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    There are over 20,000 Lost boys in Sudan. In the book “A long Walk to Water” show how Salva had many challenges that he faced before, during, and after the Sudanese Civil War. Three reason that show the challenges Salva faced before, during, and after the Sudanese War are that he had to take care of cows and had to do school work, to keep on walking even though he was hurting, and how different the weather was. First of all the only worry he had before he started walking was taking care of the…

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    This was due to the fact that the depression caused thousand to lose their job and many white workers chose to blame Mexicans who they believed were stealing jobs from them this hate would soon culminate into mass deportations of Mexicans both legal and illegal out of America. It also made such hateful acts more common as Mexicans would soon used…

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    George Milton Loneliness

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    company. In the book “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck, one of the main themes is loneliness. George Milton is the loneliest character in the book. He’s a lonely ranch worker moving from job to job, his only friend is mentally challenged, and has to kill his only friend. George is lonely because he’s a ranch worker. Ranch workers have no family and move from job to job. “Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don’t belong no place.…

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    Candy Do you know what it is like to be useless when everyone else around you is working hard? In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, this is what Candy goes through. Candy has a broken hand and is too old to be productive on the ranch. He will be kicked off the ranch sooner or later. Candy, the old men in Of Mice and Men, can be described as a useless, joyous and caring person. Candy can be considered unproductive as he does not work on the ranch anymore. Candy isn’t as strong as he once used…

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    Roselvia Escobar, mother of 22-year-old Cesar, begged for blood for her son’s transfusions. Cesar, diagnosed with a disease called thalassemia, needs this blood for his three monthly transfusions. “He’s in bed, drowsy, inactive, and terrified,” Escobar, said “ The right to live doesn’t exist in Venezuela. You just pray to God your loved one doesn’t die.” (Krygier 2). Many families in Venezuela are struggling to find medical supplies, food, and water since the beginning of the Venezuelan crisis.…

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    Cesar Chavez was born in Yuma, Arizona on March 31, 1927. His parents were Librado Chavez and Juana Chavez, he was the second child from five children. They had a little farm and a country store. When the Great Depression and years of drought many left the land. They had moved to California, due to the fact they had lost their farm and their store 1937. Cesar had attended 38 schools and stopped when he was done with 8th grade. They had to be moving from farm to farm. He married his high school…

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    black man, isolated due to his color. He is weak, the bottom of the social ladder and physically separated from the ranch workers. Crook’s job on the farm, is to take care of the horses. Unfortunately, kicked by the horse Crooks back is crippled. Therefore, the ranch workers call him Crooks due to his crooked back. He is not treated equally like the rest of the ranch workers. Crooks is not allowed to step in the “bunkhouse”, and sleeps separately in the…

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    Magic Gucci Abraham had lived with his new owner for two years now, and they had finally found true friendship. Born and raised on a potato farm in Iowa, Jefferson was happy to have found a friend in Abe. Despite his upbringing, hard labor had never appealed to the boy. Teachers described Jefferson as a quiet, intellectual child, and he prefered to spend his time solving puzzles and creating anagrams rather than socializing with other children his age. Abe greatly admired his owner’s brightness,…

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    As stated by Cesar Chavez, "a new study shows pesticides used in growing may be responsible for the illness over 300,000 of the nation's 4 million farm workers." Chavez created a speech encouraging people to boycott the grapes because of the pesticides. Chavez used rhetorical strategies such as pathos, logos, and metaphors in order to provoke and inspire the consumers to stand against the pesticides. Throughout Chavez's speech, he uses pathos to alarm consumers about the dangers of…

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    Julio Cesar Chavez Gonzalez was conceived on July 12, 1962 in Ciudad Obregon, MX. His dad, Rodolfo Chavez, worked for the railroad, and Julio experienced childhood in a surrendered railroad auto with his five sisters and four siblings. He started boxing as a novice at sixteen years old and after 14 wins entered a competition in Mexico City, in which he got his first and final novice misfortune. Chavez chose he would passage better as a genius and got his expert vocation off to a decent begin by…

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