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were not in succession from each other) and one of the most vital and iconic presidents has to be without a doubt, the first president himself: George Washington. When you take a look at the famous Mount Rushmore sculptures located in Keystone, South Dakota, you see Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt, and none other than George Washington. Mostly everyone can agree that these four presidents definitely deserve a place in the Mount Rushmore Memorial and undoubtedly the…

Main Qualities Used by Washington George Washington, the first president of the United States of America, faced numerous obstacles, fought against a superior numbered British Army, and often suffered serious complications during the thirteen original colonies rise to independence. In this essay, I will demonstrate three enduring qualities of our celebrated leader and founding father, George Washington, as shown in Robert Harvey’s, “Maverick Military Leaders” (2008). Raising Morale Upon his…

George Washington, the first president, the father of our country, the toothless man, whatever you call him was an interesting man. In this we will cover his life his politics and his modern day influence. He is mostly known as the first president but he was also a gardener and a farmer in his home state of virginia. He was president when there were not political parties so he didn’t place sides. Unfortunately he died to epiglottitis a disease that inflames the epiglottis. However he has an…

In the story “A Hanging” by George Orwell it is not specified what crime the man had committed. You can simply take the information given to guess what was the crime committed that led up to the man hanging. It is states in this short story that the man who was put to death was Hindu. “He was a Hindu, a puny wisp of a man, with a shaven head and vague liquid eyes.” (Orwell 1) As you continue to read the short story you take to notice that this man’s punishment for whatever crime he committed was…

how difficult for one to counteract misconceptions and stereotypes when such negative connotations are deeply ingrained in society; ultimately one is more susceptible to fall into becoming the stereotype. The essay “Shooting an Elephant” written by George Orwell is a personal account of his struggle for self-identity, especially as a colonial officer. The job he chose did not reflect his true intentions, the irony as he writes, “All I knew was that I was stuck between…

In the story, George Orwell narrates the acts of inhumanity he experienced in Burma. To achieve the intent of presenting the inner conflict posed to an imperial police officer during the time, the author employs the use of autobiographical narrative to capture the reader’s attention. To ascertain the British colonial rule over the Burmese civilians and their resources, the author contends that no Burmese civilian was allowed during his time of service to own a gun. From the narrative, it is…

Eye See You You are being watched even when you don't know. You don't realize that everywhere you go there is some form of technology stuck on the wall keeping a lookout for you. As in 1984 by George Orwell the citizens from oceania are lucky to even be able to breathe because their freedom is being violated in so many levels. In today's society some of oceania rules are being resembled in the government. There is always a way where the government can find where you have been or where you are…

not, now we see mothers spending more time at paid jobs than at home. Utopias are over exaggerated predictions of what will happen in the future. It is shown in George Orwell’s 1984 and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World that their predictions of American families losing family values are coming true by the increase in single parents…

In my opinion I believe that George Washington was the greatest leader that we have read about so far. In 1754 he had a small fort the he called Fort Necessity and the Native Americans and the French defeated his fort, but he was still considered a hero because he had struck the first blow in the battle. He led his army through the cold winter at one of his most famous accomplishments, Valley Forge during the American Revolutionary War and though many people died of hunger and disease, the rest…

1776 was written by renowned author David McCullough and retells the events of the American Revolution. The book closely follows George Washington as he commands the American army through the hardships that they faced in these times. Both Washington and his soldiers dealt with harsh conditioning which lead to low morale. This sense of overall gloom contributed to the departing of many of the soldiers in the war and some even took weapons or other trinkets of war as collateral for their time…