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    grow up would be either in Toronto, the capital of Ontario, located in southeastern Canada, or Niagara Falls, the most southern point in Ontario, a major tourist city in Canada. Why? Perhaps my primary reason is that Niagara Falls is my hometown and Toronto is the longest place I’ve lived so far—six years. Of course, there are many alternative reasons likewise. Such as the scenery of the Niagara Falls itself is extremely beautiful, moreover natural, hence it is number five of the world’s top visited

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    Love Falls I woke up and looked at the clock, the time said 2:55 p.m. I was so confused. How long was I asleep? Where was I? What had happened? I heard a knock on the door and a short woman in scrubs walked in. She had a tray of food with some medicine on it. “How are you doing Carson?” I asked her what day it was. “It is November 10, you have been sleeping for a long time.” I asked her, where I was and what happened. She said, “You’re in Chicago Lakeshore Hospital. You were found lying

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    We had never been out of the country before, and we couldn’t wait for the first time. The day I woke up in my dad’s old room at my grandparents’ house, I didn’t wake up with the excitement I thought I would. Instead, I lay in the bed and stared groggily at the ceiling. It was one of those days when getting out of bed doesn’t even feel like an option. I hadn’t even remembered about where we were going. The sound of water running in the bathroom across the hall carried into the room, and that’s

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    the opportunity to leave the borders of the United States and go to Canada. Specifically, Niagara Falls, getting there was a journey in itself. Once getting there, a scene of unspecified beauty appeared in my field of vision that was unexplainable with words. It was something that would stick to my mind forever. The flow of gentle water hitting the rocks, a originated mist that came from the falls hit my face, filling my face with joy. Word: Manly Although my brother never needed CPR, saving

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    Jeffery Jacob World History [Teacher name here] December 21st, 2016 The Fall of Constantinople Byzantium was one of the many Greek city-states that stratled along the coasts of the Aegean Sea. As an abundant source of Grains, fish, and trade, she played a pivotal role as a landing for Darius ' colossal army against the Greeks; a battleground between Athens and Sparta during the Pelloponessian war; and a prized tributary under Roman supervision. The Roman Emperor, Constantine I, renamed the

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    Things Fall Apart is a The title Things Fall Apart is foreshadowing many themes in the book. Some of the themes are about what exactly has fallen apart: his family, his culture, his own morals and way of thinking, and just his life in general. To elaborate, his family was a mess, to begin with, the father, Unoka. To some Unoka seems like an outgoing person but in this culture, he was the black sheep of the family. Unoka to his family and to his culture was very lazy he didn't have any ambition

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    The fall of mankind refer back to the first sin of Adam and Eve, however their sin brought a cruse upon mankind and nature. Genesis 3:1-24 explains the main points of the fall of mankind and also the fall of humanity. Now the serpent was craftier than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden” (Genesis 3:1-24). Before the fall of mankind displayed the image of God perfectly. However, people are still made

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    Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. A wonderful place, the falls themselves being one of the seven natural wonders of the world. The roaring water, mist spraying from below, seagulls flying through the sky; One happy place. That was, until my family took a tour, three-hundred plus feet in the air, the aero-car being only attached to wires, stretching from boarder to boarder. A day filled with happiness turning into a day of fear. A fear of heights plus being three-hundred plus feet in the air with complete

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    The Fall of Okonkwo As Charles Darwin, famous naturalist, once stated, “It is not the strongest of the species that survives nor the most intelligent. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.” In the novel, Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Okonkwo, the main character, is a very wealthy man best known for his talent is a wrestler, however, Okonkwo is unable to adapt to the new religion and cultural change that the British bring to his tribe in Africa. Despite being thought of as a strong

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    The fall of the house of Usher clearly reflect us the meaning behind the death of Roderick and Madeline. This story is about some twins, Roderick and Madeline, that were living on the house of their ancestors but the house was in bad conditions, so at the final after the twins died, because they were mentally and physically sick, the house fall down, as you may noticed about this story we can conclude in what way does The fall of the house of Usher connect to the decay of the family. The fall of

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