Man The salty wind sent Alice Clark’s hair rushing behind her as the boat pulled closer to the dock of the small land mass only minutes away. From her standing position leaning over the rail‚ she could see the figures of the few people who inhabited the remote place just off of the coast of Nova Scotia. It seemed they had all shown up to see the tourists getting off of the ferry—the visitors of the day. The ferry came to a slow screechy halt at the end of the dock and Alice put the strap of her camera
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ENGLISH SHORT STORY DRAFT “I find you‚ Alice Dubson‚Guilty of the murders of Sarah‚ Jonathan and Tyson Dubson” the judge’s words reverberated through the courtroom causing searing tears to well within her now glassy eyes and her to shake her head while incoherently screaming “no” as if she was a broken record player. Her body was trembling as continued to scream at the judge who merely smirked at us while fondling a disgustingly thick roll of money under his podium. Her screams echoed through the
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What is censorship? Censorship is the actual process of examining books‚ movies‚ and suppressing unacceptable parts. Now that you know what censorship means‚ let’s connect it to banned books. What exactly is a banned book? A banned book is a book that has been prohibited from being published or circulated by a government authority‚ usually on the grounds of religion‚ politics or public morality. My book Go Ask Alice‚ is one of the books that still remains on the banned book list. When looking into
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Go Ask Alice By Anonymous For my summer reading‚ I chose to read Go Ask Alice. It is a diary about a high school girl who gets hooked on to drugs. She was trapped in a downward spiral that took her from her great home and a loving and caring family to the streets of an unforgiving city. It is a first person account of her harrowing descent into the nightmarish world of drugs. This diary explains the hardships and troubles she went through. Alice was used‚ made fun of‚ raped and much
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Barbara Kingsolver’s "Animal Dreams": Alice She is dead. She does not appear physically but haunts mentally. She is Codi and Hallie’s mother Alice‚ the late wife of Homero Noline. Throughout the novel Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver‚ Alice impacted the characters‚ action‚ and theme(s). When Alice passed away she took part of Homer with her. What she left was a misfit of time and circumstance; an emotionally distraught and distant man who attempted to resemble a father but veered more
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the book‚ Go Ask Alice by Anonymous‚ readers are introduced into the life of Alice as she goes through her rollercoaster life‚ faced with abuse‚ drugs‚ and alcohol and how much those substances affected her life. The story opens with Alice dealing with somewhat relevant issues as some of us do today. Alice is considered herself as a "typical" teenager. For example‚ she worries about boys‚ acceptance from her peers‚ her weight‚ and her family. At her school‚ she worries about what her crush thinks
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Alyssia Crose’ 6\\30\13 Alice Stebbins Wells For centuries women have been working towards broadening opportunities within the work force. Many women have struggled to gain equality‚ and some have been successful. On June 13‚ 1873 in Manhattan Kansas‚ Alice Stebbins Wells was born‚ as was the start of her success story. Alice Stebbins (which later became her maiden name) was a daughter of Homer Pease and Sarah (Kinney) Stebbins‚ both of whom were descendants of notable New England families and
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In "Everyday Use‚" the author Alice Walker tells the story of a mother and her two daughters’ conflicting ideas about their identites and heritage. She demonstrates different sides of culture and heritage through the characters of Mama‚ Dee‚ and Maggie whom portray different opinions on the qualities and outlooks of life. The author uses the conflict to make the point that the make up of an object or of a person is more important than the looks. In Alice Walker’s story "Everyday Use‚" she uses the
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subject is interesting to the audience because Alice is an important person in the writer’s life‚ and she describes how Alice has changed her life. This essay makes the reader‚ think about a person that has positively changed their life. The writer should add more description about the senses is highlighted in the essay. The writer should describe what the chocolate dipped pretzels taste like‚ smell‚ and feel like. Describe Alice’s appearance‚ and describe what she sounds like. The irrelevant details
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to consider what a disease is. In the following statements and research I will be attempting to compare to views on this matter. The importance of this topic is to really to discuss what is at hand. According to Alice M Young‚ addiction has a tremendous effect on the brain‚ both psychological and biological. Jeffrey A. Schaler‚ on the other hand‚ is trying to convince us that addiction is a disease. One author speaks of brain processes and the other on predispositions. This is what I came up
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