Seventeen-year old best friends Antonio Cruz and Felix Vargas both dream of becoming light-weight boxing champions of the world. They train together and they find out that they will meet in the ring to determine who will fight in the championship tournament. They pledge to fight to win and agree not to meet until the big night, a week away. Then before a roaring crowd, the boys trade punishing blows for three furious rounds. In the end, both are still standing. They rush to embrace and leave the ring arm in arm, not waiting to hear who won
<span>Momaday tells us this in the first two paragraphs of his Introduction. Rainy Mountain is a special place to the Kiowa people, the author’s Native American ancestors. It is a rounded hill that
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-organize food drives/fund raisers
-hold anti-bullying assemblies
-get to know more about the world around you by watching or reading the news so you can be more involved
-help out at a local senior citizens club
-make posters about a cause(s) to further educate your friends and community members
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Resources strengthen ones position because resources provide valid and tangible evidence that supports your position