Once known as the ninth planet of the solar system‚ Pluto is now the second-largest dwarf planet. Composed primarily of ice and rock‚ Pluto took part of our Solar System for 76 years. It was discovered on January 23‚ 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh. Tombaugh was an American astronomer who worked at the Lowell Obeservatory. Tombaugh had been working on a project when he came across a moving object in photographs he had taken of the celestial sky. After observing a lower quality picture taken of the mysterious
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tells a story about Gilbert Grape’s life. Gilbert Grape who is a young man lives in a small town Endora. He is trapped in dilemma of his life such as taking care of his younger brother Arnie has severe mental condition‚ his morbidly obese mother Bonnie‚ an affair with Becky… To fully understand Gilbert character in the film‚ audiences often wonder what is the deepest underlying cause of all these or what is really eating Gilbert Grape. In the beginning of the film‚ Gilbert describes each of his
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The Irish were the largest group of immigrants to settle in Scotland and from the early 1800s tended to be mostly on a temporary cyclical basis that peaked during agricultural harvest time. However in the wake of the 1845 Irish Potato Famine – An Gorta Mór‚ there ensued a mass exodus of Irish fleeing their native land to seek a new life in countries all over the world. The census of 1841 revealed that the Irish born population of Scotland stood at 4.8% a figure that in the following ten years had
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works‚ attempts to make repairs around the home‚ and keeps his mentally challenged brother close to him. Arnie and Gilbert have a special peer relationship‚ but as Arnie begins to explore life on his own their relationship is compromised. As Bonnie transitions into later adulthood (60-75years) she will likely accept her life as an obese woman with no means of new physical‚ social‚ emotional‚ or intellectual development occurring (Newman & Newman‚ 2012). While the psychosocial theory assumes
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Herb Clutter‚ the mother‚ Mrs. Bonnie Clutter‚ a daughter‚ Nancy Clutter‚ and a son‚ Kenyon Clutter. The Clutter’s live in Holcomb‚ Kansas. They wake up on November 14‚ 1959 not knowing it will be their last day. In the morning Nancy answers the phone‚ it’s a girl‚ Jolene Katz‚ who wants to learn how to make a cherry pie. Nancy is the best cherry pie maker in Holcomb. Nancy agrees to teach Jolene. Once Nancy is done teaching Jolene she leaves her with her mom‚ Bonnie‚ so Nancy can go help another
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Bonnie‚ on the other hand‚ was heavily tortured by new character‚ Kai‚ until she finally returned home later in the season. Bonnie‚ BTW‚ has approximately infinite amount of lives.” ‘‘When Mystic Falls’ sweetheart‚ Elena Gilbert‚ went down for an extra long nap at the end of The Vampire Diaries season 6‚ we knew things
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This book focuses on the Jansan family‚ specifically their son Todd. Todd Jansan is only 10 and doesn’t know much about the war except that his Uncle Clyde is off fighting somewhere. Clyde returns home from the war suddenly one day‚ but he seems to be keeping secrets. Todd doesn’t quite know what’s going on‚ but he knows there is tension between Clyde and his father. There is also a problem with the Jansans’ neighbors‚ the Hammonds’. Horace Hammond gets drunk often and likes to hold his children over
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those shadow original plot. The main deviation was making saving Bonnie the main story. Throughout the movie‚ I felt that as if Philbert’s vision quest is a side story and the quest of saving Bonnie was the main story. I at first wondered why the
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shattered into a million pieces as the answers to my fears were delivered in anger. My entire self was dismembered‚ and for too long those horrors had complete control. Today was just like any other summer day when my mom took me to my babysitter’s (Bonnie) house‚ except for the fact of the rain falling in great sheets‚ and even in the early morning hours it almost seemed to be getting dark. Until that is‚ the lightning flashed across the sky illuminating everything in it harsh light‚ then the thunder
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Literary Monsters: The Rape of Humanity In his essay Monster Culture (Seven Theses)‚ Jeffrey Jerome Cohen outlines seven defining characteristics of the literary monster. He makes the claim that literary monsters are each possessed of these seven theses‚ which act as a common denominator across monster culture. While each of these theses is present‚ there is one aspect of monster culture that Cohen fails to discuss‚ and that is prevalent in enough different monster works that it warrants attention
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