Antonio Rogers 7th grade english Mrs. King January 20‚ 2016 Agent Orange Many people don’t know agent orange is one of the chemicals that causes the most health effects ever‚ and causes mass hate between people? Agent Orange was sprayed aerially to decrease vietnamese coverage‚ but also causes birth defects and different types of cancer. The effect to the human body‚ the chemicals in the mixture‚ and how it affected the relationship with Vietnam and the U.S was an important asset to the Vietnam
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belonging‚ as it restrains our freedom and forces us to only mimic. My studied texts show how society demands us to conform‚ yet conformity prevents a sense of true identity being created. This notion is elaborated within the novel‚ A Clockwork Orange‚ a dark testimony to the power of the individual and the malevolence in forced conformity. The protagonist‚ Alex‚ is a criminal who doesn’t belong anywhere within society. In the novel‚ the government attempts to suppress his criminality by physically
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Tourism Department in Haryana in February. This is a very colorful and exotic handicrafts and handloom fair that is planned each year to popularize the traditional handicrafts in India made by the rural folks in Surajkund. This was first organized in the year 1981 and it continues to be a major platform for Indian artisans to showcase the skills in the art work and crafts. This is a weeklong fair‚ which is celebrated annually. Scores of skilled artisans from all over India come here to participate
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Gary Heidnik also known as the “House of Horrors‚” was an American criminal who kidnapped women and kept them prisoner in his Pennsylvania basement. Heidnik dropped out of school in the ninth grade to go into the military. Heidnik served as a paramedic in the Army for 14 months before he was honorably discharged with a medical disability he received a diagnosis of schizoid personality disorder. His mother committed suicide soon after his discharge. She was a drunk who beat Heidnik as a young child
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Gary Larson is the creator of the enormously popular cartoon The Far Side. The cartoons unique style and creative style has helped it to become one of the most recognizable and popular cartoons of all time. Gary Larson was born August 14th 1950 in University Place‚ Washington (near Tacoma‚ WA) to Verne and Doris Larson. As a child he enjoyed drawing and biology as well as playing the guitar. He graduated from Curtis Senior High School and then attended Washington State University where he earned
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The Comparison of Macbeth and characters in terms of “ Fair is foul.” You probably have experienced that you picked a book because you liked its cover‚ but it was not worth-reading. In the play of “Macbeth”‚ also a main character written by William Shakespeare is like that. He is deeply ambitious‚ though one incidence he experiences completely leads him to the tragedy that happens at the end of the play. The theme‚ “Fair is foul.” which literally means that things are not as they seem‚ influences
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Clockwork Orange is written in 1961 by Anthony Burgess. It is a short‚ brilliant‚ dystopian polemic intended‚ he said‚ as “a sort of tract‚ even a sermon‚ on the importance of the power of choice”. (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/apr/13/100-best-novels-clockwork-orange-anthony-burgess ). The second‚ Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange‚ is the brilliant cinematic adaptation; a controversial masterpiece‚ released in 1971.” A Clockwork Orange recounts the tale of Alex Beethoven-mad thug with
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A Cry in the Wild by Gary Paulsen Elements of Action/Adventure book Gary Paulsen’s life experiences help him write his action/adventure stories because of living in the wild with all the wild animals. This could help him make the stories more interesting. It helps him know what they act like. Paulsen can go more in depth with his stories details. Some examples of this are in A Cry in the Wild and Wood Song where the bears are the main problem. He could go into great detail with the details on
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I believe I deserve to be selected for this scholarship because as a hard working student‚ I commit myself to effectively take advantage of the opportunity this scholarship will provide me. Besides being a student who persistently works hard academically‚ I also constantly try to improve my own community’s quality of life by doing volunteer work. Paying for college is difficult‚ especially in a family where the financial status is not very high. My father is the only one working and bringing home
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Speak Your Mind‚ Even if the Voice Shakes To make a difference in life‚ you have to have courage. Most people have the ideas of making a difference‚ but don’t have the courage to do anything about it. In the story NightJohn by Gary Paulsen‚ NightJohn shows us how to have courage‚ when everyone else would turn the other way. Foremost‚ NightJohn had escaped from slavery already‚ but came back to teach slaves how to read and write (page 55). NightJohn could’ve just stayed in the North where it was
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