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    Findlay Edition 9/23/2012 9/23/2012 The Boy‚ the Girl‚ the Ferry Captain‚ and the Hermits Case 1 There was an island‚ and on this island there lived a girl. A short distance away there was another island‚ and on this island there lived a boy. The boy and the girl were very much in love with eac h other. The boy had to leave his island and go on a long journey‚ and he would be gone for a very long time. The girl felt that she must see the boy one more time before he went away. There was

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    "Boys and Girls: The Development of Gender Roles" In "Boys and girls: The development of gender roles‚" Beale gives us revealing overview of Freud’s personality theory. Beale point out both strengths and weaknesses of his answer to the questions of "Why" and "How" in gender development‚ but still leaves a chance for a reader to make up her/his own mind about whether or not to accept Freud’s theory. It is relatively easy‚ however‚ to find oneself torn between openheartedly going along with Freud’s

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    “Lose Yourself” Eminem’s Use of Literary Devices “Lyrics are poetry.” – Mr. Heinegg Look‚ if you had one shot or one opportunity To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment Would you capture it or just let it slip? Rhetorical Question Yo‚ his palms are sweaty‚ knees weak‚ arms are heavy There is vomit on his sweater already Assonance Mom’s spaghet. He’s nervous But on the surface he looks calm and ready Metaphor To drops bombs‚ but he keeps on forgetting What he wrote down‚ the whole crowd

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    Have you ever had the opportunity to look at life through the eyes of a modern day mad man? Luckily‚ we have Poe’s Telltale Heart as our gateway to insanity. We’re thrown straight into the threshold of cognitive unrest. Our lips pursed at an elderly man with an unholy “birth defect”. Our eyes are those of an unnamed character‚ (who’s already bat poop insane)‚ who is then thrown off the metaphorical edge because of an old man’s evil eye. Using writing techniques like tone‚ figurative writing‚ and

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    The short story “Boys and Girls” was about the different problems that most of us face today: stereotypes and to go deeper into the main theme of the short story: sexism. The short story was about a girl who tried not to be like the rest. She didn’t want to be stuck at home working all day like the way her mother spent her entire life. She wanted to be free‚ to go on adventures and maybe even one day‚ become a hero. Because of what people were influencing her to do‚ she started to lose her true self

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    Nicole Carreker Ms.Barnes Honors World Literature 26 February 2015 Literary Critique The Boy in the Striped Pajamas I am critiquing the reviews of the children’s novel‚ The Boy in the Striped Pajamas‚ written by John Boyne in 2006. This book was written to “unintentionally” give incite about the time period without the harshness so a kid can read it. The time period was the Holocaust and the main characters’ (Bruno) father was a Nazi leader. I read an article written by David Cesarani. The first

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    Logan Stepp revised on 10/13/11 English IX Mrs. Rosett Revision Boys and Girls PG 8 “The boys and the girls live in separate worlds. The boys in their universe‚ and we in ours. My brothers for example. They’ve got plenty to say to me and Nenny inside the house. But outside they can’t be seen talking to girls. Carlos and Kiki are each other’s best friends…not ours. Nenny is too young to be my friend. She’s just my sister and that was not my fault

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    Should Boys and Girls Be Educated in Separate Classes? Should boys and girls be educated in separate classes? This one of the most popular questions parents ask when their kids have to start school‚ as other questions like are they are going to be good students or which school can they enter‚ are they to little‚ and so many...Either they could be boys or girls they always ask this same question‚ should we put him or she in mix classes or no mix classes. The answer to this question determines a

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    The Drummer Boy of Shiloh As the last blossom fell from the the tree‚ the drummer boys beat stopped beating. The book called "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh" by Ray Bradbury is a book that uses lots of literal elements through the story. The story is about a teen boy who is preparing for the war that is homing in the war. During his worries the general gives him words of encouragement while using many literary elements throughput the story and also by imagery in his word. So the point is that in the

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    Should guys & girls be in the same class? Being with more girls is good for everybody We find that both boys and girls do better when there are more girls in the class‚ Scientist concluded that classes with more than 55 percent of girls resulted in better exam results and less violent outbursts overall. It appears that this effect is due to the positive influence the girls are adding to the classroom environment‚ Boys with more female peers in their classes show higher enrollment rates in both advanced

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