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    Katniss Everdeen is one of the most well rounded woman warriors of our generation. She is a small town girl from District 12, during the movie she survives The Hunger Games and turns a nation of slaves into an army. In The Hunger Games I believe Katniss sets a great example and represents what it means to be a woman warrior. Everything from putting her family first, to making sure she comes out on top, she never loses sight of why she’s really there. In The Hunger Games Katniss Everdeen goes from

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    control. The Roman Catholic Church’s totality of temporal and spiritual control had an astounding effect which Sir Walter Scott clearly demonstrates throughout his novel that shines light on the dark underbelly of the Church from it’s racism toward adherents of Judaism to the greed and hypocrisy of the monks and abbots who vowed to give themselves up to God. Sir Walter Scott was not one to sugarcoat history even when revolved around a religious institution and is valiant to defending and

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    General War It no secret that General Ulysses S. Grant and General Robert E. Lee had their differences. Ranging from appearance to actions they hardly shared any similarities. This makes them both easily comparable. Both had their ups and their downs, but in the end, General Robert E. Lee was the best general overall. Let us start somewhere easy, let us start with their appearances. Lee stood at a 5 ft. 11 in., weighing 175 lbs., and Grant stood under him at 5ft. 7 in., weighing 140 lbs. While Lee

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    Everyone has their own culture, whether they realize it or not. Some people have distinct cultures, but others struggle with the idea of having a specific culture and cannot figure theirs out. In the novel Uglies, Scott Westerfeld uses cultural, physical, and geographical surroundings to demonstrate the impacts and control Special Circumstances has on society, while Tally struggles to break away and fix the operation. In society the government is in charge and controls daily lives through culture

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    Ads Everywhere, Suggesting Buy This! There are ads everywhere! When we look in our daily lives, ads are on TV, in magazines, inside stores, and even sent to us in mailers. When looking at advertisements, it is not uncommon for most realize that there are lots of ways that the manufacturers try to pull us in and get people to purchase their items. What attracts us to actually paying attention to any specific ad in particular? While reading Cosmopolitan, which is mainly a feminine magazine based on

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    Peter Scott Ms. Wiggins Honors English 10 1st Block O3/09/11 “Literary Elements of Wharton’s ‘Roman Fever’” Peter Scott Scott 1 03/09/11 Ms. Wiggins 1st Block “Literary Elements of Wharton’s ‘Roman Fever’” The short story, “Roman Fever” by Edith Wharton, reveals numerous popular literary elements. Some of the most prominent examples of literary elements are irony, symbolism, and foreshadowing. All three elements create the feel and atmosphere of the short

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    Throughout the life span of the United States, from its infancy after the Revolution to the present, people have asked, “What is an American?” This question goes far beyond asking who is a citizen or who resides in this land. No, it asks what the identity of an American is? Through popular, art, film, and literature, the American image is defined as being based on embracing our individual identities. Movies are a perfect way to express the image of America. Movies are the mixture of art, music,

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    Ridley Scott and the Structure of an Epic in the film Gladiator The blurb for Gladiator claims that Scott has brought the epic into the twenty first century, and in many ways he has, with a blend of the technology of today, in the superb graphic realism and the way of life in ancient Romethat lends itself so well to the epic status. But is this a real epic with all the characteristics and parts that will make it a remembered film for many years to come, or just a good

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    teeth through all the smoke of the fire"1 Lee said, in a letter to Mary. The Mexicans soon gave up Vera Cruz. General Scott thanked Lee for his work. Now the Army could move on to the Mexican capital. The march to Mexico City wo!uld be hard. General Scott asked Lee to find the best way to go. And he asked him to see what Santa Anna, the Mexican general, was doing. To get news for Scott, Lee went behind the lines of enemy soldiers. This was dangerous work. Once when Lee was behind enemy lines he heard

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    Subversion of Class and Gender Roles in Jane Austen's Persuasion         In Jane Austen's Persuasion, Mrs. Croft makes but few appearances and delivers little dialogue.  Nevertheless, Austen gives her significant narrative and thematic importance.  Mrs. Croft provides a foil for several of the Elliots, while developing a commonality with the frequently ostracized Anne.  This bond between Mrs. Croft and Austen's heroine valorizes Mrs. Croft's radical views concerning feminism and marriage

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