March 3‚ 2012 Dear Diary‚ I’m so upset!! I don’t even know where to begin! To start off‚ I think I completely failed my geometry quiz‚ which I know I should’ve studied more for...my dad’s not gonna be happy about that. :( Then‚ we had a pop quiz in history on the reading homework from last night‚ and I completely forgot most of what I read‚ which made me even more upset because I actually did the reading! But what really made me mad was the note that Sarah slipped into my locker during
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Lizzie Janes Drugs and Behavior Within Hollywood’s movies depiction of drug addiction‚ many have failed to represent all true aspects that come along with such lifestyles. The movie‚ The Basketball Diaries‚ is based off a novel Jim Carroll wrote from his own diary entries. As a teenager growing up in the sixties‚ Carroll reveals his progression of drug abuse which eventually leads him addicted to heroin.Heroin is a white powder derived from morphine found in opium. It is commonly prescribed
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The author of Chinese Cinderella Adeline Yen Mah illustrates the relationship she experiences within her family which defines the impact in her life as an individual. Throughout the novel‚ Adeline uses characterisation‚ images‚ symbols and language to illustrate her journey from one who was abused and assaulted by her stepmother Niang‚ to one who loved and cherished by her Aunt Baba. In her book‚ Adeline Yen Mah uses the characterisation of her stepmother Niang to describe the negative relationship
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Many simple machines have been created even since the early times. According to Ron Kurtus from his website article‚ "Simple Machines"‚ the ancient Egyptians used levers to lift stones to build their pyramids and ramps to raise them to the top. Also he states that in Roman times‚ stones were tossed at enemies using catapults. The catapults used levers to fling the stones‚ and pulleys to pull down the arm of the catapult. The purpose of all of these simple machines is to lessen the amount of work
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Wednesday‚ January 5‚ 1763 Master Jameson is keeping me locked in this dreadful little room on the top floor of his mansion to make sure I do not run away. It is hot and dusty‚ cluttered with old clothing‚ toys and furniture. And all there is to sleep on is a soiled and tattered pallet made of pieces of clothe. I have never slept on the floor in my life! I slept in my own bed in a small cove near my parents‚ but then again my parents are gone and have been sold off. I have made friends with Master
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DIARY ENTRY Lennie after Crushing Curleys Hand October 9th 2012 I done a bad ting..... I really bad ting! Why’d I have to do it! I know George already told me it ain’ my fault but why’d I have to do it! I disappointed ’im‚ I know I did! I don’t wan’a’ make George sad. No never. George never makes me sad on purpose. Sometimes he tells me his life would have been better without me. He tells me he could have been goin’ to cat houses every night but he tells me he doesn’ mean it. He always says
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Rachelle Motter Prof. Dolores Chew HIS-910 09 April 2010 The Motorcycle Diaries The film Motorcycle Diaries is the biography of the early life of the communist‚ revolutionary Ernesto Guevara‚ also known as Che Guevara situated in Buenos Aires in 1952. He was a medical student‚ who left Argentina on a road trip with his friend Alberto Granado‚ a biochemist‚ to get to discover the rest of Latin America on an old motorcycle. The motive of their journey of several months was the desire to
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This book is as good as your favorite book times four. It keeps getting better and better as you read it. The novel Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen-Mah is inspiring because it talks about how Adeline was always working hard even though her family did not like her. As she grows up she gets sent to many boarding schools and that makes her work even harder. Aleline never gave up on her dream no matter what happened. For example‚ “It was announced today that 14 year old Hong Kong schoolgirl Adeline
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The Vampire Diaries is a supernatural drama television series developed by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec‚ based on the book series of the same name written by L. J. Smith. The series premiered on The CW Television Network on September 10‚ 2009. The series takes place in Mystic Falls‚ Virginia‚ a fictional small town haunted by supernatural beings. The main focus of the series is the love triangle between the protagonist Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev) and vampire-brothers Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley)
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Children who are neglected tend to use their imaginations as a way of escape. In his story‚ “The Ascent”‚ Ron Rash is essentially concerned with illusion‚ reality and a young boy’s desire for a better life. This is illustrated by the protagonist’s dreams of winning a classmate’s affection‚ his struggle with his parents and his discovery of a lost plane. The author portrays Jared as a young boy whose treatment for escapism is illusion. The author hints what Jared is avoiding to give an idea of the
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