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Native American/Creation
The World on the Turtle's Back
-A lady fell from the skyworld and gave birth to twins. During birth the mother died. Throughout the twins' life they fought and fought an fought. Never finding peace. This Newly Created World I Have Killed the Dear -
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
By Johnathan Edwards This story portrays God as an angry God and we should fear him. The story says he is the only one keeping us from hell. -
Poor Richard's Almanack
Aphorisms explaining life lessons. Can be funny or whitty -
Speech in the Virginia Convention
By Patrick Henry. He debates on whether they should fighting for independence or not. -
Speech in the Virginia Convention
by Patrick Henry -
The Crisis
by Thomas Paine Describes the hardships of the war -
Olaudah Equiano
from the Interesting Narrative of the LIfe of Olaudah Equiano
-This story portrays the life of a slave aboard the Middle Passage -
The Autobiography of Ben Franklin
He describes his efforts to be perfect through 13 basic rules. -
Emerson
Self-Reliance (1888)
-Self Reliance was all about staying true to yourself and discovering yourself instead of conforming to society. Nature (1836)
-Nature was about experiencing all that life has to offer within nature and then some. -
Thoreau
Walden (1854)
-Walden was about the man moving into the woods to live simply. He ended up not liking his experience. Civil Disobedience (1849)
-Civil Disobedience is about standing up for what you believe in. This says that your conscience should be respected more than law. If you are unhappy about something you should do something about it instead of just going with it. -
Cruicible
By Arhter Miller The Cruicile is about the witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts. The play follows characters as they are faced with my troubling events and situations dealing with lies and deciete.