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    “To be free a man must be free of his brothers. That is freedom. This and nothing else” (101). These words proclaimed by the main character Equality 7-2521 in the novella Anthem by Ayn Rand show the dynamic realization made in conclusion to the character’s struggle. Throughout Equality’s mental journey in the story, he develops many thoughts such as these. Thoughts questioning his society and its morals. Thoughts questioning the very foundation of the world he lives in. “We are one in all and…

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    British author Neil Gaiman was born on November 10th, 1960 in Portchester, United Kingdom is best known as a sci-fi and fantasy writer. His father was a company director and his mother was a pharmacist. Since his mother is Jewish, Mr.Gaiman practices Judaism. When he was a child, Gaiman had read comic books and normal books, at one point he had read through all of the children’s books in his local library. Prior to being 16, Gaiman read comic books, though stopped because he felt that he had…

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    Moon Landing Hoax, Neil Armstrong first was the first man on the moon, at least said to be. It’s hard to believe in 1969 that there was basically a space ship created to land on the moonhaving a man walk the first steps there. At the time small objects of new technology was being created such as a mouse for a computer, ATM’s, barcode scanners. Comparing the new technology being created at that time to a space ship on the moon with men aboard it’s difficult to believe; however, a few years after…

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    Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon. He was an astronaut who flew, in two space missions. One was the Apollo 11 the mission that he landed on the moon. Neil was also an engineer, a pilot and a college professor. And also flew in the korean war as a jet fighter. Neil Armstrong had a wife named Janet Sharon. Neil was born on august 5,1930. When Neil was a kid he loved to build and play with model planes. He had almost one hundred model planes in his room.Neil wasn’t an…

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    “One small step for man one giant leap for mankind” that's what Neil Armstrong said as an estimated 530 million people were watching. In my essay I will be telling you about my three reasons why the trip to the moon was so significant. John F. Kennedy’s dream, first trip to the moon by man that was a success, And how this impacted the world. Ask yourself do you want to go to the moon?. In class I read two articles titled “ “ “ “ and I will be explaining these reasons using facts from…

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    Neil deGrasse Tyson also known as one of America's Astronomers. Neil had many accomplishments but one of his biggest accomplishments was when he took part of a $210 million project that was completed in 2000. This project offered the visitors a new revolutionary look at astronomy. Tyson had made a very controversial decision to remove Pluto from the display of planets. He believed that Pluto should be reclassified, and it should be considered a dwarf planet in the sense that it was similar…

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    The first ascent to Earth’s moon on the mission Apollo 11 in 1969 demonstrated the vigilance and courage of astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin. As Neil Armstrong descended on the ladder of the Eagle to take the very first step on the moon’s surface, the world was watching human’s greatest achievement unfold. This mission proved that the exploration of outer space is valuable because it was considered one of man’s most prideful moments. Man’s abilities were put to the test in the Apollo…

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    Some people think that the moon landing in 1968 was fake. But, some people think it's real. People think that after the rocket launched it didn’t go to space and they staged it and made it seem like it landed on the moon. And others say it's real because millions of people were watching. And even other countries that were trying to get to the moon first can't prove it was fake. I put confidence on that the moon landings were real. I understand this because I have found evidence that have told…

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    A “good kill.” Tim O’Brien’s story “Ambush” is about a man going through problems about killing another soldier in the Vietnam War. I believe that it was a good kill. The reasons I believe this is because the man could have killed him and his men, he took out an enemy so it was one less to worry about, and its war soldiers are suppose to kill the enemy. I believe it was a good kill because the man could have killed him and his men that were sleeping in the tents. The narrator of the story did…

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    You think, therefore, you are a criminal Equality smashed a window with one bare hand, grabbed his invention with the other, and leapt out of the broken window to save himself and his invention from the angry mob of so-called intellectuals who could not understand him or his genius gadget. From there he runs straight into the uncharted forest. The protagonist is trying to escape from the dystopian society imagined by Ayn Rand, in her novella Anthem. Equality, the central character of the story,…

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