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    Geronimo Research Paper

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    Geronimo was born on June 16, 1829. His real name is Goyahkla (the one who yawns). He was born near the city of Clifton, Arizona. When he was only 17 years old he fell in love with a girls named Alope from the Nedni band of Apache. They had three children together. At this time he was the happiest man alive but little did he know that moment of glory was short lived. One day Colonel Jose Maria Carrasco tricked the Nedni Apache tribe because he wanted to trade with them but instead he slaughtered…

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    LEGAL AUTHORITY Even though there was a risk that bin Laden was not in the compound, yes, president Obama had the legal authority to order Operation Geronimo. Because he had the inherent right to defend the country and he was a high priority target that organized an attack on our country. INTRODUCTION When president Obama ordered Operation Geronimo to capture or kill Osama bin Laden there were some critics that claimed he didn’t have the legal right to do so. I disagree because he was acting,…

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    sheltered by the trees as other Indian babies"(Geronimo). This device helped him paint a picture for his audience. His words are sweet and soft, bringing a sense of peace to the listener. In the second paragraph, his main rhetorical appeal was ethos. He created a sense of wrongdoing by the white soldiers by explaining that, "the soldiers never explained to the government when an Indian was wronged, but reported the misdeeds of the Indians" (Geronimo). The Indians…

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    desert full of color. Trees grew in the darkness of night, then flowers flourished the next morning. In this desert there were two tribes along the river, one on the left and one on the right. Each tribe had a chief and the two chief’s names were Geronimo and Sitting Bull. Geronimo’s daughter was Awinita and Sitting Bull’s son was Alo. One day, Awinita was picking flowers along the river when she bumped into Alo who was fishing. As soon as their eyes met, it became true love at first sight! Each…

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    A problem lies within our society that allowed innocent individuals to be locked behind bars for years for crimes they did not commit. For example, Geronimo Pratt was falsely convicted of murder and abused in prison for twenty-seven years before he was released (Olsen, 2000). Furthermore, Geronimo’s case exhibited many errors that correlate with the arraignment of the individuals from the exonerated…

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    President Obama had legal authority to order and execute Operation Geronimo. On September 11, 2001, thousands of American citizens from New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania were going through their daily routines: waking up to catch the bus, preparing breakfast for their families and saying their farewells before the commute to work or school. Unfortunately for 2,977 of these Americans, they will never make it home. On that fateful day, Osama Bin Laden and his terrorist group organized and…

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    Concert Report 1 On October 26, I went to the two act opera, Il Matrimonio Segreto (The secret marriage), by Giovanni Bertati. The opera was at East Carolina University in the School of Opera Theater. The casts’ members were Marshall Williams (Geronimo), Elisetta (Rebekah Shamberger), Hannah Riddle (Carolina), Kaitlyn Davis (Fidalma), Steven Vinolas (The Count Robinson), Graham Leonard (Paolino), Gina Marie Folk (Virginia), Kelly Hart (Florida), Johnathon Spell (Marylando), and Joseph Morris…

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    to whom they are speaking to. In Geronimo's speech, he uses pathos to make the reader feel emotional from his experiences. In his speech he uses ethos to help the audience feel sympathy for what has happened to him and his people. For example, Geronimo says “The soldiers never explained to the government when an Indian was wronged, but reported the misdeeds of the Indians.” showing that they were always viewed as the bad people to the government and no one is informed when the Indians were…

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    Westward Expansion History

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    their conventional way of life and were transferred to reservations. The name ‘Geronimo’ can stand alone and elicit an emblematic, Western American representation of the disregardful Apache chief. By Geronimo's own reflections, he was born in 1829 in Arizona. During adulthood, he cultivated persistent hostility for the Mexican people after Mexican troops attacked an Apache village, murder his wife and children. Geronimo wanted and got vengeance on the Mexican soldiers. He fearlessly went…

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    Crazy Horse “YAYYY!” we all screamed when Mrs. Mack told us that I can go to Galena with Emma and Lauren. We were all so excited. After I went home and laid down a while, I thought that this weekend wouldn’t turn out good. I should still try to make the best of the trip while I can. On the day we were leaving the house to go to Galena. I got all of my things ready and went to the Mack’s house. Soon after, we left to go to the car. The ride was long drive. We played cards, sang to songs, slept…

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