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    Steinbeck is a story about two men who work on a farm to make enough money to get to their dream of owning land. The Secret Life by Walter Mitty is a story about a man who works for LIFE magazine as the photo interpreter‚ he meets this girl but hasn’t found the courage to ask her out‚ a famous photographer sent a photo for the last cover photo but Walter can’t find the photo. Walter goes on an adventure to go and find the photographer and try to get his girl. Children of war in Uganda is about the

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    gender is better than the other. Anne feels that if a woman wants to do something that “only men can do” or she wants to make something of herself. She should go for it and not be afraid. In the story Anne and Mr. Van Daan have a disagreement about women. Mr.Van Daan begins to compare Anne to Margot and other women that dont talk up to men‚ that stay home to cook and

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    Washington Irving was a well-respected author of his time. He had written many works‚ and most were under his pen name: Diedrich Knickerbocker. Two of Irving’s‚ or Knickerbocker’s most famous works were that of Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Both of these works have similarities as well as differences between them both. The stories were written during the same time period‚ yet are supposed to have taken place before and after a war. In America‚ there were lots of pressing issues

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    Compare and Contrast U.R.R Marko Kreiger 8°/9° Slaves have been through many atrocious events in the 1800’s. There are different ways to describe them. Stories that a be historical fiction such as‚ “Escape! The Underground Railroad.” and nonfiction videos for example “Secrets and Codes of the Underground Railroad.” There are different points of view from types of views. Also you can see similarities and differences between nonfiction and historical fiction. As you read through the story and watch

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    Nicholas Vedder Character Analysis “The opinions of this junto were completely controlled by Nicholas Vedder‚ a patriarch of the village‚ and landlord of the inn.” From this part of description‚ we can see that Nicholas Vedder is a very old man. What’s more important is that from the latter description we can see that not only he is physically old but he is spiritually old too. “... at the door of which he took his seat from morning till night‚ just moving sufficiently to avoid the sun‚ and

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    revolves around how you look and present yourself. Well‚ Victoria Secret and Victoria Secret PINK have made it less of a hassle for people to look their best without trying very hard. One place of the marketplace that sticks out to me is Victoria Secret online and Victoria Secret Pink Online. These stores are very popular in today’s society and are one of the leaders in selling clothes to women. Victoria Secret and Victoria Secret PINK deceive their customers into thinking that they need an excessive

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    of Gothic literature are Edgar Allen Poe and Washington Irving. Poe and Irving share the theme of a Man’s soul/Individual self in their works‚ but their style of their writing differs; a comparison of Poe’s “The Tell- Tale Heart” and Irving’s “Rip van Winkle” provide good examples of these similarities and differences. As a Gothic author‚ Edgar Allen Poe wrote many works and it was commonly seen as very dark literature;

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    I at down slowly in the dark grey seat as the bell rang‚ signaling that first period had begun‚ I began to hate Monday when everyone was moving sooo sloooowley….. If I was boss I would destroy Mondays‚ wipe them up afterword‚ then nuke ‘em…. My eyes fluttered open‚ “Mi lord King Jules…. Vhat is Yourd Firdst decrdee?” The heavily accented man asked in his Funny way. My head shot up‚ he nodded respectfully‚ “I decree in my royal way‚ that Mondays should be destroyed for 1 millennium.” I shouted to

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    The excerpt A Sorrowful Woman can be regarded as a sequel to A Secret Sorrow. Both stories have a lot of similarities than they do differences‚ it’s as if the author of A Sorrowful Woman intended for her short story to be the twisted sequel of A Secret Sorrow. In the story a secret sorrow the woman loved her husband so much that she was trying to leave him because she couldn’t have children and she didn’t want him to feel trapped in a marriage with her and she couldn’t give him what he wants. In

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    Compare and Contrast of “From a Secret Sorrow” and “A Sorrowful Woman” In the short story “From a Secret Sorrow” by Karen Van Der Zee a woman who struggles to tell her fiancé a truth that is killing her inside. The story focuses on two main characters‚ Faye and Kai. Faye is a woman who thought that the world was over for her after finding out she was infertile. Faye had no idea on how to communicate such horrendous news to Kai‚ her fiancé. She was afraid that her Kai was going to leave her and

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