clearly‚” I responded. “That’s why I want you to come. We need a thinker to tell the story of our war.” “We wouldn’t get the same benefits our fathers did in Vietnam‚” I said. “For example‚” Leo asked? “For one thing‚ Bob Hope is dead‚ and we would be deprived of seeing Beyoncé in red‚ white‚ and blue panties like the ones Raquel Welch wore for the troops.” Leo gave a frown‚ and I was about to retell the story of my dad trading a week of leave to his
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I WOULD/WOULD NOT walk away from Omelas. Introduction: After reading the short story The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas‚ by author Ursula Le Guin‚ I would not walk away from Omelas. Example 1: The “ones who walk away from Omelas” (Le Guin 7) are ones who cannot bear to face the guilt of scapegoating‚ which is the sole reason behind Omelas’s prosperity. The inhabitants’ happiness comes at the expense of one child’s sanity‚ whom all citizens are aware of‚ yet cannot do anything about. “They
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Underlying Power One thousand and one nights‚ one thousand and one moral stories. The story of The Thousand and One Nights is a unique tale that teaches simple morals throughout the many stories within the main story. This tale is about a clever women that saves herself‚ as well as the women in her kingdom‚ from being put to death by the king. She does this by marring the king and telling him bedtime stories every night that lead into the next day. She would purposely not finish the story‚ to leave
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garb. His body had been much larger and more imposing when he was at war‚ and he had lost a considerable amount of weight since the war had ceased. Even regaining his appetite and eating a fair amount of food at The Resort was not enough to put any more weight on his frame. Trent felt sunken. How could he possibly get to the bottom of what was happening‚ and if he did learn the secrets of the Paradise Planet‚ how could he - one sunken‚ defeated former soldier - possibly do anything about it? His
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Star Wars: A New Hope Though Star Wars has always been around for me to watch‚ I never took the initiative to watch it until now. It was fairly easy for me to realize that it was et "a long time ago‚ in a galaxy far‚ far away‚" where we learn of the adventures of Luke Skywalker‚ a lowly who finds himself stranded in the middle of an intergalactic civil war after encountering R2D2 and C3P0‚ which were two droids that had the secret and covert plans to help develop an engine of destruction known as
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Dear Aunt Bessie In order for me to be better‚ I have to give the best and to give the best I am going to donate the money I have. All together it adds up to almost one million but its in three different groups; One hundred thousand for child labor‚ three hundred thousand for women’s right and six hundred thousand for the meat packing industry. I already have everything I need so why not help out others. First off no matter how much money you have‚ it can help anyone that is in need. Three
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Ned plan was to enroll in the war and to become a warrior. He knew that he could not convince anyone that he was older because of his height. Since Ned is a short boy not only for his age but he even told his friends that “the war will be over before I am old enough to enlist.” The teachers told the students that “you must all sacrifice to help the war effort‚ “ but Ned knew that the Navajos had already sacrificed before. Some of the families back home are still trying to recover for when the last
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50 War Cherokee Co‚ Alabama April‚ 1861 “War? What war‚” asked Nancy. “Why haven’t heard about this before?” Aaron looked at her as if he was wondering if she were dense or just plain stupid‚ then said‚ “Why the war with the Yankees‚ of course- have you had your head under a rock!” “No‚” Nancy yelled. “I just haven’t heard about it and wondered why.” “Prolly because y’all stuck out here in the wilderness and men folk didn’t see no use in filling you women’s heads with talk of war‚“ stated Aaron
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The following story is not a true one‚ it is based on true facts‚ a real war‚ and the same type of issue that happened in such war. You are Hans Pellston‚ a boy of only eighteen in August 17th‚ 1939‚ born in Nuremberg‚ Germany. So your story begins‚ on the south side of your home town. Walking along the river Rhine wasn’t so glorious at times‚ though it always seemed to give a certain solidarity that nowhere else seemed to give me. The water did not flow loudly nor did it seem still‚ the water
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It was 1920 and the war had left France devastated. After the war‚ our industries were destroyed‚ our economy collapsed‚ and our families ripped apart. Our lands and homes were gone; so we all had decided to leave and rebuild elsewhere in a land of opportunity. We were gathered on this ship in hopes of making a new life for ourselves. There were many men aboard‚ but even more women with children‚ perhaps going to meet their husbands already in America. One particular woman caught my attention. She
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