I’m sitting on a bench in Christopher Columbus Park. The wooden planks at my back are faded from a combination of sun and sea-breeze‚ and under my fingers are lover’s carvings. Names‚ initials‚ crooked hearts‚ equations that end in forever. The last time I was here‚ I was eighteen. Maybe back then‚ I would have seen the beauty in it all. Right now‚ I pass my fingers over the gouges in the wood and hope I don’t get a splinter. I sigh softly‚ leaning forward and hanging my head. One hand dangles
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“The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences.” ( McCandless). Christopher McCandless a young man wanting to experience life to the fullest in the Alaskan wilderness without a plan. I support Cellarman’s argument about McCandless is ignorant due to his lack of planning for his trip into the wilderness‚ but I disagree with him because I think McCandless courage nor his ideas are very inspirational. As a matter
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In order to better understand this; social scientists are conducting studies on whether violent video games contribute to this cycle of violence or are they just a tragic coincidence. In “violent Video Games: Dogma‚ Fear‚ and Pseudoscience” Christopher Ferguson argues that there is no significant contribution to video game violence and the up-tick in youth violence seen today. However‚ David Grossmann in “Trained to kill (children who kill)” argues that video game violence not only contributes
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Stolen‚ written by Lucy Christopher‚ was my chosen book for this quarter’s reading. This story is about a young 16 year old female named Gemma finding her way home after getting kidnapped by an old man who went by the name of Ty. While being held captive‚ Gemma and Ty start to develop an unusual relationship that lead them to knowing each other even more. For my visual representation of this book‚ I chose to create a collage based on the novel. I incorporated pictures of places‚ items‚ and characters
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Once Upon a Genocide Christopher Columbus is often portrayed as a hero in America. He found a new land‚ proved the world was not flat‚ and made way for the pilgrims to escape tyranny. American children are shown a hero and taught many fallacies about this man from the beginning of their education. According to our text‚ Columbus is seen in children’s literature as little less than a saint. “When Christopher Columbus was a child‚ he always wanted to be like Saint Christopher. He wanted to sail to
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JP In Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight gothic elements such as suspenseful violence‚ mysterious heroic outsiders‚ and freakish villains are used in order to catch the attention of society. The use of suspenseful violence in Nolan’s production is a significant contribution for the overall mood of the movie. For example‚ the Joker sets up a social experiment in which two ferries‚ one full of passengers and the other full of prisoners‚ each have a bomb rigged. The detonator for each bomb however
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Columbus the Fake Christopher Columbus- a name that makes us think “sailed the ocean blue in 1492” and the great one who discovered the Americas. Since a young age we are taught about the glorious‚ heroic man who came and conquered the Americans; there is even a holiday for him. But little do many know that Columbus was not the first and he did much harm when coming to North America. While most think Columbus was a great and powerful man who founded America‚ he was more of an imposter who did much
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“Joining Christopher Columbus on His Voyage to the New World” As we all stood in line to aboard our supplies for a hazardous exploration mission‚ you could feel the despair in the atmosphere. The thought of going into unknown territory away from your love ones‚ with the threat of unknown new diseases‚ however there were those men that looked at this as a new start and a way to make history. Although there were rumors that Columbus had no entirely told the truth about are objective. Columbus thought
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The book‚ The White Mountains by John Christopher‚ describes freedom as a luxury. Freedom is extremely valuable‚ and many people have fought and even risked their own lives for it. In the United States‚ freedom is emphasised such as in their national anthem. There are reasons to why freedom is so important. They are to be creative‚ to disagree‚ and to be able to choose God. Creativity is what makes this world interesting and diverse. Many inventions were made by accident and by unusual combinations
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Response 2 Christopher Columbus first voyage was a discovery of different plant and animal species as he made multiple references about the beauty of San Salvador and its inhabitants. I assume that the various species of plants that are on the land could be put to good use as he saved large quantities of aloe and other items for the person he refers to as “your highness”- who is that? While reading the passage‚ I noticed how he instantly insults the integrity of the island people as he describes
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