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    odyssey by homer the charracter odyssey full of sorrow motivanted by grief and his love for penelope in book 8 odyseus reveals his grief when he cries at demodocus song he was crying to the song everyone listens with pleasure except odysseus the king notices odysseus the king notices odysseus greif and ends the feast so that games can begin odysseus survive everything you can put him threw odysseus source of hope was penelope his love for penelope made him keep trying each and everday also because

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    In life we need to be reminded that we have choices. That’s why the poem Choices by Tom Krause should be kept in the course, the poem gives a motivating message plus shows the many choices one may choose from in life. Motivation is a strong reason or reasons to accomplish something. In the poem Tom motivates by saying, “some people face hurdles and give it their best.” (line 7) We’ve all at one point in life have been faced with hurdles and felt like there’s nothing that can be done to get over

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    Duck Goose Effect

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    her up and when they would not she would start fake crying and stop once she realized it was not working. While in the gym, whenever a student became hurt the teachers would not pick them up and would simply tell them they are alright. I did not understand their reasoning for it because they were willing to hold the kids just because, but once a child became hurt, they would not hold them and would simply brush them off. Also, during gym time a game of Duck Duck Goose was started by about five students

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    Magnolia directed and written by Paul Thomas Anderson is a truly memorable film which digs deep down to the bone on how harsh life is sometimes. As the film unfolded the ideas of forgiveness, death, chance, and destiny all interconnects and create the story that is Magnolia. One notable theme throughout the movie is the relationship with parents. This really hit home with me because personally, I feel like parents really shape and mold a child with their own actions and personalities. This could

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    shacks and long pine trees that reached to the sky. As the children shrieked, a flock of crows answered back with a loud “crow.” The children also felt a sense of freedom as flew around the air as the kids began running until their feet ached. The game that they always played was hide-and-seek which only George and the kids only knew. “Let’s play hop-scotch, that would be fun” yelled Lennie frantically. “Shut up Lennie, that’s stupid. No one wants to play that” George said angrily. “I’ll be it”

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    by reading. “when I understand my enemy well enough to defeat him, then in that moment, I also love him.” There is a point in everyone’s life when you have an issue that you just think about and you start to care about it, that’s just what Ender’s game did for me. So, open a book and discover a whole new learning of human rights issues around the world. 
 How would you feel if you come home from school and no one is home, you wait countless hours and still nobody shows up? Deportation has caused

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    It was 12:07 a.m. on June 23rd and I couldn 't manage to go to sleep. I was imagining all the activities that we were going to do in Texas with my grandma. That morning we had a 9:30 a.m. flight to San Antonio, Texas. I and my family were on our way to the airport and I had butterflies in my stomach because I had never flown in my life. Not going to lie I was petrified of planes. As I was sitting there waiting for our flight to be called my legs started tingling. Finally, they called our flight

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    booked a first class delta airline. The flight was 10 hour and 35 min long. I didn’t sleep once on the airplane because I was so happy. When we got to Madrid airport we got into a taxi and went to our hotel. I couldn’t wait for the soccer game tomorrow Madrid against Barcelona. Me and my brother went out to eat that evening. The light were so beautiful. The people were so nice. Every store we went to have jersey because soccer is the most popular sport around the world. The street smell

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    Dak Prescott

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    The year of 1988, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana a young man was born and goes by the name of Dak Prescott, He loves his family but he really likes to play football. He has broke his arm twice before and his Mom does not want him to play football anymore, Although he Believes football is his destiny to play in the NFL. Dak woke up to go to work on a cold Wednesday of December 4, 2028, but his car had a flat tire and his car battery had no juice to even try to crank the car, so Dak had to walk 5 miles

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    It was a baseball game day in the heat of July. I can remember warming up on the field for about five minutes and I was already sweating like a dog, I was drenched from head to toe full of sweat. During warm ups all I could think about was drink cold water and just jumping into the lake to cool off after the game. Little did I know that this scorching summer day was going to spark my baseball career for the rest of the season and for the rest of my life. Before every baseball game my dad would either

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