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    In my opinion‚ I don’t really like this story. It gave us as a reader a negative vibes regarding to their attitude. ’Twelve and not stupid’ is very interesting at the beginning. I am wonder what twelve and not stupid is. It is very mysterious. The writer began the story with the character of Auntie May. I feel pity towards Shasha has to wait alone after school time. It will be so dangerous if we let a kid to be alone.If she has been kidnapped‚ she and her family would be in trouble. Shasha’s father

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    Where have you seen this before? How are the passages similar? How are they different? What does this similarity/ difference tell us about a larger similarities/differences in the works of a whole? Example from teacher: Aeneid line 404-424 (Dido is broken hearted) Odyssey: 212-225 (Calypso- "Can I be less desirable?") similarity: both have broken-hearts- the protagonist is leaving them difference: Aneid- Rome calls‚ going to Italy to build a new home/ Dido refuses to accept his leaving/

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    Five More This essay belongs in my book because I got to compare two different styles of writing. I like the story of Icarus and seeing it in different writing styles made me think. I loved being able to compare the same story told a different way. It opened my eyes on the changes a story can have based on the writing style. Flying Free Poetry and Folktales are two very different styles of writing. They represent ideas and thoughts in different ways. The genre of the folktale “The Flight of

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    The two poems‚ Plug In‚ Turn On‚ Look Out and Portrait of a Machine both talks about machines and they are related to our everyday lives. There are quite a few differences and similarities in the two poems‚ Plug In‚ Turn On‚ Look Out and Portrait of a Machine. To start off with‚ the poem Plug In‚ Turn On‚ Look Out is warning everyone about how the machines would take over the world and teaching all of us what we should do usually to prevent them taking over and hurting us. The poem picks out all

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    Brink and Harris note that the Catholic church and Jews have supported the civil rights movement (p. 133). That is not surprising. Both have little regards for the races that God created. Both lust for power. Turmoil often results in the concentration of political power. Both intend to control this concentrated power. In Chapter 9‚ Brink and Harris discuss what Whites think of Negroes. They conclude that Whites suffer from guilt about the way that they treat or do not treat the Negro (p. 138). This

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    Zombie in definition means‚ a corpse said to be revived by witchcraft‚ especially in certain African and Caribbean religions; person or reanimated corpse that has been turned into a creature capable of movement but not of rational thought‚ which feeds on human flesh; a person who is or appears lifeless‚ apathetic‚ or completely unresponsive to their surroundings; a hypothetical being that responds to stimulus as a person would but that does not experience consciousness. However; I would argue that

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    acknowledge it. Institutions that hold great power have composed what is right and wrong to those under their control. However‚ when an individual’s personal convictions come into conflict with authorities established morality‚ punishments often follow. Voltaire was correct in his assertion that “it is dangerous to be right” because there are many consequences‚ especially when authorities can become easily corruptible. People in power want to keep their position. They will often stop at nothing to destroy

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    A modest Proposal By Jonathan Swift In his essay Swift talks what living conditions were like in 18th century in Ireland and how woman were always seen in walking down the street with four‚ five or six children tagging along beside her. Instead of working women had to take care of all the children and the house work‚ while the men worked. Back then women didn’t have much rights but instead of just having babies and doing house work they could be working too. By having so many children only

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    Summative Script Assignment Balthasar‚ Romeo’s servant‚ comes from Verona to tell him that Juliet is dead and she lies in the Capulet’s tomb. Even though this is not true‚ Romeo has no idea‚ so he decides to go back to Verona so he can die next to Juliet. He sets out to find a pharmacist who will sell him a potion which Romeo thinks will kill him. [Enter Romeo] ROMEO: Ah me! If I can trust the truth of sleep‚ My dreams presage something joyful is about to happen! I dreamt my Juliet came and found

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    Compare and contrast writing Topic: Compare two famous people: Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus Outline * Background: started to perform at young age * Success: Forbes’ list‚ teenager’s idol all over the world * Composing habit: write about their own relationship Each celebrity tends to create their own style in both life and music to become unique and then impress audience. On newspapers or magazines‚ Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus are two obviously different images‚ the former is innocent

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