The Quote “It’s time to end the fossil fuel infrastructure. I mean‚ these people on this reservation‚ they don’t have adequate infrastructure for their houses. They don’t have adequate energy infrastructure. They don’t have adequate highway infrastructure. And yet they’re looking at a $3.9 billion pipeline that will not help them. It will only help oil companies. And so that’s why we’re here. You know‚ we’re here to protect this land.”‚ by an Anishinaabe Activist Winnona Laduke is an important quote
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In the play OEDIPUS THE KING BY SOPHOCLES‚ Oedipus is almost dependent on his brother in-law and fellow ruler Creon. “O King Apollo! May Creon bring us good fortune and rescue‚ bright as the expression I see on his face” (SOPHOCLES 8). This quote demonstrates the truth that Oedipus is mostly dependent on Creon. He sends Creon to seek answer from the God Apollo‚ to find answers to the death of the city Thebes. Oedipus’s reliance on Creon for answers emphasizes both his blindness‚ impotence‚ and lack
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to explain man’s place in the universe; Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau shared their beliefs on man’s relationship to nature in their writings. I. Transcendentalists believed in a relationship between man‚ God‚ and nature. A. Thoreau explains in Walden that nature is not dead history‚ but living poetry; it is as if he is explaining that the truth of life lies within the relationship of man and nature (Thoreau 921). B. It was developed by the Greek philosopher Plato and refers to a literary
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of the kids were disgusted by his face‚ but there was one boy that knew they were going to be friends.according to the text as they were showing August around the school one of the boys (Julian) asked August “Dude what’s wrong with your face?” This quote shows that this child is judging August by his looks and not getting to know him first August just put his head down in despair and
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The two essays‚ "Civil Disobedience‚" by Henry David Thoreau‚ and "Letter From a Birmingham Jail‚" by Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ effectively illustrate the authors’ opinions of justice. Each author has his main point; Thoreau‚ in dealing with justice as it relates to government‚ asks for "not at once no government‚ but at once a better government. King contends that "injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." Both essays offer a complete argument for justice‚ but‚ given the conditions‚
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Act 1 Important Quotes Act 1 Scene 1 * Act 1 Scene 2 * “If I say sooth‚ I must report they were / As cannons over-charg’d with double cracks; / So they doubly redoubled strokes upon the foe.” (1.2.36-38) ON ACT 1 TEST Act 1 Scene 3 * “But ‘tis strange‚ / And oftentimes‚ to win us to our harm‚ / The instruments of darkness tell us truths; Win us with honest trifles‚ to betray us / In deepest consequence.” (1.3.121-125) ON ACT 1 TEST * “New honours come upon him / Like our
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self. His unstable sense of self is depicted in a few ways. First is his relationship with his little sister Phoebe. He says “The thing with kids is‚ if they want to grab the gold ring you have to let them do it‚ and not say anything” (273). In this quote in a way he saying let them be adventurous they will learn from their mistakes. He acts this way towards his little sister because he is trying to give her the childhood he didn’t get to experience. You can tell that kids have a certain place in his
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without a burqa etc. This quote describes the conflict that Malala Yousafzai goes through to
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Comparing Henry David Thoreau and Herman Melville’s Writings Henry David Thoreau and Herman Melville focused their writings on how man was affected by nature. They translated their philosophies though both the portrayal of their protagonist and their own self exploration. In Moby Dick‚ Melville writes about Ahab’s physical and metaphysical struggle over the great white whale‚ Moby Dick‚ symbolic of man’s struggle against the overwhelming forces of nature. Ahab’s quest is reported and experienced
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The Outsiders “They are right. You are hood‚” (S.E. Hinton‚ page 15). This quote describes the Greasers in the story The Outsiders. This story is about two groups called the Socs (socials) and the greasers. Ponyboy and Johnny gang member of the Greasers‚ get into a brawl and end up a death of a Socs member‚ the boys were forced to go into hiding. Soon the Greasers go into a battle with the Socs. While some Greasers try to achieve redemption‚ others meet tragic ends. They are two completely different
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