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    Differences and Similarities Between The Pilgrims & Spaniards In both stories Of Plymouth Plantation and La Relacion the Spaniards and the Pilgrims both shared some interesting differences and similarities. In the story of Plymouth Plantation the pilgrims saw the Indians as savages. In the story La Relacion the Spaniards were forced to become medicine men. And they also saw the Indians as savages. Although the Pilgrims and Spaniards had differences they were more alike. Some similarities

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    I have somewhat of a friend named Billy. He is the sort of person that puts salt and pepper in our classmates’ juices and taught me to eat row potatoes if I want to pretend to be sick‚ so I can get out of classes. Yet‚ his soul possesses a tricky nobleness – one that is not easily discernible. One day we were walking around the town when‚ stopping in front of a puppet workshop‚ Billie knocked on the door and shout: ‘’Barmy Barney‚ open the door you puppet carny”. ‘Who’s that Barney?’ I asked. ‘Didn’t

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    startling realization that we all at one point come to. I was going to die someday. It could be tomorrow‚ or thirty years from now‚ but my life‚ like everything else‚ was inevitably going to end. How did I reach this jarring conclusion? His name was Billy‚ and his life was short. I didn’t know his last name. I doubt he even had one. Of the forty two days on his journey aboard the Greyhound‚ I had only spoken to him twice. He was younger than I was‚ no more than fifteen‚ without a stubble on his chin

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    Cat’s cradle By: Kurt Vonnegut 1. Kurt Vonnegut‚ Jr. was a prolific and genre-bending American author. The novelist known for works blending satire‚ black comedy and science fiction‚ such as Slaughterhouse-Five (1969)‚ Cat’s Cradle (1963)‚ and Breakfast of Champions (1973). Vonnegut was a productive writer as well as a designer. His first short story‚ "Report on the Barnhouse Effect" appeared in February 11‚ 1950. His first novel was the novel Player Piano (1952)‚ in which human workers have

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    a  particular type of person or thing.” For example‚ the stereotype of the woman as the carer. Gender Stereotypes - Billy Elliot • Scene 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyLJCNyRov0&list=PL63734261305C 0452&src_vid=69RNNex-sig&feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_9 12565 • Scene 2 http ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmgV3OFn0aE&index=4&list=PL637342 61305C0452 What emotions did Billy portray in the two scenes? Billy’s emotions Write a letter to Billy’s dad discussing his passion for dancing and how

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    Isolation In Billy Prior

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    Isolation was a feeling that was often rare for rank officers to experience and if they did the emotion was never shown. Billy Prior experienced and felt isolation and the feeling of loneliness. Although Prior never directly say I’m lonely‚ Barker creates the opportunity to identify his feelings and link it with his actions‚ an example of this is when Prior and Sarah are out and he feels out of place. When he returns Rivers tells him that someone saw him without his hospital badge. His response was

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    decades of the 17th century to the northern English colonies in the New World” (Puritanism). Puritans actually landed in Salem and when they begin to spread out merged with the Pilgrims‚ who landed in Plymouth colony. Roger Williams leads some followers away to create an even purer group of Puritans (Puritans vs. Pilgrims Video). The Puritans in America focused on purifying the Church of England’s foundation. They saw the New World as an opportunity to have religious freedom‚

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    With enough financial aid to establish a colony‚ the Pilgrims prepared for the move. They purchased their own ship‚ a small vessel known as the Speedwell and were granted another which the Virginia Company rented called the Mayflower. After two unsuccessful attempts of leaving England‚ the Pilgrims were forced to leave the Speedwell behind due to a leak. Losing a ship caused some of them to be sent back to Holland as there was no room. They finally set sail for the northern part of the Virginia

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    In the short story “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut‚ he highlights what he believes the world can turn into. He imagines a world with an over controlling government and cruel obscure technology; consequently‚ these are portrayed as social handicaps that limit individuals to reach their full potential. It was year 2081 and the world was much different than present day. People are suppressed for being intelligent‚ beautiful and athletically advanced. The government‚ also know as the Handicapper

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    Social Commentary in Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle Kurt Vonnegut’s science fiction novel‚ Cat’s Cradle‚ is chocked full of social commentary‚ satirical humor‚ and an overall pessimistic view on American Society. Through the fictional religion Bokononism Vonnegut introduces us to John‚ a young man who is writing a book about the day the atomic bomb was dropped. His research led him to the late Dr. Felix Hoenikker‚ a brilliant scientist who was deemed the "father of the atomic bomb." Anxious to learn more

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