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    On September 28‚ a 14-year-old boy murdered his father. He also injured a 6-year-old little boy in a shooting at an elementary school. Prosecutors have taken action to have the case moved to the Court of General Sessions where the 14-year- old can be tried as an adult. His charges include murder and others. The teenage boy murdered his father while he was watching television within their home. The teenager then took the car and went to the elementary school. He was carrying a handgun at the time

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    I Were a Boy” by Beyoncé is a video showcasing a role reversal of boy and girl‚ encapsulating the double standards that exist in society. The lyrics and video depict what Beyoncé would do if she were a boy‚ and explores how some things are seen as acceptable or unacceptable dependent on one’s gender. The entirety of the video is a role reversal of Beyoncé and her music video boyfriend‚ as Beyoncé is personifying him to show these double standards. The first verse says: “If I were a boy‚ Even just

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    The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Summary The historical fable‚ “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” takes place during World War II. Bruno‚ a 9-year old boy‚ is the narrator of the story and he lives with his family in Berlin‚ Germany. Bruno’s father is a Nazi soldier who works for Hitler. One day his father gets a job promotion and Bruno’s family move out of Berlin to a house near a death camp called Auschwitz. When Bruno arrives he is lonely and bored. One day he looks out of his window and sees strange

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    made for them.  Throughout the book I ‘heard’ some of the same things from the young boy Charley that I hear from my own children.  It was rewarding and brought hope to see him come to a realization of how his interpretation of the events had been inaccurate and skewed by emotions in the moment.  Perhaps my children will also understand someday As a young boy Charley Benetto makes the choice to be a daddy’s boy and does everything his father asks him to.  Then his father disappears‚ leaving a broken

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    The boy in the striped pyjamas‚ written by John Boyne‚ has a compelling plot that brings to the foreground‚ in your face‚ through the innocent eyes of a nine year old boy‚ the compelling and horrors of war. This book has been written in third person limited and the narrator tells the story through the eyes of an obnoxious German boy‚ Bruno‚ who really does not understand what is going on. An odd friendship is formed between the son of a Nazi death camp commandant‚ and Shmuel‚ a young Jewish prisoner

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    The story “Boys and Girls” is about an eleven year old girl that is having a difficult time accepting that she is “only a girl” (148). The narrator‚ the unnamed girl‚ lives on a fox farm with her parents and younger brother‚ Laird. Throughout the story the narrator has a difficult time accepting that there is a difference between being a girl and a boy. She does not see that there is a difference at all because she helps her father in a boy’s role. The girl doesn’t recognize that a change is happening

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    I observed three little boys on the climber and there was some unsafe action happening. Nick the little boy in the blue shirt and tan pants was climbing up the climber using the steps and wooden part of the slide with a wooden toy in his hands. There was another boy who was climbing up the climber walking‚ pushing a wooden toy up with him. The third boy was climbing up the steps. When Nick got to the top of the slide he slides down really fast. The other boys did not wait‚ they rushed down all fast

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    From a Boy to a Man Living in the past is a challenge‚ especially when your past is racing in front of your future. The narrator from Souycouyant written by world famous author‚ David Chariandy‚ seems to have taken the role from child to caretaker when his mother‚ Adele‚ had been diagnosed with dementia. Upon facing reality‚ the narrator chased and followed his dreams in the begginging of the novel‚ but in the end‚ learned that you can never escape where you came from. The narrator had foreseen

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    sight seemed fitting to Sam‚ and enough of a scare to not bother the boys’ mothers. As he hobbled his way towards where the front door should have been‚ nursing what he thought to be a pulled hamstring‚ Sam took a moment to reflect on the splattering of eggs. The yellow yokes harshly contrasted the deep blackness of the wood shingles. He found the empty carton cast haphazardly next to the blank spot in the rock border. The Boston boy‚ having used the last of the eggs‚ decided to instead throw a rock

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    The story‚ “Boys and Girls”‚ by Alice Munro illustrates the narrator and protagonist character‚ a nameless little girl‚ as a round character‚ with traits such as her endurable strength against the hardships and inequality in her own society. Thus‚ we are shown her firm views toward life‚ her rather contrasting views toward her own family members‚ and the significance of her hopes and dreams. Unlike other young girls‚ Munro’s protagonist had rather obstinate views toward life. Having grown up in

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