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    My person is nathan hale he was a white patriot in the american revolution. he helped with the siege on the british when there were the first casualties of war. He also served in connecticut. He was also a spy for the patriots and went to new york city to spy on the british when he was 21 years old. His last words were ¨ my only regret is that i have but one life to give for my country.¨ Hale, Nathan (June 6, 1755 - Sept. 22, 1776), patriot, spy, hanged by the British, long known as the "Martyr Spy" of the Revolutionary War, and now revered as the ideal youthful hero of the Republic, was born in Coventry, among the hills of Tolland County, Conn. His father, Richard, a descendant of Robert Hale who settled in Cambridge, Mass., in 1632,…

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    enemy lines, they reported mostly exaggerated or useless information (Rose 16). This disappointed Washington and he worried that no useful information would ever come from the city and without it New York’s fate would be sealed. As the British were forcing rebels out of New York, Nathan Hale was heading toward his death on Long Island. He was commissioned by General Washington to gather first hand intelligence about British troop movements. Hale would pose as a schoolmaster looking for work,…

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    Spies are people who secretly watch people and report what they are doing to their superiors. Often times spying involves acting, disguise, and other special talents. An example of this is Baden-Powell. He was a British spy that Britain used to spy on Austria-Hungary. He acted as a drunken to fisherman to gather intel on a new weapon. “In that disguise, he was never questioned as to why he was sailing so close to a key Austria-Hungary fortress. The enemy soldiers even showed Baden-Powell how to…

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    I, Cee Jay Hale was born to Tracee Hale and Carlton Greene Sr., who met through a mutual friend. After dating for a short time they were married by May of 1999. They later divorced in 2011. Both of them are natives of Cleveland, Ohio. My mother is a product of Leola and John Hale who’ve have been married for 52 years and been together for 56 years! My grandmother Leola was born October 1, 1941 and is from Cleveland as well while my grandfather John was born March 12, 1936 in Salem, Alabama. …

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    Nathan Hale Role Model

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    a consequential military leader whom I look up to is Nathan Hale because he demonstrated an unwavering amount of fearlessness while willingly paying the ultimate sacrifice for the good of a nascent America which is why he should be regarded as a moral role model. Nathan Hale was born on June 6th, 1755 to puritan parents in Coventry, Connecticut. When he reached the age of 14, he did not have to travel far for education and chose to enroll in Yale’s class of 1773. After graduating with…

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    Nathan Hale Nathan hale a legend, spy, war leader and a member of the continental army. He was great at doing these things. But overall he was a great spy, but sadly he died in the line of duty. Did you know he was also one of the smartest people in his time? I bet there's more facts you don't know so keep reading! Nathan hale was a very very smart man for his time. He went to Yale college and graduated. Hale had lots of friends in college and…

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    Lion King Symbols

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    Lion-Themed Gift Ideas for Lion Lovers Have you watched Disney's The Lion King a dozen times? Have you been to Singapore and taken a picture with its symbolic lion statue? If you have done even just one of the two, I can fairly guess that you admire lions! Lions are known as the king of the animal kingdom. They are strong and beautiful. They demonstrate nobility and confidence. They are like ninjas because they are masters of the stealth approach. They are really smart which is why they can…

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    According to Robert Evans in The Kid Stays in that Picture, “There are three sides to every story: my side, your side and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently” (tvtropes.org). The two sides of a story and the truth relates to Edgar Allen Poe’s short story The Black Cat. In The Black Cat, the unnamed narrator demonstrates unreliable narration. In The Black Cat, the unnamed narrator shows characteristics of unreliable narrator: weak reasoning, weak sense of…

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    In Trifles the women had taken their own same sex side when the county attorney and the officer had been saying how Mrs. Wrights house was dirty and this is illustrated when the county officer was in the kitchen of Mrs. Wrights and washed his hand and when he was going to dry them he says “Dirty towels! Not much of a housekeeper, would you say ladies? (669). The ladies after this statement automatically take sides as if they were trying to have power and Mrs. Hale states “Those towels get dirty…

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    Bodhisatva's The Equals

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    The Equals When Brahma-dutt ruled Banaras, Bodhisatva was born as a lion. The lion used to dwell in a cave with his mate. One day, he stood on top of the hill and looked round for some prey. He saw some hares and deers frisking and playing in a meadow by the side of a pond. The lion gave a roar and ran down the hill towards the meadow. But as he ran past the pond he got stuck in a mire and the creatures playing on the meadow scattered away. Every time the lion made an effort to get out of the…

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