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    Cemetery Path

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    Will a dare go sour and come back to haunt them? The author‚ Lenord Ross‚ gives this story a title that puts a chill in your spine‚ "Cemetery Path". That tells you what the story’s about. The purpose of this ‚ is for a plot development summary‚ and getting out the word of the theme. Don’t give into peer pressure. First of all‚ in the exposition‚ there is a man named Ivan. He’s a timid man. All of the villagers called him "Ivan the Terrible"p.1. (Verbal irony). Every night‚ Ivan went to the

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    Reading log Cemetery path Short story By Leonard Q.Ross Description of story The rundown of this story is that Ivan the main character is bullied by his village (the villagers called him Pigeon or mocked him with the title Ivan the terrible.) Ivan tries to show to the village that he is not timid or afraid but when the lieutenant gives him a bet Ivan shows the village that he is not scared and accept the bet. (Perhaps it was the vodka. Perhaps it was the temptation of the five gold rubles

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    A Worn Path

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    Ashley Covington Mrs. Ellenwood May 10‚ y English 1020 “A Worn Path” The short story “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty provides a very meaningful theme. The theme is shown through the main character‚ who’s name is Phoenix Jackson. She will go through any obstacle in the way‚ to pursue the goal that she has set for herself to complete in a day. Phoenix may be an older woman‚ but she does not allow her age or the fact of being a colored woman make any difference to the goal she has set herself to

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    The loneliness of Crooks‚ Lennie‚ Candy‚ and Curley’s wife is shown in many different ways. The first person that is lonely is Crooks. Crooks is lonely because he is the only black man on the ranch‚ and he cannot go in he bunkhouse because it is filled with white people‚ so he cannot talk to anyone before bed. For example‚ nobody is allowed in Crooks room because he is not allowed in the bunkhouse therefore Crooks has books in his room to read. Another person who is lonely is Lennie. Lennie is lonely

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    OF MICE AND MEN John Steinbeck’s "Of Mice and Men" was set just outside Soledad in Southern California‚ and it was written in 1937. This novel is a very tragic; because it illustrates the hopeless some dreams were broken. George and Lennie’s dream of owning their own big house with animals. And a friend has to kill his own best friend for to prevent further cruelty its sake. Other characters are Crooks‚ Curley’s wife and Candy. This novel is a tragic story. Lennie and George want to work on the

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    A Worn Path

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    really make a person are the actions we take when we encounter obstacles. Life is an obstacle course in which we have to overcome in our lifetimes. In A Worn Path an older woman by the name of Phoenix Jackson takes a long road full of hardships to achieve a goal‚ which is to get medicine for her grandson. Not only does Phoenix of A Worn Path represent struggle but how we overcome this struggle to achieve a sense of achievement or a goal. Throughout time‚ people have been going through life’s obstacles

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    Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path” is a story that emphasizes the natural symbolism of the surroundings. The main character in the story‚ Phoenix Jackson‚ is an old black woman who seeks out to find medicine for her sick nephew. This story contains a motif‚ which is the continuous walking of Phoenix Jackson throughout her journey. She lives in the pinewoods and faces the challenging experience of walking through the snowy‚ frozen earth to get to the hospital in the city of Natchez

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    In Steinbeck’s book‚ Of Mice and Men‚ he made the characters face a lot of hard choices‚ but friendship can get you through anything the world throws at you. Friendship stays through the good and bad. So‚ if you have a few or even one friend than you are richer than you think. Steinbeck portrays their friendship in Of Mice and Men by George telling Lennie to jump into a river knowing he can’t swim. “George and Lennie are close friends. They travel around together and George looks out for Lennie

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    Career Path

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    Designing a Career Path EMC2010 Leadership Workshop Sponsored by TC1 1 Kimball Williams Designing A Career Path FR-AM-1 EMC Leadership Designing a Career Path • • • • • • • • Career vs Job What do I want to be … When I Grow up Doctor / Lawyer / Indian Chief IEEE Dream Jobs How do I get from here…to there? Time lines and reality Dealing with barriers How do I know when I get ‘there’? 2 Kimball Williams Designing A Career Path FR-AM-1 EMC Leadership A ‘Career’ vs. a ‘Job’ • Why

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    Worn Path

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    Phoenix’s Long Journey Motherhood is expressed in an unusual manner in “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty. Phoenix is described in detail as an old‚ very poor African American woman who talks out loud to herself and has an estranged imagination while she starts out on a long journey through the woods to town. She was so poor that the author says “She carried a thin‚ small cane made from an umbrella‚ and with this she kept tapping the frozen earth in front of her” (1). She appears very delusional

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