When Francis Scott Key wrote that he had seen our flag still waving there in the wake of the battle of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812‚ it entailed the continuation of a glorious nation that represents the very essence of virtue and liberty. That nation is our own beloved America. The flag that it waves‚ the Star-Spangled Banner‚ perennially flies as a beacon of hope throughout this vague and fledgling world. The depths of the dark Blue behind the shining stars manifests the dark and indeed troubled
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The Thought about Food Mankind differentiates itself from other species in its willingness to exhaust its environment in order to satisfy its immediate needs of the essential components: food and water. In order to satisfy the demands of an ever-increasing global population‚ we rely on an international‚ industrial food system. When it comes to global warming we think about how climate change will impact farming‚ but not how farming will impact climate change. The impact of the food system on global
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In the beginning‚ John talks about how at Franklin High School he was the bathroom bomber. John is famous for his proficiency with the “fruit roll‚” which is on Wednesdays when the lunch gives away old apples‚ and they roll them when John gives the signal. This only occurs with substitute teachers though. The one problem is if the students get the apples and then there is no substitute they’re stuck with putrid smelling apples. John then later states that he has given up all that stuff. Additionally
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Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini is the author of the powerful book called the “Kite Runner”‚ story is based on young Afghan boy named Amir. The story is based a lot by‚ how your past can affect your future. Amir is consider coward by what he has done in his past‚ what made him have this title “coward”. He watched his best friend the person he grew up with‚ he watched him get raped by the town bully. Imagine he kept living his life with guilt‚ sorrow and complete angry
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The book‚ The Greatest‚ is about Cassius Clay‚ better known as Muhammad Ali‚ was known mostly for his career in the ring where he posted a 56-5 record throughout his career (37 by KO). The side of Mr. Ali that most people may not know is his political side‚ and what he went through as a child. He was raised in Louisville‚ Kentucky by his father and mother‚ Cassius Sr. and Odessa Clay. Mr. Ali was highly influenced by segregation‚ and so was his younger brother Rudolph. His boxing career started when
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The Selection In this novel by Kiera Cass‚ not even a corrupted society can stop a girl’s ambitious dream to make her own decisions. America Singer is a sixteen-year-old girl who was trying to figure out where she stood in life. She lives in a modern caste system. There is a total of eight castes and her family falls in the fifth division. The fifth caste is made up of musicians and other entertainers. She is reminded daily of her social status and how she has no say in her future‚ but then an opportunity
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I have never seen The Matrix. It never really appealed to me. I’ve heard about it‚ but when my friends tried to explain the movie to me‚ I became really confused. In chapter three of Henry Jenkins’s book‚ Convergence Culture‚ Jenkins uses The Matrix movie to define transmedia storytelling and calculate its rise in America media culture. Immediately Jenkins classifies The Matrix as a cult file‚ which plays an important role in making The Matrix a transmedia film. Jenkins cites the two important characteristics
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The Railroad “Ahhh‚ What a beautiful day it is.” Jasmin yawned. Jasmin was looking at the window for a while viewing the open world people playing outside‚ birds flying around‚ and people walking their dogs. Mr.Vasquez and Mrs. Vasquez ( Jasmin’s parents) were getting breakfast ready and setting up the table. Then out of nowhere you hear the doorbell ring‚ and Jasmin went to go answer it. It was Janette she came to give them the weekly newspaper‚ Janette is one of their close friends
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The element that was investigated is chlorine‚ which was named by Sir Humphry Davy in 1810 for the Greek word chloros- meaning greenish yellow. The element was first synthesized in 1774 when the Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele combined the mineral pyrolusite with the solution hydrochloric acid. Originally‚ Scheele believed that this newly produced gas contained the element oxygen. However‚ in 1810 Sir Humphry Davy proved that this gas was actually its own distinct element. The chemical symbol
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I watched the film “Mimi and Dona”‚ a documentary that showed an aging mother was caring of her disable daughter. She has an intellectual disabilities that affects her ability to process information‚ plan and problem solve‚ and interact socially. There was a very upsetting moments in the film when Dona moved out of her mother’s house to the community service in order to receive the care she needs. The main reason‚ Mimi is very old mother‚ who is 92 years old‚ and they want to find a secure place
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