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    Others may be afraid of this new freedom, because they have never expirienced such a thing before. It depends entirely on the teens themselves and on what kind of upbringing they have had. If a teen has never been given a free rein and their parents have always been a bit too protective and controling, independence can seem a bit scary and overwhelming. Another way that teens with strict parents could react to having new independence as a coming adult is they may take advantage

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    Live Like You Were Dying (Three Messages from Ulysses) Is it better to fade away or to go out with a bang? When a former athlete or man of success sits pondering his glory days, what is his thought process? Perhaps he continues to simply subsist and reminisce on his past. Other men refuse to fade away like this. They continue on in life with a positive mind set not only about the past but, also the future. Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s “Ulysses” takes on this mindset. “Ulysses” conveys three messages

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    King says, “We are told we may allow our emotions a free rein … or no rein at all” (397). This uncontrollable desire to maim other organisms is rarely satisfied in reality, so what’s the next best alternative? Obviously, the violence some video games have to offer can give way to the feeling of bloodlust or maybe

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    the conditions of a working horse in the nineteenth century. Black Beauty exposes the treatment of animals during this time, including the cruelty of accessories such as the “bearing rein,” a strap restraining the horse’s neck, causing damage and pain. Sewell’s novel raised enough public outcries to have the bearing rein abolished in England, and spark anti-cruelty legislation in

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    seemed to be struggling to find words to say. What she wanted to say, Uncle Henry never knew. He was too busy with his “figgering”. But it wasn’t that he paid no attention, because he certainly did. Why, you don’t think he’d let a little girl hold the reins without supervision? Of course not. But Uncle Henry knew she’d be able to figure it out quickly. It wasn’t entirely too hard. He laughed quietly to himself. He raised his eyebrow in interest as the horses started veering to the left. Elizabeth Ann’s

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    I narrowed my eyes at him. "Where have you been?" He took the reins from me. "Can you ride bareback Layla?" "What, the horse?" He stared down at me and lifted an eyebrow. "Seriously?" I wanted to crawl into a hole and die. He tossed his head back and laughed. "The horse Layla. Can you ride without a saddle?" Forward

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    Luckily, Claudius was quickly put into power and started to get the Roman Empire back on its feet. During Claudius’s rein, many key events for the Roman Empire took place with Claudius’s incite. One of the most important achievements was the expansion of the Roman Empire with many new providences. Claudius lead a military conquest to take over Britain and claim it as

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    they fell from the towers.” When the Christian Crusaders attacked the Muslims at Jerusalem, “ It was necessary to pick one's way over the bodies of men and horses. However, “in the Temple of Solomon, men rode in blood up to their knees and bridle reins,” as stated by Raymond d’Aguiliers. In conclusion, Raymond relates the story about how the Pilgrims rejoiced after the battle, “How the pilgrims rejoiced and exulted and sang a new song to the Lord!” (Document A). Ibn al-Athir was an Arab historian

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    Unlike many poets around the world, Gerard Manley Hopkins follows a very unique style of poetry. Instead of using the same-old style of writing that every poet uses, Gerard created his own way to express his thoughts and feelings. Using a unique method, Gerard could write poems that became extremely popular starting in the late nineteenth century. In Gerard’s “The Windhover,” he uses various symbols, rhetorical devices, and strategies to help support his thoughts and to help strengthen his argument

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    "suddenly vigilant on a galloping horse," until eventually he loses the spurs and the reins, because he doesn't need them, and the horse's neck and head vanish (Kafka 64). Essentially, he is saying that he longs for a freedom he does not have. He wishes to simply ride away from his troubles as an Indian would. No longer bored with the constructs of a dull society, but "vigilant." Another man may ride with spurs and reins, those constraints of society, but an Indian would be simply unbounded by these things

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