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    Week 19 Rewrite‚ Prompt 3 The frontier was mainly a wild place until men went looking for gold and land‚ justifying their radical and violent attempts to gain land by what they believed to be Manifest Destiny. What whites discovered as they moved west were tribes of Indians settled on what they claimed as “their” land. This want for land was driven by the second Industrial Revolution‚ prompting the removal of Indians and war to commence. The second Industrial Revolution pioneered an expansion in

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    this soon became a reality for a guy named Kanye West. Being noticed by a famous rapper named Jay-Z made Kanye West’s dreams come true. He has won tons of awards such as “MTV and Grammy awards.” “Kanye West’‚ biography.com‚ and was even on “Times Magazines 100 Most Influential People.” Time.com. Although Kanye West may not be the most influential person of all time‚ but his music has taken him far in life and continues to grow his career. Kanye West is best known for his album “The College Dropout”

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    The Other Side of Truth

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    ‘The Other Side of Truth’ is a novel written by author‚ Beverly Naidoo. The novel is mainly based on telling the truth and lying‚ and when it is right to do either. In the book are various types of situations where characters need to make a decision on whether to lie or to tell the truth. Beverly Naidoo provides the correct decisions and the wrong ones in the story. Naidoo shows in the novel‚ when it is ok to lie and when it is not. Naidoo suggests that if your life is in danger it is considered

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    colonialism in west asia

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    West Asia Syria and Lebanon As in other parts of Asia‚ there was an upsurge for freedom in West Asia also immediately after the Second World War. You have read in the previous chapter about the movement of the people of Syria against the French rule. After the war‚ the French tried to restore their authority over Syria and Lebanon but‚ in the face of opposition from the people of these countries and the world opinion‚ they were forced to withdraw. Both Syria and Lebanon became independent by the

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    Who Came To The West

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    It is fascinating to learn how far the west has developed over the years. The west is huge over two million square miles that starts from the mississippi all the way to the pacific ocean. The west is such a beautiful place to see considering there was miles of grass and mountains. Something new I learned is that as everyone was arriving to the west‚ Americans were the last to arrive and they were also the ones who named it “The West”. Without there being myths I think it would have prolonged the

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    Way of Life in the West

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    1 Way of Life in the West American History 1865 to Present April 2‚ 2014

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    Other Side of the Bridge

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    The novel The Other Side of the Bridge by Mary Lawson delves into the coming of age of a boy named Ian as he experiences the trials of the transition from adolescence into adulthood. The boy from the small Northern Ontario town of Struan interacts with a variety characters in the secluded‚ tight-knit community‚ with the most prominent of them being his childhood friend Pete. Their relationship is primarily centered around the pair’s passion for fishing and nature itself‚ where it is gradually revealed

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    The Bad Side of Knowledge

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    the Old Testament of the Bible Job suffers many trials‚ and he wants to know why God is punishing him and questions God. Odysseus in Homer’s Odyssey is known for his wisdom‚ and he wants to know what the gods know. Knowledge can be good‚ but these stories show how knowledge can lead to sorrow. In Genesis God does not intend for Adam and Eve to know what he knows‚ but humankinds thirst for knowledge is their fall. God gives Adam and Eve everything they could need in life including heaven on earth

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    West African Culture

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    Richard Franke argues that traditional West African cultures invented better adaptations to their environments than were developed later through outside‚ Western Influences. As is stated in the first page‚ "the historical record so far suggests strongly that Western policies have been major contributors to the current degraded state of the Sahel that renders its food production systems so vulnerable to shifts in the weather." (Franke‚ p. 257) The thought‚ is that this is because we do not have the

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    of the American West The three most important transformations of the American West were the completion of the railway system‚ economically‚ the diversity of the people‚ socially‚ and the conservation of land‚ politically. All of these transformations have made an unmistakable impact of the American West and what it is today. The largest economic transformation in American Western history was the building of the railroad systems. It was the key factor in united the East and West. The railroads

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