the book helps to shape and lead the girls to where they are supposed to be. Amari and Polly find strength in each other’s arms and continue on through the physical, emotional, and psychological pain of their journey. Each girl possesses traits of bravery, strength, compassion, and hope towards their friends and each other which helps them to gain the one thing they’ve dreamed of, freedom. Amari’s journey begins when
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Participating in pageants is not an easy task to overcome. Ever since I was a little girl I have always disliked pageants because I hated the idea of loosing at anything. In my response Miss Leila Lopes was crowned miss universe 2011 due to her intellectual bravery, efforts and her talents. When I was twelve years old my mom got me to participate in a dancing contest that was talking place in my village. I had agreed to take part at first but when I got
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To me a hero is someone who is brave and will risk their life for others. I believe that Odysseus in the Odyssey is a hero. He won the Trojan war and he was heading home when the gods and goddesses played a game and he and his men got trapped on islands. In this essay i'm going to say how Odysseus was a hero. I am also going to mention three islands, The island of the cyclops, The island of the lotus eaters, and Hades. First I'm going to talk about the island of the cyclops. Odysseus and his men
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Stanley Yelnats is a wimp, but throughout his journey at Camp Green Lake, he learns to be strong and fearless. He was a wimp because he was afraid of his group mates and he was acting too nice to them.although he was a wimp at first he becomes brave and strong after saving Zero and finding the treasure chest. “Stanley stared at him terrified” (Sachar 20). Stanley accidently called Armpit by his real name,Theodore.This caused Armpit to push Stanley to the ground but Stanley didn't fight back. “Back
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Alexander Hamilton once said, “There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty that makes human nature rise about itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.” A hero doesn't run from danger but takes action instead. Heros are not selfish either they try to save as much people as possible. Being a hero means being brave and selfless by putting others before oneself, sometimes it does not mean a perfect storybook ending. They inspire us to be our best we can possibly be. Heros are sacrificial and put others
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of school she finds coins. A couple days later a friend of jem and Scout’s returns to Maycomb. Scout gets in a fight with the boy but walks off to cool down, while scout is gone Jem decides to make up a game to prove his bravery, it’s called Boo Radley, Jem proves his bravery by running up to the house and touching
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Macbeth to create suspense. The opening battle of the story, between Scotland and the Norwegian invaders uses blood imagery to symbolize honor and bravery. Blood symbolizes bravery because the blood spilled is the blood of traitors and not noble men. The sergeant praises Macbeth for the murder of a traitor, as the king praises the sergeant for his bravery on the battle field. "So well thy words become thee as thy wounds, They smack of honor both." As Macbeth and his wife plot the murder of Duncan,
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Macbeth envies Malcolm for being the one who was chosen to be Prince. Macbeth would have killed Malcolm if he didn’t ran off. Macbeth killed Duncan for choosing Malcolm and not him. One of the prophecies tell Macbeth “ Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! beware Macduff; Beware the thane of Fife / Dissmiss me. Enough” (4.1.81-82). This lead Macbeth to kill all of the Macduffs except Macduff who went to England to get Malcolm. In Macbeth, Shakesphere, uses envy to cause death and murder. Envy was the cause
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trail equipped with courage, strength and conviction, the only thing that can stop you is you!” -Ruby Bridges. Ruby Bridges was a brave young girl. She is dedicated to help many people. Ruby Bridges is a hero because of courteousness, tolerance and bravery. Ruby Nell Bridges was born on September 8, 1954 and born near Tylertown, Mississippi. The early years of her life were spent on a farm with her family. When Ruby was four years old her parents moved to New Orleans hoping for a better life for ruby
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night and at dawn. The british, the highest army at the time, had been defeated by a country founded by hope. Key then wrote “The Star Spangled Banner” based on our persistence, bravery, and how we rose out of the fight unharmed. The poem captures all that Americans believe in, which is freedom, liberty, respect, bravery, persistence, and miracles. “In God we trust” originated from the poem, and became our motto due to the fact that the United States had no chance at survival, however, there was
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