The theme of Touching Spirit Bear is that you can always change yourself for the better. Cole went through some rough times as a child which caused his actions to be pretty dumb as he was nearing adulthood. Cole repeatedly slammed the head of one of his peers into the sidewalk for telling people he robbed a hardware store and left it a disaster. Afterwards‚ the Circle sentenced him to live in isolation on an Alaskan island. Cole had to chose between changing his ways or potentially going to prison
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1. Who benefits from the government policies to (a) promote production of ethanol and (b) place tariff barriers on imports of sugar cane? Who suffers as a result of these policies? ANS: Benefiters in promoting production of ethanol: -Corn producers. They get subsidies from the government and get a free way of marketing from the government. The government promotes consumption of ethanol‚ ethanol is produced out of corn‚ so indirect marketing for corn farmers that will get more demand out of policies
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short stories and continued writing after World War I. In 1923‚ Toomer returned to New York where he became friends with Waldo Frank‚ who became his mentor and editor on his novel Cane. In 1923‚ he published the novel Cane‚ in which he used material inspired by his time in Georgia. Below is an excerpt from his novel‚ Cane. “whisper of yellow globes gleaming on lamp posts that sway like bootleg licker drinkers in the fog and let your breath be moist against me like bright beads on yellow
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“Why not? You’re going to risk your life‚ so why can’t I?” Neil looked at Sophie. “Fine. Be careful.” “I will. Why don’t we start looking in alleys and abandoned buildings?” Sophie suggested. “Sure‚” Neil replied. They went to the edge of town and looked in all the alleys and through windows of abandoned buildings. Nothing. Then they went down an alley surrounded by closed buildings. They heard a sound‚ like clicking. They looked in through the basement windows and saw a typewriter. Then they
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In the article it states”When it was time to cut the ripened cane‚they labored amid clouds of dust that made breathing difficult.”In the passage it also states “Twice a month‚ workers were paid.They had to bring their small brass oraluminum identification card‚ which was called a bango and bore their stamped identification number. The pay‚ too‚differed by race. For example‚ in 1910‚Japanese cane cutters earned 99 cents a day‚ while their Filipino counterparts earned 69 cents a
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weak‚ but he still hurried on not daring to look back now. Blindly he stumbled into an alley. There he searched through his stolen goods. Abruptly he heard foot stepts closing in on him. In the distance he could see red and blue lights flashing. In panic‚ he began to run. He bashed into bins and tripped over cracks in the path‚ desperately trying to find his way out of the alley. As he fled from the dark alley‚ a strong‚ male voice yelled‚"put your hands up"‚ as he tried to run away. Racing up the
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John Haralampoudis Mr. Holzer 5/13/09 History The Great Depression DBQ After Black Tuesday the U.S went into an economic crisis known as the Great Depression. During the depression the poltical‚ economic‚ and social institutions in the U.S were in bad conditions. The government‚ various groups and individuals sought ways
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Explore how Curley’s wife is affected by Prejudice The other men call her and treat her like a tart. She is often demeaned and made to feel oppressed. One way in which I believe she is oppressed is by the way she’s not given a name‚ just referred to as Curley’s Wife‚ Curley’s property. “I ain’t used to living like this”‚ this quotation suggests that she is sick of being made to stay at home all day and just clean‚ cook and do all the chores around the house. I believe that Curley’s wife also feels
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to imagine. She faced discrimination‚ attachment issues‚ and grew up with a dysfunctional family that failed to show affection. Fortunately for Maggie‚ she wasn’t like the people she lived around. As Stephen Crane put it‚ “None of the dirt of Rum Alley seemed to be in her veins” (Maggie 16). This unique feature acquired by Maggie gave her the ability to improve her chance‚ even by a slim chance. Maggie grew up with a family who would have been classified as the low-class‚ in the scums of New York
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How often does one stop and think‚ "How will this affect everyone else in my life?" Amir had a chance in the alley‚ to put Hassan first and change the path of both their lives‚ but he made the decision to turn around and run because he thought it was the best for him. "I had one last chance to make a decision. One final opportunity to decide who I was going to be. I could step into that alley‚ stand up for Hassan‚ the way he’d stood up for me all those times in the past and accept whatever would happen
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