Lorisa Qumawunu June 7‚ 2013 English 102 Essay #1(revision) “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix‚ Arizona” In the short story‚ “This is What It Means to Say Phoenix‚ Arizona”‚ by Sherman Alexie‚ I looked at two characters: Thomas and Victor. Thomas Builds-the-Fire is a storyteller on a reservation who everyone ignores because they think he is crazy. Victor on the other hand is a guy who would not dare be seen talking to Thomas. Thomas knows that Victor is in
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What Does it Mean to Be Free? “O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!" When Francis Scott Key wrote these closing lyrics to our national anthem in 1814‚ he clearly understood what it meant to be free. But do we know what freedom really means? Webster’s dictionary defines freedom as a state in which somebody is able to act and live as he or she chooses‚ without being subject to any undue restraints or restrictions. When the founding fathers wrote the Declaration of Independence
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taste of achievement and success. 10.) Humanitarianism- This ideal is important to Americans but not a major because we would enjoy everyone to be kind to each other but people are not that kind. Some examples is at school some people will say that they are sorry if they bump into you. 11.) Romantic love- This is an upcoming ideal because every person has their idea of love. Most form their ideals and will stick to them no matter what. Girls dream of their weddings from the time they are able to
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What Does It Mean To Be A Man? A man is someone who used to be a boy. Those strange humans who you claimed had cooties but most likely you don’t think that way about a man. When you think of a man you think of someone who is tall and thin with brown hair and beaming blue eyes. Everyone obsesses over them‚ like when you were little and you were in love with the pop star of the month. You always get your heart broken by them. Is that what a man is? Most girls these days always expect someone perfect
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Hinduism: Angkor Wat - Cambodia The great Khmer civilization and its capital‚ Angkor (Cambodia) is one of the Indianized kingdoms‚ which sprang up in Southeast Asia before Common Era. During Funan period‚ the Brahmins‚ a learned caste of India were invited into the royal courts to help in administration. When the Khmer civilization evolved in early 9th century‚ the ancient Khmer kings adopted a successful monarchy system of Indian civilization as the replica. The ancient Khmer kings crowned themselves
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What Does it Mean to be Rich? The American Heritage Dictionary states that rich means possessing great material wealth. Also it says rich can mean having an abundant supply. I decided to go with the latter. I believe that all of us here in America are rich to some degree. I mean most of us have more than we could ever need in this lifetime. We come home‚ open the door and turn on the lights. There are people in other countries that don’t have that luxury. And while we are talking about
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contempt towards Thomas. Almost at the finish of the story “This is What it Means to Say Phoenix‚ Arizona”‚ Sherman Alexie portrays Victor as being kind and friendly to Thomas. Victor feels the urge that he owes something to Thomas and ends up offering to Mr. Builds-the-Fire the precious ash remains of his recently deceased father. As kind as he was to do that‚ Victor immediately afterwards talks to Thomas in an underlying mean way. Thomas graciously turns down Victor’s offer‚ and in the process relates
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scared of heights you going to have try something that will get you other your fear. There a quote that say ‘’She who is brave is free.’’ That mean that if you don’t try the thing that you are afraid of you will never be free. When I was young I always afraid of a lot of thing. When I got older I figured maybe I should get over my fear. The first fear was dogs. The reason why is because they just looked mean in scary. I figured just going to them in try to touching them. In my mind it was like I
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of people one just wants to fit in. This is especially true for a young person. What young person does not want to be considered normal? What does being normal truly look like? Furthermore‚ how is it defined in certain places? What is considered to be normal at home and school?To be considered normal does one have to have a Mom and Dad and siblings and a dog. What about at school? Does being normal mean one is a good student who has lots of friends who share the same interests.What happens to young
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What does it mean to be Australian? If I was to go out on the street today and ask random people‚ what they thought it means to be Australian I would get a different answer from every person‚ whether they say that it means that we are strong‚ brave‚ proud of our country or that it’s about having a barbeque in the backyard‚ or going down for a surf every morning. The first one is the ‘Typical’ Aussie bloke‚ who on his days off from work will go down to the pub and have a few cold beers with mates
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