How To Write An Essay About Connie's Character

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Connie was a brave, strong, and powerful woman. She was the very first woman in the whole world to join the Navy Seals and to achieve the rank of Sergeant. Most people respected her as she was loyal, but you didn’t want to get on her bad side. Connie was not just strong and empowering, she was also beautiful. She had glistening, black hair, and she was as beautiful as an angel. Connie and her colleagues were going on a rescue mission to save a small village that lived in the jungle, and there were bandits who were trying to kill them. There were no roads to access the village, so they had to take a plane and sky dive down to the village.
Connie prepared for the jump; she put on her dark-green camo jumpsuit, folded up her parachute, and put

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