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    group of personalities and different types of people. Teens can completely forget who they actually are or who they are striving to be and begin to conform with societies hate. By completing the secret benefactor experiment‚ based off the book Great Expectations by Charles Dickens’‚ we will try and replace the hate with love and generosity.

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    social expectation of the American woman in order to avoid issues. “He had one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it‚ that you may come across four or five times in life. It faced‚ or seemed to face‚ the whole external world for an instant and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor. It understood you just as far as you wanted to be understood‚ believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself.” As a part of Nick’s first close examination

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    Historical Atmosphere Challenge The changes we are witnessing and those that are predicted are largely due to human behaviour. We are burning fossil fuels‚ and heating up the planet at the same time. We blow ever increasing amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere every year – 29 billion tonnes of it (2004) and rising – and this causes the temperature to increase. Source: http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/aboutcc/problems/rising_temperatures/ What causes the Earth’s climate

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    Gatsby Chapter 4 essay How does Fitzgerald tell the story in Chapter 4? Throughout the chapter Fitzgerald uses a variety of different disciplines to tell the story of Gatsby‚ Nick and the other characters. In chapter 4‚ Fitzgerald uses narrative voice to portray Gatsby’s mysterious nature. Gatsby’s description of his background to Nick is a daunting puzzle—though he rattles off a seemingly far-fetched account of his grand upbringing and heroic exploits‚ he produces what appears to be proof

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    atmosphere of Earth is a layer of gases surrounding the planet Earth that is retained by Earth’s gravity. The atmosphere protects life on Earth by absorbing ultraviolet solar radiation. A. Nitrogen - 78% - Dilutes oxygen and prevents rapid burning at the earth’s surface. Living things need it to make proteins. Nitrogen cannot be used directly from the air. The Nitrogen Cycle is nature’s way of supplying the needed nitrogen for living things.  B. Oxygen - 21% - Used by all living things. Essential

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    Have you ever done something you thought was right‚ but regretted it immediately afterwards as the consequences presented themselves? “Great Expectations” is a novel by Charles Dickens about a young man named Pip and his adventure through love and life. It shows that love can cause people to do things they thought they would never do and are not proud of. During his adventure‚ Pip’s morals change from childhood to manhood‚ and not in a positive way. In the end‚ he must be able to forgive himself

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    Michelle Cisneros 9/30/12 2pd One night‚ i looked out the window‚ and i saw the neighbor disappear into his hallway. It was very strange‚ and i was very puzzled. So i decided to go help him. It was up to Chris and I to help him. I made a very stupid decision‚ and because of that decision‚ i was under house arrest. Luckily‚ the court only had me under house arrest until the sixteenth‚ that was in about a week and a half. Even knowing that‚ i dreaded being in my house all day‚ not knowing

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    Sociology Quizz 1. SOCIOLOGY: Sociology is [the systematic study] of [human society and social interaction]. How [behavior is shaped by group life]. How [group life is affected by individuals]. WRIGHT MILLS - SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION: The ability to see the relationship between [immediate social setting] and [public issues]. EMILE DURKHEIM - SUICIDE: [High levels of social integration = low level of suicides]. Example: marriage‚ church‚ clubs. [Low levels of social integration

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    analyzing and comparing The Catcher in the Rye and Great Expectations‚ by J.D. Salinger and Charles Dickens respectively‚ one usually stops and ponders‚ what can these two novels possibly have in common? Well I can tell you‚ quite a lot. To begin with‚ both are fictional autobiographies‚ narrated personally by the protagonists‚ that is Holden and Pip. However‚ regardless of the fact that they are both narrated in the first person‚ one‚ Great Expectations is a full life story‚ and you can tell by the very

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    A. Identification of Pollutant in the Atmosphere Carbon Dioxide Carbon Dioxide is a colorless gas having a faint‚ sharp odor and a sour taste; it is a minor component of Earth’s atmosphere formed in combustion of carbon-containing materials‚ in fermentation‚ and in respiration of animals and employed by plants in the photosynthesis of carbohydrates. Though living things emit carbon dioxide when they breathe‚ carbon dioxide is widely considered to be a pollutant when associated with cars‚ planes

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