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    Jesus told his disciples specifically which donkey to choose. This was prophesied in the old testament by Zechariah, that a king would ride in on a colt. Jesus gave instructions that the disciples were to untie the donkey, and if they were asked what they were doing say it was for the Lord. They did exactly that, but this was a donkey that had never been ridden. The owner of this donkey asked the disciples…

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    Horse Racing Essay

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    States where he started racing tracks in Southern Florida until 2001 when Castellano moved to race at the New York State racing circuit. For Castellano, it was not an easy path to success. He had received his major wins in 2004 on Frank Stronach’s colt Ghostzapper…

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    Many individuals find themselves socially and mentally isolated from others due to their ideals and state of mind that contradict society’s beliefs, which leave them unable to relate or communicate with others. Du Bois’s short story, “Of the Coming of John”, tells a fictional tale of a colored black man living during a time when the Jim Crow system of oppression was prominent. This naive man, John Jones, leaves his southern home in Altamaha to pursue an education up north, but quickly notices…

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    desire for sex is not a sin as a human and she desires for joy and make her a rural figure. Alisoun motly described as an animal. “Hir mouth was sweete as bragot or the meeth,/Or hoord of apples leyd in hey or heath./Wynsynge she was, as is a joly colt,” (line 153-55). This animalization decription revelas Alisoun’s desire is not a human frailty, and not following Lacan’s passage that our desire is not something innate inside us. Lacan claimes that “We are always asking the Other what he…

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    People generally tend to deceive others for the purpose of good or evil. In Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick sets the novel in the near future. Here, a nuclear world war, given the name World War Terminus, just concluded a few years ago in the year 2021. The destruction left behind in the aftermath leads to a radioactive dust covering Earth, killing many different kinds of life forms. The purpose of the androids that were created were to replace their human archetypes’…

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    Billy The Kid Story

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    the kid. Pat Garrett was Billy the kid's best friend. How he killed Billy was he saw him walk into fort sumter and go into his room. What Pat Garrett had done was he snuck up behind him with his sneaky skills and shot him in the head with a 1876 45 colt. That was the end of billy the kid and his…

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    Prayer: A Short Story

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    you can sin and do whatever you want during the week, but then on Sundays you would come and repent. All we learned was the same things,” Jason said this matter-of-factly while sitting on the couch at his friend’s Tony house in the middle of the Colts vs. Jets game. He goes on to explain that, “I wore a shirt and jeans to church, it was nice that I didn’t need to dress up. I remember watching the clock wishing that the 45 minutes would go faster every Sunday. I remember asking myself about the…

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    The Miller’s Tale” by Chaucer, centres around one female and three men. Chaucer skilfully uses the limited number of characters to represent more than just two simple genders. By linking to feminist literature, critics spot a clear pattern within these texts of a woman’s struggle for equality and acceptance as a human being, before becoming a victim of gender stereotypes , similarly to Alisoun. However, in contrast, we can debate that the male characters within this prose experience gender…

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    deadly. With the development of the Minie Ball, the rifle became even more popular. With the high speed and velocity of the Minie Ball, it would shred through skin and bone of man. Some strong rifles that were effective with the Minie Ball were the Colt Rifle, the Sharps Carbine, and the Burnside Carbine. Before the rifles, muskets were the weapon of choice even though the range was much shorter, it was inaccurate, and took a really long time to reload. The rifle was far better, and the…

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    The women’s struggle for equality with men is an age-old question that exists in American culture for thousands of years. Their fight for parity will portray gender role stereotypes and daily hardships they faced as individuals living in the United States. Cofer, Rewa and Hasselstrom will describe their struggle to establish gender equality in society. The author Judith Ortiz Cofer, highlights the principle that all females with diverse racial backgrounds struggle with issues from gender…

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