even come to be? Well‚ I’ll tell you what it is. It’s insecurity. A pathetic insecurity -- a disgusting elitism‚ along with a twisted sense of traditionalism. Racism is a sick stupidity that hides behind a cracking mask of pride and patriotism. We’ll get to the patriotism in a second‚ but let me expand on something else first. We define insecurity as “uncertainty or anxiety about oneself; lack of confidence‚” and elitism as “the advocacy or existence of an elite as a dominating element in a system
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kill everyone in their neighboring country and keep their people in a state of fear. Which matters more in that case – their thoughts‚ or their actions? It’s clear that actions matter more. “Authentic patriotism is not about you‚ what you believe or what you think is right . . . . Authentic patriotism is not an opinion. It is an action.” –Stephen Kiernan. Which means that it doesn’t matter what a person believes in or what a person thinks about their country. It matters what they do for their country
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Since the beginning of time‚ ideas and core values have invigorated unification and patriotism in humanity. The desire for self-determination and the foundations of liberalism: liberty and equality‚ have galvanized many revolutions. For example‚ in the source‚ Delacroix‚ the artist illustrates the French revolution‚ by presenting a violent scene in which an armed woman with the three coloured flag is guiding an army of men over corpses. The woman symbolizes the Greek goddess‚ Nike and the Statue
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Today’s Goals: Review character analysis 2. Begin our next summative assessment —a character analysis essay. 1. Yay‚ essay s! Review: Character Analysis Steps to character analysis: 1. Choose a character. 2. Make a fact-based opinion statement about your character. 3. Support with textual evidence. Review: Little Red Riding Hood Steps to character analysis: 1. Choose a character. 2. Little Red Riding Hood Make a statement about your character. Little Red Riding Hood is a victim of parental
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Character Analysis In Runaway Girl by Carissa Phelps the reader knows from the beginning that the main character‚ Carissa‚ can’t stand discipline and runs away when authority steps in her way. Nevertheless‚ she creates friendships with people she thinks she can trust‚ but only ends up getting hurt by their dishonesty and greediness. Carissa is a rebellious‚ stubborn‚ independent child who grows into something amazing after all the dramatic tragedies that took part in her life. Carissa is
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Burns 1 Warren Burns March 8‚ 2013 Mrs. Miller Character Analysis The story that I chose to do my character analysis was Everyday use and the character that was chose was Dee. She was the jealous and confrontational one among her family members‚ while as an individual she searches for special meaning and a stronger sense of self. Dee’s judgmental nature has affected Mama and Maggie‚ and desire for Dee’s approval runs deep in both of them—it even appears in Mama’s daydreams about a televised
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Character Analysis Outline Tybalt Action/Plot Topic Sentence Tybalt Caused Romeo to get banished Introduce Tybalt finds Mercutio‚ Benvolio‚ and other Montagues Tybalt provoked them‚ starting a fight Romeo appears‚ and tries to break up the fight Mercutio accidentally gets killed Cite Page 129 Act 3 Scene 2 line 196-197 “And for that offense Immediately we do exile him hence” Explain He killed Mercutio‚ affecting the Royal Family Introduce Tybalt finds Mercutio‚ Benvolio‚ and
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Character Analysis Elise Beer Design for the Stage 3/16/2015 Puck: Puck is the jester to Oberon‚ king of the fairies‚ and is mischievous. He finds great joy in playing tricks on the other characters‚ which adds an element of humor to the play. Puck likes to goof around but also gets things things done‚ for example when he goes to get the love juice for Oberon. It is then when Puck mistakenly put the potion into Lysander’s eyes and sets in motion the plot of the play. In the end we all realize how
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Name: Aiyana Bedoya Date: January 16‚ 2013 Character Analysis Essay: Period: 3-4 (A) The Necklace: (By: Guy De Maupassant) Things aren’t as they seem sometimes. This connects to the story The Necklace by Guy De Maupassant. The main character of this story is Madame Loisel. She can be described as unhappy‚ materialistic‚ and responsible. According to page 199 in paragraph 2‚ Madame Loisel was very unhappy. She was unhappy because she
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Character analysis. Ellie Linton- Tomorrow when the war began. Ellie is the narrator and ‘voice’ of the Tomorrow series‚ the entire story is told through her eyes and from her point of view which is why thoughts on the other characters might not always be objective. The main protagonist and narrator of the series. Ellie was born and raised on a cattle and sheep farm not far from the edge of the country town of Wirrawee. She is loyal to her friends‚ to her family; she loves the Australian bush
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