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    equal". Banneker reveals that the crude treatment to slaves is immoral by using parallelism and appeals. By using parallelism‚ Banneker demonstrates the unjustness of slavery. He begins his sentences with “Sir” in order to manifest that he views Jefferson as a revered figure. Banneker states‚ “This Sir‚ was a time in which you had just apprehensions…” He implies that at that time‚ Jefferson came to grips of the callous treatment to slaves and

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    Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck John Steinbeck is a writer. He dreamed about travelling in the big world since he was young. At the age of 58‚ he prepared to travel around the United States after 25 years because he felt that he was writing of something he didn’t know about and he felt that as a writer‚ it’s a criminal. He traveled with his dog‚ Charley‚ and a truck named Rocinante. It’s very comfortable truck with a lot of tools for camping for Steinbeck such as double bed‚ heater‚ stove

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    Steinbeck travelled America and designed a view of society of 1960s’ throughout Travels with Charley As Chaplin’s Tramp roamed the world with the pleasure of wanderlust deep-rooted in his mind‚ returning on the road after every stop all the time‚ similarly John Steinbeck returned home from his European journeys with the intentions to criss-cross his homeland to get to know the nature of the people the country was settled by. Steinbeck felt he lost the connection with the country and the people

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    In Travels with Charley‚ John Steinbeck’s theme in his story is that as time progresses‚ you are always discovering something new or different about yourself and your surroundings. Steinbeck tells the story of how he‚ his dog Charley‚ and truck Rocinante would take a trip across America to find out what has been going on in his country. Throughout the story he was able to discover his even more about his own identity with the help of the stops he made along his travels. The story begins with Steinbeck

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    “The Burial of Sir John Moore after Corunna” 1. Re-tell the story “The burial of Sir John Moore after Corunna” is all about a legendary British soldier. Sir John Moore was a Lieutenant – General in the British army and was born in Glasgow on November 13th 1761. He joined the British army in 1776 and saw his first action during the American war of independence in 1778. This martial poem is based on an incident in the Peninsular War‚ which was part of the generation-long war between France

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    Sir John Kerr Sir John Kerr was an eminent lawyer. He was the 13th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the 18th Governor-General. He is best known for being the controversial figure at the centre of the dismissal of the Labor government of Gough Whitlam on 11 November 1975‚ an event which sparked the most significant constitutional crisis in Australian history. On that day Kerr dismissed Prime Minister Whitlam and appointed Malcolm Fraser to form a caretaker government‚ pending

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    By “blue-sky” research‚ Sir John Vane means researching and spending time partaking in activities that a person is genuinely interested in‚ not wasting time on activities with a goal of reaching an end-product or result. Essentially‚ Sir John Vane uses the notion of “blue-sky” research to push the goal of taking part in what a person is interested in‚ not in something with a goal of otherwise selfish notions. Advantages to “blue-sky” research‚ as explained by Sir John Vane‚ include the development

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    We travel‚ initially‚ to lose ourselves; and we travel‚ next‚ to find ourselves. We travel to open our hearts and eyes and learn more about the world than our newspapers will accommodate. We travel to bring what little we can‚ in our ignorance and knowledge‚ to those parts of the globe whose riches are differently dispersed. And we travel‚ in essence‚ to become young fools again -- to slow time down and get taken in‚ and fall in love once more. The beauty of this whole process was best described

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    Sir Dr. Edward Ricardo Braithwaite’s story‚ "To Sir‚ with love" is a story about a teacher who begins teaching at a reform school in London. The author bases the main plot of the story on his own life when he was a teacher in a rough section of London. The plot and characters are believable throughout the story‚ their actions show them as normal students who rebel for different reasons‚ much like students do in the United States today. Braithwaite kept [pic]the story believable and interesting

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    CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY Introduction Chapter III describes the research design‚ the selection of the subjects‚ the protection of the human subjects‚ the instrumentation‚ the procedure‚ and the data analysis. Design of the Study A descriptive survey approach will be used. A convenience sample will be utilized to complete the survey. The variables of the study will be the following: Independent variable: Demographics and the Dependent variable: Physical activity. Selection of Study The subjects

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