...this essay I will be writing a biography about Ishmael Baeh a child soldier from Sierra Leone that wrote the book ‘A long way gone.’ I have chosen a biography because we were reading this book in class for a very long time and that’s how I got interested in the life of Ishmael. In my essay I have tried to get on a personal level with Ishmael which makes the essay more interesting. I’ve done this by writing in a lot of detail. In my essay I also talked about the child soldiers that are active now, because of the main topic in the book ‘A long way gone.’ This essay is aimed at people that read on of the books of Ishmael or are willing to read a book of him, with this essay they will understand the writings of him better because they know more about his personal life. The challenges I got during this essay was the research about Ishmael because there wasn’t much information available of him from after he left Sierra Leone. I solved these problems by searching for newspaper...
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...played an effect in the court system. Because its is become more popular discussed in today society i feel it is important to get rid of it all together. While writing this essay on racism I found myself re questioning myself countless times as I did not wish to either contradict myself or come off as “strong left wing liberal” as some of the kids from our composition class would say. Throughout this essay I was doing countless research from the documentary on racism that we viewed in class to statistics regarding racism in the court system. I find that research in essay allows for us to gain knowledge in order to support our own ideas in the paper and to better grasp the realism of the pigeonholes that are present in our society today. The most valuable piece of evidence in my essay would be the interview I had with one of my former professors from high school who was a law teacher and was my mock trial coach. We read some Iowa court cases that were deemed to be racist primarily from the early fifties and late sixties when prejugdism and racism were much alive and well in the...
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...My first topic I will be discussing is World War One. This war changed the economy of the world.it also left many countries all over the world in great amounts of debt. During this war, over 1 million people in both sides died. It also affected many countries including America in very high inflation. Because of the war and our troops traveling all over influenza then affected a lot of people, 25 million around the world to be exact. This affected us because so many people died. Our next topic is the Great Depression. America’s economy fell down in shambles. The rate of unemployment rose to 25 % of all the Americans. This left so many people and families homeless and no way to have food or water. The price of homes plummeted to 30% down then it was before. Along with hear terrible things it...
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...West. The Ohio River became a border between slave and non slave states. This put it in the minds of northerners that slavery was slowly coming to an end, but to some southerners The Northwest Ordinance protected them against western competition. Slave owners with the intention of expanding west were naturally upset. In short the Northwest Ordinance only helped drive the wedge between the North and South even further. 2. he French and the United States had a past of disliking eachother. The French looked down upon the United States, and in turn the British and French had been enemies for years before the American Revolution, so the Colonists adopted that disdain for the French. However, In the Battle of Saratoga the American's get the upperhand. This gets the attention of the French. The French then notice that America and the British...
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...Cedric Brewer English W131 Ms. Tracy Donhardt January 19, 2013 The Status Quo In Howard Zinn’s book, Passionate Declarations: Essays on War and Justice, Chapter 1 entitled, “Introduction: American Ideology,” begins with a discussion of a few instances in history where groups of people believed that other races and social classes were inferior to others. The end result of these instances was that many, if not all, of the inferior people were killed. From these occurrences, Zinn concludes that our thinking does not merely spark debates, but ultimately is a variable of life and death. He also believes that although we live in a democratic country, the ideas of ethical behavior that were formulated by our forefathers has condemned us to accept them as right, without questioning why they are right. These American ideologies were not framed by a group of conspirators, nor were they accidental; these ideas were a result of natural selection in which ideas were encouraged, financed, and pushed forward by those who were in power or by those who had great influence on the general public. People who were in power pushed these ideologies because they wanted more control. If people were allowed to do and think as they pleased, they would end up having no control over the public. Although these beliefs were written off as correct, Zinn believes that if we decide to reexamine these beliefs, and see that they are not “natural” ideas, we have come to a major turning point: we are examining...
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...Avineet Nanjappa Fletcher English Language Arts 5th 2 March, 2016 Standardized Tests in a Better World It is March 31st and it is also STAAR day. Everyone has their study guides out, and there is free breakfast in the cafeteria. Your heart is pumping so hard you can feel it pulsing throughout your body. Students complain to their parents about having way too much studying to do. Parents across America have been complaining about their kids taking standardized tests. Teachers have been complaining about how standardized tests judge their teaching skills. Standardized tests should be abolished because it puts stress on school, and it wastes a lot of class time. Standardized tests have been around since the 1900s. In World War I, generals...
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...The Red Convertible The story “The Red Convertible” was written By Louise Erdrich in 1987, and is about two bothers named Lyman and Henry from the Chippewa who live on a reservation with their family. Lyman tells the story about how he and his bother buy a red convertible and go on this trip one summer before Henry has to leave to Vietnam. When Henry returns he’s not the same; he comes back distant, quiet, cold, and emotionally separated from every thing, eventually becoming suicidal. This story show how sometimes once something good is gone it’s gone for good, no matter how hard a person wants to or tries to get back to normal. Erdrich shows this through the use of the red convertible as a symbol of the brothers’ relationship, Henry and Lyman being dynamic character change, and Lyman as a dynamic character. Through the whole story the red convertible symbolizes the bothers relationship. ”Perhaps the convertible’s greatest contribution to the story is a symbol of the relationship between Lyman and Henry. It represents their close companionship” (Bussey1). A good example of this is when the bothers are together and the car is in superb condition, but when Henry is away the car fall apart and breaks down just like their relationship. According to Bussey, both of the bothers buying the red convertible together represents both of their willingness to share a great amount of responsibility (Bussey1). Both Lyman and Henry have mutual love and respect for each other, and is that...
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...|Working Thesis Statement: |ORAL PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION | |Nuclear has been the biggest fear in the world when it is used as |Nuclear Threat Nuclear weapon and its physical damage | |weapon and it has insurmountable negative effects on societies in |Nuclear weapon deterioration of health – what kinds of radiation are | |terms of its physical destruction and deterioration on human health. |emitted in a nuclear explosion and what effect do they have on human | |Not a thesis statement but a statement of fact. |beings? | |Try: Why is it best for nuclear attack victims to be right at Ground |http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/ocr_gateway_pre_2011| |Zero? |/living_future/4_nuclear_radiation1.shtml | |Working Thesis Statement: Countries may use the nuclear weapons in |Oral Presentation Thesis Statement (must be based on PART of the | |future because of the possibility of religious war and the other |research project): The time between 1946 and 2012, no atomic bomb had| |reasons. |been used even as an overt thread threat in any warpolitical crisis, | |I will argue that there is a strong possibility that...
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...Essay 1 Muammar Gaddafi, President of Libya, has been praised and blamed for many of his actions throughout history. One incident in particular occurred on 15 February 2011 when peaceful protests began by the Libyan people for the removal of their longtime dictator, Muammar Gaddafi. These protests were met by extreme brutal and lethal force from Gaddafi’s regime. In rage, protesters took to the streets in the thousands, eventually causing an uprising and civil war. In response to his people, Gaddafi claimed that the protesters were under the influence of hallucinogenic drugs and alcohol supplied by foreign countries who were trying to get ahold of the abundance of oil in Libya. He ordered his army to murder anyone who did not “love” him and urged civilian supporters to take to the streets and attack protesters. The Libyan government deployed planes, helicopters, artillery forces, and snipers to eliminate protesters further angering the people of Libya. As time wore on, members of Gaddafi’s government and army were also beginning to turn against the Dictator and his views realizing what he was ordering was unjust. Gaddafi, beginning to feel cornered, hired mercenaries to attempt to halt the protests by executing his own soldiers and people while taking control of hospitals to refuse treating the wounded who were protesting...
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...1 A “real” European Union World order is going to change in the near future. This year 2012 will be remembered as the year the European Union become a reality. There are three big events occurring this year that are promoting a larger economic, political and social unity inside the EU. A united Europe is a project that has taken a long time to create and that had overcome many difficulties. All the indefinitions in the EU in the past have created many problems in the present, but now they work as a pressure mechanism to conclude the project and correct those indefinitions. If this goal of a united Europe is reached, the consequences will be tremendous because the EU will become the largest economy of the world, and it will have enough power to change the world in different ways. The development of the essay will follow a chronological perspective. First are going to be analyzed the problems in Europe before the EU and show the developments as a clue to develop new theories of what can happen in the future. This future is going to be a consequence of the events happening this year and it will be the second point of analysis. The third one will be the theory of the future creation of a real European Union after this year events. Finally, the consequences and importance in the future of the EU created due to the events of this year. Past In a diachronic perspective, the European Union was something difficult to think as a reality when the project was being born, but the overcome...
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...ANALOGY ESSAY SAMPLES • While not perfect, these samples from students past should give you an idea on how to organize and approach this essay. • If you have any questions, please ask. Should We Pay? Many issues have been plaguing the sports world recently, especially the question of paying college athletes. Are athletics so important that colleges need to put out millions of dollars per year just to pay for students to play for them? Paying college athletes is like throwing a lit match into a haystack: once the fire is started, it just keeps burning, making a bad situation worse. There are several differences between the haystack and paying athletes. To start, throwing a needle in a haystack is a totally negative concept; everything will burn. However, with paying college athletes, some people can find reasons why this could be a positive thing. For instance, some believe paying athletes will bring more competition to the table and make some colleges much more prestigious than others. Others say this will bring in more money and more revenue. A second difference is the end of the situation. At the end of the fire, there is smoke and it will eventually put itself out. However, this is an issue that cannot extinguish itself. No matter what the verdict, someone is going to be unhappy and the "fire" will keep burning. [pic]Despite these differences there are many similarities between the two. One similarity is the haystack going up in flames and the...
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...were many revolutions throughout history. The one that will be introduced to you in this essay is Chinese Revolution. Chinese Revolution happened in 1949. There were many events that caused the revolution. Chiang Kai-Shek was the leader of nationalist government and Mao Zedong was the leader of communist group. Nationalist government was trying to suppress the communists and eliminated them. Civil War started in 1927 between these two groups. Sun Yat Sen's impact on the Chinese Revolution Sun Yat Sen is a figure that is impossible not to refer to while studying the Chinese Revolution. His involvement in the early days of the revolution is hard to deny but how effective and important his contribution was is arguable. There are many different arguments to whether Sun was a failed revolutionary or well deserving of the title ‘Father of the revolution”. There is a variance of opinion of how much sun contributed to the 1911 revolution is a great one. By early 1900 Sun had already expressed his need for the overthrowing of the Qing dynasty. To begin this Sun sent followers into China to attempt uprisings to make the most of the turmoil during the boxer rebellion but these uprisings failed. In 1905 two student revolutionary groups in Japan allied themselves with Sun Yat Sen’s Revive China Society to form the Tongmenhui. These groups aimed to overthrow the Qing, establish a republic, get rid of foreign powers, develop democratic ideas and distribute land to the peasants. The alliance...
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...Team project: (DUE MARCH 16) How was "NAME OF LEADER"'s regime a totalitarian one?-Essay format-MLA Bibliography/Quotations-Use of reliable sources- +/- 1000 words (The word count is not as important as how well you answer the question.Things to think about:-Laws and policies (What were they, how were they enforced?-How was the daily life of people affected by the regime?-What were the objectives of 'your' leader.-Use Ebsco! Outline A Totalitarian regime is when one political party rules the government and controls all decision making. Such a regime will usually seek to control the life of every individual, their ideology, the society, and economy. Therefore the leader has to be dynamic and possess the qualities of persuasion, giving their...
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...identify types of ambiguity 3. Identify the problems generality causes in language 4. Use definitions to increase precision and clarity and to influence attitudes 5. Understand the types of definitions 6. Acquire skills for writing an effective argumentative essay rom August 1987 until January 2007, Alan Greenspan was chairman of the Federal Reserve Board (“the Fed”). Because any remark he made about U.S. monetary policy could cause markets all over the world to fluctuate wildly, he developed a complicated way of speaking that came to be known as “Fedspeak.” Here’s an example: It is a tricky problem to find the particular calibration in timing that would be appropriate to 2/9/2016 12:17 PM 3 of 56 stem the acceleration in risk premiums created by falling incomes without prematurely aborting the decline in the inflation-generated risk premiums.* Greenspan has admitted that such remarks were not really intended to be understood. Asked to give an example by commenting on the weather, Greenspan replied, I would generally expect that today in Washington, D.C., the probability of changes in the weather is highly uncertain. But we are monitoring the data in such a manner that we will be able to update people on changes that are important.* Page 70 2/9/2016 12:17 PM This tells us nothing about the weather, of course, and was not intended to. Many times, though, we run across similarly complicated examples of speech or writing that do seem to be intended to inform us. For example, Allan...
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...ENG340b Professor V. Levchev Final Paper Imagism and Symbolism: American Poets in Europe The key aspects discussed in this paper are American Imagists in Europe in the beginning and the middle of 20th century. However, everything has its roots and its beginnings. The same way imagism movement initially developed from symbolism, very popular literary movement of the end of 19th century, which influenced most of the imagist poets. Symbolism was an art movement originated in France, Belgium and Russia in the end of the 19th century, which remained prominent almost until the end of the World War II. This movement was a reaction to the predominating at that time standards and rules of realism. It appeared as a new manifestation of the romanticism and was concerned about preserving individualism in the modern world, absorbed by the mass culture.1 Usually being enclosed in free verse, symbolism was about expression of author’s personal emotions. It handled very composite feelings that appeared from the everyday life in the world and was rather about evoking than about describing. It used an object, person, colour or just a word in order to represent or describe something else. It was used when an author wanted to create some specific mood or any given emotion in his piece.2 Being tired of realism, Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot, introduced symbolism to the America. Nevertheless, Pound was looking for something else, for something new in his poetry and, along with some...
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