While reading Shitty First Drafts‚ Anne makes a great point. I asked myself: why do I always freak out when I have to write something for a professor? The combination of fear and the need to meet all of the requirements‚ makes writing in college a lot more intimidating than it did in high school. If I make an attempt to get over the fear of failure and just do as Anne says‚ I could potentially surprise myself with an superb paper. Instead of worrying about impressing the professor‚ I should worry
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The Patriot Video Work Olivia D. Henning Doc. Gary Wray HIST 111 29 July‚ 2012 The Patriot is a movie that takes place during the American Revolution in 1776. The movie follows the life of an America patriot named Benjamin Martin. He is the father of seven children and is a widower. He and his family lived on their plantation and work the land alongside of free‚ employed African American men‚ and a few slaves. Throughout the movie‚ Benjamin changes his mindset from wanting
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Jesus’s Betrayer: Judas Iscariot Judas Iscariot is one of Jesus Christ’s Twelve Apostles‚ and had travelled with Christ throughout his journey for three years. Judas is known for his kiss and betrayal of Jesus. His hometown is believed to be Kerioth‚ which was about 15 miles south of Hebron‚ in Israel. Before he became one of the Twelve disciples‚ Judas was a thief. He was in charge of the group’s money bag and sometimes stole from it. He was disloyal. With the mercy of the Christ‚ he was invited
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EXPOSITORY ESSAY: FIRST DRAFT ______________________________________ Name: Vincent D Dent Course: UNV- 104 Date : 7/26/2014 Instructor: Elbert Hollingsworth Violence and Video Games There is an increase in the violence being seen in society today due to violent video games and the excessive amount of time being spent engaging in violent video games. With the use of intense and suggestive graphic scenes of mayhem and carnage the excessive play of certain violent video games has increasingly
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different interpretations of his actions. Most historians have believed that Napoleon is either an Heir or a Betrayer. It was through his actions on how you can see how Napoleon is considered a betrayer to the French revolution. This is shown through different actions and the way he handled certain situations. The first sign that he was a betrayer against the French revolution was that he was established as an absolute dictator. Also‚ Napoleons betrayal is portrayed with the unnecessary wars that bankrupted
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The poem ‘The Patriot’ is based on a man who has worked and fought for his country‚ which is clear in the title of the poem. The poem goes on to say that the public have not understood his intensions and they have punished him with the sentence to death. To begin with‚ the first stanza sets the scene and the setting of the poem‚ allowing the reader to understand where the writer is and what the poem is generally about. It says: “It was roses‚ roses‚ all the way”. Connotations of ‘roses’ are love
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Mckenze Sander The Patriot The Patriot was about man name Benjamin Martin who was once was a French and Indian war hero‚ is a patriot who does not want to fight in the war against Britain. Benjamin has seven children and raised them by himself after his wife passed away. They lived in South Carolina. His oldest son name Gabriel enlistes in the army and‚ when South Carolina goes to war with Britain‚ he is involved. Colonel Tavington‚ the enemy had come to South Carolina with the .Gabriel
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The film “The Patriot” is about a father named Benjamin Martin who quit fighting in order to raise his family but is forced to fight when his son Gabriel Martin returns to the army after being injured. Benjamin leads a militia into battle against the British army who were considered as the most powerful army in the world at the time. At the beginning of the movie‚ the mood starts off in a happy way because it’s a sunny day and the kids were excited because the post rider came. Benjamin Martin visits
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Some would argue in the movie “The Patriot” that Benjamin Martin’s main motivation for participating in the Revolutionary War is his patriotism. However‚ Martins motivation for entering the war is personal revenge for the loss of his son and his plantation burning to the ground. At the beginning of the movie Martin argued against fighting the British. He wants to live peacefully on his small plantation‚ and wants no part of a war with such a powerful nation‚ Great Britain. On the other hand his
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