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    Persuasive Essay On Ufos

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    UFO researchers thirdphaseofmoon brought an alien summoner to a Manhatten pier in order to draw the beings from space and water. Hundreds of people were around to witness the bizarre event. If this technique is true, it proves NASA lies about the truth in regards to aliens. PUBLIC BELIEVES NASA IS LYING OVER ALIEN UFO EXISTENCE While the alien summoner was getting to work, several people were interviewed on the Manhatten pier. When asked about their thoughts on NASA, they all agreed that the…

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    The novel “Anthem” was written by a Russian-American author known as Ayn Rand. Her philosophy consisted of Objectivism; reality exists independently of consciousness, that human beings have direct contact with reality through sense perception. Anthem was written in 1937 when Ayn Rand was 32. During this time, Russia was undergoing a purge; known as, the Great Purge. The novel shares the same societal characteristics as Russia which was undergoing a communist revolution since 1917 led by Josef…

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    In 1969 America sent 6 manned space missions to land on the moon. But some people think that these missions were really faked and were filmed in a studio. JFK was the president of America by that time. He started a race between US and Soviet Union based on which country would put a man on the moon first. And apparently US was losing the race. From my perspective and from what I know I say that the moon landings were actually real. Also from what NASA and the government showed us it makes me…

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    Sinister Motivation Ayn Rand’s book, Anthem raises the question what would life be like in a completely equal and unknowing world. In a society where there is no individualism and the Council of Vocations controls life; one man rises up and protests the ideas of this society. Equality 7-2521 learned rather quickly in the Home of Students, unlike the rest of them, he understood lessons before they were spoken; however this was considered a sin in society. Within the community no man is…

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    One of the most interesting symbols in Ayn Rand's book Anthem is the lack of "I." The main character, Equality 7-2521, lives in a society where there is no "me" or "my." There is only "we." This absence, the negation of the individual, is predicated on the idea that "It is a sin to think words no others think. . . . It is base and evil" (17). Even speaking "I" is an act punishable by death. Throughout this work, Rand draws on the absence of "I" in order to illustrate the overarching theme of…

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    In the year 2020, there was a young man named Cooper Armstrong, he is 25 years old and is enlisted in the United States Air Force. His grandfather was Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon. He was inspired by his grandfather to become an Astronaut. He had a dream to land on Mars and become the third man on Mars. He had big dreams but no one ever noticed him. Cooper was always picked on in school about being an Astronaut and wanting to become President of the United States. Even now…

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    Part A: Dystopia Essay In the novel Anthem by Ayn Rand the word “I” is lost and there is no individual because people are slaves to the society's system in which everyone's lives are being controlled by the government. The individual cannot survive in this world of Dystopia because it is a sin to set yourself apart from everybody else. In the novel it says: “To be free, a man must be free of his brothers. That is freedom. That and nothing else” (pg. 101). This quote shows the concept in which…

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    Apollo 17 Research Paper

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    He was the last man to walk on the Moon. Astronaut Eugene Cernan was the commander of Apollo 17 when he became the last man to walk on the moon. On December 11 1972, Cernan navigated the lunar module named Challenger to land on the Valley of Taurus-Littrow on the Moon. At the time, he knew that future moon missions had been cancelled, but when he died in 2017, he still couldn't quite believe that no astronaut had been back. It had been too long. In 1972, Apollo 17 launched what would be NASA’s…

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    Edwin Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Michael Collins were on the mission named Apollo 11. The Saturn 5 rocket was the launch vehicle they used and it was and still is the most powerful machine ever made. It contained 8 million pounds of thrust and it is only vehicle that could carry men beyond earth's gravity even after 40 years. This was one of the greatest moments in American history. NASA stands for National…

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    Analysis of The Graveyard Book Ch.1,2 - Omar Shah The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaimon is a work of literary art that brings textual descriptions and scenes to vivid images that we can form in our minds at ease. Gaimon incorporates multiple literary techniques in order to achieve this such as diction, syntax, foreshadowing, as well as many other elements. This results in a captivating work of writing that makes the reader want to continue to seek answers to their increasing number of questions…

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