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    her standing on a platform at least 20ft in the air, she keeps asking me about a lightning bolt and I keep telling her I don’t have it. This lady turned into a creature that was very very horrifying, the creature she turned into was known as a fury. Grover and Mr. Brunner come into through the door “ Put him down or I swear I will rip you to pieces”! Said Mr. Brunner I looked at him like your just a guy in a wheelchair how are you gonna kill this thing. The fury dropped me back onto the floor…

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    The New York Times article goes into detail in regards to the "Little Horn Massacre." and how US Army officers opposed General. Custer's decision to attack the natives as Custer was extremely outnumbered. According to the article, Custer was "rash and imprudent to attack such a large number of Indians, sitting bulls force, 4,000 strong". The article displays an image of the battle and how it played out, giving the reader a mental depiction of how the war occurred, mainly through the eyes of…

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    The Lightning Thief, written by Rick Riordan, is the first book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. This book is a fantasy-adventure novel, which is based on Greek mythology. It's the first young adult novel written by Rick Riordan, who is known by his Percy Jackson novel series. The Lightning Thief is the first book of the Percy Jackson's novel, which published in June, 2005 after it was sold at auction to Miramax Books. It appeared on The New York Times children's Bestseller list…

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    According to wikipedia.org Leaders of the Hellenic claimed in 2005 that there are as many as 2,000 adherents to the Hellenic tradition in Greece, with an additional 100,000 who have "some sort of interest" No official estimates exist for devotees worldwide. This means that only 2000 people in the whole world commit their religion to the Greek gods. The movie and book The Lightning Thief written by Rick Riordan, Directed by Chris Columbus, brings back that faith of Greek gods and gives people a…

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    “Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief” takes place in modern day New York, in a world where Greek Gods rule the world from Mt Olympus. The star of the story Percy Jackson is just like your average teenager other than the fact that he is dyslectic and has a case of ADHD. Little does he know that he is actually the son of Poseidon, and also a demigod. In a matter of hours, his world will be turned upside down as he has to accept the responsibility to stop Zeus and Poseidon from going to war with…

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    the region had undone the political gains they had made. DAWES ACT The Dawes Act was a federal law intended to turn Native Americans into farmers and landowners by providing cooperating families. This particular day on February 08, 1887 President Grover…

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    Grove and Traill both have similar writing styles, but different techniques. In Grove’s House of many Eyes, he is using description and dialog to show the readers how the main characters are feeling. Where with Trail’s The Bereavement, she uses description and lack of dialog to distract the readers from the main characters feelings, which leads to such a shock at the end of the story. In House of Many Eyes Groves story gives the readers stronger feeling for the characters because of these…

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    The technological advances that were brought by the industrial revolution have led for a large increase in production. European leaders believe that if we can civilize the Africans there will be a new market of consumers. Grover Clark wrote in the Balance Sheets of Imperialism, “the struggle for colonies does not result only in cash losses. There were also lives lost, wars fought, and hatreds aroused which threatened new wars…Italy’s trade with her colonies in 1894-1932 was…

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    Grover Cleveland was the one and only to something like this. Cleveland was the only president to execute someone(Specktor). Of course it was before presidency and he was a county shareef, but he was a mean mama jamma. This makes Grover Cleveland a president you wouldn’t want to bother. We Americans like food as we know, all sorts of food. Do you know that we sell…

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    The biggest issue for the annexation of Hawaii dealt with American-Hawaiian sugar planting corporations. Perhaps if Hawaii decided to become a territory of the United States, most of this business could abstain the McKinley tariff. The McKinley tariff had a terrible effect on Hawaii. Over time Hawaii had gained the interest of American businessmen in the remunerative sugar trade. Because of the Federal Government, providing noble terms to the sugar planters of Hawaii in the convention of 1849…

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