willingness to fight even when they know they are likely to lose/or be defeated’ Markus Zusak’s novel, Fighting Ruben Wolfe, is a story about two teenage brothers, Cameron and Ruben and their family, ‘survivors’ is how Cameron explains them. Although this family is being defeated by life itself as the father has lost his job and cannot earn money, they all still fight to survive. Cameron and Ruben compete in boxing fights every week. Although Cameron knows he will lose many of his fights as he is physically
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creating vaccines for many diseases. For example, during the 1980s, humanity was blessed with the first genetically engineered vaccine to fight STDs. Benjamin Hall of University of Wisconsin and then-postdoctoral researcher Gustav Ammerer fused a gene-controlling antigen that fought HIV and Hepatitis into yeast cells. With this biotechnology, they were able to create one of the first vaccines to fight Sexually Transmitted Diseases (A Triumph of Biotechnology). This has proven highly important, because
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The last battle of the revolutionary war was in Yorktown. It happened in 1781. This painting shows the forces of British Major General Charles Cornwallis, first Marquess Cornwallis (1738-1805) (who was not present when they were giving up, giving up to French and American forces after the Attack of Yorktown (September 28 - October 19, 1781) during the American Revolutionary War. The central figures showed are Generals Charles O'Hara and Benjamin Lincoln. The United States government (put
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Reaction Paper Even though the emancipation of slaves was one of the consequences of the Civil War, the general ideas about freedom and liberty did not apply to African-Americans during the nineteenth century. I agree with this statement because although the Civil War eventually abolished slavery, the ideas, and meaning of freedom and liberty, were not necessarily universal. With the rising of the Abolitionist Movement many changes came to the United States. Slavery was banned in the North-West
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happen. Scout does several of things throughout the book that proves she has bravery: She stands up for herself and her family, confronts a mob and walks with someone who is known to be the scariest person in the whole town. The first way Scout shows courage is when she first starts school. When Walter Cunningham didn’t bring lunch, Miss Caroline offers him a quarter to buy lunch but she told him to pay her back the following day. But what Miss Caroline doesn’t understand is that the Cunningham family
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back was through an entirely opposite route: Revolution. Patrick Henry was one of those people. Patrick Henry was a firm supporter of American Independence, and was always vocal about his opinion on the matter. In 1774, Henry was chosen to attend the First Continental Congress as a Virginia delegate. It was at that meeting that Patrick Henry told the other delegates that war was already upon them, and the revolution had already begun. It was there that, on March 23, 1775, he captured the Spirit of Revolution
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Romeo and Juliet Love is one of the most powerful human experiences. It is what makes life most worth living and it has started wars and destroyed families. There are many forms in love; universal, romantic, religious, erotic, platonic, friendly, brotherly, familial love, etc. But, what was Romeo and Juliet’s type love? Romeo and Juliet's love is romantic love which is “the highest expression of spiritual longings, the source of feelings that reach an unparalleled depth and intensity. The key to
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multiple quests, all of them follow multiple archetypes commonly seen in epic poetry. The first quest that Beowulf must complete is slaying Grendel, a hostile monster that is terrorising the Danes. Second, he must kill Grendel’s mother who took the head of one of Hrothgar’s closest friends. Finally, Beowulf is tasked with slaying a dragon that is aggravated that someone stole his treasure. In Beowulf’s first quest, he is tasked with killing Grendel, a monster said to have the strength of thirty
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like he’s supposed to. Darry isn’t an appropriate guardian for Pony and Soda. “Let me fight, Darry…” “Well-” Darry gave in- “I guess you can” (Hinton 135). This shows that Darry isn’t cut out to be their guardian because he is risking Ponyboy’s life by letting him fight in a rumble when he should be at home. In the first place Ponyboy shouldn’t be begging Darry to let him fight because his safety comes first. “Listen, Soda, you and Ponyboy, Darry said as we strode down the street, ‘if the fuzz
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powerful war horse. Medieval Knight by Unknown The First Knights The first knights of the Middle Ages fought for Charlemagne, the King of the Franks, in the 700s. In order to fight battles across his large empire, Charlemagne began to use soldiers on horseback. These soldiers became a very important part of his army. Charlemagne began to award his best knights with land called "benefices". In return for the land, the knights agreed to fight for the
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