The theme of Harrison Bergeron is, “People can use their differences for the better.” This is the theme because everybody in the story is, “equal”, but they can’t make everybody equal genetically. So their way of making people, “equal”, they make the good looking people wear masks, they make smart people wear earpieces that make loud noises every 20 seconds, strong people had to wear heavy weights around their neck, etc. This is their way of making people equal. They are trying to hide everybody
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other cultures other than the varying potpourri of Asian immigrants that inhabit the area. Still, my parents found ways to bring the world to me: lifetime subscriptions to National Geographic, VCR tapes, and cooking different cuisines from unfamiliar reaches of the world all helped to instill an awareness of other cultures and a passion for exploring the vast world.
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just that. A hero is one who goes to the extreme to benefit others by doing righteous actions. In the United States alone, there are millions of soldiers who have sacrificed their lives for others to attain freedom; freedom that many parts of the world don’t have. Amongst these places is Syria; a country that is going through a civil war to abolish the totalitarian dictatorship. A great amount of lives have been sacrificed in the process, and amongst these heroes was my great uncle Farzat Sharabi
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Do you have something that means so much to you but to others it's just a toy or picture or even a book. No one will ever understand why, even after you explain. Keep that object at the value it is to you. Show it off and be proud of it if it makes you feel happy. If that object is alive in your heart that's all that matters. My object once had a life but to me it still does. My mom passed away before i was 2 so i have no memory of her except this black and white photo portiert of her. But this
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Just like any other superhero who rescues Earth, but without any superpowers. Ender Wiggin is the savior of the Earth. Therefore, he is a hero who was born as a third in his family. He was selected by the International Military Forces to save the world from the buggers at the age of six. Ender is a genius so he made it through the Battle School and to the Command School. He commanded his fleet in the simulations and won most of the battles. In his final battle, he destroyed them all for good, but
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There are nearly 2 million people around the world that still live in urban slums and 100 million people around the world are still homeless. In 2014 habitat for humanity helped over 1.6 million people through the home reconstruction, rehabilitation and repairs by increasing access to improved shelter through products and service. An
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Everyone has that one place where they can go just to escape the world for a little while. This could be inside or even outside. There are two spots that make me feel secure and okay. One is located outside, and one inside. Growing up, there were a lot of things that began to happen within my own life. Bullies, deaths of family, death of a friend. Anxiety and depression began. I needed to find a spot I could go to just get away from it all. It couldn’t be too far from home, due to the fact that
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Overcoming an Obstacle Obstacles come in many shapes and forms from breaking your hair tie in gym to being diagnosed with cancer. We have all faced many obstacles in the course of our life, and some might say going into the dark woods at 10:00 p.m. to find a small dog that could be hiding anywhere isn’t a true obstacle, but trust me it was a very big obstacle. On a breezy Saturday night about eight others and I had taken six jars of assorted bright neon paint, squeezed the radiant paint on paper
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about overcoming obstacles, facing adversity, and triumphing even when every statistic is stacked up against me. The way we choose to carry out our lives is all based on our perception. Similarly, Perspective is the way we analyze and see the natural world around us. Our beliefs, our past experiences, and our relationships affect the way we perceive everything around us, which in turn, changes our perspective. A time in my life, where my perspective changed was not so much one specific event, but a period
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Heros nowadays are about power and knowlegde. You see iron man, captian america, the hulk, ect. Have you ever thought that the true hero might be right in front of you? Well, I have two people that are my heros. My dad and I are practicaly the same person. We have the same intrest and think similar. I used to go to the ranch, with my dad, and we would hang out with the cousins and uncles. My cousin Jorge had a horse named” La Parka” and I loved that horse. At first I would only look from afar, but
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