Secret Life of Bees Book Journal Chapter 1 Lily Owens is lying in her bed watching bees squeeze in and out of cracks in her walls. She thinks about her mother‚ who died when Lily was a child. She also thinks about Rosaleen‚ a black woman who looks after her and her father‚ T. Ray. When the bees begin to swarm around Lily‚ she wakes T. Ray to show him but when he comes‚ the bees are gone. He threatens to make her kneel in grits if she wakes him again. Lily decides she will catch some bees in a
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C1 Though I may have been trapped here for some time‚ I have managed to stay sane through drawings. I drew how I felt when I felt it. Now however‚ I am growing restless‚ and am tempted to peer into the outer world‚ even though I know it will bring dread and resentment upon my mind. Yet I still have a sliver of hope in my heart and so I decided to view- the mounted screen. I turned it on and waited for the bulbs to warm themselves. Finally an image began to fade into place. I was astonished at what
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Haverdink 1 Austin Haverdink Mr. Montalbano AP English‚ 2nd 20 January 2015 Quote Journals (13) Chapter 1 . “I’d never yell ‘Good luck!’ at anybody. It sounds terrible‚ when you think about it” (Salinger 16). I found this quote very peculiar at first‚ because most people would interpret someone saying “good luck” as a sincere farewell‚ but then as I thought about the context in which it is used it dawned on me that Holden was right to some extent. The saying “good luck” is not always a
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Vocabulary (tanned): The word “tanned” originated from the word tanner‚ which means someone who converts animal skin into leather by burning it with harsh chemicals. As a result‚ in this line‚ Huck states that he was “tanned”‚ or beaten severely. This harsh definition further recognizes the struggles Huck went through as a child and how poorly he was treated
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“Still‚ our first impressions of the Germans were rather reassuring. The officers were billeted in private homes‚ even in the homes of Jews. Their attitude toward their hosts was distant‚ but polite. They never demanded the impossible‚ made no unpleasant comments‚ and even smiled occasionally at the mistress of the house.” (5) | The idea that the Germans weren’t always harsh during that time baffles me. I always thought that the Germans were constantly beating down on Jews‚ and‚ even though they
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Journal #3: Write a character sketch about one of the animals on the farm. Begin with a topic sentence‚ examples in the body and a conclusion. Napoleon was a selfish leader who had a significant and negative impact on the revolution in "Animal Farm‚" who believed it was okay to use others and abuse the power he had over them. Napoleon never contributed to the revolution‚ or even care about increasing the quality of the Animal Farm. Napoleon used his ability to manipulate the animals into thinking
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Africa.” Late one night‚ in a small village in Africa‚ when all had gone to sleep‚ they came like ghosts in the darkness. They took Rain from her mother’s arms and bond her father. They were crammed into pens on the back of carts like animals. The men from the boat did not speak and Rain quickly learned not to speak to them‚ as they were whipped for talking. They traveled through the rain forest in the dark‚ and stopped near the coast where Rain and the others
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July 06‚ 2012 Journal #2 – Miss Brill “Behind the rotunda the slender trees with yellow leaves down drooping”. This quote represents Miss Brill’s old age. Using the autumn season means that Miss Brill is long past her prime and is about to enter the final stage of her life – winter. Also‚ the “yellow leaves” described in the story are colourless and decayed‚ just like Miss Brill. At the end of the story‚ the boy and the girl basically say that Miss Brill is decayed and obsolete by calling her
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Mark Twain Quote Journal Baker College of Allen Park 5/7/14 Mark Twain said‚ “Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that‚ but the really great make you feel that you‚ too‚ can become great.” Twain had the belief that people need to surround themselves with others who will encourage them to be their best. Those who belittle others who are in pursuit of something ambitious are not the kind of people who are pursuing their own passions
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Chandler Hersom Ms.Jones English 2 Honors August 24‚ 2013 Passage no.1 Page 7 Chapter 1 “While they continued to write and talk‚ we saw the wounded and dying. While they taught that duty to one’s country is the greatest thing‚ we already knew that death-throes are stronger. But for all that we were no mutineers‚ no deserters‚ no cowards--they were very free with all these expressions. We loved our country as much as they; we went courageously into every action; but also
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