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    The America I believe in is the one with the rights. We have the right to go to school. We also have the right to vote for the president instead of having a dictator. We can choose our own religion. Anyone can salute Old Glory. These are just some of the many rights we have in America. We can pick own school. I can go to public, home, or schools. Any one has these options in America. In some foreign counters don’t have these options. We all take for granted the rights that we have. Some people…

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    Ishmael Beah

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    a way that indicates that he will never forget this moment, a moment of saying goodbyes to his longtime pals, a moment of saying goodbye to the war that still raged on, but also voicing hello to a fresh and optimistic future. When Ishmael couldn’t salute in return, it shows that he was sad, he acted remorsefully that he might never see his friends again. Beah is also gazing up for hope for himself, others, and the world. He believed that being a child soldier was an act of malice to children. He…

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    of events. In A Separate Peace Gene actions cause Phineas's life to take a turn for the worst. In School Ties David Green gets a scholarship to go a Christian high school and gets bullied for his religion. In school a boy named David did the Nazi salute while the Pledge of Allegiance was being said triggering the students in class to rebel against his actions.The boys in A Separate Peace struggle with the human tendency to think before acting on impulse likewise,this tendency impacts people like…

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    Iman khidr 4th per On the very day of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's inauguration in 1933, the day he told America that "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself," something fearful was happening in far-off Germany. The Reichstag—Germany's congress—was deciding to give absolute power to its chancellor, Adolf Hitler . Imagine giving the worst people in a country the power of life and death. Imagine a nation that burns the books of its writers because it fears and…

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    Maurice Bavaud was another individual who despised Hitler and the Nazi Party. Bavaud was a Catholic theology student who believed that the Chancellor, Hitler, was an incarnation of the devil and posed a threat to the Catholic church as well as the nation of Germany. This is a particular reason why he may be know as God’s Assassin. Being a very religious character, he decided to take matters into his own hand and assassinate Hitler himself. Bavaud planned to follow Hitler around Germany with a…

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    Black Armbands

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    On February 7, 2016, 111.9 million TV viewers tuned in to watch Super Bowl 50; this estimate includes partial and full viewing of the game. Not surprisingly, the viewership peaked to 115. 5 million during the halftime show featuring Coldplay, Beyoncé, and Bruno Mars. The performance garnered different reactions from viewers and broadcast commentators. Many speculated over Beyoncé’s choice of costume and the costume choice for her backup dancers. But before the Super Bowl even took place,…

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    Tommie Smith Symbolism

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    Smith, and John Carlos, took a stand during the American National Anthem at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico, by raising a black-gloved fist and bowing their heads in a silent protest against racial issues in the U.S, known as the Black Power salute. Find symbols in another source. At the moment, the United States was dealing with civil rights and racial discrimination issues. Tommie Smith and John Carlos took the opportunity to show their thoughts on the issues when they took the stand…

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    While cultural imperialism may seem noble in the minds of those carrying it out, in reality, it has a fatal flaw. Jeanette Winterson once said, “Confidence and superiority: It's the usual fundamentalist stuff: I've got the truth, and you haven't.” When European colonists arrived in Africa, they believed themselves as culturally and economically superior beings. Consequently, the indigenous people of Africa were viewed as uncivilized and primitive. However, Chinua Achebe’s novel Things Fall Apart…

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    He walked by, his salute firm and direct. His eyes telling me to meet him with a squint. Whatever was on his mind was important and required the most immediate attention. I nodded with my returning salute, and kept walking forward with Mallory still at my side blabbering on about the exam. Once we were in the diner hall, I left Mallory, walking towards the bathroom…

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    Explain what the phrase “taking ownership of your learning” means to Well it has taken me a long time, but I am here, taking a course I thought I might never have the chance to. Reflecting on my careers I realize that I have no 'one thing ', no single purpose in this life. I have to a great extent went through life backwards, grasping opportunities as they pass and then dive in headlong to learn and experience the 'full monty ' as it were. I expect there will be…

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