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    1. Cross feels that Lavender is killed because Cross himself was too busy daydreaming about Martha that he was unable to protect his men. Since Cross’s mind was in a distant place‚ he was unable to lead his team efficiently. Cross believes that if his mind was focused on the war he would have been able to protect Lavender. 2. At the end of the story Cross realizes that he needs to be a leader that is worthy of his men. There cannot be anymore daydreaming‚ and lack of focus since he is in a war.

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    The world is obsessed with zombies and many have taken actions to survive what they perceive as an apocalypse. Lots of people believe it could happen‚ they also believe that it will not be in their lifetime. The following are true stories of how zombies may have already been living among us and how it is feasible that an outbreak could occur. In our lifetime? That is anyone’s guess‚ as we all know‚ life is stranger than fiction. We have all seen at least one movie about zombie‚ but do you really

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    Christians are now living in the last days‚ and the alliance between Iran and Russia opens the door to the end times predicted in the Bible‚ Pastor Greg Laurie said. On Thursday‚ Pastor Greg Laurie talked about the Biblical end times‚ apocalypse‚ and other prophecies during his sermon at the Harvest Christian Fellowship Church in California. Taking the message written in Revelation 6-19 in the Bible‚ he warned the church that the worst events are still to come‚ The Christian Post relays. "We are

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    is they are not who they once were; they are now creatures who walk around trying to eat anything living. Plenty of movies are created on the idea that everyone either gets their brains eaten or turned into zombies. Yes‚ most people think that a zombie apocalypse may not ever happen‚ but there is still a chance an apocalypse can happen. Just because people die in the movies does not mean people cannot survive in real life. Knowing the zombie apocalypse may happen one day‚ the three most important

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    Angela Taylor English 111 January 28th‚ 2013 Now and Then Today’s society depends upon fighting for you and you alone. Not caring about other people’s wants‚ needs or what they deserve. Although there once was a time when it was not always like this; the fact of life came into play as it always does. People change. Our society has changed drastically over the past fifty years. We have become an information society. In today’s world we rely on our televisions‚ cell phones‚ radios‚ and computers

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    Many people think that most of the teenagers in our generation are very confident and happy‚ especially because we believe that they don’t have anything to worry about. For Zits things are very different‚ due to the fact that shame is a painful feeling that plays a big role in his life. Zits says “I’m dying from about ninety-nine kinds of shame. I’m ashamed of being fifteen years old. And being tall. And skinny. And ugly. I’m ashamed that I look like a bag of zits tied to a broomstick” (4). In a

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    object because it was too much to bear? Tim O’brien’s novel‚ The Things They Carried‚ is about men in the middle of the Vietnam War just trying to survive. These men‚ like all soldiers‚ carried many things ranging from the physical items of war to the emotional and mental weight that comes along with the horrors of war. “They carried all they could bear‚ and then some‚ including a silent awe for the terrible power of the things they carried.”(O’brien‚7) I believe in this novel‚ O’brien gives many great

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    The term Apocalypse can be defined as a sense of ending‚ decline‚ crisis and transformation. The more traditional form are religious apocalypses‚ which are viewed as revelations. These apocalypses bring about peace and justice. It is when those who believe to live a good life‚ that fulfilled the moral code of their religion yet are being deprived‚ will be rewarded at the time of an apocalypse. The apocalypse will bring a turn of order and provide a sense of hope. This is because the oppressed believe

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    Vazquez ENC 1102 T-TH 12:30 – 1:45 11 February 2013 “Coping through what they carried ” Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried” was set in the time of the Vietnam War‚ and portrayed that each of the soldiers had something they carried. These things that each of the men carried represented them and how they coped when they were in the war. They needed these things as a necessity. Sometimes the things would get in the way of their thoughts and cause them to be distracted from their duties

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    CHAPTER FOUR: The horsemen of apocalypse The five horsemen of apocalypse are not beings that were created or made. They simply are. They never came from a single source‚ but instead were seemingly ripped from reality itself and brought into existence. They are the ones dealt with bringing upon the end when the time comes‚ and then rebuilding once the deed has been done. Once the four first horsemen have taken their toll‚ it is left up to the fifth horsemen to rebuild the realms. They are Death

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