Yusra Mardini Research Paper

Barbara Jordan’s Resilience The strength of family is having a role model who can tell the young how they went through life and their mistakes to what got them there so the young could learn from. With this it is important to know that everyone goes through different challenges which aids them in different ways. All these lessons are handed down to daughters and sons so they too can learn from those lessons. Barbara Jordan a woman who held her ground is a lady many can learn from.

The theme of personal identity is displayed here while Grace is telling us what all of the newspaper writers have said about her. Her own sense of identity has been lost due to all of the contradicting reports on who she really is. No one really knows who she is, so they make up their own version of her in their minds. In The Secret Scripture, Roseanne struggles to write her autobiography while Dr. Grene tries to discover for himself who she really is. Dr. Grene attempts to piece together her past and gains a sense of her identity as the book progresses.

Vernida R. Chaney Biography Vernida R. Chaney, a native of Richmond, is the owner and manager of Chaney Law Firm, PLLC. The firm concentrates on criminal defense, juvenile advocacy, civil protective orders, and elder law throughout Northern and Central Virginia. She has extensive experience before the state and appellate courts of Virginia, as well as the federal courts in the Eastern District of Virginia and the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Ms. Chaney is an accomplished attorney who is devoted to representing the underserved and most vulnerable communities.

During the cold war, Latin America was a battle ground of ideals. After the Cuban revolution, in many countries, some left leaning groups started to embrace the idea that the only way to change the government was by arming themselves and fight. In Argentina, two particular groups that started as political organizations to confront the military government, “montoneros” and “ERP”(Ejercito Revolucionario del Pueblo” ) were responsible for attacking military institutions and training camps, kidnapping, and bombing foreign interests. The return to democracy did not stop the violence. A society desperate for peace did claim for the return of the military rule that would restore order and security.

The theme of “The Bicycle” by Jillian Horton is that you shouldn’t let anybody dictate how you should live your life, and you should do what makes you happy instead. This theme is powerful and pronounced all throughout the story, especially after Hannah started to realize what she had been missing out on. The rebellious thoughts began on page 35, when Hannah reminisced about how it felt to feel the wind in her hair, after seeing her friends zip by her on their bikes. Later, she says, “I felt lonely and isolated, increasingly aware of the of the differences between myself and girls like Ilana and Leah.” Hannah yearned to participate in the activities that her friends partake in—like going to Israel club after school—but she refrained, in fear of upsetting Tante Rose.

Ukyo Ajibana was born in Kyoto to the parents of Aiji and Keirii. During his five to eleven years old, he had to move to the bigger city of Nagoya because of his parents work. He had went to the wizardry school in Asia. He hadn 't known what he would do in his life. He had stayed put in a while in Naoya.

What drives us to undertake a mission? What drives people to undertake a mission depends on how much they want to achieve there mission. Farah Ahmedi, Walt, and Stanley Pierce all wanted to undertake a mission. They all achieved there mission. Farah wanted freedom, Walt promised to watch a land, and Stanley wanted to strike rich.

Opening Paragraph Janine Shepherd is not only an inspiration, but she has also proven people wrong. Hit by a truck she had several injuries and was diagnosed partial paraplegic, meaning she was most likely not to be able to walk again. Years after her accident the ability of walking came back to her and she became known not for walking but for her accomplishments. Janine Shepherd faced many challenges, but overcame them and proved people wrong and inspired others with her books and her plane flying ability. INNOVATE Janine Shepherd was an elite athlete, but that changed when she was hit by a utility truck.

In the passages of two different stories,The-True Story of Lake Ontario and Sharon Wood: No Limits, there are two wonderful ladies who made names for themselves as Canadians. Swimmer Marilyn Bell Di Lascio shares her story as she pushes past her fears and swims across Lake Ontario and Sharon Wood who, along with her partner, made it to the top of mount Everest. Now the question is: who would be the better role model? After reading both passages, Marilyn Bell Di Lascio would definitely make the better role model. She has a good deal of determination, heart and is truly relatable in many aspects of her person.

The most important thing to understand about the eight Witchcraft Sabbats is that they are not man-made. They are not holidays in the same way that a calendar anniversary of some date that has a special importance in history. The eight Sabbats of Witchcraft were not man-made because they existed long before man was made. These eight holidays can be said to be as old as the Earth itself.

Marlene Oltmanns was born in Perry, Oklahoma on November 1, 1935 to Emil and Alvina Beier (“In Memory of Marlene Oltmanns”) . Her parents had come to America from Germany to escape religious persecution and Marlene and her siblings became the first generation of her family to be born here in the United States. She was the sister of 8 other siblings and the house they lived in had no indoor plumbing until the late 20th century. She was raised to be a housewife, but she definitely did not grow up to be only a wife and mother. Marlene put her family first, but she also had a career and was very active in the community.

Throughout history, the equality of women to men has been regarded as a social taboo. It was a universal understanding that women were always subordinate to their dominant males. Pre Modern Greece expressed these views through their social expectations, hierarchical structures and general lack of acceptance. This ubiquitous truth for this society was challenged in Homer’s The Odyssey, with his strongly developed and diverse female cast.

As the Navajo people chant, “Oh beauty before me, beauty behind me, beauty to the right of me, beauty to the left of me, beauty above me, beauty below me, I am on the Pollen Path. In the house of life I wander, On the pollen path.” (“Wandering the Navajo Pollen Path” 1). This chant is a Navajo Ritual, that is meant to remind the Navajo people that our journeys will have many starting points, stalling points, opportunities to develop, that people will be there to support us in our journey, until we are ready to emerge into the path and continue our journey. As a Navajo woman, who is Carmelita Graymountain and what is her journey like?