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    Corporal Ramon Aguilar (Clifton Collins‚ Jr.)‚ who had made the mistake of saluting Irwin in the prison yard. Continuing to observe acts of cruelty‚ Irwin attempts to unify the prisoners by building a "castle wall" of stone and mortar at the facility‚ which in many ways resembles a medieval castle. Envying the respect Irwin is clearly receiving‚ Winter orders his guards to destroy the wall. Aguilar‚ directly involved in its construction‚ takes a stand before the bulldozer. Winter orders a sharpshooter

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    THE OLD ONES: THE DEMONS IN THE CASTLE presents as a proposed supernatural‚ action series that offers demons‚ swords‚ castles‚ an alleged curse‚ and a rift between worlds. Stories about demons are not new to the industry but they have a faithful following. The goal to kill the demon is well defined and the stakes are very high. It’s about life and death. The tone is consistently dark and ominous. While there are strengths to the storytelling‚ overall‚ the script would benefit from more development

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    Paper 2 The Glass Castle

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    first over everything. Having a family means you do everything you can for the family even if it involves putting other things before your personal wants and desires. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is a perfect example of selfishness in parents having a large affect on their children in the long run. The Glass Castle isn’t just a story but it is someone’s actual life that was affected by selfish parents. The story is told by Jeannette Walls and is the story of her life and the ups and downs

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    The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is an extremely shocking novel in that even it weren’t true the events in the story would still be shocking‚ but the fact that it is true makes it that much more disturbing. In the book Jeannette is on more than one occasion‚ a victim of sexual abuse. Although there is one event in particular that I found exceptionally troubling. And that is when Jeannette and her family are in their upper class house in Phoenix and innocently leave their doors and windows open

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    My Home Is My Castle

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    name they knew and called with love‚ and call it HOME. One of America’s most quoted writers William Arthur Ward said: «A house is made of walls and beams; a home is built with love and dreams». And I fully agree with his opinion. My home is my castle. We all know this phrase from our childhood. In actual fact‚ we‚ all human beings have a universal desire to love and to be loved. What a blessing it is to have a loving and peaceful home! What can we do to nurture the sanctuaries of our lives that

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    In ’I’m the Kings of the Castle’ Susan Hill realized that in order for the book to be a success‚ the reader must feel sympathetic towards Kingshaw‚ so that they will believe in the likelihood of his suicide. She arouses the reader’s sympathy through her narrative technique‚ the role of other characters and many other techniques that will be analyzed in the essay. Her skilful presentation of Kingshaw’s story gives a disturbing insight into the potentially tragic consequences of a child’s experience

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    it and you expect to be in good hands. You expect your family to keep you away from bad situations and keep you out of harm’s way. This is quite typical for most families‚ but for Jeannette she experiences things much different. In The Glass Castle‚ by Jeannette Walls‚ the moving and traveling that her family partakes in on pages 48-50 reveals how irresponsible the parents are when it comes to their children and also how accustomed the children have become to a life full of bad situations.

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    Pluto’s castle could only be described as menacing. Its black stone walls were embedded in rubies‚ sapphires‚ and other valuable gem stones. The palace was only two stories‚ small by any god’s standards. He had exactly four windows; two in the front‚ two in the back. All of the windows had bars over them‚ as if their purpose was to keep those inside trapped forever. The outside of his home had four walls‚ but inside it was far more extravagant. When you entered the palace‚ which no one ever did

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    The memoir “Glass Castle” covers a variety of serious concerns that affect any modern society. One of these concerns is child abuse. Child abuse is defined as any deliberate action taking against a child by an adult. These actions may be be physical violence‚ emotional or verbal abuse‚ refusal to meet a child’s basic needs and even sexual molestation. There is much debate as to what exactly could turn someone‚ particularly a parent‚ to cause harm to child. However‚ a general consensus is that a few

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    I Had Seen Castles

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    effectively in a situation‚ a level of maturity is required in order to think through the correct course of action. A time of constant change‚ not only of the world at large‚ but also of the individual is described by Cynthia Rylant. In I Had Seen Castles‚ Rylant uses the change of the time and of the world’s view to show the change and growth in Diane’s emotional and mental maturity. The beginnings of the war show the evolution of maturity and how quickly change really can happen. Before the

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