Mia Winchell is a 13 year old girl who lives in the countryside down South with her family and her cat‚ Mango. Mia has a special secret that she has been hiding for 13 years. This secret keeps her apart from her classmates‚ her friends (including her best friend)‚ and even her family. The book opens during the summer between 7th and 8th grade‚ and the story unfolds over the next few months. As she begins her final year of middle school‚ Mia decides that she no longer wants to keep this important
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Chapters I and II: 1) Prison and cemetery 2) Anne Hutchinson 3) The townspeople gathered together to witness Hester being released from prison. 4) The scarlet letter A is meant to be a mark of shame for the adulterous act Hester is known for. 5) The fact that every new colony starts with a prison and cemetery immediately demonstrates how Hawthorne frowns on the ideologies of the Puritans in colonial times. Instead of focusing on majestic and wistful details of the colonial Puritans‚ Hawthorne focuses
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down beside Mark as she continued asking‚ “Why would someone do this?” Unable to calm Marlene‚ Jerry motioned for the mortician to continue with the service. When the service ended‚ they buried Katherine Lincoln beside her husband in the country cemetery. Afterwards‚ Marlene and Jerry invited the mourners to their home for lunch. The topics of conversation included questions about what the police were doing to find her killer along with why his sister Stephanie didn’t attend the service. Everyone
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Saving private Ryan How does Spielberg use the opening sequence of "Saving Private Ryan" to create an interesting cinematic experience for the audience? "Saving Private Ryan" is an entertaining and moving motion picture set in 1944 during the 2nd World War. Stephen Spielberg who is one of the world most renowned film directors having masterminded "Star Wars‚" "Jurassic Park" and "Jaws"‚ directed the film. He also has tackled controversial topics such as: the Holocaust‚ slavery‚ war‚ and terrorism
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Functions and Role of Law in Business and Society LAW/421 10 February 2014 Functions and Role of Law in Business and Society In his address on May 30‚ 1924 at Arlington National Cemetery‚ President Calvin Coolidge (2014) stated that “When each citizen submits himself to the authority of law he does not thereby decrease his independence or freedom‚ but rather increases it. By recognizing that he is a part of a larger body which is banded together for a common purpose‚ he becomes
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acquiescence of his requests‚ mourned him profusely‚ along apparently with nearly every other one of his “subjects” in San Francisco. Flags were lowered to half-mast and businesses closed. While originally he was buried in the Masonic Cemetery he was later moved to Woodlawn Cemetery Colma‚ CA in 1934. We don’t know why for sure Joshua Abraham Norton made himself Emperor‚ nor why the people of San Francisco‚ given every opportunity and reason to chuck him in the loony bin did no such thing‚ but Morrie Greenberg
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On November 19‚ 1863‚ during the Civil War of the United States‚ a speech was held in Gettysburg‚ Pennsylvania‚ that would later go down as one of the greatest in American history. The speech was held during the dedication of the Gettysburg Cemetery‚ a cemetery founded to honour the deceased soldiers of the battle of Gettysburg. The 272 word long address which the then current president Lincoln held at this event have been remembered ever since and have had a huge impact on the people and the history
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apart. The juice from the pomegranate "dripping down Hassan’s face like blood" relates to later on in the story when Amir discovers Hassan’s death and thinks that Hassan’s blood was on his hands. "A pair of crows sat on the low wall that enclosed the cemetery. Hassan had said in his letter that the pomegranate tree hadn’t borne food in years. Looking at the wilted‚ leafless tree‚ I doubted it ever would again" (264). The pomegranate tree being dead represents Amir and Hassan’s friendship being dead completely
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The two lovers of Juliet Capulet are different in many ways‚ but similar in many as well. These characters are from the play of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Concerning their love for Juliet‚ there are many similarities and differences between Romeo and Paris. Paris and Romeo have different reasons for dying‚ but the causes are connected by their love for Juliet. Juliet’s love causes both Paris and Romeo to suffer from great sadness‚ but each for different reasons. The dedication to Juliet
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Humans are creatures of routine‚ and it is hard to take people away from their routines. They get accustomed to a certain lifestyle‚ and tend to follow that. When people are placed into tough situations‚ many people act the same way. Chapter 20 of The Catcher in the Rye we see Holden in a tough place‚ and how he reacts. We learn about Holden’s tough times‚ who he cares about‚ and how he goes back to the things he values when he is going through tough times. Holden cares about many things that
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