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Battle Of Gettysburg Morison Samuel
2,245 words
Prologue What scares you most? Not only what just
gives you a chill down your back, but what also
makes you hide under your covers at night. Is it
the shadows that lurk on the wall, or the fact you
still don? t know what lives under your bed. Every
individual person has their own fear in life, but
we all seem to get fears from our wild
imaginations. Sometimes these imaginations can run
so deep they can even live within dreams. A dream
that you can not tell if its reality, or you maybe
you just c...
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Point Of View Tells The Reader
872 words
The Role of Hester Prynne in the Development of
Plot and Characterization in the Novel, The
Scarlet Letter Within the novel The Scarlet
Letter, the author, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses many
ways to characterize Hester Prynne, and to show
her importance in the development of the plot.
This essay will show some ways Hester is
characterized and will also show why and how she
develops the plot. Hester Prynne is characterized
as a beautiful woman who does not hide from, but
lives with her mistakes and tr...
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Museum Of Natural History Holden
1,552 words
Show two ways in which the incident with Maurice
and the prostitute demonstrate the theme of man? s
inhumanity to man (an aspect of the world of
experience). One incident (which involves the
prostitute) is when Holden didn? t want to have
sex with her but instead wanted to chat, she
responded by saying, ? What the heck ya wanna talk
about? ? This just shows that talking isn? t what
she is used to doing, even if she is getting paid
for it. She is probably used to the lascivious
male who is only l...
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Holden Caulfield Ivy League
1,566 words
It s nothing new, that everybody feels depressed
at some time or another in their lives. However,
it becomes a problem when that depression is so
much a part a person s life that she can no longer
see the happiness right in front her. (As
tragically happens to the young boy, Holden
Caulfield in J. D Salinger s novel, The Catcher in
the Rye. ) Mr. Antolini accurately views the cause
of Holden s depression as his lack of personal
motivation, his inability to self-reflect and his
stubbornness to ov...
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Catcher In The Rye Holden
1,532 words
QUESTIONS FOR THE CATCHER IN THE RYE CHAPTERS 13
038; 1 Show two ways in which the incident with
Maurice and the prostitute demonstrate the theme
of man? s inhumanity to man (an aspect of the
world of experience). One incident (which involves
the prostitute) is when Holden didn? t want to
have sex with her but instead wanted to chat, she
responded by saying, ? What the heck ya wanna talk
about? ? This just shows that talking isn? t what
she is used to doing, even if she is getting paid
for it...
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Wasn T Couldn T
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Moving Danger Follows Danger Follows Moving to a
new town and adjusting to a new lifestyle had been
difficult for Jennie. As time passed by, she began
to make new friends and seemed to have forgotten
the tragedies of Milwaukee. Her parents seemed to
notice the improvement in her attitude. They felt
such relief that she had let it all go. There was
a rule that nothing from the past events in
Milwaukee be mentioned, or even thought about for
that matter. All seemed to be headed in the right
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Make Him Feel Sell The Chocolates
1,654 words
The Chocolate War The Chocolate War is a book
written by Robert Cormier. It is about a teenaged
boy named Jerry and his life as an individual at
an all boys catholic school called Trinity. Every
year the school sells chocolates to raise money.
Every student is meant to sell fifty boxes, and
they all do, except for Jerry. Jerry was forced
not to sell the chocolates for 10 days by the
Vigils, a school gang. At first that? s what he
planned to do, but as the 10 days went on, Jerry
started to feel c...
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Star Crossed Lovers Juliet
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It is known that in Shakespeare? s tragedies main
characters die in the end, and in his comedies
people marry. Since Romeo and Juliet are a
tragedy, Romeo and Juliet are going to die in the
end. Some events have to lead to their deaths, and
someone makes these events happen. The person (s)
who started it all and did something that led to
all the other events that caused the death of
" a pair of star-crossed lovers" . The
Capulets and Montague's would be most responsible
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Flowers For Algernon Mentally Challenged
891 words
The story " Flowers for Algernon" , by
Daniel Keyes, that we read in English was about a
mentally retarded person, named Charlie who had an
operation to increase his intelligence, but the
operation was a failure and Charlie is slow again.
He wants to move now so society won? t ridicule
him for being slow again. Daniel Keyes wrote this
short story for good reasons. Daniel Keyes wrote
" Flowers for Algernon" to show people
from an outside look on how we treat mentally
challenge...
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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Michael
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I Genetics My Dearest Susan, I don? t know how to
write what I am about to write. There is no easy
way to do this. I am not one to be able to put his
feelings down on paper. You know that. I am sure
you know what this is about. We have not been able
to go more than 10 minutes together without
bringing it up. I feel as if I need a break from
the arguing. So I decided to write this letter.
Rather than yell and get distraught, I? ll let you
read exactly how I feel and you can write me back,
in resp...
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Face To Face Loved Tom
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In the beginning the girl Trishia was sitting in
the back seat of the car listening to her mom and
brother fight. They were going on there Saturday
outing to a nature forest. While on the trail
Trishia had to urinate so she called to her mom,
but her mom was busy arguing with Pete the
brother. She ducked off in the woods to urinate
when she saw other people near her. She went
further into the woods and got lost. At first, she
wasn? t worried she thought they would recognize
that she was lost and...
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Didn T Care Things They Carried
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How does death affect the behavior of people?
Although death affects everyone? s behavior
differently, knowledge of one? s imminent death is
a main force behind behavioral changes. This
knowledge causes emotions that motivate people to
look for changes, that make them have to adjust.
It makes them find different ways to cope with
war. This is the reason that causes the characters
in a book called, The Things They Carried, by Tim
O? Brien to have to change due to their situation.
They are in the ...
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Cloning Of Humans Cloning Humans
930 words
The Human Cloning Human Cloning The question of
weather we should clone humans is finally here.
Not only that, this question is inevitable,
vacillating and certainly very debatable. Finally,
after many years of wondering medical science has
excelled so much that now the idea of cloning
humans is no longer a foolish fantasy. It is my
belief that the cloning of humans is obscure and
unnatural; therefore, cloning humans should be
illegal. If cloning humans would be legal there
would be crime. If pe...
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Caged Bird Sings Mother And Father
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Kelly So? If growing up is painful for the
Southern Black girl, being aware of her
displacement is the rust on the razor that
threatens the throat. ? In the novel I Know Why
The Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou, Marguerite
Johnson goes from a little southern black girl who
wishes to be a? a long and blonde haired,
light-blue eyed, white girl? , to a very mature
young adult that is proud of her race. Throughout
Marguerite? s (Maya? s) life she goes through many
difficulties and triumphs. Some of...
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Finding A Job Wouldn T
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I-Search Paper In the next few years, life will
quickly pass by and the next thing people will
realize is that the class of 2002 will have
graduated and we, the class, will be out in the
real world, living our lives, trying to make the
best out of life. In order for many people,
including myself, having things you want and
having a? good? life you need money. Money isn? t
always the key to life, it just helps you out in
the long run when you do need things, but in order
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Didn T Care Ran As Fast
1,830 words
Dan Latham Jem s Journal Chapter 4 I think at
times my sister, Scout can be disgusting. I came
home from a long day at school. I found Scout on
the porch chewing a wad of gum. I knew it was gum
because she had it in her mouth for a long time
and plus I could see it in her mouth. So just like
any normal brother would do, I told her not to eat
things you find and she said that she didn t find
it on the ground but rather in a tree. I put an
expression on my face that clearly communicated to
her tha...
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John Lennon Wouldn T
366 words
Pioneer for love, sloganeer of peace, trendsetter
for music, househusband, band- leader,
class-clown, artist, composer, lyricist, hero. The
list goes on and on to describe John Winston Ono
Lennon; the world? s most influential character
from the world? s most influential? rock? band. I
am asked with whom I would most like to have
dinner, and my reply is, of course, John Lennon.
This John Lennon character would be the ideal
person to meet because he has had a defining
influence in my life, and al...
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Wouldn T Turning Point
767 words
Let the Circle be Unbroken When TJ gets a trial,
the Logan children are very happy because they
think he will not be killed. Mama and Papa
disagree because the jury will be entirely white.
Mr. Jaminson does and excellent job defending TJ.
He had experiments, such as putting a black
stocking over his hand and showing it to Mrs.
Barnett. He also had strong evidence that TJ did
not commit the crime. At the end, TJ was found
guilty, mostly because of the jury s prejudice.
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Juliet Romeo
491 words
In the play Romeo and Juliet and the musical Wet
Side Story, the two pairs of lovers were part
responsible for their tragic fates. First, Romeo?
s and Juliet? s families were enemies. In
comparison, Tony and Maria of West Side Story were
practically apart of gangs that were enemies as
well. Second, both couples knew they shouldn? t
have been together especially if they had to hide
it. Third, Romeo and Juliet gave up hope when they
committed suicide. Last, the couples knew their
situations would ...
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Father Death Hills Like White Elephants
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The Representation of Women in Literature The role
of women in society is constantly questioned and
for centuries women have struggled to find their
place in a world that is predominantly male
oriented. Literature provides a window into the
lives, thoughts and actions of women during
certain periods of time in a fictitious form, yet
often truthful in many ways. Ernest Hemingway? s?
Hills like White Elephants? , D. H. Lawrence? s?
The Horse Dealers Daughter? and William Faulkner?
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