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    A Cricket Boy

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    The Cricket Boy (A Chinese Tale) A long time ago‚ cricket fighting caught on inthe imperial court‚ withthe emperor leading the fad. A local magistrate in Huayin‚ who wanted to winthe favor of the monarch‚ tried in every way to gethim the best fightingcrickets. He had a strategy for doing so: He managed to geta cricket thatwas very good at fighting. He then made his subordinates go to theheads of each village and force them to send in a constant supply of fightingcrickets.He would send to the

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    Black Boy

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    Things seem to be looking even more bleaker for Richard in Black Boy. It has gotten to the point that Richard has basically become dead to all of his family except his mother. This is due in fact to not believing in God or “not being able to feel his presence‚” thus making him shunned basically by his family. Because of the poverty that the family live in and also the strict religious backing of the house‚ the amount of food has always been scarce. Richard tries to find ways to get money‚ but he

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    throughout the story. In this Dystopian fiction‚ “Harrison Bergerson” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.‚ the author explores a world where everyone is equal and how things would be different. We start off with George and Hazel son Harrison Bergerson getting taken away and we get some background to the situation. George and his wife Hazel were watching TV‚ when Harrison appeared on the screen‚ he began to tell the others to “stand up”‚ some people ended up standing up. Harrison and his girlfriend and a few others get shot

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    The Drummer Boy

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    KEY: Short Story Analysis of "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh" Title: “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh” Author: Ray Bradbury Famous for writing science fiction‚ especially for the novel Fahrenheit 451. Setting      General Time: Civil War (1860- 1864)                   Specific Time: April‚ begins at midnight and lasts for about 30 min. the night before a battle                   General place: the South‚ Tennessee                     Specific place: battle site‚ near the church at Shiloh‚ by Owl

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    Ghost Boy

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    Martin was a normal boy up until the age of twelve. At the age of twelve Martin was misdiagnosed as being in a PVS state‚ when in fact he was locked-in. For this reason‚ no one realized that he was aware of the things taking place around him. After reading the excerpt from “Ghost Boy‚” I felt that I truly had a better grasp of “locked in syndrome” and how one’s everyday life‚ family‚ and even mentality

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    Boy Wonder

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    Boy Wonder the Superhero Batman is the renowned superhero who elegantly appeared on children’s television sets for decades. With his pointy ears‚ unprecedented strength and persistently altruistic deeds he quickly gained great admiration. However his little helper Robin the Boy Wonder is an equally important character. Robin’s assistance is rarely highlighted and he does not feel he received the credit he deserves. This is where the poem ‘Kid’ by Simon Armitage begins. Robin is fed up. The poem

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    The Boy with the Topknot

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    Chapter 8 – Doctor! Doctor!- pages 115 - 127 Chapter summary: The chapter starts out with Sathnam and his family making their way to Croft Resource centre in Bilston. Sathnam first describes how each of his family members look like and how odd they must seem as a collection to onlookers. Sathnam and his mum start a series of discussions and he describes the bus ride vividly referring back to his teenage days where he remembers the same people in the street. Once at the Croft Resource Centre‚ Sathnam

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    Boys of Baraka

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    Boys of Baraka Essay: After viewing the documentary Boys of Baraka‚ Cosby makes two of many claims. His first claim is that having people watch over you and make sure your on task with your education and acting appropriately will make you a success. His second claim is that people need to act and save kids‚ like the Baraka students! I agree with both of Cosby’s claims because every student has the potential to succeed and the Baraka students and Cosby are proof of that. Cosby

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    Black Boy

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    think of hunger we all think of food‚ we never think of hunger as something else. In today’s world‚ many people suffer from hunger in the form of food‚ but food is not the only problem involving hunger. In Richard Wrights book “Black Boy” Richard‚ who is a young black boy‚ is faced with many different types of hunger‚ not only for food but also for things such as love‚ knowledge‚ education‚ or even engagement in social and political issues. Richard‚ in many instances‚ does physically need food to relieve

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    Loen the Boy

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    OLD SCONA ACADEMIC HIGH SCHOOL Student Handbook 2012-2013 10523 - 84 Avenue NW Edmonton‚ Alberta T6E 2H5 Telephone: 780 433 0627 Fax: 780 433 4994 e-mail: oldscona@epsb.ca Website: http://oldscona.epsb.ca This Handbook belongs to: Name: __________________________________ [pic] PRINCIPAL’S ADDRESS Old Scona Academic High School has a long history of success and a tradition of academic excellence spanning many years. This year Cambridge

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