were hedonistic characters who performed larger than life acts and then boasted about them. Beowulf was a son‚ a king‚ and a hero. He would protect and battle all kinds of monsters and dragons just to make sure he kept his people safe and happy. Beowulf‚ was a man with many different characteristic traits. He demonstrates certain characteristics of a hero because he had responsibility‚ respect‚ trustworthiness‚ generosity‚ strength‚ power‚ and courage. A hero is one who places himself or herself at
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My Uncle My Hero Picture this: a little girl at five dancing around the living room on her daddy’s feet. Now picture her at sixteen going on her first date and her dad interrogating the boy. Finally‚ picture her at eighteen‚ and her father sitting proudly in the stands watching her get her diploma. Now you have pictured these scenes erase the dad’s part of it and add an uncle. This has been my life for the past eighteen years. Instead‚ of the dad being an influence on my life‚ my uncle Jamie
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“Who is the real Margo?” (Green 226). Quentin Q. Jacobsen‚ The narrator of Paper Towns by John Green‚ is a boy counting down the days left in high school‚ then suddenly found himself away from his routine‚ pondering on this question‚ Because of one night‚ Quentin’s life was changed when his neighbor and his childhood crush Margo Roth Spiegelman opened his window and entered his life‚ then vanishes the next day‚ leaving clues for Quentin to follow. Searching for fragments on a shattered road‚ the
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Africa‚ joined forces with the captain of South Africa’s rugby team to help unite their country. The movie ends with Morgan Freeman reciting Mandela’s favorite poem‚ “Invictus”. The first time I ever heard this poem was on an episode of One Tree Hill my sophomore year. Lucas Scott‚ the main character in one tree hill quotes the poem in episode six of season three. In the episode he finds out he has a congenital heart condition. He is told that he could never play basketball again but he pushes through
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In Mecca‚ he undertook a transformation in his beliefs. Malcolm said‚ "Since I learned the truth in Mecca‚ my dearest friends have come to include all kinds‚ some Christians‚ Jews‚ Buddhists‚ Hindus‚ agnostics‚ and even atheists! I have friends who are called capitalists‚ Socialists‚ and Communists! Some of my friends are moderates‚ conservatives‚ extremists and some are even Uncle Toms! My friends today are black‚ brown‚ red‚ yellow‚ and white” (X‚ Malcolm‚ “Learning to Read”). Malcolm even took
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job. If we had been called when he first attacked‚ the woman might not be dead now." This is what the police say happened at 3:20 A.M. in the staid‚ middle-class‚ tree-lined Austin Street area: Twenty-eight-year-old Catherine Genovese‚ who was called Kitty by almost everyone in the neighborhood‚ was returning home from her job as manager of a bar in Hollis. She parked her red Fiat in a lot adjacent to the Kew Gardens Long Island Railroad Station‚ facing Mowbray Place. Like many residents
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Towards the end of his four years in power he left the country in turmoil as the economy was destroyed and the country regressed to an impoverished state as Pol Pot hindered any progress or advancements. Pol Pot may be characterised as a brutal dictator who exercised absolute control over Cambodia through his employment of terror tactics and the regulation of private lives‚ in addition to his control of mass media. Terror tactics
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Tommy the album was a groundbreaking record put out by The Who in 1969. It was groundbreaking because it was a concept album that was dubbed the first "rock opera" which followed the story of a deaf dumb and blind man from childhood to adulthood. His life is met with many strange occurrences from being shocked as a small child into a psychosomatic state‚ becoming a master of all things pinball and finally becoming a Christ-esque figure of a new age cult. The album was met with two completely different
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ordinary musician wannabe because he chooses his repertoire well. “He’s a music therapist‚” whispered Roni Tapia-Merk‚ who was celebrating her birthday that night. Later‚ in a short talk with the Inquirer‚ Carandang said he’s actually 30 years old and a psychologist who works in the clinic of his mom‚ Dr. Honey Carandang. While studying for his doctorate‚ he counsels kids who are having problems in school. He uses music as therapy for the kids. And he himself plays music as a form of release
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