The story of Pocahontas is about a young Native American women who had a very big impact in history. Pocahontas was not the average Native American girl you’d hear about in history‚ she was different. Pocahontas who was the daughter of the native chief Powhatan was one of the first Native Americans known in history that had a connection with a European who is known as John Rolfe. The Europeans who had come to the New World and in this case Jamestown‚ Virginia where Pocahontas was because they wanted
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Thousands of years ago in ancient China‚ there lived a beautiful and smart young woman named Mulan. She lived with her parents‚ her grandparents‚ and her dog named little brother. Mulan’s father had once been a great warrior‚ but his leg had been injured in battle. As an only child‚ Mulan felt responsible for keeping the family honor.One day‚ a man arrived with terrible news from the Emperor. The Huns‚ China’s enemy‚ had attacked. The Emperor had ordered that one member from each family‚ man or
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Somewhere in Simpsonville‚ there was a girl that was blessed with the ability to sing. However‚ one day her voice was taken from her‚ and she had to do everything she could to get it back. The story starts when the girl‚ Ariail was born. She was born into a family with no musical talents. In her town‚ it was a terrible thing if you had any sort of musical talents. In her town‚ it was a terrible thing if you had any sort of musical gift - the leaders of Simpsonville would do everything they could
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The King Arthur Legend as a Romance Is The King Arthur Legend a romance? The answer to this question is a simple ‘yes’. ‘Why?’ some may ask. That answer is simple as well. The King Arthur Legend is a romance because it is full of noble heroes‚ daring deeds‚ gallant quests‚ extraordinary happenings‚ and far off lands. So‚ is this legend a romance? Sir Gawain‚ according to legend‚ was Arthur’s most loyal knight‚ though he is not always the central hero of his stories. He strove to do what was right
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October 24th 2012 Lewis Peck Alienation in I am Legend One of the main themes of I am Legend is alienation‚ it is hard to imagine someone who is more alienated than Robert Neville. He is a normal American man‚ or at least he was until the world changed around him. Simply by being immune to the virus‚ he becomes first alone (when his family dies‚ “life shuddered to a halt.”)‚ then a criminal (when he decides not to bury her. “No he wouldn’t put her there.”)‚ then the target of frenzied attacks
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into strangers with unique names such as BongHit420‚ Unicorn Bae‚ and Goeasyonthekids. This is no exception to multi-player online battle arena games (MOBAs) such as League of Legends. Athanasios V. Kokkinakis‚ a research student at the University of York‚ decided to conduct research asking if usernames in League of Legends determined the social behavior of their users. After conducting the research with his colleagues they discovered that the usernames have at least two attributes that relate to
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Yale Professor Roland Osterweis summarized the cause of the “Lost Cause”. “The Legend of the Lost Cause began as mostly a literary expression of the despair of a bitter‚ defeated people over a lost identity. It was a landscape dotted with figures drawn mainly out of the past… [it] quickly enveloped in a golden haze‚ became very real to the people of the South‚ who found the symbols useful in the reconstituting of their shattered
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Characterization - In the book “Legend” by Marie Lu‚ I would like to have Day be my best friend out of all of the characters. Day has been nothing but caring throughout the whole book to Tess and other characters such as June and his little brother Eden‚ which is a characteristic that I really admire about Day. An illustration as to where Day was caring to Tess was when he met Tess for the first time. Day was on the streets by himself when he saw her in an alleyway. He called out to her and she
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WHAT IS THE LINK BETWEEN UTILITARIANISM AND DEMOCRACY? Utilitarianism (from the Latin utilis‚ useful) is a theory of ethics based on quantitative maximization of some good for society or humanity. It is a form of consequentialism. This good is often happiness or pleasure‚ though some utilitarian theories might seek to maximize other consequences. Utilitarianism is sometimes summarized as "The greatest happiness for the greatest number." Although it is a standalone theory of ethics‚ it bares a many
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Hundreds of years ago in Sherwood Forest‚ there lived a noble thief by the name of Robin Hood. Or so the legend goes. In fact‚ historians have not conclusively determined whether the Robin Hood of legend ever lived (Krall 22). The earliest forms of modern Robin Hood legends date back to 15th century ballads‚ but references to such a man appear much earlier. The first literary allusion to Robin Hood‚ specifically the “rymes of Robyn Hood‚” takes place in Langland’s Piers Plowman‚ published around
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