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    Gerard Goggin & Larissa Hjorth. University of Sydney‚ 2007. 125-134. Print. "WVIF Texting While Driving." West Virginia Insurance Federation. West Virginia Insurance Federation. Web. 19 Apr. 2013. . The Psychology‚ Consequences‚ and the Prospect behind Texting and Driving Imagine a student sitting down in a school gym‚ attending an assembly on texting and driving. In the moment the student would come to the realization that responding to that one text from their best friend while driving could

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    The Great Scream

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    In the poem The Great Scream in Nature that Edvard Munch wrote to go along with his most famous painting‚ it says‚ “I was walking along the road with two friends/ The sun was setting-the Sky turned blood-red/ And I felt a wave of Sadness- I paused/ tired to Death – Above the blue-black/ Fjord and City Blood and Flaming tongues hovered/ My friends walked on – I stayed behind – quaking with Angst – I felt the great Scream in Nature”. One painting. One simple‚ iconic painting that critics claimed to

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    Great Expectations

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    Revenge‚ Sometimes Better Left Alone Society perceives revenge to be a one-way street to get back at someone‚ where only the single person ends up getting hurt. In Great Expectations‚ Charles Dickens exemplifies revenge as a devious act that causes multiple people to get hurt. Miss Havisham received a broken heart on her wedding day‚ and ever since‚ she has been scheming a way to get back at the male gender. The likes of Miss Havisham and Orlick are set on exacting their revenge on someone

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    Good to Great

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    Good to Great by Jim Collins Report As the name implies‚ the author of the title “Good to Great‚” embarked in a research study to try to discover what made some companies outstanding‚ persistent‚ and sustainable from their competitors. The author makes a clear distinction that the publication of the title is not meant to fill in the holes left behind on one of his previous titles‚ “Built to Last.” In fact‚ towards the ending of the research novel‚ the author states that if someone is going to

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    The Great Gatsby

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    The great Gatsby Color Symbolism essay Francis Scott Fitzgerald used color symbolism at multiple occasions throughout the book the Great Gatsby; he especially focused color symbolism around one character‚ Jay Gatsby. Gatsby is one of the main characters of the story and is the character Fitzgerald uses to pass on his message behind the story. The green light is one of the most reoccurring symbols throughout the book. It represents Gatsby´s obsession of being with Daisy. Fitzgerald uses the green

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    The great migration

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    AP US History 11 February 2014 The Migration Series The Great Migration was a period in history when there was a massive relocation of blacks from the South to the North. These people were driven from their homes due to the lack of work available and poor treatment. They headed north and first filled the positions of those who had gone to fight in the World War‚ filling mainly industrial jobs‚ many of them in the steel industry. Migrants headed for cities like New York‚ Chicago‚ Philadelphia

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    The Greatest of Greats

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    Rizal’s Pen Name Rizal who has been known for his strong criticisms against the Spaniards wouldn’t have written all his essays and articles using his real name. He used the pen names Laong Laan and Dimasalang in many of his writings. Laong Laan The pen name of Dr. Jose Rizal when he was a contributor of poems and articles for the Spanish newspaper “La Solidaridad” was Laong Laan which was the name of a railway station in Manila. Others who contributed to La Solidaridad and used pen names were

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    the great gatsy

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    In chapter 1 of the tragic modernist novel The Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald introduces Nick Caraway as the narrator-writer of the novel who tells the story in retrospective to inform his experiences of the West Egg and East Egg society and the eponymous character known as Jay Gatsby. The chapter acts as an exposition of the novel as most of the major characters are introduced‚ Tom Buchannan‚ Daisy Buchannan‚ Nick Caraway‚ Jordan Baker and briefly at the end the titular protagonist Gatsby appear in a

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    a great teacher

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    A Great Teacher Teachers provide foundation of each individual’s education. In addition to teachers in school‚ other people act as teachers also‚ for example‚ someone teaching another how to draw‚ write‚ read‚ or even how to ride a bike. The act of teaching is a simple process that just happens from trying to explain one’s knowledge to another. A teacher needs patience‚ knowledge‚ a certain discipline‚ bits of sociology‚ and a certain personality to captivate the students. Most importantly

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    Josh Williams 33086951057 Mr. Williams ENG4U June 6th‚ 2013 Dear Ms. Hartill Rollercoasters! You may be asking yourself why I started off with the word rollercoasters‚ and I will tell you but first I want to say that reading The Great Gatsby has been a very eye opening experience for me. I didn’t expect many things to happen the way they did. This book to me was sort of a mystery novel. One minute people are having a wonderful time at a party and the next conversations are brought up about

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