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    “Whenever I get a chance to observe the moon now‚ I still see those same images I saw when I was six and it pleases me to know that that part of my childhood is still embedded in me” (17). The book begins with introducing Ishmael Beah’s young life such as his interest in rap music and dance‚ his close relationships with family and friends‚ as well as expressing his innocence through these childhood memories. He would remember depicting different images of the moon by using his imagination‚ which

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    When Amir wins the kite race in the beginning of the book and right before Hassan gets raped. Hassan says to Amir “"For you‚ a thousand times over‚" (Hosseini‚ 67)‚ before running after the blue kite. Here Hassan is pledging his loyalty Amir saying that no matter what the cost‚ he will bring Amir happiness. This blue kite shaped the way that the book would proceed because of the fact that when Hassan said this Amir did not reciprocate it back. This was just a brief glance at what Amir actually thought

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    Patrick CouttsDue: December 19‚ 2012 | ENG3U1-04 | Jack Hammond | Surpassing The Past Patrick Coutts Hammond/ENG3U1-04 December 19‚ 2012 A strong‚ healthy relationship between a father and son allows for a happy family and lifetime. In The Kite Runner‚ Khaled Hosseini illustrates the fragile relationship between Baba and Amir and how easily a third party could affect the relationship. Amir can now transcend his relationship with his father by confronting his past‚ locating his courage and

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    The Hope of Spring:The Effects Of Betrayal in The Kite Runner. In The Kite Runner‚ Khaled Housseini used acts of betrayal from Amir and Baba to describe how impactful betrayal can be on a person’s conscience. Amir was insecure so he betrayed Hassan to get validation from his father because that was all he’s wanted throughout his life and the decision to betray Hassan made him feel guilty throughout the rest of his life. Baba’s betrayal is because he wanted to continue his affair with Ali’s wife

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    The Xpress Transfer Protocol (XTP) — A Tutorial Robert M. Sanders Department of Computer Science University of Virginia ABSTRACT Throw away. Throw away. Introduction Throw this page away. asdas asdasd asdasd[1] wer wer wer dfsdffsdsdfsdf.[2] wer wer wer dfsdffsdsdfsdf.[3] wer wer wer dfsdffsdsdfsdf.[4] wer wer wer dfsdffsdsdfsdf.[5] wer wer wer dfsdffsdsdfsdf.[6] The Xpress Transfer Protocol (XTP) — A Tutorial Robert M. Sanders and Alfred C. Weaver Computer Networks Laboratory Department

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    Metonymies are used in very often in literature‚ and also in everyday speech. A metonymy is a word or phrase that is used to stand in for another word. metonymy is often chosen because it is a wellknown characteristic of the word. In this example‚ metonymy is applied because the pen isn’t the thing that is mighty over the sword; it’s the written words being mighty over the violence and destruction‚ and force. For example‚ the word "pen" is not always standing in for the written word; often‚

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    4-5-13 Is the Mind Powerful then the Body:The Old Man In The Sea There are two types of strength: Strength in the mind and strength in the body. But question is which is stronger? Santiago‚ an old man‚ strives to overcome and fullfil his dream of catching a fish. Through his journey the old man tries to proceed on catching a fish even though he’s been unlucky since ’’eight-four days now without taking a fish’’ (pg 1). A boy name Manolin‚ a friend of Santiago‚ Admires Santiago

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    Tone and Mood  You might think about the difference between mood and tone as  follows: Mood as the attitude of the author toward the subject‚ and  Tone as the attitude of the author toward the audience. Usually.  Sometimes there is a fine line‚ and Tone can be an attitude toward the  implied audience and subject both.     Tone - the writer’s attitude toward the audience; a writer’s tone can be serious‚ sarcastic‚ tongue-incheek‚ solemn‚ objective‚ satirical‚ solemn‚ wicked‚ etc. - Tone is the

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    Kurban Said portrays the city of Baku as both Eastern and Western like the identity of his two main characters. Baku is a city that is influenced more and more by European culture where both Ali and Nino grow up and meet‚ she is Georgian and he is a Mohammedan. Nino is brought up with more Western culture (European) while Ali is more of an Eastern (Asiatic) culture. Baku is one city‚ but it has two identities best described by Ali as desert (East) and woods (West). Said also portrays Baku as Eastern

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    Sky Is Falling by Julie Heffernan The Crocker Art museum exhibited fourteen works by Julie Heffernan in a show called “Sky is Falling”. In the exhibit Heffernan show cases male and female figures‚ often believed to be self-portraits in different manifestations‚ in extravagant landscapes while using metaphorical imagery to express the lives of women and the concern she has for the endangered environment. The figures are often depicted trying to restore order to a world that is falling apart around

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