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    1. Alienation Holden was explaining how he left the fencing gear back on the subway in New York. They team ostracized him the whole way back showing that he is a bit of an outcast. He tries to cover his feelings up by saying it was funny‚ but he really is hurt by this. | I left all the foils and equipment and stuff on the goddam subway. It wasn’t all my fault. I had to keep getting up to look at this map‚ so we’d know where to get off. So we got back to Pencey around two-thirty instead of around

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    “Why should they be afraid of us? We aren’t hurting them‚’ she broke in. “I’m not sure that I know why‚’ I told her. ‘But they are. It’s a feel-thing not a think-thing. And the more stupid they are‚ the more like everyone else they think everyone ought to be. And once they get afraid they become cruel and want to hurt people who are born different” And God created man in His own image. And God decreed that man should have one body‚ one head‚ two arms and two legs: that each arm should be joined

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    In Sir Walter Scott’s novel Ivanhoe‚ there are many instances of good triumphing over evil. Scott establishes the fact that the Saxons are inherently “good”‚ and are suffering under the harsh rule of the “evil” Normans. In the absence of King Richard‚ his weaker brother John has taken to ruling tyrannically over the Saxons. Through oppression‚ unfair treatment‚ and bigotry‚ the Normans are seen throughout the novel as a malevolent force to be reckoned with. However‚ several of the main characters’

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    -No one in England knows what this is like. If they could see the way these men live they would not believe their eyes. This is not a war‚ this is an exploration of how far men can be degraded. -You see their faces and think they will take no more‚ that something in them will say‚ enough‚ no one can do this. -Where the telegrams would be delivered‚ the houses where the blinds would be drawn‚ where low mans would come in the afternoon behind closed doors…to pup up only granite slabs instead of living

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    Montross describes the first day‚ when she gets the bone box. She thinks while she is walking with the box; “This used to be a person. I am carrying parts of a person in this box‚ and no one knows it. On the street‚ girls compliment one another’s shoes‚ and a man in his twenties sings Dylan n the curb for quarters.” (9) Montross has begun her journey to becoming a doctor. She first needs to learn about all the different bones in the body. I feel that as I read this passage about the bone box and

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    Guyland: The perilous world where boys become men. Michael Loebig 11/28/11 Guyland can be defined as the world in which young men live (Kimmel 2008‚ pg. 4). It’s a stage these young men go through from the time they hit adolescence to the time they enter manhood (from about 15 to 26). It’s a world where guys just act as guys‚ untouched by the adult life of parents‚ jobs‚ kids‚ girlfriends‚ etc. Kimmel (2008) describes it as a “Peter-Pan mindset”‚ where these kids live in a realm of fun and

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    Anthony J. D’Angelo once said‚ “Without a sense of caring‚ there can be no sense of community.” Lois Lowry shows us that the theme of The Giver is that we need to need to care for one another. In chapter 17 page 16 the text states‚ “Only Asher and Fiona remained. ‘What’s wrong‚ Jonas? It was only a game‚’ Fiona said. ‘You ruined it‚’ Asher said in an irritated voice. ‘Don’t play it anymore‚” Jonas pleaded. ‘I’m the one who’s training for Assistant Recreation Director‚’ Asher pointed out angrily

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    Though intelligence is Hermione’s main source of agency‚ in the beginning of the series it actually contains her. As Heilman notes in her essay‚ “research on boys’ school culture suggests that bookishness and academic achievement are considered feminine” (224). Ruthann Mayes-Elma also suggests that “girls are to take their studies seriously and be good at them‚ while boys are to be adventurous and not so good in school” (86). At this point in the story‚ Hermione fulfills this stereotypical nerd

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    ROCHESTER‚ NY – “Absorbing‚ unblinking‚ and sharply funny‚” according to the New York Times‚ Annie Baker’s Circle Mirror Transformation uncovers the hidden truths‚ desires‚ and heart-wrenching regrets of its characters through seemingly innocent acting exercises. The Obie Award winning drama will be presented by the University of Rochester International Theatre Program and will open December 1st at Todd Theatre‚ located on the River Campus. Described as a “love letter to the theater” by the play’s

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    "The person who gets the farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore." -Dale Carnegie 1. "Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity presented to them. They have developed the opportunity that was at hand." -- Bruce Barton 2. "Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple‚ really. Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure

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