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    Martin Luther King and Patrick Henry: Cry for Freedom Although Patrick Henry and Martin Luther King, Jr. are both skilled orators and use similar rhetorical devices to appeal to their audiences, they call for freedom for two totally different kinds of people. Both Patrick Henry and Martin Luther King, Jr. show their strengths as speakers through their use of these rhetorical devices. Among these are parallelism, allusions, metaphors, and rhetorical questions. Both speakers use these devices

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    presentation of fictional or nonfictional story that gets the audiences a sense of the emotional trauma. The film, which complemented “Night” by Elie Wiesel by the similarity of themes, but a totally different plot was the film titled, “Boys Don 't Cry” Directed by: Kimberly Peirce. Both the book and Film have the great essence of to begin with, Dehumanization- human tend to physically, emotionally or sexually torture another human being, followed by, the instinctual struggle to survive- how people

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    Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat      For my book report, I have chosen the novel Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat. In this report I will give a brief summary of the novel as well as why I have chosen it for my report. Finally, I will give my reactions to the novel with regards to its analysis of the place of human beings in nature, whether the destiny of humans and nature is intertwined, and how nature is regarded by the different religious and political philosophies demonstrated in the novel

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    It 's four years since Frank Ocean 's last collection, Channel Orange, and 13 months since he guaranteed the postliminary, Boys Don 't Cry, would be discharged. In a time when numerous significant specialists are productive –, for example, Drake – or universal – Rihanna, Beyoncé – the New Orleans-conceived craftsman has taken as much time as is needed and stayed under the radar. Past a modest bunch of visitor vocal appearances, an a capella track on Kanye West 's The Life of Pablo, a two-minute

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    In Farley Mowat’s, “Observing Wolves”, Never Cry Wolf, 1963 story he writes about his trip to the Keewatin Barren Land in the Northwest Territories. He was sent there by the Canadian government to prove or disprove that the wolves were eating the caribou. Before Mowat went on his journey he would have planned what equipment he needed to bring, how to prove or dis-prove to the Canadian government that the wolves are eating the caribou, and how Mowat would have prevented the wolves from attacking him

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    Courage is when you stand for what's right even if people don’t like it or they think it's wrong. Throughout the book Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry. Mildred D. Taylor uses Cassie Logan as an example of a young girl that must stand up for her and her family and she must stand up for her convictions despite many people against her and her family. Cassie proved her courage by standing up for her brother Little Man when he didn’t want the book, Facing Lillian Jean Simms her rival, and willing to help

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    Brandon Teena is the popular new guy in a tiny Nebraska town. He hangs out with the guys, drinking, cussing, and bumper surfing, and he charms the young women, who've never met a more sensitive and considerate young man. Life is good for Brandon, now that he's one of the guys and dating hometown beauty Lana; however, he's forgotten to mention one important detail. That he was born a female and Brandon falls in love with a girl. Local authorities seen a warrant for the arrest of him , but the poster

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    The film, Boys Don't Cry, Kimberly Pierce's brilliant work of 1999, is the true story of, Brandon Teena, born Teena Brandon, played by Hillary Swank, who created a male identity for herself. Brandon was born in 1972 and died at the hopelessly young age of 21. The actual story takes place within the last two weeks of Brandon's life, in 1993. The movie, a dramatized documentary, was released in 1999. Brandon is a transgendered individual; he was born a female, but feels that he would be happier

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    Frozen

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    Frozen With a beautiful combination of catchy songs, life-like animations, and an incredibly well developed plot, this Disney animated film leaves the world frozen in amazement. Released in December 2013, the movie “Frozen” speaks on being different and of love. The main character, Anna, and her older sister, Elsa were extremely close until Elsa’s wintery powers of which she was born with almost got Anna killed. While Anna held on to that relationship, Elsa had shut herself out in fear of hurting

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    The American Dream

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    coupled with the possibility of lead a happy and successful life. The dream has been an aim for the majority of the individuals who reside in the land of America that gives them hope of the future. The definition of the term has expanded to incorporate freedom, achievement and meaningful relationships. People who manage to achieve their respective are deemed to have achieved the American dream. Part of the dream involves controlling one’s own fate, becoming successful, and having good living conditions

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