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    John Brown was a man who was never distracted from his mission of abolishing slavery; he believed that a violent rebellion was the only way to put an end to slavery. On May 9th, 1800, Brown was born into a deeply religious family in Torrington, Connecticut. Because Brown’s father was impassionedly opposed to slavery, his family moved to a district in Ohio which would later become known for its anti-slavery views. In the first fifty years of his life he moved around the country and settled in…

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    Ogbera, Gabriel ENG 103 First Draft Instructor Michael Dusek The Millennials: A Response Essay Much has been written about millennials in recent times by different people with different views. But of all the comments about the millennials, those of experts Joel Stein, Jean Twenge and Chelsea Clinton stand out. While Jean Twenge labeled millennials as lazy, selfish, self-absorbed, selfish, entitled, narcissistic, fame-obsessed, and…

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    onto others, as they grow and become the leaders of tomorrow. This article specifically discusses these troublesome dynamics within a different Disney film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” but these themes are also relevant and expressive in The Little Mermaid, and only encourage the theory that these ideas are instilled within Disney’s values. In both films, the female character often dreams about an alternative life elsewhere, which highlights the problems within her current environment and…

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    room was dark and it was raining as soft music played in the background. However, it wasn’t just raining outside because tears were also raining down my face in what a weatherman would have affectionately called a heavy down poor. Beth March, from Little Women, had just passed beyond the earthly realm into the pearly gates of heaven. And, as a fifth grader for reasons I could not tell you at the time I was crying my own personal rainstorm in my bedroom while it rained outside my window.…

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    the truck to get the rest. I open the door, on the front porch a boutique of my favorite flowers laid there. I picked them up, turned around, and there he stood to tell me he knew I had been having a bad day and he wanted to change that. It is the little things in this world that count. Having a loving companion makes the bad times easier and the good times even…

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    On August 6, 1945, the city of Hiroshima was the target of the first Atomic Bomb. Three days later the second Atomic Bomb was dropped over the city of Nagasaki The decision to use the Atomic Bomb came after much thought by President Truman. The Chief of the Manhattan Project informed the president on the destructive force that came with the use of the Atomic Bomb and urged the president to reconsider its use on Japan. President Truman had delayed his meeting with Stalin until the Atomic Bomb…

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    Andrew Lam’s book, Perfume Dreams: Reflection on the Vietnamese Diaspora, is a collection of personal essays that documents Lam’s quest and struggle in finding the right identity as a Vietnamese American. At the age of 11, Lam fled with his family to America, during the ending years of the Vietnam War, as war refugees. This sudden exposure to a new environment, tore Lam’s past perception of who he was , created the identity dilemma that Lam struggled through his lifetime. Throughout the book,…

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    is told by a female, and the setting is a mostly feminine populated country estate the male characters are ever present and oppressive! The Governess’s choices and actions are dictated by her desire to honor her responsibility to the Master. Even little Miles grows increasingly demanding and even bossy. Finally, this is a woman’s account written by a man, so is there even a female voice here at all? How might the story have been different if it had been written by a woman? If we were to imagine…

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    hey umm Melissa. Umm I like you and I just wanted to ask you that, if maybe, possibly, will you be my girlfriend?". He waited anxiously for her respond. She said no. But surprisingly he was ok with it he was just proud of what he has done. He was a little bummed but not to the point where it would affect his everyday…

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    Alcott, L. M. (1997). A long fatal love chase. New York: Dell Pub. Louisa May Alcott is best known for Little Women and her other juvenile fiction, but she also wrote gothic thrillers. A Long Fatal Love Chase is one of these and has been referred to as a "bodice-ripper" by reviewers. Originally written for serialization in 1866, after her travels in Europe and about two years before Little Women was published, her manuscript was rejected as "too long and too sensational". Several years later,…

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