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    Benjamin Franklin and Olaudah Equiano lived during the same time period. Franklin was one of the founding fathers of the Untied States, and his commitment to making his country better was remarkable. Benjamin Franklin wrote his autobiography from 1771- 1791. Franklin passed away before he was able to see his autobiography published in 1791. Olaudah Equiano was a young boy when he was kidnapped and sold into slavery. He was forced to work on naval vessels and on plantations in Virginia. Equiano published

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    Analysis of T-Chart: Upon glancing at the T-chart one can easily see that the Burmese were the ultimate victims in George Orwell’s Shooting an Elephant. While the British people and Orwell were “jeered at” or “insults (were) hooted” at them, the Burmese were tormented and brutalized. During the time of British Imperialism, the Burmese were looked down upon as heathens needing help and harassed the Burmese in order to fulfill “the white man’s burden.” In order to “civilize” the heathens, the white

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    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou is an autobiography with a fictional aspect that depicts the life of Maya herself from the time she was eight to sixteen. The in-depth stories reveal the struggle and hardships she faced growing up. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote is a true account of the murders of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas on November 15, 1959. The book gives a more thorough look at the details of the family and the killers, the book is written to take the events and elevate

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    Personal Reflection Essay

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    reveal and affirmed my call to expository proclamation of His Word. I had the honor of attending New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, from which I graduated with a Masters of Divinity in Expository Preaching fall. I plan to start my doctoral work, focusing preaching and the Old Testament in January 2017. THE GOSPEL AND WITNESSING The gospel is Jesus. New Testament texts refer to the gospel as being “Good News.” The good news of Jesus encompasses His life, death, burial, and resurrection. 1 Corinthians

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    Important things to look out for in narrative essay writing I am assuming that the student is able to construct basic sentence and grammar structure (past & present tense etc.). If the student is unable to do so, he/she is in no condition to attempt essay writing. Please sign the student for basic language/ grammar classes instead. There is a limit to how much advice I can offer via text. So I will just offer two key points. 1. ESSAY FLOW 2. CHARACTERS’ EMOTIONS / FEELINGS * 1. Essay

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    Police Propospension

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    Is there a new propensity for criminal prosecution of officers whose actions result in death or injury? There has been a growing need for police officers to be prosecuted to the fullest extent in our nation. This need may or may not have always been present but with more modernity the more society requires from police agencies. Police officers have been scrutinized more and more each year for their actions in the field. This is an important question for the discipline of criminal justice as it

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    ​After reading the expository part of Dune by Frank Herbert, I got concerned about the spiritual beliefs in this book and also by the imaginary things Herbert is introducing to us. The first strange thing that intrigued me is the “gom jabbar”. It is a poison needle tipped with "meta-cyanide" that is used by Bene Gesserit Proctors in their death-alternative test of human awareness. In Dune, the Reverend Mother uses the gom jabbar, originally tested on women, to test Paul Atreides just before his

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    Did you know that through transmutation fission, lead can be turned into gold? This and several other ideas are discussed in the non-fiction expository piece of Death by Black Hole by Neil deGrasse Tyson. This book would be classified under the genre of a science or humanities book. Loyal readers to Tyson’s other works already know of his talent to combine the nature of science with a humorous tone to make his books intriguing and engaging. This new edition to his numerous books and

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    Critiques of Ernest Hemingway's Novel, Death in the Afternoon Ernest Hemingway's Death in the Afternoon shows a new side of Hemingway's writing which initially disappointed the critics. Published in 1932, Death in the Afternoon was not the expected fictional novel, but instead was more of a nonfiction description of bullfighting and Spanish culture in the 1920's and 1930's. In Curtis Patterson's words, "It is a tripartite work: bullfighting in Spain, plus semi-autobiographical details of

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    man named Christopher McCandless and his remarkable but fatal journey to discover contentment in the Alaskan wilderness. Krakauer wrote a magazine article about McCandless in 1993 and became obsessed with discovering more about the young boy and his death. With his novel, he shares the story of McCandless and hopes to ignite the same interest in his readers as he developed when he first heard of the boy’s enthralling story. He hopes to enlighten his readers’ views on how happiness can be achieved and

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