Sofia’s+Hero+Essay

There is a story that I know of and this story reflects unconditional love and friendship is never ending this book was written by and amazing author Shel Silverstein. The book that I am talking about is //__The Giving Tree__//. //__The Giving Tree__// is about an apple tree that loves this one little boy and the little boy swings on her branches, climbs her trunk and eats her apples so the little boy can be happy. In the story the little boy ages and gets older and while he gets older he damans more things from the tree and the tree is whiling to give him things so he can be happy. That is why the book is called //__The Giving Tree__//. At the end of the book the little boy is old and tired so he sites on the tree and enjoying the last years of his life giving company to the tree and the tree is happy. An example of something you can relate with this story is the tree is Mother Earth and the little boy is the people living on Mother Earth. Another example is the boy is the pharaoh and the tree is the people working for the pharaoh and making the resting place for their pharaoh. The tree is kind, happy, giving generous, loving and wonderful. The little boy is greedy and selfish.

The Gettysburg Address was a very t well-known speech; U.S President Abraham Lincoln said this speech during the Civil War in [|__Soldiers' National Cemetery__] in [|__Gettysburg, Pennsylvania__] the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863. Abraham Lincoln speech was only a little over two minutes and he talked about how “the principles of human equality espoused by the [|__Declaration of Independence__] ”. He also talked about seeing the Civil War as a struggle for the Union, "but as a new birth of freedom” and that the War would bring true equality to all the people. The Gettysburg Address was only 276 words.

"The Little Mermaid" By Hans Christian Andersen The Little Mermaid Proof: In the story the Little Mermaid is willing to have her tongue cut of to be a human and be with the Prince that she loves and wants to be with. In the story she is brave because she goes to the witches’ house and does not go running back but she is also dumb to even go to the witches’ house.
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 * She is willing to sacrifice and she is brave to go to the witches’ house but also dumb to even go to the witches house,

The Witch Proof: When the Little Mermaid is swimming to the Witches house her house was made out of the bones of the human that have sunk to the bottom of the sea with their ships. She is evil because she cuts of the Little Mermaids tongue. She is disgustingly grouses because when the Little Mermaid came into her house a toad was eating out of her mouth and she pocked her breast and black blood came out.
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 * She is mean, evil and disgustingly grouses.

The “Little Mermaid” was by Hans Christian Anderson. This story is nothing like the movie The Little Mermaid this story is manly about sacrifice and love. The characters are the Little Mermaid, the Witch the Grandmother, the King and the 5 sisters. The Little Mermaid is the protagonist. The Little Mermaid sacrificed her tongue, tail and herself to be with the Prince she loves and admires. She is also willing not be with her family and to be a human with the one she loves, the Prince and trying to gain his love and affection. The little Mermaid is also willing to feel extreme pain in exchange to be with the man she loves and admires, the man who she saved and dragged to shore. As a result the Little Mermaid dose gains the love of the Prince but not the joining hands of marriage. In other words she pays the ultimate price of turning onto the foam on the waves and letting the Prince marry someone else. The Evil Sea Witch is disgustingly gross and wants the Little Mermaids Beautiful voice. The Evil Sea Witch is the antagonist of the story. For example the Evil Sea Witch slices off the Little Mermaids melodious tongue her most treasured asset. The she exchanges the Little Mermaids fin with human legs. But when the Little Mermaid walks with her new legs they burn and ache with extravagant pain. The Witch’s wicked advantageous is impossible for the Little Mermaid to tell the Prince that she saved him. So now the Evil Sea Witch pays no price for her cruelty while the Little Mermaid pays with her life.

My Madre is My Hero My hero is my Madre and she is my hero because she is always there for me when I need her and she is and amazing Madre. I do not know what I would do without her. In English Madre means Mother. A hero is a person who, in the opinion of others, has heroic qualities or has performed a heroic act and is regarded as a [|__model__] or ideal. A hero is a person that is brave and dose what they do no matter what. Example my Madre is a hero for razing me as well as she could and also because she has helped me and guided me since I was born. An other example is she is very supportive when I play soccer and tells me to keep on going. She always takes me to soccer practice and brings me a snake when she has a meeting. To be and unsung hero means a person who does not celebrated in song or verse; not praised or acclaimed. An example of my Mother being an unsung hero is when she makes food for us or dose the laundry. She even folds our cloths when we are at school and helps me with my homework when I need help. It is when she does something without getting realized for what she has done. My Madre is so hard working she deserves more than just red sparkly slippers and a handsome prince.