Valley Forge: In for the Long Fight Eight long months, of fighting and running, I enlisted to make a difference, but so far all I have done is construct a camp and watch my brothine die. Worst of all, I have buried my friends in shallow graves, and all others I considered friends have walked away, and all I can do is watch them walk away in disgust. Now I spend my days sitting in my quarters, that are filled with the same thick black smoke that contaminates all of Valley Forge. The only good news
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“Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly -- they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.” - Aldous Huxley, Brave New World. Throughout the works of Brave New World, Aldous Huxley slowly transformed all of the themes in a way that explained each character and situation that happened. The tones of the book also helped transform what he was trying to portray in his writings such as miserableness which Bernard felt every day. The most prominent theme that was shown in the book
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Though he never attained the highest office of his adopted country, few of America’s founders influenced its political system more than Alexander Hamilton. He was a member of the Continental Congress, an author of the Federalist Papers, a champion of the Constitution and the first secretary of the Treasury. Hamilton raised up and made a difference in the American Revolution War. He became allies with some of the top men that we know today without a second thought. But there’s so much more to Hamilton’s
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In the opening paragraph of Brave New World, Aldous Huxley conveys a coldly scientific detachment in his use of capitalization, syntax, and detail. The paragraph begins with two fragments, and the word “SQUAT” which conveys, like the fragments, something clipped, squelched, or subdued. What is squelched seems to be the humanity and individuality of human beings. The capitalization of words like “CENTRAL,” “CONDITIONING,” “CENTER,” and “STABILITY,” following a reference to the “World State,” connote
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since the beginning of human race, education played a paramount role in people’s life, however, only few were allowed to have outstanding education while the majority had to be employed in low-paying jobs due to lack of education. The Animal Farm, by George Orwell, opens with Old Major, a benevolent pig in Manor Farm, sharing his message about a rebellion against the egotistical human beings, which three intelligent pigs—Snowball, Napoleon, and Squealer—pass on by organizing the Animalism. Although the
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The Battle of Saratoga was a major event in the American Revolution, during which British General John Burgoyne made a second attack, which was unsuccessful, on American troops, and was later forced to surrender. Summary: The Battle of Saratoga served as a turning point in the American Revolution. On September 19th, 1777, British General John Burgoyne and his troops were granted a minor victory in a battle just north of Albany, at Freeman’s Farm, against the American forces, which were led by Horatio
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1789- George Washington Becomes President George Washington became the first president of the United States in April 1789. Washington was not planning on becoming president after the Constitutional Convention. His plans were to live a quiet, mellow life in his Virginia estate called Mount Vernon. The news reached him on April 16, 1789 that he was the unanimous choice for the first president and he accepted, leaving his estate two days later. He made his way to New York City to take the oath of office
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George Eastman and Andrew Carnegie were Captains of Industry because they were both innovators and philanthropists. Eastman made the camera affordable to common man. Everyone could get a camera now. Carnegie made steel cheap to make and cheap to sell. Steel could now be mass produced. Eastman reinvented the camera, changing the way it was produced. His new camera was portable and easy to use. Carnegie went almost the same way, reinventing the way to make steel. Steel was bought by everyone, because
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George Washington is well known as the general who helped the colonies gain their freedom from the British. As the first president of a young country, he helped form the government and laws that still exist today. How he acted as president would affect the office from that time on. Washington was born February 11, 1731 in Virginia, which at the time was a British colony. According to the New World Encyclopedia, “Washington was the oldest child from his father’s second marriage. Washington
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George Washington Shaped America into Greatness Amanda Villeso American History Mr. David 4-24-17 “Give me liberty or give me death”(“Patrick Henry’s “Liberty or Death” Speech.”). George Washington definitely applied this saying when fighting in the Revolutionary War. Washington being called the Father of His Country has done many wonderful things for everyone. Being the leader of the Patriots, he had lived a successful and long life. Thomas Jefferson said “On the whole, his character
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