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Life is short and many people take that for granted. Some people think life will last forever, but then they grow up and wish they would have done more when they were younger. Today, there are two types of people. People who struggle beneath others and people who seek to gain power over others. In Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, Claudius is a character who seeks to gain power over the country as he kills the previous King, marries the Queen, and tries to keep Hamlet out of his way in remaining to be…

In the Battle of Gettysburg, according to “The Killer Angels”, the southern generals made far too many mistakes that cost them the victory. In this battle, both sides made frequent mistakes, yet the South’s faults were far more fatal. These faults were the cause of the south’s loss of the battle, and the consequences that followed. The first disastrous mistake made by the South, was their faith in Jeb Stuart. Longstreet and the other generals in the Confederate army relied heavily on Stuart to…

James Mercer Langston Hughes was born on the 1st of February, 1902 in Missouri. His parents got a divorce when he was young, and he was raised by his grandmother till the age of thirteen. He worked odd jobs such as assistant cook, launderer, and busboy. In 1930, he won the Harmon gold medal for literature. He wrote several novels, short stories, plays and poems, and he was well known for his interest in Jazz and how it influenced his writing. His life and works helped start the Harlem…

In “The Alchemist,” Paulo Coelho creates a fictional character from a small Andalusian town who is determined and curious to learn his purpose in the world. The author illustrates the significance of finding one’s personal legend. In the story, a shepherd boy named Santiago encounters many trials, tribulations, and difficulties, on his journey to finding his destiny. He overcomes and achieves them all with the guidance from many wise teachers. Early in the story, Santiago meets Melchizedek,…

On July 3rd, the Union won a battle that could possibly be the turning point in the war. The Battle of Gettysburg was a three day long battle was fought bravely throughout by the Union and was brilliantly commanded by General George Meade. Confederate General, Robert E. Lee, failed his second invasion of the North, and he had to retreat back to Virginia after the devastating loss. After Lee’s victory at Chancellorsville, Virginia, Lee looked to attempt a second invasion of the North. The…

Robert Frost addresses the human tendency to put fortresses up to hide apart of ourselves from the rest of the world in the poem Mending Wall. The narrator of the poem does not really see the point in repairing the wall, but he continues to come out each spring with his neighbor, which suggests that the experience is fulfilling in some sort of way. A fence is usually associated with division and setting up boundaries between specific areas but in this poem, it is a motive for two neighbors to…

at Building Bridges Therapy center as a person who does the filing and restocking. I don’t think that I would have this job because is at a therapy center where many other kids who had similar diagnoses would go. I also work at the Plymouth Apple Orchard and Cider Mill. This job might also be hard to do with a diagnosis of autism because I currently work in the kitchen where it is very loud and busy. With people who have autism being sensitive to sound the loudness of the kitchen would probably…

windeler moves to the foot hills of oakland they used the whitlaws wagon before selling it for them to move all their stuff they moved to a plot of land that once had been a rich estate belonging to espranza a family the land was a mess of unending orchards of cherry trees ,apples and apricot trees windeler showed him to the barn next to the ran down mansion and it reked of horse poo moon shadow woke shadow woke up before windeler and handclap was standing with a wagon the lees keep in touch…

role on a team and that role allows for each member to take part in accomplishing the overarching goal. The one aspect of collaboration that I am working on this year, is trusting that the work will get done on time. Working on a team as large as Orchard Gardens is a new experience for me, but I believe that through this year I will learn a great deal about collaboration and be able to understand the value of working on a large team and getting tasks done both efficiently and…

The Song of Solomon called Songs of Songs, means the “greatest song” or” holiest of holies” in Hebrew. Song of Songs is also found in the Jewish literature of writings (Ketuvim), following the scroll of Ruth. In the Christian Old Testament, it follows the book of Ecclesiastes. The Song of Songs praises sexual love by depicting two male and female characters praising each other. The male and female speakers are referred to as the lover and the shulammite respectively. It is read as a poem of love…