“Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.” Abraham Lincoln is mostly remembered as the president who freed the slaves. He is so much more than that. He was the embodiment of what we, as people, should strive to be. Lincoln will go down as one of the greatest presidents in the history of the United States because of his patriotism and wisdom. Lincoln shows off his love for the country in the “Gettysburg Address”. He
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Winning the war was not enough for Sherman, he wanted to end it completely. On November 15, 1864, General William Sherman led an army composed of about 62,000 men on a 285 mile march from Atlanta to Savannah. He wanted no harm to people only to land. Anyone to harm an innocent civilian was to be Sherman’s men destroying property W. T. Sherman prosecuted severely. Sherman’s officers would not tolerate such things. They were there only to scare the people of Georgia, not to harm anyone
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Tris, Four, Peter, and Celeb escaped from Jeanines army that was looking for a box and would do anything in her power to obtain that box. The box contain information from the founders, which only a divergent could open it. Jeanine found the in Nataile Prier’s house. Tris, Four, Peter and Celeb are living with the Amity faction. The Amity faction is the peaceful faction, Four’s dad also lived here. Once Jeanine has possession of the box, she sends out warnt to capture all divergents. Jeanine’s army
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As the premier chocolatier in the Reno area, Dorinda’s Chocolates offers some of the best handcrafted, artisan, and organic chocolates in all of Nevada—and even extending into California. Known to her beloved customers as the “Duchess of Chocolate”, owner Dorinda Vance began making chocolates at the early age of 12 and has since become an expert at all things sweet, from truffles to caramels and even chocolate-covered cherries. After realizing her love for chocolate, Dorinda studied at E’cole Chocolat
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Ally Wallack Period 4 US history Journal entry 1. (birth until 1763) Pontiac also known as Obwandiyag was born around 1720, but people are unsure of his real date of birth. Although little is known about Pontiac’s youth, it is believed he was born along the Maumee River in Ohio, along to an Ottawa father and a Chippewa mother. although his parents came from 2 tribes he was still considered part of the Ottawa tribe. Ottawa babies were not named until a few months old, giving parents time to come
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surrendered. The Union had an estimated 4,800 casualties during this bloody fight. This war lasted for a good while. It went from May 18, 1863, to July 4, 1863. The generals of this battle were John C. Pemberton for the Confederate and Ulysses S. Grant for the Union. These people were highly qualified and good at what they did. This battle was one of the most important for the Union. They needed this for their plan to move forward. During the Battle of Vicksburg, also called the Siege of
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To me, an outsider is a person that is different than the majority. People can become outsiders voluntarily or involuntarily. You can be in a different place, of a different ethnic background or just hanging out with people who you don’t share anything in common with. Sometimes being an outsider can be really important and life changing like Ponyboy, or it can be so minor such as being in a class with all girls. Being an outsider can be a positive or negative experience. Say, for Ponyboy, he gets
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Can two people be similar? They grew up so different? Is this even possible? However in S.E Hinton’s novel The Outsiders, there are two characters. Johnny Cade and Dally Winston are similar because they both have neglectful parents and they both care about each other. Despite their similarities they also have differences, Johnny and Dally have different ways how they died and how Dally tries to break laws and Johnny stays away from breaking laws. Therefore, Dally Winston and Johnny Cade although
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S.E. Hinton wrote an amazing book called The Outsiders. The Outsiders is a book about Greasers the are the teens who have hardly anything and have long hair with tons of hair grease, and the Socs (Socials) who are the West side of the city rich kids. The Greasers and Socs are constantly at war with each other. A member of the Greasers is Darrel (Darry) Curtis. When the Curtis parents died Darry starts to take care of his two siblings Sodapop (Soda) Curtis who is 16 and Ponyboy (Pony) Curtis who
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Gangs have always been and will always be a part of society causing many of the members to deal with conflicts in their life. In the novel “The Outsiders” by S. E. Hinton there are two juvenile rival gangs. One of the gangs are called the Greasers. They Greasers are the east side “hoods” who live in the bad part of town containing not many members and are usually dressed in blue jeans and tshirts , greasing their long hair back. Unlike the Greasers the Socs have a average amount of members and live
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