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    In the memoir, “A Long Way Gone” by Ishameal Beah, the author reveals his struggle to find hope through vivid natural imagery as he tries to survive alone in the broken villages of Sierra Leone. As Beah walks through the villages alone, he comes across a decision that he has to face: “Along the spring there were several trees with ripe fruit that I had never seen. I decided to try some of it, since it was the only edible thing around. It was either take the chance and eat this fruit that might…

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    punished for celebrating. One reason that Athletes should not be punished for celebrating is because it makes the game Hype for the Players and the Crowd. For example, When the players do their touchdown dance they are trying to make everyone cheer and it helps the players get hyped and ready for the game. On the NFL Fanpage a bunch of people…

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    The World is Watching Romeo and Juliet Over the centuries, Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet has remained a timeless work that has no doubt inspired a countless amount of literature, art, and movies. Music is no exception. The song “The World is Watching” by Two Door Cinema Club parallels Romeo's feelings towards Juliet as well as his own inner turmoil. “The World is Watching” is about a depressed lover who has fallen deep in love. The lover believes his beloved will “set [him] free” (8) of his…

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    He is filled with negative emotions, such as jealousy, discontentment, resentment, etc. His character is greatly summed up by this precise quote. Don John views his cheer and his brother’s cheer as two separate sides of a see-saw; one must go down for the other to go up. He sees himself as a prisoner in a sort of cage, which has been mentioned previously in the scene. This particular cage is crafted of his own bitter emotions but…

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    Growing Up

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    drinking tea, not paying attention to the class, reading a newspaper, and is eventually asked to answer the “hardest geometry question in the world”. He confidently walks up to the chalkboard, solves the equation, and is carried off by students as they cheer his name. Quickly, he returns to reality. This daydream gives us an interesting look at Max’s character and reveals the main theme of the movie; growing up. He is shown to be someone who longs for popularity and importance, who desires not…

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    and Henry became the “daring spirit of a savage religion-mad” (Crane 132). The regiment saw that the flag of the Confederates with a corpse, and they thought it would be a good idea to take the enemy flag. Wilson captures the flag, and the regiment cheers for victory, and they take four…

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    In the last paragraph, the officer wants to make himself not being despite by local and that’s the main reason cause him to shoot that elephant to cheer those local up. He successfully reaches it, but the owner is the one paying the price for his target, the officer was excluding by local, and that’s why he trying to persuade himself that he has done a right thing in legal way and old man’s opinion even though he knows it’s not morally correct to kill that elephant. That’s why he feels glad…

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    Analysis Of Koko Taylor

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    Koko Taylor also known as “Queen of the Blues”. Koko Taylor is an extraordinary singer with a powerful voice and not afraid to sing what she wants. Known for her iconic 1965 hit ‘Wang Dang Doodle’, a line that really caught my attention was “We're gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all night long”, she’s expressing a very strong sexual feeling, which in my defense is a good way of expressing the song lyrics and vocals better. Even though Willie Dixon was the songwriter, and he was the one who meant…

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    Friday night lights. Roaring fans, announcers checking mics, slight chill in the air. The Burlington Edison High School football team runs onto the field. My cheer team and I prepare for a stunt as we are pumping up the crowd. Moments later I am thrown into the air, staring into the crowds. The next thing I remember was waking up, it’s a new day, and I am in a hospital bed. My eyes were blurry and my head was pounding. That night at the football game I was dropped on my head, learning to find I…

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    In this article “Sis! Boom! Bah! Humbug!” By Rick Reilly the author does a good job of providing evidence that cheerleading is a dangerous sport An example of this is in the text, “It says According to a report by The Physician and Sportsmedicine, cheerleaders lose more time from their activity because of injury--28.8 days per injury--than any other group of athletes at the high school level.” The reasoning that cheerleading is a dangerous sport is strong enough to support the argument because…

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