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I can recall my father and Uncle would sing songs from the military due to them being a Veteran. The music that I associated with while in my childhood than into my adolescence is that of Military or Patriotic. I would hear the military music playing and there was something about the sound that was in terms comforting, happiness, sadness and inspirational. This sense of an emotion that I could not connect but then my father and uncles would explain how the music would create an emotion in their…

Jennifer Quayle was born on August 24th 1981 and has served a fruitful 16.5 years in the Army. She has two siblings: her older sister Kelly and her brother Rob who served in the Marine Corps and is now an architect. She also has a 15-year-old daughter named Kyilee and a 6-year-old son named Kasen. Her husband David has helped her raise their family even through a long deployment in Iraq. Mrs. Quayle knew she wanted to be in the military since 4th grade. She received a picture in the mail of…

army to do what is right and reasonable. George Washington had this responsibility. In fact, he also had a lot of courage and determination. One reason he has a lot of responsibility is, in the French and Indian war. George told his soldiers to build Fort Necessity to protect themselves from the French while they planned out their attack. Without this simple command, this small, first army could have been wiped out easily by the French’s large numbers. He has a lot of determination and courage…

Dreams rest in the hearts and minds of children waiting to burst forth. In these formative years, nothing seems unachievable and options lay wide open. And, many of these dreams are birthed and grown in the no limits, safe space of the blanket fort. Forts offer a world where kids explore interests and personalities while discovering what they want their future to look like. Will it be filled with numbers and calculations? Does it involve mixing materials to prove theories? Do visions of…

Written by American lawyer, and amateur poet Francis Scott Key wrote one of the most famous songs known by our nation. Born on August 1, he was also born into a wealthy clan on the plantation of Terra Rubra. He had been home schooled till 10 and then later attended a grammar school, then to practicing law at St. John’s College. After returning home from school he wed Mary “Polly” Taylor Lloyd and had eleven children. The war of 1812 British captured D.C and took hostage one of Keys attorney…

The scoring for The Hunger Games is the time where the participants show off what they can do, in order to try to impress the judges, or the sponsors. One participant, Katniss Everdeen, shows up for the scoring. She uses the bow and arrow to impress the judges, but on her first shot, she misses the target completely. She is very mad, and the judges are all laughing at her and they stop paying attention to her. She then shoots again and hits the target directly in the middle, but no one is…

As individuals, we are enabled to discover ourselves and the world around us. With this concept, it is essential that we face difficulties, which enable us to learn from previous experiences and transition toward success. Good morning/afternoon fellow students of year 12, teacher and attendees of today 's HSC Study Day. Today I will be discussing the concept of discovery and how individuals can interpret it. The statement “regardless of varied challenges and difficulties, the discovery process…

Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games is the story of a young Katniss Everdeen and her quest to save her sister and herself in their post-apocalyptic country of Panem. The apocalypse that creates Panem is described through a list of natural disasters: drought, storms, fires, and seas that engulfed the lands. Through the destruction, Panem was formed and a new country was brought to life . This apocalypse took place on, “what was once called North America” (Collins 20). The familiarity of the…

Sacrifice means spending less time on entertainment and more time on improving your life and family. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a layered story about a sixteen year old girl named Katniss. The story is set in the future in North America now called Panem. Panem is split in to 13 districts and the capital. The capital is home to President Snow who rules over Panem. The 13th district however doesn’t exist anymore because they rebelled against the capital and the district was turned to…

What do you believe the best genre is for literacy? Well, I believe that fiction is the one that interest me the most. Three reasons why I think fiction has changed my perspective in literacy is the creativity, my brother, and the Hunger Games series. People might not like fiction because people don’t like stories that are just too crazy such as like Star Wars (which everyone does like even though it’s fiction). Fiction is something that can just be really fun to read/write because of the…