Will’s+Hero+Essay

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 * If you like reading about unconditional love than __The Giving Tree__ by Shel Silverstein is a book for you! The author describes a tale about a tree that offers her fruit, branches, and even her trunk to make a boy joyful. When the boy is joyful she is pleased, but as he** begins **to get older he desires more and more from the tree and the tree provides him with whatever he desires. The book ends when the boy at the late ages of his life sits and rests on the stump of the tree and each other relish each other’s company.**=====

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 * __The Giving Tree__** **can be portrayed as the relationship between the Nile and the Egyptians. The Egyptians rely on the Nile for its annual flooding, which transports an abundance of fish and fertile soil to grow crops. The boy relies on the tree to contribute him things, so he can make things like, a boat, a house, and some money.**=====

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 * The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln was spoken as a dedication ceremony to honor the thousands of dead soldiers that gave their lives to during the Civil War. Even though the speech was approximately 270 words the words stuck and meant a lot to the people who were there.**=====

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 * The Gettysburg Address was interesting because I think that it was interesting on how Abraham Lincoln only talked for a couple of minutes and the photographer thought that he was going to talk for hours and when he was done talking the photographer wasn’t even set up. Also I like that the veterans from World War 1 came to Gettysburg and honored the ones who died in the wars before them.**=====
 * The Little Mermaid Analysis **
 * Boy did Walt Disney get this one wrong the real “Little Mermaid” by Hans Christian Anderson is a story of pain and sacrifice. **

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 * The little mermaid, the protagonist of the story, refines the word sacrifice. For example, she sacrificed residing with her aquatic family and her glorious mermaid tail to attempt to win the prince’s affections. This shows that she was willing to give up the comforts of home to venture forth to the terrestrial home of her beloved prince. This also shows that she physically was willing to endure extreme pain in exchange for the opportunity to spend time with the man she rescued and brought to shore. As a result, her sacrifice does gain the affections of the prince, but not his hand in marriage. She pays the ultimate price by transforming into foam and allowing him to marry another. **======

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 * The sea witch, the antagonist of the story preys upon the hopeful desires of the little mermaid as well as others. For example she takes the little mermaids voice and cuts off her tongue and gives her legs to walk and with every step it burns and aches and if the little mermaid doesn’t get married by the next morning then she will turn into sea foam. This shows that she not only wants vengeance for her magic, but she also exchanges painful presents. This also shows that her wicked beneficial nature does not result in a felicitous ending. As a result the sea witch pays no price for her wicked ways, and the little mermaid pays with her life. **======