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    Christine Anderson Dr. Brown English 1102 24 March 2013 Abominable Carol Emshwiller didn’t start her writing until she was thirty‚ a mother‚ and married. Emshwiller‚ “was just learning the lessons of feminism on the front lines of domestic lines” (539). In Carol Emshwiller’s short story during the 1980’s “Abominable”‚ Emshwiller shows how men‚ in their sexual confusion‚ ethnic inexperience‚ and self-disasters‚ are not capable of understanding women and their needs‚ anger‚ and bitterness. The

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    The novella‚ A Christmas Carol‚ by author Charles Dickens‚ talks about Ebenezer Scrooge‚ an old man known for his miserly ways. Scrooge is visited by several ghosts on Christmas Eve‚ starting off with his business partner‚ Jacob Marley. As the ghosts take Scrooge on many different scenes/memories‚ he learns lessons on the way. As a result‚ Scrooge is given a chance to change and make up for his miserly ways. Charles Dickens wants us to understand that the ‘business’ of being human is not always the

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    Carol Lea Benjamin is a popular American author from New York best known for her award winning titles on dog training and dog behavior. She made her debut with The Wicked Stepdog in 1982 and then in 1996 wrote This Dog for Hire the first novel of the Rachel Alexander and Dash novels‚ her most popular series. Lea Benjamin is herself a former private investigator turned dog trainer and teacher. She blends the experiences from the three careers and a little bit of inspiration to write the Rachel Alexander

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    Language Studies Master One SSP 110 BOOK REPORT: A Christmas Carol; by Charles Dickens Charles Dickens is one of the most famous English writers. He was born in England in 1812. In 1836 he became famous with his first novel‚ The Pickwick Papers. And after that novel he published four books in next four years‚ one of them was Oliver Twist. In his lifetime he created lots of memorable characters like Oliver Twist and Scrooge. Perhaps Ebenezer Scrooge is his most famous creation which became

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    A heartless man gets his life change on an overnight trip with three ghosts. In 1843 a now‚ well-known novella “ A Christmas Carol” wrote by Charles Dickens is one of the best holiday classics. Ebenezer Scrooge is the main character of “A Christmas Carol” and who is a greedy old man‚ that only cares for himself. Several events cause this remarkable change in Scrooge’s heart. In the beginning of the story‚ Scrooge hated Christmas. One day while on his way home he kept on seeing Marley’s

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    change your mind on the decisions you are making? The authors changes the character’s feelings to demonstrate how a character and how people can change over time. In the stories "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"‚ "Thank you M’am"‚ and "the Christmas Carol". The author can use the changing in character in a variety of ways‚ the author creates a change in writing by changing the characters in the story. The Grinch shows how people can change over time in "How the Grinch Stole Christmas". The Narrator

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    The book‚ A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is the originally book where the ideas came from. But‚ comparing to the movie “The Lion King” there are many ways that they are the same and many ways that they are different. Scrooge has seen the first ghost “the ghost of christmas past” and the ghost had taken Scrooge to his his past. Scrooge saw many scenes but after all the important scenes were shown to Scrooge the ghost took Scrooge back to the present. Shortly after‚ in his room was another

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    L.A. 1/4/11 Christmas Carol essay Just like water over rocks‚ a strong influence can change anyone. In A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens‚ the main character‚ Scrooge seems like he can’t change‚ but after he is visited by three ghosts‚ he does change. In the beginning of the play

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    Good News for American Business Hamilton finally gets in gear to help failing American Manufacturers. Last week Congress passed a new Tariff law‚ that was proposed by Alexander Hamilton. The tariff places an 8 percent tax on dutiable imports from foreign countries. This is the first step in a much-needed protective ring for fledgling American manufacturers. Before this new tariff‚ American companies could not compete with British goods that were flooding the market at extremely low prices

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    Response to War Photographer War Photographer is a poem by Carol Ann Duffy‚ published in a book called Standing Female Nude in 1985. The purpose is to shock people out of their complacency of war. Duffy has a view the war is filled with pain and that people in peaceful society can’t really understand the full impact of war. The audience is whoever is interested in poetry. These days the audience for poetry is limited. Duffy is friends with two noted war photographers‚ and they inspired her to write

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