What is it that spurs certain people on to magnificent achievements while others choke bitterly in their dust? There’s an old and true‚ military motto‚ “Si vis pacem‚ para bellum” from Flavius Vegetius Renatus circa 375 AD: “If you want peace‚ prepare for war.” When you want something badly enough‚ you will fight for it. It’s the old‚ “Live free or die” kind of approach. Watch what people do and you will see their true level of commitment. Ayn Rand spoke about this kind of bulletproof resolution
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and begin to relate with one another and the class becomes a safe haven for the teens. They become like a family and realize they have more opportunities than just living beyond the age of eighteen. There are many themes portrayed in the movie “Freedom Writers”‚ but the main two focus points are overcoming adversity and believing in yourself to succeed. The first and most important theme of the movie is that you shouldn’t judge or go against another group of people just for the color of their skin
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History Of Slavery An evil of civilization Slavery enters human history with civilization. Hunter-gatherers and primitive farmers have no use for a slave. They collect or grow just enough food for themselves. One more pair of hands is one more mouth. There is no economic advantage in owning another human being. Once people gather in towns and cities‚ a surplus of food created in the countryside (often now on large estates) makes possible a wide range of crafts in the town. On a large farm or
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Freedom is something that everyone wants.. According to the Macmillan dictionary freedom is "the independence of thought‚ choice‚ or action". But that is very vague; freedom is different to everyone. In his book‚ Huckleberry Finn‚ it is obvious that Mark Twain had an opinion on freedom and what it is. Jim‚ a black slave‚ and Huck‚ the white child who helps free Jim‚ have pretty much the same views of freedom. The difference is that Huck has gotten it‚ and Jim is trying to find it. To Jim‚ freedom
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If a person were to look up the definition of freedom in the dictionary‚ they would find‚ “being free; esp.‚ a) independence.” However‚ freedom has many meanings that differ from one another. One could say freedom is the ability to make choices in life that are beneficial to a person’s desires and have their own opinions about anything they want. It can be represented through actions and attitudes. For example‚ a person who is free can make their own decisions about anything they want. Being able
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citizens experience‚ and taunts their once freeing rights‚ such as the prerogative to explore sexuality. Gilead’s only freedom‚ is freedom from all other liberties‚ or as Aunt Lydia would describe‚ freedom from the anarchy that unveiled in the first society. The novel’s protagonist‚ Offred‚ uses two sets of images to recount the vast difference between a “freedom to” society‚ and a “freedom from” society. She recalls to the reader a photographic clarity of her previous life as an American woman with liberties
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October 22‚ 1943 Gene Forrester Time capsule letter Devon High School Dear ‚ What do you remember from Devon? Do you remember your growth‚ your maturity‚ and your fraternity? Hopefully you will now remember the easy times of peace and your trials from Devon. The tree: the shrunken giant‚ my worst nightmare‚ and best tutor. It taught me many things about life‚ and that is to respect its teachings. Its broken branch‚ dead and weak‚ represents the tree as a whole. No longer high and mighty
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great wars broke out ‚which are very important to the world ‚the First World War and the Second World War .The reason that they are so important is that ‚both of them had brought some great influences to the world afterward .The most obvious influence is that ‚without First World War ‚there won’t be Second World War .I am talking that the Second World War is the continue of the First World War .However ‚the largest difference between the two great wars is that ‚there are no large scale war or conflicts
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Sawyer Player Period 8 December 9‚ 2014 Slavery in North America Slavery began in the U.S. when the first African slaves were delivered by ship to the colony of Virginia in 1619. Their purpose was to work without pay in agricultural and industrial fields to financially benefit their owners. While the idea of unpaid servitude has been prominent throughout history‚ its development in America took on an entirely new meaning. It was racially based‚ creating a prejudice society that slaves and former
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The idea of "freedom of fear" is something that most people crave- to live without fears and anxieties would make the human existence much easier. This idea hasn’t faded over time; most recognize being free from what eats away at you during most parts of your life is ideal. However‚ it is also universally recognized that fear isn’t something that can just ’go away’ at the drop of a hat. While it may be under different circumstances‚ both Roosevelt and Obama address this idea and the steps that must
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