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    I never wanted any of this. You know that‚ right? I didn’t choose any of this.Where do you think evil comes from? Do you think people decide to be bad? Do you think the devil knows who he is? Do you think it’s all his fault? I didn’t choose to be this way‚ okay? I need you to know that. But I also need you to know that I don’t regret this. Pleading not guilty doesn’t always mean you didn’t do it. In this piece‚ an 18 year old girl on trial for murder decides to defend not the fact that she murdered

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    Story “I am sitting in my truck having my lunch break then all of a sudden a huge fire rang out nearly busted my eardrums. I couldn’t comprehend what happened then. I saw a man armed with a 30-30 caliber rifle‚ including that i’m terrified out of my skin! He was only 15 feet away from me‚ looking at me and a woman who had her baby‚ with his gun was pointed at waist level toward us. All I could think of is hitting the ground and hoping for the love of god‚ that he wouldn’t kill me. “Don’t kill me

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    In the stories Don’t Give Up The Fight and Making Sarah Cry The both share a theme of being different. In Don’t Give Up The Fight Ava is different because all the people on her team are boys and she is the only girl. In the story Making Sarah Cry Sarah gets made fun because she looks different than everyone else. Even though these stories share a common theme of being different they are two completely different stories. For example the characters in the story handled their situations differently

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    “They Shoot Horses Don’t They” written by Horace McCoy expresses two significant views on life during the Great Depression. This novel is about Robert and Gloria’s struggle to live during the times of hardship after their failure to pursue in life. Robert‚ the narrator of the novel‚ is a young boy who hopes to become a film director. After many failed attempts at pursuing his aspired profession‚ his strong and tough personality reflects his view on fighting for his life and become a filmmaker. On

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    The story Don’t Give Up the fight‚ the main character is being bullied‚ but tells the principal. This relates to how Thao Suranari‚ also called Ya Mo‚ won a war sing her intelligence‚ not by force. Ava is faced with a challenge she cannot overcome by force. After her bullying becomes physical‚ she has to tell her friend. Her friend suggests that she informed the principal. Ya Mo helped win the war by freeing the enemies prisoners. She was enslaved by the Vientiane army and forced to cook. She gave

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    Anna Garcia 2/12/2015 Reading Response Paper “Boys Don’t Cry” SOCL 3600 Gender and Power Dr. Agnes Riedmann The film‚ Boys Don’t Cry‚ is based on a true story and raises numerous real-world issues in its story of a murder case in Middle America in which the victim was a girl who successfully passed herself off as a boy. Brandon Teena depicts the life and death of a young woman who believed that she should have been born a man. Teena concealed her female gender and successfully convinced almost everyone

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    EXTENDED WRITING PROJECT-Nicky Sparks Turning points can be difficult.This is expressed In the memoir Warriors don’t Cry‚the autobiography I Never had it Made‚and the article the “Father of Chinese Aviation”.Melba patillo Beals‚Jackie Robinson‚ and Feng Ru all experienced life-changing experiences and in doing so changed their country’s. Feng Ru was the first chinese person to make a working airplane and made China realise the importance of industrialization. Feng Ru was a U.S immigrant and a self

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    In his exposition "Don’t Blame the Eater‚" David Zinczenko cautions the shopper about the threats of fast food‚ concurring that it is terrible for one’s body. Through his contention‚ he demonstrates to his readers that the purchaser is not so much at blame the sustenance business is the genuine guilty party here. With his utilization of inquiries all through the content‚ alongside individual story‚ symbolism‚ and his tone‚ Zinczenko has the capacity viably contend against the control of the sustenance

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    1. In my opinion this film is titled Boys Don’t Cry because boys are given the stereotype that they are not allowed to show emotion and need to be tough. Brandon Teena is a female to male transgender. Brandon took on his true self and became whole heartedly a man. With this he had to fit the male stereotype. He became tough and joked like he was one of the guys. There was a scene in the movie where all the guys were holding onto the back of a pickup truck driving in circles until they flew off. Brandon

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    In the story “Don’t Give Up The Fight” and the article “Susan B Anthony Dares

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