Herman Bowdary Us History 1302 Professor Kelly Book Exam I- The Long Way Home The Long Way Home 1. Magnus Andreas Brattesto was born April 14 1890 in Norway. Magus was the first-born son in his family of dozen children. He works on a fishing boat when he left school at ten. Magnus took a ship to America by the fist Norwegian immigrant ship called Restauration and nicknamed the Norwegian Mayflower. He like many immigrants turned to service in the army was in order to become
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like everyone else in her district, is afraid to participate in the games. She is aware that there is a very strong chance that she, along with her chosen partner, will not survive the ordeal. The games were established years before the events of the first Hunger Games book. At that time, 13 districts attempted to rebel against the tyrannical rule of the Capitol. The Capitol won, destroyed District 13, and as a punishment, created the annual televised death match called The Hunger Games. One male and
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Fight Club is a story of the narrator’s struggle to gain control over his life. He is in search for an identity in the form of manhood. His masculinity is so repressed because of the absence of a father figure in his life. Because of this he creates Tyler, his alternate personality. Tyler is nothing like anyone the narrator has met, he is self assured and completely free. The narrators alternate personality Tyler Durden is the ultimate alpha-male. Tyler becomes the narrator’s hero and he envied him
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“Who else wants to know how to defend themselves & their family if they’re ever attacked or forced to fight?!!!” “Now there’s a way for you to go from being picked on to knocking people out!” Dear Friend, Do you wish you could: • Fight... like a MMA fighter - without having to go to a gym or class to master the art? • Master kicks, punches, foot sweeps and more in just days from now? • Defend yourself—anytime, any place, against anybody, regardless of how big or small they are? • Ensure
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find themselves in fights in fights or rumbles where they are being beaten by the Greasers (Hinton, S.E). This is not accurate evidence of their struggle because the Socs are driving across town just to start the fights. This really shows that the Greasers have learned they must stay together to defend themselves. A Soc, named Bob, was stabbed to death by a greaser named Johnny (Hinton, S.E). This does not show that the Socs struggle more because the Socs had first picked the fight with the Greasers
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basketball power, finishing 369th of 391 seniors in the class of 1960, and often traveling to fight on weekends. As an amateur boxer, Ali attracted notice in 1960 by winning the Amateur Athletic Union light heavyweight and Golden Gloves heavyweight championships. At the Rome Olympics in 1960, Ali crushed his opponents to win a gold medal in the light heavyweight division. After turning pro, Ali defeated his first opponents. Then on February 25th 1964, he fought, and knocked out, Sonny Liston in seven
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December of 1777 General Washington of the Continental Army brought me, you, and all of our comrades. We set up camp here in Valley Forge to fight in the American Revolution. You are a soldier at Valley Forge will you quit? Do you want go home and not re-enlist? Do you want to re-enlist and stay to fight? Don’t desert the general if you don’t re-enlist he’ll understand. He is a good man. Listen to what I have to say or listen to Paine to decide. I have decided
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think it was good enough. We would do things for the US even though we weren’t part of it. Until one day we decided to go and fight for the U.S. From 1897 to 1906, Miguel A. Otero Jr. was the governor of New Mexico. He was the first Hispanic Governor under United States rule and he served as governor for nine straight years. In 1898 he called for volunteers to fight in the war. Theodore Roosevelt thought that the cowboys would be great fighters in Cuba so he got as many as he can. He then
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Benvolio (our witness) did not want either of them to fight because they would be disturbing the public once again. Tyblat later spots Romeo, calls Romeo and tells him to draw his sword. Romeo did not want to fight Tybalt, because he had not done anything to him. This led to Mercutio deciding to fight for Romeo since Tyblat would not leave him alone, but Romeo would not let him. But neither of listened.
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A Speech of Propositions How can one man convince an outnumbered army to fight, when in the eye of certain death? This is what Henry V is able to do in William Shakespeare’s play Henry V. Before fighting a battle where the English are out numbered five to one against the French, Henry V gives a speech that convinces his men to fight and results in the English wining the battle. He is able to win the battle by using false premises that are appealing to his men, but in reality are false. Just to
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