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    Willy Loman was his name‚ selling was his game. All his life‚ Willy tried to achieve the "American Dream." Therefore‚ Willy had to do things in an American way and think like a capitalist. Willy was a hard worker‚ yet it seemed as though nothing ever went right for him. The American society and mental outlook were probably the two most influential motives that caused the pure products of America to go crazy. The American society operated with self-interest. People‚ for the most part‚ only cared about

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    the Civil War‚ roughly 500 thousand soldiers died‚ with the Confederate losing almost twenty times more soldiers than the Union‚ not counting the countless number of soldiers that died from disease and other non-war related topics (LaFantaSie). Both sides lost gut-wrenching numbers of soldiers during the Civil War‚ all because of there different beliefs. While death took a large toll‚ there were other tasks that soldiers had to worry about such as hunger and disease. Even Though soldiers may be more

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    “They Fought Like Demons: Women Soldiers in The Civil War” focused its attention around about 250 individual ladies who disguise themselves as men and fought along with their counterpart in the Civil War. Commonly‚ when you think of women and war together in the early years‚ your mind would center around them being self-sacrificing nurses‚ romantic spies‚ and brave women that would maintained the home front the absence of their men. The idea of the gender roles does not tell the entire story that

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    James Buchanan was a very polemical president during office. James Buchanan was born in Pennsylvania and was the fifteenth president of the United States of America. He was very successful in school during his life. James Buchanan was elected president during a very difficult time in the U.S because of the separation of the democratic party and right before the Civil War‚ which is one of the reasons James Buchanan was considered one of the worst presidents in the U.S. Even though he tried to keep

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    Why I Went Back to School

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    obstacles in my life and making the decision to go back to school will give me the opportunity to prove that just because you grow up in a bad environment does not mean that you can’t succeed in life or accomplish great things. There are others reason why I went back to school as well one of them being that it will increase my finical situation‚ and portray a positive role model for my daughter I grew up in Compton California which is a very poverty stricken area that is infested with crime‚ gangs‚

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    surprising answer‚ but some people don’t know the entire context of some children’s life‚ so this is why children should be given amnesty to fighting as child soldiers. One of the first big reasons children should not be prosecuted for fighting as child soldiers is their age. The average time for someone’s brain to fully develop is at the age of 25. This is way higher than the average age of child soldiers‚ which is 15-17 years old. This kind of age allows these poor‚ vulnerable kids to be manipulated

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    The Soldier

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    The Soldier by Rupert Brooke Versus Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen Thesis: There are several differences between Brooke and his poem and Owen and his poem. 1.) Owen vs. Brooke 2.) Owen’s Poem vs. Brooke’s Poem 3.) Owen’s opinion of the war vs. Brooke’s opinion of the war 4.) Conclusion Both of these poems took place during World War I. This was a very dark and gloomy time period. Though both of these poems are very different they are both true of the war.

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    World War II: Segregation Abroad and at Home Military policies and general notions regarding race relations were already very prevalent since the First World War. They became even more defined in the pre-war American times. The African American community in America was pushing for equality; to fit in the society. Racial tension swept across the nation like wild fire. Regional phenomena became a nationwide aspect. The white majority kept the two races segregated‚ in all aspects of the society.

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     “The Sower Went Forth to Sow” A farmer prepares his soil before he drops seeds in the ground to grow. If there are rocks or weeds in the soil‚ the plant will not healthy. If the soil is tough‚ the birds are ready to eat seeds from the wayside. All the seeds are good seeds‚ but seeds that are planted in good ground‚ watered and nurtured‚ grows into fruitful plants. The parable reveals that God is at work in nature. Through this parable‚ Jesus explains that our hearts are like soils and the truth/the

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    English Essay ‘The Soldier’ by Rupert Brooke And ‘Asleep’ by Wilfred Owen Pg.1 These two poems show the difference of how death in the war could be written in many ways. The poets used a variety of language techniques and also the imagery being extracted by the reader. This will also help me to shape my understanding of war and hopefully lead to a change of perspective for people. Both poets have used a wide range of language techniques in both of their poems. One of the techniques used is

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