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    Just ask a boy named Martin in the story called “The Elevator” written by William Slator. The story is about a boy who tumbles across phobias as they get presented right in front of him throughout the story. He has three fears‚ the elevator‚ the fat lady‚ and his dad’s judgement. William Slator also telegraphs Martins’ lack of ability to get over his fears by building suspense through Martins’ thoughts and actions which are all efforts to avoid these fears. Mainly he is doing this because he is claustrophobic

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    Analysis of Othello by William Shakespeare A brief synopsis of the plot The play opens on a street in Venice‚ Italy. In the opening scene Iago‚ Othello’s ensign‚ and Roderigo‚ the suitor of Desdemona‚ decide to tell senator Brabantio that his daughter Desdemona has left to marry Othello without her father’s permission. Brabantio confronts Othello‚ but finally he is convinced by Othello and Desdemona that they love each other and gives them permission. At the same time Turkish invasion is reaching

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    Mrs. Shears is a close neighbor of Christopher’s who has also made a difference Christopher’s life. When Christopher’s mother passed away he remembers that Mrs. Shear would come over to his house and help Chris’s dad and Chris around the house in many ways. For example‚ she cooked meals for them and cleaned the house. She also played scrabble with Chris‚ which he really enjoyed. She made a difference in society by helping people that were in need‚ especially a single dad with a mentally disabled

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    In The Crucible‚ Abigail Williams has antisocial disorder‚ also known as sociopathy. This condition is caused by factors including early life experience and learned behavior. This reflects Abigail’s situation because it is known that she witnessed her parents being killed right in front of her when she was a child. Then as an orphan‚ she was raised by her uncle‚ Reverend Samuel Parris‚ who was not an honourable man. When these factors are combined with neglect and separation‚ like her experience

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    At All Cost” by Marie Colvin. The real question is what are “you” trying to discover and what do you plan to do with this knowledge. Journeys can be taken in different forms such as physical‚ spiritual‚ and mental forms. Physical journeys involve obstacles and movement to new places. Mentals journeys involve dealing with matters that are affecting the mind. Spiritual journeys are a process of reconciliation and education through enlightenment. The characters in the stories listed above all learn

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    Weissman Klein’s All But My Life‚ the authors share their tragic experiences from their times in Nazi concentration camps. In Addition‚ Klein’s All But My Life shows her experience in many different concentration camps for three years and how differently female inmates were treated than male. In Wiesel’s Night‚ he discusses his experience of being sent to Auschwitz along with his father for a year and how the tragedies he endured transformed his character. In Addition‚ Klein’s All But My Life shows

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    Abigail Williams The Crucible is a play written by Arthur Miller based on the Salem‚ Massachusetts witch trials. Throughout the play we meet many characters who are motivated by different things. Abigail Williams is one of the most prominent characters in the play. Abigail’s powerful‚ attention seeking and vengeful ways add to the drama in Salem as well as deepen the plot in The Crucible. Abigail could use her power in many different ways. The younger girls feared her‚ making it easy for her

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    Jeyanthy Aloyscious 41 Green Lane‚ New Malden‚ Surrey‚ KT3 5BX 0208 404 1648‚ 07429460081 Email: J.Aloyscious@live.co.uk I am currently working as a personal carer and have long time experience. I am very dedicated

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    William Faulkner‚ a well known poet from the 20th century first caught fame in the literary world due to his writings such as “The Sound and the Fury” and “As I lay dying”. This was majorly due to his use of complex sentence structure and detailed story telling through the infamous writing style known as stream of consciousness. Although Faulkner primarily used this style in his more lengthy works‚ he often strayed from it while writing his less known short stories such as “Barn Burning” to create

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    going on outside. After she has a sandwich and takes off her boots for a few minutes‚ then‚ she put’s her boot’s back on and mentions something about the tesseract and leaves‚ after hearing this Meg’s Mom becomes very pale and says "How could she have know about the tesseract." The next day Meg and Charles go to see Ms. Who‚ Ms. Whatsit‚ and Ms. Which to talk about the tesseract and end up running into a boy named Calvin. Later‚ Ms. Who‚ Ms. Whatsit‚ and Ms. Which send Meg‚ Charles‚ and Calvin

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