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    “Yeah. It is better than working in the field. Would it be alright if I stopped and played soccer on the way home though?” I ask just to make sure. “That is alright but do not leave our water out in the hot sun for too long.” “Alright. Let us go.” I tell her as I eagerly walk out of the hut. We walk all the way there to find that there is no water in our source. What in the world happened to all of the water? We go around asking every one if they know what happened to the water source, and no…

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    Essay On Justinian Plague

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    The plague holds a unique place in history and has a tremendous influence on the development of modern civilizations. Scholars even speculated that the Roman Empire may have fallen since soldiers returning from the battle of the Persian Gulf were carriers of the plague. For quite some time, the plague has been a symbol of disaster for people living in Asia, Africa, and Europe. Not only that but since the cause of it is unknown, outbreaks contributed to massive panics where every it appeared.…

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    The Powhatan Tribe

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    tribe showed the English that they weren’t push-overs, so I conclude that if they didn’t put up such a strong front, the migration wouldn’t have been worth it. Since they weren’t going down without a fight, the tribe displayed noble traits that were grounds for recognition…

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    Henrik Ibsen, a Norwegian author who was considered an avid feminism supporter, was mainly known for his controversial writing style. His complex structure and writing style was portrayed in is his most popular play A Doll House, which was written in 1897, a time in which women 's rights was low to non-existent. The play is mainly about the relationship of a couple; the husband Torvald Helmer a shallow businessman that believes in a traditional husband takes care of wife cliché. Torvalds wife is…

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    Okie: A Narrative Fiction

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    wasted hours on homework. Every so often, Okie would come in and sleep on pillows, but didn't exactly look comfortable. Equation after equation, readers note after readers note, it was a painful process. It didn't help that Okie kept barking at squirrels every five minutes. He always had…

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    care of Phoebe, my parents let her sleep in my room! "Oh, I can't forget these!" I remembered as I grabbed a few bone-shaped treats out of the jar sitting on the counter. "She's well behaved most of the time with a harness, but we always see a squirrel and it drives her nuts. She is still a puppy, after all." I slipped the treats into my back pocket and stepped into the mudroom where I pulled on a light jacket and slipped on my sneakers. Phoebe sat patiently, waiting for me to open the…

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    past, too. The morning continues, and as time passes, the two realize that this will be an experience to remember for many years to come. Countless generations throughout the ages have shared the tradition of hunting. Before people ever settled U.S ground, people have been hunting animals for food. People had to hunt because hunting supplied food for their family. When hunting first started people used weapons such as sticks and stones to kill animals. As people got smarter and had greater…

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    The novel Into the wild by Jon Krakauer is about a graduate student from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. The graduate student, Christopher Johnson Mccandless, decides that his life isn’t right for him so he journeys to Alaska in hope of being able to live in peace. On May 12, 1990, he tells his parents that he was going to be going on a road trip using his yellow Datsun, but he was actually planning on leaving and not coming back. Later that year during June, he sends his final college…

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    foreign concept to them and people were skeptical if land animals could survive the flight. After they fastened basket on the bottom, they put a rooster, duck, and sheep into it. The flight began and astronomers reported it got up to 1600 feet off the ground. The balloon landed about two and a half miles from the launch pad and the animals scurried away, unharmed by the flight (Marko 11-14). Animals led the initiative to test the hot air balloon before people dared to fly up into the sky.…

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    A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen is a dramatic play that’s set during the Victorian Era in Norway. The play tells the story of the Helmers, Nora and Torvald, whose relationship demonstrates the societal problems of their era as well as exemplifies the stereotypical gender roles of their time. A Doll’s House exhibits themes on gender inequality and presents ideas that show how society dealt with gender inequality during the Victorian era. Most people were unaware of these social ills due to their…

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