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    managed to get on the vice presidents honor roll at Highline College, graduate Thomas Jefferson High School with honors and earn my…

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    Beowulf's Transformation

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    King Hrothgar, king of the Danes, Beowulf asks, “‘I have come so far, Oh shelterer of warriors and your people’s loved friend, That this one favor you should not refuse me – That I, alone and with the help of my men. May purge all evil from this hall,’” (Raffel 38). Beowulf both defends his father’s, Edgetho’s, honor and defends the Danes when they are unable to defend themselves. After Grendel’s Mother raids Herot and steals one of King Hrothgar’s best men, Beowulf fearlessly plunges into the…

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    is superior to all, even better than the gods (Sophocles 30). Haemon, Creon's son, in tears begs his father to spare his bride, but Creon does not sympathize and targets women, “we must defend the men who live by the law,/ never let some women triumph over us./ Better to fall from power, if fall we must,/ at the hands of a man-never be rated/ inferior to a women,…

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    Treachery In Ajax

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    Dishonor on You, Dishonor on Your Family, Dishonor on Your Cow After Ajax takes his own life for having failed to kill his former friends, his brother Teucer defends Ajax’s honor by demanding he receive an honorable burial. The final stasimon of Sophocles’ tragic play Ajax revolves around the question of Ajax’s integrity and what it means to be honorable. While Agamemnon relies on societal definitions of nobility and alliance to denounce Ajax’s honor, Odysseus stands up for his new enemy…

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    The story of Ruth and Naomi, Ruth married Mahlon one of Naomi’s two sons, he later died along with his brother and father. This left Naomi and her two daughters’ in law in the land of Moab. Naomi had told these two girls to return to the homes of their parents, Orpah did as Naomi asked and returned home. However, Ruth decided to stay with Naomi and they both returned…

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    to let someone in, once a day, to exchange your pee bucket for something to eat, through a crack in the door. I can tell you what it 's like to have your mother tackle you to the floor in an…

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    LIFE. Guy 1: A middle class student who graduated with honors from his high school and was the president of many clubs. He grow up with a two parent household with his brother. His parents was very open of his sexuality. He also, was a kid that play the piano in his church. But was also shy and quiet at times because he got bullied for being gay in school. He got a full-ride academic scholarship to college. His mom was a teacher, and his father was in the military. His…

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    Wrong Vs Sin

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    also slept with someone close to him. Committing a sin was not something that could go unpunished in the Old Testament. The eighth commandment speaks on stealing. It clearly states in Exodus 20: 15, thou shalt not steal. What that meant if it was not yours do not take it. It does not belong to you. A biblical character in the bible who stole was Achan. This story can be…

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    family of five and we are of Mexican descent and as for education, my mother received an associate degree from JJC and my father did not finish elementary school because he had to work on the farm in Mexico. I also have two younger sisters that are in high school that also dream to go to college like me, and as for me, I hope to become the first to receive a bachelor degree in my immediate and extended family. As of now my father is the only parent that works, as for…

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    Puritan Religious Beliefs

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    puritans of Massachusetts were deeply religious and puritanical. Their whole lives and characters were evolved around religion puritanical and religious beliefs and deeds. Children endeavor to know god, as their heavenly father. Their children placed affection on god which is dued to a father. In 1671 puritan minister Eleazar Mather of new England reminded his congregation why they left England “unto this land to make sure of their children’s spiritual welfare to leave god in their midst”…

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