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    Arn Chorn-Pond Arn Chorn-Pond is the main character in “Never Fall Down”. The book is from the real story of Arn Chorn-Pond‚ and its written by Patricia McCormick. It’s about a poor boy that lives in Cambodia. He experienced wars‚ Khmer Rouge and the extreme things you have to do to survive. Arn survived through his smartness‚ kindness and sometimes coldness. Arn survives mainly due him being smart all the time. Firstly‚ under the Khmer Rouge Arn joined the band that plays music to drown the sounds

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    becoming flooded; these and many more are all problems we are facing in our everyday lives due to global warming. “The warnings about global warming have been extremely clear for a long time. We are facing a global climate crisis. It is deepening. We are entering a period of consequences.” Said Al Gore in a speech at the National Sierra Club Convention in 2005. Many would agree with Gore in taking the side that global warming is the greatest threat to our world today. Global warming has a chain reaction

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    Glory 1989

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    HIST 151 sec. 20 Prof. W.M. Sarf Term Paper: Glory 1989 Glory was a film directed by Edward Zwick. The movie showed the first full black regiment under the command of historic hero of the Federal Union Army‚ Robert Gould Shaw‚ from how it was created and how it achieved fame. The setting of the film is the beginning of the Civil War in 1862. Robert Gould Shaw twenty three years old is a son of a wealthy Boston Abolitionist. Shaw registered to fight for the Federal government during the Civil

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    "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" I remember when we broke up the first time Saying‚ "This is it‚ I’ve had enough‚" ’cause like We hadn’t seen each other in a month When you said you needed space. (What?) Then you come around again and say "Baby‚ I miss you and I swear I’m gonna change‚ trust me." Remember how that lasted for a day? I say‚ "I hate you‚" we break up‚ you call me‚ "I love you." Oooh we called it off again last night But oooh‚ this time I’m telling you‚ I’m telling

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    Mary Kate Mayer APUSH- Period 4 Mr. Thompson 14 November 2012 Glory Extra Credit Assignment 1. Col. Robert Shaw: In glory‚ Col. Robert Shaw can be seen as the abolitionist for several reasons. He fought for fair treatment a pay for the regiment by tearing up his paycheck and demanding shoes and socks. His parents were also well-known abolitionists. Unlike the other black Col. he treated his troops equally an expected them to behave as well as the whit troops. Finally he was Barrie’s with

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    Greavu 1 John Greavu Mark Herr Philosophy 1002 17 December 2012 Annas vs. Driver: Why We Should Never Sacrifice Knowledge For as long as we Homo sapiens have been capable of reasoning‚ we have pondered how we ought to live our lives. What constitutes a “good” life? What constitutes a “bad” one? How should we treat the world‚ and how should we treat ourselves? What does “good” even mean? Although the answers to these questions are understandably still quite foggy‚ it seems safe to say that the general

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    talked to; also‚ how he can deal with his past at the same time. Most of all of his actions did not directly help the people instantaneously‚ but down the road‚ they will see that all of the things he has done were for the better. While helping others‚ we learn more about him and how he is very ashamed of his life in the church. The Whisky Priest was being hunted down by the many men of the police force‚ led by the lieutenant of the Mexican police force‚ for being catholic in a state where that religion

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    Rising Tide Essay In the passage “Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927” the author John M. Barry describes elaborately the functions and complexity of the Mississippi River. The author wants the reader to enjoy and know the fascinating characteristic the Mississippi River offers through and informative passage. Barry’s fascination of this river goes beyond our imagination due to the simple‚ solid facts that are stated. Throughout the passage the reader can see the many rhetorical

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    Rising prices Rising Prices is becoming an acute problem these days. One has to live from hand to mouth. It has made difficult for everyone to meet both ends. It has forced people to live a miserable life. Necessities are being sold at a great price. The hardest hit is the common man‚ that is‚ the average consumers and the below average consumers or we can say the middle class people and the poor people. Due to price rise‚ the purchase of essential commodities like pulses‚ rice‚ sugar or medicines

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    “The Kite Runner shows that we can never escape our past. Discuss” ------------------------------------------------- In ‘The Kite Runner’ by Khaled Hosseini‚ we are shown through the characters of Amir‚ Soraya and Sohrab that we cannot necessarily escape our past but we can confront our past mistakes‚ forgive ourselves and others and move on with out lives. Amir struggles for self-forgiveness and therefore feels like he cannot escape the guilt and shame of past mistakes. On the other hand‚ Soraya

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