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    when he helped T.J. This shows that he was very couragous throughout the story. Stacie was a loyal, strong, strong boy and he does not let anyone bring him down. And is loyal to the end. An angry mob takes poor T.J. away to what is most likely his doom. Stacie Logan was not afraid to stay with T.J. even if he could get killed. This was huge because he showed courage towards the white people by staying with his friend even though T.J. was mean to him. “No I will wait here.”, this shows that he…

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    he? Where is that ching chong?” Jack yelled as he walked into the boy’s locker room. “Hey man, calm down!” said Julio while blocking Jack from SunWoo who is taking off his football halmet. “Hey! Get off from me beaner, move!” said Jack as he pushed Julio. “Hey you, nerd, what you doing here? Huh? This place is not for a person like you. Go do math!” Jack claimed to SunWoo with an anger. Jack Johnson was a quarterback football star of Wills High School until a month ago when a new Asian-American…

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    Latin America have laws prohibiting abortion in most circumstances,” Singer states, “ official bans do not prevent high abortion rates.” It is simple to understand Singer’s reasoning- whether or not it is legal, the people that want the abortion will get it someway somehow. Going by the statistics he has gathered, Singer explains that, even though abortions may be illegal, official bans will not stop the amount of abortions that will still occur. His opinion that abortions will still remain…

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    In senior english we study many poems, novels, and other forms of literature.Recently we have been studying an anthology from the Anglo Saxon time period.This collection of poems is an interesting one. There is a several messages from each poem. These three poems are The Seafarer, The Wanderer, and the Wife’s Lament. These messages are life changing. They make you think and give a whole new view of life. The first poem is The Seafarer, this poem is an interesting one. This viking the seafarer…

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    Consciousness I am a white millennial in 2016 taking a college course on African American rhetoric and oratory, and this has been a time to learn about the importance of consciousness in every aspect of life. There’s a rap song on the radio, do you pay attention to how conscious the artist is and do you understand the lyrics? Walking into class I am not thinking about which artist has the best pace, to me it is about the consciousness of the words. It is about books such as Prophets of Hood and…

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    It was a long shot but he knew he had to take it. At this point he would’ve done anything to bring Steve back. He had a large gash in his side, and possibly broken bones. So there he was, holding his possibly dead friend in the middle of a street, and he needed kiss him. He heard paramedics coming in from behind him, it was now or never. So he did it, he kissed Steve. He heard people gasp from behind him, and if people hadn’t had their phones out already they sure did now. “Sir I need you to—…

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    It was Saturday afternoon, as I step out from my house the skies were bright as the sun. I wasn’t so excited to leave the house as I knew that the trip will not be amusing. I made a phone call to let my friends know that I will be at the airport half an hour and as I arrived at the airport, I still was not eager to go to Langkawi Island. It was backpacker’s trip with my group of friends. I still remember our flight was MH5365 depart at 3.45PM, as we arrived we checked in the hotel. I still did…

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    People need each other. That´s a simple necessity, and in hard times especially, people begin to realize this more quickly. People begin to understand that nobody should be alone. In Of Mice and Men,Curley's wife realizes this, tries to create relationships with two showmen, the man she marries, and some workers on a farm. and In the deep and thoughtful American Classic, John Steinbeck explores this theme quite a bit, with the farm workers realizing it, but not applying it to Curley's wife. In…

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    and “You are different therefore you are inferior.” As humans, we naturally look at all other living or non-living organisms as inferior. We make our superiority known by referring to other organisms as an “it” or “thing.” Human exceptionalism and othering are two of the few central themes in A Martian Odyssey by Stanley G. Weinbaum and Out of All Them Bright Stars by Nancy Kress that show that humans are not as perfect or superior as we think. These short stories give insight…

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    i thought today would be a good day but then the dead started rising i had this real current dream i'm standing in a room its tark and it's cold but i do not feel alone i hear the sound turn around and suddenly i see glowing blue eyes slowly creeping towards me no it can't be i'm pretty sure this is a dream i don't believe my eyes but my ears here the screams brains we want brains well u can try all u like but u wont get them today because i'm a zombie killer i'm not anyone's dinner welcome to…

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