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    Santiago Perseverance

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    Perseverance. This is something that Santiago, from The Old Man and the Sea clearly demonstrates throughout the entire novela. The definition of the word ¨perseverance¨ is steadfastness in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success (“Perseverance”). This is the perfect description of the old man’s personality. He was willing to suffer physical pain, hunger and isolation to complete his task of catching a marlin or a big fish. Santiago and the marlin showed their…

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    Tactical skills Man marking- Man marking is when each player is allocated a player to mark throughout the match. Therefore each player must stay with the player they were told to mark. Man marking is a very good defensive strategy for defending player's. However, man marking does have its disadvantages. If the player you are allocated with runs across the field, you would try to pass this player rather than chase them across the pitch. There is no need to follow the player to the other side…

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    While becoming a lazy bum throughout my summer between third and fourth grade of elementary, my parents decided to sign me up for British soccer camp. Growing up as a tomboy, I played most sports before middle school. I was the girl playing with the boys during recess. I started playing soccer at the age of 5. I partook in YMCA soccer anytime that I could. The first day is always the hardest because Tongue River is such a small school and no one loved soccer as much as I did. Being the only…

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    completely. Not only does he discover thrilling secrets but also peculiar children. This novel is a peculiar book with a thrilling mystery awaiting inside. Jacob goes to an abandoned Island after his grandfather's death. Jacob is a sixteen year old boy that had been told tales from a small age, and now that he is big enough to recognize fantasy, from reality he discovers some mysterious secrets. “When i would ask why he had to leave his parents his answer was always the…

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    Ender starts to get get disoriented before the flight. He and nineteen other boys are on the flight to the battle school. All the boys were joking around, messing around, and laughing. Ender however was just sitting there in silence. When boarding the shuttle the officer made a joke and Ender did not know how to react so he kept his silence. To Ender’s surprise Graff was on the shuttle as well. Graff came up a way that was funny to Ender and Ender played a gravity game in his head. Without…

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    The Breakfast Club is that movie we watched about week ago. There was five different main characters in the film, three of which where guys, and two girls. The film took place in a high school, on a Saturday. Each of the characters did something that got them into trouble except one, the weird girl said she had nothing better to do and later she was the one how found out that she was a princes. So through-out the movie you get to know them and some of their characteristics. The character I…

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    Liebenthal: A Short Story

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    When the boy was asked about the contraband, a radio, that had been found in his possession, the boy trying to save himself told the Officers, “everyone in his class had one.” This boy was brought in front of his class; placed on his knees and shot. Everyone in the class was taken, the fifteen-year-old young man. They were taken and as each were…

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    Get the Girl In previous generations the concern of hygiene was not as important as it is today. Young men just borrowed cologne from their father whenever it was necessary. The teenage years are around the time of when a young man hits puberty and starts to take high interest in the opposite sex. The idea of cologne to help achieve these ambitious goals began to take place. The Axe company jumped at the opportunity and created a line targeting the younger male generation by using images…

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    Sports Persuasive Speech

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    good as boys,” she said, talking about a pickup game she won at recess earlier in the day, against a group of boys. Next, Daily Mail says that an 11-year-old girl is tackling the Philadelphia Archdiocese after it banned her from playing on the Catholic Youth Organization football team because of her gender. Caroline Pla has played football since she was five, but the all-star offensive guard has now been told this will be her last season with the Romans in Bucks County due to an 'all boys' rule.…

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    On one, the boy is attacked, and the father quickly decides to use one of two bullets to kill the man holding his son at knifepoint: bullets conserved for the pair to commit murder/suicide if the situation became dire. During another, the pair flees a group of marauders…

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