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    and his band of “mistreaters”? As King said, “Bull Connor would tell them to send the dogs forth, and they did come. But we just went before the dogs singing, ‘Ain't gonna let nobody turn me around.’ Bull Connor next would say, ‘Turn the fire hoses on.’” “And that was the fact that there was a certain kind of fire that no water could put out. And we went before the fire hoses. We had known water.” They did all this for freedom, equality, justice nothing else. Again I ask, what would you do? They…

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    Beowulf: A True Hero

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    he had the perfect hearing no one would hear so clearly. We still have to give a little credit for Grendel it takes a lot of work being a “Monster.” Grendel only did what was best to keep himself happy and healthy, plus he did take 12 years before he struck again, the first time he struck they went CRAZY! If you look at the story is says that Beowulf had to fight Grendel, Grendel’s mother and a fire breathing dragon, yet technically didn’t kill Grendel at first he just ripped one of the two…

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    when we would go back to school. That was when we…

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    creating weapons, obtaining drinkable water, and retrieving fire wood. Later on, the boys came up with an idea of creating a constant signal fire to attract any ships or planes passing by to the island so they can be rescued. Even though the boys are between the ages of 6-13, they did not panic as they quickly organized themselves and thought of ways to survival until they got rescued. Forgetting the fact that the boys eventually start to drift away from each other into two groups and began to…

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    phone was on twenty five percent battery. So I turned off my phone so it didn't die in my pocket incase off an emergency. I was really scared because I didn’t even know where I was or how far I was from land to get help. I got up to see what was around the island there where a lot of coconut trees around it. The island look like a trapezoid almost. there were some crabs that I could try to trap and cook on an fire to eat it. There was a old campfire but think someone had to survive here…

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    The earsplitting calls of the machine gun were answered with distorted shots of different rifles, pistols, and anything we could really have gotten our hands on, we weren’t picky, and definitely not prepared.…

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    knows that fire has a happy view in society today. Fire is seen as warm, comforting, and safe. Maybe, just maybe, fire isn't exactly what everybody thinks and knows it to be. In the book “fahrenheit 451” fire is one of the main and many issues throughout this book. As you read this book you will see that throughout fire is mentioned in many places at many different times in the book. Characters will be introduced throughout, such as our main character Montag, Beatty, and Clarisse. Fire has…

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    mystery about the Sodder Family still remains today. The story is about a family of eleven who had a fire start in their home mysteriously and “lost” five children. This incident took place in Fayetteville, West Virginia on Christmas Eve to Christmas morning in 1945. There is a lot evidence and many theories about this case. There have been investigations about where the Sodder children are and how the fire occurred in the first place, but none of them seem to be right so this story still…

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    bone of modern policing worldwide. One of such is that the police depends on the approval and trust of the public to effectively do their jobs, yet why should we trust the police if they are…

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    The relationship between savagery and civilization is crucial in Lord of the Flies. In the beginning of the story, Ralph knew how important it was to start a fire and to keep it burning so their likeliness of being rescued would increase. After Roger pushes a boulder, killing Piggy and shattering the conch in chapter 11, the civilization remaining in the boys began to disappear. When the conch shattered, society and order fell with it. The remainder of the book, Jack is determined to hunt and…

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