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    man, there is a moral place. We were destined to lose because this war had no moral purpose and was fought without an moral integrity” (Appy, 256). His patriotism took the form of fighting for his country regardless of his personal beliefs. Green Beret captain Roger Donlon risked his life and exhibited incredible courage during an attack on his army base.He tried to lead his men and save his injured soldiers, like Pop Alamo, who “was pretty severely wounded and I tried to get him out of a mortar…

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    The Black Power Movement Throughout the years there have been many movements for justice. One of these movements that occurred was the Black Power movement. For Centuries it has been no secret that African Americans have had to fight for what they wanted for their lives and did everything it took to break free from the chains of injustice. There has been everything from sit ins to marches throughout history to gain civil rights and even with that, it seems as if society has found its way…

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    Margaret Atwood’s award-winning novel The Handmaid’s Tale is based in an imaginary country of Gilead, a palimpsest of the United States. The novel explicitly illustrates the inequitable life of women in the Republic of Gilead. The author connotatively portrays how women face problems like lack of freedom, lack of education and censorship in their daily lives. Margaret Atwood circuitously mentions several institutions, which she blames to be the reason behind social issues. The author herself…

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    Vincent Van Gogh: The Portrait of Dr.Gachet The Portrait of Dr. Gachet by Vincent Van Gogh is sorrowful, but alluring. Iam drawn to this piece because of the heavy brush strokes and the usage of dark colors, and because of this I automatically knew there was more to the story as I analyzed-- from the subject's facial expression to the purple flower lying on the table. I began to know more about this painting’s story as I investigated Vincent’s past and other works. The greatest dutch painter…

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    to his love of theatre, even with all the push back and the cancellation of plays by the church. Society and religious expectations impact Alfie being who he is by giving him fear of people finding out that he is gay when Alfie is taunted by Breton Beret and he gives into his temptations and then gets beaten up by the group of men. Lily, shows the love she has for her brother by still caring for him and being there for him, all while holding off on marriage until he himself is married and…

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    O Keefe: A Short Story

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    It is not our first time at the museum. I float up those iron and marble stairs light as air, a drop in a cloud. I can feel myself gushing. O'Keefe is my favorite, especially her later years. "She wasn't very subtle," I tell him, "but that's why it matters." When I was five years old, my mother and father took me to the museum for the first time. I've always been the way I am, my mouth always running, and my head always sprinting ahead even faster still. They found that somewhere between the…

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    France Research Paper

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    The city of Paris hold many high end fashion houses like Louis Vuitton, and Chanel. Many French people dress in a sophisticated, professional, and fashionable style. Typical outfits include nice dresses, suits, long coats, scarves, and berets. The French have 11 public holidays, 5 of them are civil like New Year’s Day, May Day, Victory in Europe Day, Bastille Day, WW1 Armistice Day and 5 are religious based holidays like Easter Monday, Ascension Day, Whit Monday, Assumption Day, and All…

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    Halloween Party Pooper Is Halloween really worth spending hours upon hours getting ready and walking door to door just for candy? Well, by personal experience, going trick or treating is not worth the outcome by any means. -- I was ten minutes away from finishing my mime makeup before heading over to my friend, Emily, to go trick or treating. As I made the triangular shape around my eye with black eye makeup, my hand shook vigorously due to my nerves. I did not know why I was so nervous, but I…

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    The Black Arts Movement

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    and poems that shoot guns. Poems are transformed from physical objects into personal forces: Put it on him, poem. Strip him naked to the world! Another bad poem cracking steel knuckles in a jewlady's mouth Poem scream poison gas on beasts in green berets Then the poem upholds the central relationship between Black Art and Black people: . . Let Black people understand that they are the lovers and the sons of warriors and sons of warriors Are poems & poets & all the loveliness here in the world It…

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    In 1967 the first BPP office was open at 5624 Grove Street, Oakland, CA in January. In the BPP office they had many meetings and created the Black Panther Party Black Community News Service. April 25, the first production of the Black Panther Party Black Community News Service was printed. In Richmond, CA, on April 1 Denzil Dowell was shot and killed by sheriff's deputies. Panthers got a request from the Dowell family for protection from police harassment. Which they took and protected his…

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