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    have. One example that supports the author’s agenda is the sexual word choice used in the passage when Junior says‚ “I’d been thinking about her breasts and she’d been thinking about my life”(Sherman Alexie‚ Pg.127). Also he says‚ “Who knew that tears of sympathy could be so sexy?”(Pg.129) So to summarize‚ Junior was shallow because he only saw Penelope for her breasts and not for her true self. He also viewed Penelope’s cry as “sexy”. So‚ Junior’s shallowness relates to teen relationships because

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    to go out and earn something‚ failing which you won’t have your meals tonight.”
The boy was callous and not used to any kind of work. This demand by his father scared him and he went crying straight to his mother. Her heart melted at the sight of tears in her son’s eyes. She grew restless. In a bid to help him she gave him a gold coin. In the evening when the father asked his son what he had earned‚ the son promptly presented him the gold coin. The father then asked him to throw it into a well. The

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    WAR PHOTOGRAPHER LITERATURE Write about the poem‚ war photographer‚ which in my opinion is very effective in highlighting important social issues. Explain what these issues are and examine and discuss the various ways in which the poet conveys them. The poem is about a war photographer who has been to many war-torn places and has seen first hand what war is like. In the poem the poet‚ Carol Ann Duffy addresses the social issues of the cruelty of war‚ the issue of indifference of people at

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    My grandfather has a very special place in my life. He is the greatest person I know‚ and I really admire and respect him as a person. Grandfather was tall‚ thin with lots of white hair. He was in his 60’s when I passed away. Although I spent little time with him‚ I have lots of memory of him. My grandfather lived in a small village called Ibi‚ in Imo state‚ Nigeria. I was living with him at the age of four‚ because my parents were in Rome‚ Italy. I spent about six years with him before I joined

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    The Handsomest Drowned Man In The World By Gabriel García Márquez Gregory Rabassa‚ Translator   THE FIRST CHILDREN who saw the dark and slinky bulge approaching through the sea let themselves think it was an enemy ship. Then they saw it had no flags or masts and they thought it was a whale. But when it washed up on the beach‚ they removed the clumps of seaweed‚ the jellyfish tentacles‚ and the remains of fish and flotsam‚ and only then did they see that it was a drowned man. They had been playing

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    Summary: Ralph is currently hiding from the other boys and starts to think about everything that’s happened with Simon‚ Piggy and the rest of the island when he has an epiphany. He realizes that they have lost their civilization‚ their innocence and how savage everyone has really become. While he was running‚ he comes across Simon’s field with the lord of the flies (which now only has the skull on it – shows the time spent on the island). He removes the skull in a fit of rage and takes the spear

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    My First Permission. It was a beautiful hot Friday on the summer 2006. I was in school with my friend we were in gym at the time we were planning a pool party for the next day. We were so exited cause it was going to be the 1st time that we were going to ask for permission to go out by ourselves. Personally me‚ I was really nervous. Since i was the youngest daughter my parents were extremely stricted with me‚ so deep inside I was afraid to my parents reaction. My friends

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    Last Poem of Rizal (Source: http://pages.prodigy.net/manila_girl/rizal) His friend Mariano Ponce gave it the title of MI ULTIMO ADIOS‚ as it originally had none Farewell‚ my adored Land‚ region of the sun caressed‚ Pearl of the Orient Sea‚ our Eden lost‚ With gladness I give you my Life‚ sad and repressed; And were it more brilliant‚ more fresh and at its best‚ I would still give it to you for your welfare at most. On the fields of battle‚ in the fury of fight‚ Others give you

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    The Central Conflict in “The Shroud” by the Brothers Grimm‚ how it develops‚ and how it is resolved. A conflict can shortly be defined as a struggle between two forces. These forces can also be internal or external. An internal conflict is when a character in a story is struggles with himself either psychologically or emotionally‚ meaning that the conflict is within the character alone‚ while an external conflict is when a character is struggling with an outside force which is possibly another character

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    Victoria Triana Dr. Liana Andreasen English 1301 P55 11/16/2014 Lessons learned from life After reading both “Willi” by E. L. Doctorow and “Redemption” by John Gardner I found that both stories have similar experiences. Both Willi and Jack from Redemption both are faced with difficult experience that changed their lives forever. In the story of “Willi” E. L. Doctorow Willi is a young thirteen year old who is torn by the actions of his parents. He loves both of his parents deeply‚ but after his

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