average general conquered the well known general in what seemed to be an underdog victory.The Commonlit article, “The Siege of Vicksburg: A Tale of Two Generals,” by Mike Kubic, describes why the battle between opposing generals John Pemberton and Ulysses S. Grant may not have been an underdog victory. The article describes each general’s past, uprising, and the battle between them. Grant and Pemberton both attended West Point Military Academy and during their time there, they both nearly flunked out because
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I have found Eleanor Roosevelt to be a truly fascinating woman. I have found myself wanting to learn more about her. I have always known she did great things for not only women, but all people. She was beyond caring. I didn’t know anything about her upbringing. Her life was not an easy one, as one normally assumes of the wealthy. She was born into wealth, with parents who were socialites in their time, yet I don’t think either of them were very happy people. Apparently, her mother, Anna Roosevelt
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Finishing near the bottom of his graduation class in West Point, Ulysses S. Grant was a talented equestrian who experienced many highs and lows in his life. Given his background, one would have never known about Grant’s accomplishments in the bloody war. In fact, Ulysses S. Grant’s career in the military was an accident. In 1839, Jesse Grant, Ulysses S. Grant’s father, enrolled his son into the military at West Point. His father believed it was the right decision, and Ulysses “thought so too, if
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I am a movie fanatic and a book worm. I love reading and watching the book and movie. "The Outsider" is one of my favorite movie come books, but it was really surprising after reading and watching the book and the movie are pretty different mainly in the rumble, the reuniting and argument\soda running away scene. The rumble scene was very different in the book and the movie. The setting in the movie had a racing background and the fight was near a camp, unlike the movie, the book's setting took
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The outsiders is a book about two juvenile gangs. The lower class are the Greasers from the east side and the upper class are the Socs who are from the west side. This story takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the 1960's. Ponyboy Curtis and his two brothers Darry Curtis and Sodapop Curtis are living on their own because their parents recently died in a car accident. Ponyboy was leaving to the movies when a group of gang, the Socs jumped him. His two brothers Sodapop and Darry rescued him from the
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The theme of the outsiders is friendship can keep you sane. You can see this first in the part of the book when after Ponyboy got jumped everyone ran to him. They all started caring for him and making sure he was alright. “ It was Darry,” (Hinton 6). This is when Darry came up to him. “ Soda came looping back,” (Hinton 7). This is when Soda came for him as well. Soon after Steve came, then Two-Bit, Dally, and lastly Johnny. They all really cared for eachother. Everyone cared especially for Johnny
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IHUM 202 Name¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬____________Nhi Tran_________________ Reading Questions “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” 1. What do the images used to describe the evening and places he will travel through evoke? What do they suggest about Prufrock’s state of mind? (lines 1-9) Prutfrock draws some basic sketches of the place he travels through. The place appears to be a sketchy, seedy, dark part of a modern city since it is “half – deserted” with some “one-night cheap hotels”. The streets
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British Author Clive Staples Lewis, better known as C.S Lewis, was a master of literary writing and one of the most recognizable writers of the twentieth century. The Oxford educated writer wrote young adult novels, science fiction, poetry, literary criticisms and Christian theology all for which he famous for. Despite all his literary works, he is most known, much to his annoyance in his lifetime, for The Chronicles of Narnia series that tells the adventures of Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie
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Abraham Lincoln James M. McPherson, the author of the book Abraham Lincoln, amazingly summarizes Abraham Lincoln’s life story, from birth to death captivating all the nuances that made Abraham Lincoln not only an American hero but also a marvelous sixteenth president. Throughout the book, McPherson pinpoints the significant turning point throughout Lincolns life allowing the reader to fall in love with Abraham Lincoln but also understand completely who Abraham Lincoln was. Uneasily, McPherson navigated
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f you were the judge in The Outsiders, would you send pony away or let him be with his family? Do you think he will be stabler in a foster home or in the house with his brothers? If I were the judge in The Outsiders, I would let Pony stay at home with his older brothers. To me Pony would be better off with his brothers because he wouldn't get in much trouble. I've heard that boys who go into foster homes do harmful things to themselves. Pony and Darry may not get along that well but Soda Pop is the
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