Senior Prize Winner - Katherine McIndoe‚ age 18‚ New Zealand Commonwealth Essay Competition 2013 “To boldly go”: a letter to the lost girls To the lost girls‚ My name is Katherine. I’m a girl‚ just like you. I have grown up in New Zealand‚ and I go to university. Ever since I was little‚ I have had this feeling that I can do whatever I want to do‚ that my future is not my fate but something that I can choose. I see no obstacles‚ only opportunities. No one can force me to do anything that
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Melanie Little Mrs. Proffitt HSE 3: Period 1 November 18‚ 2014 Abortion: Pro-Life Death is morally wrong according to American ethics and values so is the killing of unborn fetuses morally wrong as well? A fetus is considered a human life because life begins at the moment of conception. Abortions are painful‚ inhumane‚ and dangerous for the child‚ the mother‚ and the mother ’s health. Women should not have an abortion because it is an act of taking human life‚ can result in medical complications
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It all started with one question. “Wanna go on a holiday?” Rikka felt she needed a holiday. She deserves a holiday. Hell‚ they needed a holiday‚ some time together without the constant interference of Luna‚ Jake’s mom. The woman continually involved herself in matters she had nothing to do with and Rikka was at her wit’s end with her; she just needed a break. Only for her. And Jake. On a romantic getaway? And what could be more romantic than a four-star hotel in a scenic little town up in the mountains
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Some time before the story begins‚ Hop-Frog and his friend Trippetta are captured by one of the King’s generals in a far off land‚ they are brought back and given to the King as servants. Hop-Frog serves as jester to the King and Trippetta helps to plan and decorate for social events. She also dances for the king and his court. Both Hop-Frog and Trippetta are dwarves. Hop-Frog’s body is deformed to such an extent that even walking is painful. Trippetta‚ on the other hand‚ is perfectly formed but
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“I Believe There Are Somethings You’ll Never Forget” Wrigley Field is one of the most historic ballparks in the world‚ and running the bases at Wrigley Field is one of the best and coolest things my family and I have ever done‚ and it’s something I’ll never forget. That’s why I believe that‚ there are somethings you’ll never forget. A few years ago‚ my family and I went to a Chicago Cubs game and us kids were able to run the bases after the game while people were there watching us. It was so much
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Night—Loss of faith The screams of the beating being given‚ the constant bells controlling everyone like how strings control a puppet‚ everybody was now a robot with little to no emotion following out orders ad doing labor nonstop; this is how Eliezer‚ Shlomo‚ and the rest of the Jewish people would have to live for a period of long drawn out years. Loss of faith. What is the loss of faith? I believe the loss of faith is the will for someone to carry on acting how they would have acted before an
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For example‚ while Delia is working‚ Sykes “stepped roughly upon the whitest pile of things‚ kicking them skelter as he crossed the room. [Delia] gave a little scream of dismay‚ and quickly gathered them together again” (Hurston 106). This insulting act reveals a huge division between sexes‚ which is women picking up after men. Society can acquire that women are only useful for cleaning and nothing else‚ highlighting
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Ade was slipping her science book into her schoolbag when mama screamed. Two sharp cracks splintered the air. She had heard the sound of coming storm- still unknown to her- which had perhaps already done the damage. A cry of a man echoed through the solid walls‚ around the house‚ which sounded unfamiliar to Ade; she had never -in her life- heard her father cry. This was alone enough of an evidence to alarm her of the situation. Dumbfounded‚ her schoolbag dropped as her hand unconsciously loosened
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after having learned pretty much everything that the poor people in the concentration camps suffered at the hands of the Nazis. My hands are forever stained. Not even decades of time in prison can wash the blood of the innocent away‚ nor silence the screams of the women in the church. I have heard them every night in my dreams. They won’t leave me alone‚ no matter what I do. That’s why I have chosen to end it all. I do not think that I should be released after all that I
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should have not said. When they passed by the square‚ they saw a cow like a statue. Frederick Linde tried to hit it but it didn’t work. That was the time they had their unity back because they wanted to help the cow. After that‚ Ayela just stayed silent that pissed off Mr. Linde and was ready to go but Ayela made him stop when he asked him “You won’t leave‚ will you‚ Frederick?” and he just answered back “never”. So in the end of the day‚ they spent their day as a happy couple. Chapter 4 Summary
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