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    In Harm’s Way, by Doug Stanton is among the top of my list for truly gripping survival stories. Tasked with a secret mission by the U.S. government; the Indianapolis was moored in the San Francisco Bay - undergoing repair work from her last scuff with the well-disciplined and ruthless Japanese Empire. Caught off guard and seeming almost corralled into the mission, Captain James Butler McVay, a competent and respected man, was ordered to sail components of the world's first operational atomic bomb (Little Boy) across the Pacific. Their destination was the island of Tinian, a massive military stepping stone for allied forces. Once delivered, the Indianapolis reported directly to CINCPAC (Commander-In-Chief, Pacific) Headquarters at Guam for further…

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    Captain”, it writes, “Rise up- for you the flag is flung- or you the bugle trills...For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning…” (Whitman, 23). Abraham Lincoln, the man they are praising, is being was honored by the cheering from the victory they had during their war, because he was their leader; their president. Douglass and Lincoln were both remembered and praised from gaining something for everyone, because they played a great role in their success. Being selfless means…

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    Later in their stay the Germans collected all radios but skipped over the one hidden away in their attic. Marie-Laure's father is called back to the Museum but is arrested on his way there. Schulpforta, the Nazi school, is worse than Werner had imagined, he finds his only friend in a fragile boy named Frederick with a love for birds. Frederick is picked out as the weakest and is brutally beaten, resulting in permanent brain damage. Werner’s brilliant mind is soon recognized and he is chosen to…

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    find the willpower within herself to get back up and keep going. Their words of wisdom stuck with her and guided her through times of difficulty. Her mother and grandmother exposed Marji to reality at a young age, so she would not be afraid of it when she grew older. Both radiated love on her, always making sure that she knew how important she was to them. They raised her in such a way that allowed her to keep an open mind, but to always be conscious about her ancestor 's fight for freedom. A…

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    I will argue that there is more than just the loving eye and the arrogant eye, In Marilyn Frye ‘in and out of harm’s way: arrogance and love’ article in which she stats that our eyes are either arrogant or loving. She believed that there is no such thing for someone to have something as a ‘neutral eye’. For example, the arrogant eye sees everything in relation to itself and is always a one-sided demeaner, as it denies the mystery and complexity’s in the world instead the arrogant eyes-only favor…

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    He knew that the only way to keep Inka out of the path of danger was to tackle the man before he neared her, or in other words, as soon as humanly possible. He jumped, pinning him to the ground as sirens rang nearer. Oliver decided to take a shower to try and clear his head. As the water rushed down his body, he realized that any day could easily be his last. Inka had left the city for a few weeks with family on a vacation. After a few minutes of thinking, Oliver decided to write a letter to…

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    As a child, having rules to follow wasn’t unheard of with my family. There was always a way to behavior with friends/family, at school, at home and out in the street. Often I found myself getting into trouble because I didn 't listen and also the fact that I always found some kind of way to slipping out of having to doing something that I knew I was supposed to do. But out of all the people in my family my mom was the strictest. When expectations set high, not meaning them meant my siblings and…

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    When we look upon ourselves we think of two things who we are and were we came from this just a normal way that humankind has always thought of themselves. Firstly they ask who they are as if there very exsitence may not be valid even though there right in front of you flesh and bone. Everyone has a purpose in life but believe that if they dont do anything remarkable that stands out that there mere life is just that nothing. We as homosapiens believe in a convaluded way of reasoning and since…

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    says “’I can ‘member Grandma Dee without the quilts’” (par. 74) showing that she will always remember the times they had together. Mama is also seen as a character of symbolic importance because of her ways of seeing situations throughout the story. She talks about a dream she had, going on a game show and re-uniting with her daughter when she herself weighs one hundred pounds lighter. Farrell reminds us, “It is important to remember, thought, that this Johnny Carson daydream is Mama’s…

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    you know how things go. Another example would if in the past you loaned friend money but that friend never paid you back. But then later that same friend came again and asked to borrower money again. Well you do know how that’s gonna go that friend may not pay you back once again. The term “People like us” is usually used when speaking, or thinking negative of another race or culture. Unfortunately me being Black I’ve heard this term way too much. I have said in the past and maybe just the…

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