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Claire Bennet vs Samantha LaRusso: Two Teenage Heroes, Two Completely Different Battles

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 Two teenage girls. Two hugely popular television franchises. Two very different ideas of what it means to survive. Claire Bennet from Heroes and Samantha LaRusso from Cobra Kai may come from completely different worlds, but their stories share more DNA than it first appears. Claire is the cheerleader who discovers that her body can regenerate from almost any injury. Sam is the daughter of Daniel LaRusso, raised in the shadow of one of cinema and television’s most recognizable martial-arts legacies. One possesses an extraordinary supernatural ability. The other has to survive with nothing more than training, determination, family support and her own ability to overcome fear. That difference makes their comparison fascinating. Claire Bennet: The Girl Who Was Never Allowed to Be Normal When Heroes introduced Claire Bennet, she initially looked like an ordinary American teenager. She was a cheerleader. She worried about school, relationships, popularity and her family. Then she dis...
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Louis Braille: The Boy Who Changed How We Read the World by Titan007

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 Louis Braille is another historic figure who changed how we see the world—and everything that happens in it. He was the renowned French inventor of the writing system for the blind. Born on January 4, 1809, in Coupvray, France, a small town southeast of Paris, he grew up in a family of leatherworkers. As a child, Louis had strikingly beautiful eyes that everyone admired. Curious by nature, he loved spending time in his father’s workshop, where belts, harnesses, saddles, and bridles were made. One day, still very young and unaware of the dangers around him, he picked up a large needle (an awl), a piece of leather, and a hammer, trying to push the needle through the leather. The material was too tough for a two-and-a-half-year-old. When he struck the needle with the hammer, it slipped, flew from his hand, and pierced his eye. The injury caused a serious infection and the loss of sight in the left eye; by the time he turned three, the infection had spread, and he lost vision in his r...
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