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dollars and eighteen years in prison? Darren Sharper had the life millions dream of, and he made the choice to throw it all away. Darren Sharper was a NFL hero, he earned his first super bowl ring when the New Orleans saints defeated the Indianapolis colts in super bowl XLIV. Sharper played as a part of three NFL teams, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, and New Orleans Saints, participating in a total of fourteen seasons. Darren Sharper was a second round pick onto the Green Bay Packers…

Gun Violence on campus has been a recurring issue in the past several years with several instances of the mass shooting like the ones in Arizona state university and on Virginia tech. “.Timothy Wheeler wrote a piece called “There 's a reason they choose schools” which was published On May 1,2007,in the issue of National Review.In this article,Wheeler talks about how there may need to be a need to allow guns on campus so we can better protect ourselves against shooters.Another piece used is the…

The novel Quiet Strength by Tony Dungy, one of the most successful football coaches ever in the National Football League. From reading the novel I have attained many valuable life lessons that I could carry with me for the rest of my life. The lessons I have been taught are overcoming adversity, striving for you goals, and what it takes to become a champion. The book Quiet Strength is about a coach that had to overcome many situations because of his race and size. Coach Dungy started…

whistled by his body, missing him by inches. John knew he had to find his partner Reginald and the caravan with the rest of the traders. He turned his head and saw that the natives were gaining on him. Quickly, John pulled out his gun, a silver barreled Colt Peacemaker that had a chamber full of .44 caliber bullets. He fired once bringing down one of the four braves. The rest scattered, possibly to regroup and return with more friends. John strode over to where the native was downed but to his…

the way I might have moved faster.” The edge of his lips curled while he wrapped his arm with his neckerchief. “It’s a scratch.” “Don’t know where the shooter is hiding.” Jake pointed his gun above them. “Yeah, well, I owe him a slug.” Levi kept his Colt drawn. Jake stared at the dust settling in the canyon. “Next time, they won't escape. I’ll find them. Let’s work our way back to the horses and see if we can roundup the herd.” He didn’t want to tell Levi the men resembled Kat’s cousins. #…

Athletic competition has been a mainstay in society for thousands of years. Men have fought to the death in gladiator bouts, raced each other on foot, and wrestled in intense matches. All men have a desire to compete and to exert dominance over other men. It is encoded into their genes. In modern times, one of the ways individuals can quench this craving is by competing in a variety of sports. They will often do whatever they can to be successful, which can have positive outcomes. It can bring…

uses animal imagery to depict the whites’ brashness towards him. He recalled a white supremacist judge looking at him as if he was examining a “pink poodle” or a “pet canary” (Haley 32). Further fueling the prejudice, he referred to Malcolm as a “fine colt, or pedigreed pup” (32). Through this racial encounter, Malcolm came to an epiphany that whites “…didn’t give [him] credit for having the same sensitivity, intellect, and understanding that they would have been ready and willing to recognize…

Hades appeared from the ground and laughed at Pegaron. He laughed at the humans’ guardian and his frightened figure. He laughed even harder at Zeus’ foolish decision to send this colt down to Gaia and protect the humans. Hades decided to voice his thoughts. “Oh how foolish the gods of Mount Olympus were to send the son of Pegasus and a mere unicorn to help the humans. You weren’t even able to help a town burning down!” Hades screamed…

His job as a salesman is the quintessential 20th Century American Dream job. He swings like a pendulum between the two versions of the dream and often finds himself in a very unclear middle ground. Miller himself observed in a notebook entry "Life is formless … its interconnections are formed by lapses of time, by events occurring in separated places, by the hiatus of memory" (Miller, 130). Willy's belief in the success promised by his somewhat confused version of the American Dream is not…

My Middle Name is a Four Letter Word Your name. It quite literally is the first gift that any parent can give to a child. Parents often spend countless hours debating baby names in order to find a name that they feel represents the path that they want for their child as they enter the world. Because make no mistake, your name begins to shape your story--even from the moment that a baby draws its first breaths. There’s a lot of power in a name. Names can bring forth positive emotions of power,…