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    I never truly thought about how my family had come to the United States. I assumed someone in my family, long ago, had decided that they wanted better for themselves and their family and had decided to come to the United States. It did not become a big deal for me until I found out that those people, who wanted better for themselves and their family, were my grandmother and grandfather. Up until then, I always took my citizenship for granted. I believed that being born in America was one of my natural

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    The Journey Essay

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    "The Journey" is the first chapter in the book called Survival in Auschwitz, written by Primo Levi; which originally appeared in English under the title If This Is a Man in 1958. This first chapter brings you through Levi's journey from Turin, Italy to the work camp, Auschwitz, while detailing the routine of blatant inhumanity. The chapter begins as Levi states the fact that he was captured by the Fascist Militia when he was 24, only after being forced to flee into the mountains because of

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    passion and bravery. ‘Good night’ in the first line refers to a good death, as it is clear that night represents death and the poet is motivating his father resists death in a calm way. The use of the word ‘rage’ shows the poet requesting his father to resist death. The second stanza defines the attitude of wise men that realize that death is near. They can be known as the men who will not accept death passively. They know that there is still a long journey and a long way to go. Wise men in this

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    throw at him, my father pushes through positively. Somehow, he always tends to drag my sisters and me along on his crazy journeys through life. Which is great most of the time, but not so great some of the time. My father and all seven of his siblings had this grand idea to go on a cruise to the beautiful Caribbean Islands. Of course, my sisters and I liked the idea of this journey. My whole family booked the cruise and the preparation began. My dad would take my sisters and me shopping for new clothes

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    Aeneas Journey

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    Despite Aenea’s love for Dido, the queen of Carthage, Aeneas needed to further his journey for a new city. The god of light and sky, Jupiter, kept him on track. “Aeneas was a Trojan hero in Greek mythology, son of the prince Anchises and the goddess Aphrodite” (Greek Mythology 1). Aeneas was the prince of Troy. Troy was home of the Trojans, and was located in modern day Turkey. When the Greeks attacked and destroyed Troy, Aeneas lead his people out to find a new beginning. “During the Trojan

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    itself. In Night, events during this time are portrayed from a first-person perspective, giving even greater insight to the horrors within. Elie Wiesel deeply describes every aspect of his journey through the Holocaust, from concentration camp selections, to the food, to the everyday work and abuse. In the given section, Elie and his father must endure multiple selections. They are separated and Elie describes his reactions to the apparent loss of his father, Shlomo. In the memoir novel, Night, by Elie

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    It was getting to be long summer in my home state of the heat of the summer looking for love in all the wrong places. Spending life choosing the wrong people to have as friends. Living in constant pain of looking for the love of my life until one frightfully delighting and mind blowing day of the meeting of love and lifelong experiences. All ways keeping to standers that I would find one true love and care for in way only I can care for my lover. It was a Warm July day, and I met her. My heart

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    Flood Vs Gilgamesh

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    is a man that worshiped only one God. Noah was kept during the flood because God saw that he was pure, unlike the rest. Noah didn’t want immortality because he knew God would help provide things for him. Noah followed God’s words through the whole journey. After the flood, Noah could live out his life to the fullest. There are lots of differences based on there two stories. It’s mostly based on beliefs, religious and their character. These two guys both had a goal and with their gods on their side

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    shall I forget that night the first night in camp, that turned my life into one long night seven times sealed," -Elie Wiesel, Night. This quote is one of the quotes from Elie Wiesel's book Night that refers to the title of the book. The title of the book is called Night for reasons such as the fact that the first night was what changed his life, it symbolizes the darkness that encased all of their souls, and it also symbolizes how dark and evil the world was. The title Night has a stronger meaning

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    which had ended the war one historic night. That was not the end for Odysseus’s story as his legacy still moves on many years later. After that historic night, life for Odysseus was about to change for the worse. As it is known Odysseus had blinded a cyclops during his adventures back to Ithaca. That cyclops happened to be a god's’ son. Very unhappy the god had killed Odysseus’s men and held Odysseus captive on an island in the middle of nowhere for many long and ongoing years, but he was not alone

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