation and those with jobs work less hours or easily for termination because of corrupting in most corporations. The depression was a major impact towards the disable and elders due to poor living environments because receiving no income because not able to work. Also striving to find a way to stabilize

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    Why Did So Many Jamestown Colonists Die? In May 1607‚ about 110 Englishmen arrived off the coast of Virginia. It was going to be the first permanent English colony in the new world. The first years of settlement were not easy and many of the colonists kept on dying. Many of the colonists died that they almost failed as a colony. There are many reasons why they died; the main reason was from diseases‚ the lack of food and fresh water‚ and their bad relationship with the Powhatan Indians.

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