The answer to this question is a prophet. A prophet was a person who God chose to spread his messages and warnings to the people. This may seem like an old term ‚but there have actually been many modern day prophets who lived in our times! An amazing example of a modern day prophet is Dorothy Day‚ who was a journalist‚ author‚ Catholic convert and a social activist‚ whose goal was to promote non-violence (also known as pacifism)‚ and help society become united as a community. Dorothy has acted much
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In June of 2016‚ during and intense basketball practice‚ I injured my knee. Our team participated in a rebounding drill‚ and I pushed myself to do my absolute best to get every rebound. On one of my turns‚ I jumped up for the ball‚ and when I landed terrible pain shot through my knee. I somehow hobbled over to the sideline‚ but finishing practice obviously seemed out of the question. The next day‚ my knee became very swollen and every time I tried walking‚ pain would shoot through my knee. My mom
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are fighting for freedom‚ liberty‚ and democracy. Another reason is fighting for the honor of the country. Throughout the years‚ many writers and artists have created unique pieces that portray the reality of war. This is shown in one novel‚ Johnny Got His Gun written by Dalton Trumbo‚ which tells the story of a young soldier‚ Joe‚ who suffers physical and mental consequences from being in a war. Towards the end‚ he figures out that his physical and mental state post-war was caused from the way war
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Katie Goodman English 1010 Professor Bannon Sept. 17th 2012 The Boy Who Got His Wings Despite being in the darkest point of his life‚ it amazed everyone that one young man became a beacon of light and faith to the entire student body of Sullivan Central High School. On that bone-chilling December night as one simple text message began to circulate throughout the entire student section of the local basketball game‚ no one understood the journey that not only Bradley was about to partake in
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I just wanted to say you were right about everything. Ever since you left things have gotten worse. We all just thought that you were crazy or just wanted attention. We were all foolish to not listen to you. Now‚ I am on a train to God knows where writing this letter to you. What you said was true. Moths after you left the Nazis ordered that all Jews wear the Star of David. It was extremely embarrassing. They had singled us out just for being Jewish. I didn’t let it get to me as I continued my studies
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I wake up… excited as can be. Today was the day we started to drive to Rhode Island. I was happy about it because i had to spend time with my family and see many different sights. I was also excited about it because it was the first time i have been four states away from mine. We were in our car. For the first 15 minutes I felt a rush. Then it was just driving. We hit many different locations such as plymouth rock and the world’s biggest stanley cup. These locations were the coolest things i have
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Roosevelt’s speech he says “an equally basic essential to peace is a decent standard of living for all individual men and women and children in all nations” (Roosevelt). Absolute freedom would be completely savage as stated in “Learned Hand’s I Am an American Day Address”. Freedom is ruthless and it is not one anyone would actually want. You might want to argue that freedom is what everyone wants. But‚ in our society if we had no rules or standards to live by we would be completely lost and our society
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“I will greet this day with love in my heart” The writings of Og mandino really an inspirational for us writers. Og has been called “the bestselling author of our times” and “one with whom you can change your life with the precious wisdom of ancient scrolls that have been handed down for thousands of years”. Og Mandino has written many‚ many books to lift the spirit of men and women in business‚ and this applies to writers as well. The chapter 9: The Scroll Marked II emphasized that we should
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In the present day world of music‚ almost all songs draw influence from a piece made before it. This influence can come in the form of ideas‚ background beats‚ and most importantly‚ through the lyrics. However‚ when an artist takes the lyrics of another‚ they have the ability to pervert the meaning of the lyrics and change the original song’s meaning. In their Grammy winner and Billboard top 100 song Gold Digger (2005)‚ rapper Kanye West and Jamie Foxx‚ sample the lyrics of RnB and soul singer
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How the giraffe got it’s long neck Once upon a time‚ there lived a giraffe called Mirabelle. Mirabelle was the only giraffe in the world‚ and what was very strange about her was that she had a really short neck. Her neck was so short that Tony (The elephant ) had to bring down her food from the tree with his trunk . One day it was Mirabelle’s birthday and all the other animals wanted to surprise her by giving her a taste of the bee’s honey for the first time. She was really over the moon when
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