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“Her name is Ellie,” A man said. “Who’s Ellie?” the little girl asked. “Ellie, is a girl who stood up for what she wanted to become,” the man stated slowly. “What do you mean?” the girl questioned. “You see, Ellie wanted to grow up to become a football player, for the Denver Broncos. She’s always wanted to become one, but never had the courage to do so.” “Why not?” “She was afraid of Coach Mar. She believed that he wouldn’t let her join her middle school’s football team, just because she was a…

I truly don’t know who could’ve done this. Surly no one would want to hurt Humpty. I’ve been researching this case for days now and I still don’t have a lead. The only thing I can think of are his relations to the recent propaganda against the king. Although I’m sure the king wouldn’t have done this. Unless… he got someone to do it for him. Let me tell you how this all started and you can decide for yourself. It was approximately 8am on Wednesday the 14th. I, Maxton aka king’s guard #442,…

De Blasio took home the win for mayor on election day, yet again. The 56-year-old democrat had an astounding victory, receiving over 65 percent of the votes. Despite the fact that New York City is famed for being blue, our mayor doesn't always claim the same trait. Many New Yorkers go into the voting booths planning to make their decisions based on their morals, future hopes, and cold hard facts. Many people said that they chose de Blasio because of his promise to increase school funding.…

London and the Plague Around the time of 1665 the plague took over London. An atmosphere of anxiety, desperation and fear imbued the London streets. The constant fear of being infected led many wealthy people to flee the city. It also pushed officials to enact new regulations. Reading fictional accounts like Daniel Defoe’s “A Journal of the Plague Year” allows readers to understand the altered city of London. The plague caused London’s culture to change. The Lord Mayor and…

Some people see life as a escapade, other people see it as something they just hope to get through. During the Victorian era was an utmost period of social prejudice, industrialisation that brought fast changes into everyday life that affected social classes. Life during this period depended on your social class and where you lived. Life was so controlled during this era that people were custme to this norm that majority of the people did not question their norms, except there were people who…

the Cholera outbreak in London. The Cholera outbreak started in 1854 when a little girl was infected and her contents contaminated a water pump on Broad Street. Soon, London was filled with infected residents and no one could figure out what caused it. Thankfully, John Snow, Henry Whitehead, and other characters were able to understand and piece together how the Cholera outbreak started. John Snow played a big role in understanding what caused the Cholera outbreak in London. John Snow as a…

Explain How the Separate Spheres Ideology Shaped Women’s Lives During the Nineteenth Century. The British Victorian Era saw men have power over everything to do with politics, society and economy. Women in late 19th and early 20th century were thought to be inferior and property to their male counterparts. This stemmed from the genuine believe that each gender, in biological terms, were different. It is thought that men were logical and rational thinkers, whereas women were tied more to their…

Poetry has typically defied the confines of the period it was written in and ushers in a new era in terms of ideas, politics, art, music, and everyday life. In the Victorian Period, many poets would write about ideas, the current attitudes toward women, and the resisting temptation, from a new viewpoint, which lead to changing thoughts and morals among the masses (Khanna and Landow). Although the word ‘Victorian’ brings to mind conformity, the Victorian Era of poetry is anything but typical…

in October 1642. The king’s army marched into London, only to be met by the Earl of Essex’s army. Neither side was well trained, and both sides had thousands of casualties. Battles continued until November when forces in and around London met the king’s army. To avoid further casualties, the king returned to Oxford. “The first major battle followed in mid-October… The opposing armies, raw and ill-trained, suffered heavy casualties… The threat to London persisted until November, when only the…

This past year has been a historical year for the United Kingdom. On June 23, 2016, a referendum was held on to decide whether or not the U.K. should leave or remain in the European Union. Many know this event as the “Brexit,” which is short for the merging of the words Britain and exit. The results were as follows: to leave was 52% and to stay was 48% of the more than 30 million people voting (Wheeler and Hunt, 2016). The decision to leave the E.U. has been confirmed to happen for some time…