AN EXTREMELY LONG ESSAY ABOUT NOTHING (ALSO THIS WAS NEVER PROOFREAD) by brooksmendenhall I struggle with conviction. I rarely feel something so strongly to be true that it consumes my identity. Because of this I have developed a false self confidence of sorts. A voice in my head that tells me I am justified and correct when I finally do reach some level of conviction. I think the logic at work here is that if I am not easily convicted then I must only be convicted by something extraordinarily
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Future Cities Yawns and claps filled the early morning air of our hollowed out empty school as Lauren‚ Lindsay‚ and I presented our model to various judges who saw us compete not to long ago. You could say we were in future cities boot camp because we won the first round and were preparing for the second in front of judges we presented in front of before. There I was wasting my sweet Saturday ironically at school. There were so many
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Is India Really Independent? “At the stroke of the midnight hour‚ when the world sleeps‚ India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes‚ which comes but rarely in history‚ when we step out from the old to the new‚ when an age ends‚ and when the soul of a nation‚ long suppressed‚ finds utterance… We end today a period of ill fortune‚ and India discovers herself again.” These are the impressive words of the speech titled‚ “Tryst with Destiny” given by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on August 15‚ 1947
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a job at Boeing‚ and looking into various other art colleges [not collages]‚ to name a few‚ I have found that the Art Institute of Seattle has just the programs I’m looking for and just what I need to be successful at my goals. It has been a life-long [add hyphen] dream of mine to put my imagination‚ with my world and characters‚ into life-like [add hyphen] animation. I would like to create video gaming with three dimensional modeling as well as flash animation with thrilling story-lines that appeal
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Long-Term Disease Cost Disease in the world is always on the rise. There is always a “new flu” out or another shot added on your list of what you don’t want to get. Health care is‚ and always will be the number one focus in the world. People are always getting sick‚ and we are constantly on the search for cures. Although‚ one thing people forget to realize‚ is how much all this adds up to be. When you are diagnosed with a long-term disease‚ there is no easy way around medical bills‚ and hospital
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Smith 1 Haley Smith Mrs. Brown AP English 7 September 18‚ 2014 a long way gone Informative Essay The novel‚ a long way gone ‚ written by Ishmael Beah is a true and troubling story of a child soldier during the civil war in Sierra Leone‚ an African country. Beah faces many arduous struggles and carries out many atrocities while fighting that no child should ever have to endure. How and why does the army trick these children into doing these abhorrent tasks‚ specifically Ishmael Beah while he was fighting for Sierra Leone
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The Long March After having been attacked by the Guomindang army several times‚ Otto Braun‚ a Russian agent‚ thought it was time for a change in tactics. He managed to gain control of the Red Army‚ and planned a retreat; they would try and break through the blockhouse lines and head for the Communist base on the Hunan-Hubei border. So on the 16th of October 1934‚ the 87’000 soldiers of the Red Army set out on the retreat‚ taking with them all their equipment of the Jiangxi Soviet that would be
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College There is a very stressful time in a students life when they ask “Should I really go to college?” Students are hesitant‚ as they don’t know if it is the best for them and for their family. In the long run‚ going to college can really pay off. So‚ is going to college for an education really worth it? The answer is‚ yes. College education is valued and a lot of benefits come from having a college degree. Everyone wants to see their children succeed and go somewhere in life. They want them
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THE LONG WALK "The Long Walk" by Stephen King is easily comparable to the book “1984” George Orwell‚ because they both share the value of a constant surveillance of it citizens. The governments of each book control their citizens by constantly watching them‚ occupying them‚ and always reminding them of the consequences of disobeying. The government sees everything‚ if you disobey‚ you will suffer.
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Is the author really dead? “The birth of the reader must be at the cost of the death of the Author.” – Roland Barthes Must the author be dead to make way for the birth of the reader? In his essay “The Death of the Author‚” Roland Barthes asserts that the author is dead because he/she is no longer a part of the deep structure in a particular text. To him‚ the author does not create meaning in the text: one cannot explain a text by knowing about the person who wrote
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