yelling words of encouragement. I shoot my first shot and the ball flies through the air. After what seems like years‚ it sinks in the rim with a loud swoosh‚ and the crowd erupts with loud cheers. My teammates rush up to me‚ high-fiving and telling me to end the game with this last shot. The game is tied and I have one more shot. The referee tosses me the ball and the gym falls silent. Adrenaline pumping through my veins‚ I shoot the second shot. It rolls around the rim and falls in. The gym is
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Discoveries can affect our vision of the world‚ do you agree? Discovery is when you find or explore different aspects of something you don’t often know about or a lot of. There are many types of different discoveries you can make such as physical‚ historical‚ emotional‚ random‚ personal and accidental discoveries. “Martin and The Hand Grenade” by John Foulcher‚ “Looking for Alibrandi” by Melina Marchetta and “Erin Brochovich” directed by Steven Soderberghall all endure the theme discovery in
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Steven R. Goodman AASP100 England May 5‚ 2010 Reaction #2 Langston Hughes Poetry A Literary Analysis of “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” The Harlem Renaissance can be considered as “the cultural boom” in African-American history. Spanning from the 1920s into the mid-1930s‚ the Harlem Renaissance was an apex in African-American intellectualism. The period is also recognized as the “New Negro Movement”—named after the 1925 anthology by Alain Locke. Alain LeRoy Locke was an American educator
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Harlem by Langston Hughes is one of his most famous poems he has ever written. I chose this poem because it shows the struggle African Americans faced in the 1920s and early 1930s. This poem represents what can happen to a dream if it is not chased after and is forgotten. Langston Hughes uses metaphors‚ imagery‚ and format to guide the reader to the message behind the poem. This poem is a free verse and an irregular meter poem. It is made almost entirely of questions. The questions are asked in
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In this article‚ Ted Rall addresses an issue that is currently widely controversial. The FBI and Apple controversy circulates around the issue on whether or not Apple should be forced to provide a specific ¨code¨ that will enable the FBI to go through Syed Farook’s (a gunman in the San Bernardino shooting) iPhone. Though perceived as an agreeable decision‚ Apple claims that if the code were to be given‚ it is highly possible that all Apple product users’ devices can be invaded. However‚ according
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Ted bundy was a natural born serial killer and rapist during the 1970’s‚ and claimed to be involved in over 100 killings throughout 7 states in the u.s. With the devious mind he had possessed throughout his famous career as a serial killer‚ he often had no reason for suspicion and lived a happy life alone. Soon after his first killings‚ ted had developed a specific pattern of victims‚ and way of killing them. The fun bundy had been experiencing was about to be over‚ while sexually assaulting his
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their past that they’ve bottled up‚ or a chemical change in their body. Through the five psychological perspectives the actions of the serial killer‚ Ted Bundy‚ can be analysed and an incentive for his crimes can be inferred. Through the behavioral perspective‚ motives for Ted Bundy’s murders can be observed and linked to anything that he was exposed to. Ted Bundy’s mother‚ Louise Cowell‚ was unmarried when she had Bundy. To avoid the humiliation that was usually associated with birth out of wedlock‚
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Ted Cruz has been so far only GOP candidate to animadvert the same-sex court ruling sternly enough to ignite the social conservatives. While all other GOP candidates showed controlled reaction on the law‚ Cruz tears the court ruling down and takes the opposition of same-sex marriage as ‘front and center’ of his presidential election campaign. Most of the GOP candidates have criticized the law but ended up obeying it ‘showing respect’ to the law except for Cruz‚ who has initiated campaigning against
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Bop Neva Ends What is Bop? In “Bop” by Langston Hughes‚ the narrator describes Bop as Be-Bop‚ the opposite of Re-Bop. The general idea of Be-Bop is that it is current‚ makes sense‚ what the colored boys play and that it is authentic. This leads to Re-Bop having the definition of being white boys play‚ an imitation‚ and complete nonsense. In “Bop”‚ a character by the name of Simple is stating his own theory on the origin of Be-Bop music to an unnamed narrator. Simple uses his somewhat ethnocentric
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Langston Hughes- Salvation Salvation‚ how many people actually know what it truly means? Better yet‚ how many times do citizens hear that salvation is the answer to all problems? This‚ yes‚ is true‚ but how many times are Christians encouraged to accept salvation without knowing what they are doing. Langston caught in the middle‚ sits on the ‘mourners’ bench’ waiting to hear Christ‚ waiting to feel The Lord‚ and waiting to somehow see Jesus. In Langston Hughes’ short story Salvation‚ one is
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