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    Brutus discusses the time in United States history where the public was called to make a right decisions. This decision would impact their liberty along with that of future unborn generations to come. The ideal of ratifying the constitution in the distant past. In this case‚ this anti-federalist analyzes whether to adopt the constitution. Brutus warned that there were insufficient protections against the expansion of government in the Constitution. In the past‚ when individuals part with power‚ the

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    they found / the dead man who so lately had been slain." Chanticleer goes on by telling of a sailor who dreamt that "if [he sailed] as [he intended]‚ / [He] shall be drowned." His friend‚ who thought nothing of his vision‚ sailed anyway only to drown after the boat’s bottom fell apart. Chanticleer then reminds Pertelote that if Hector had minded his wife’s dream‚ he might not have been slain by Achilles. One day‚ a fox sneaks into the yard to eat Chanticleer. Chanticleer spots the fox while

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    When I hear the date "9/11" I rapidly drown in the saddest kind of nostalgic thoughts and emotions. Although many years have gone by since the devastating events of 9/11‚ its memory and the feelings it evokes remains immortal. In retrospect‚ I was five years old during the time of the attacks and I wasn’t even living in the United States. Nevertheless‚ as I was too young to fully understand the magnitude of the attacks‚ seeing how an event that took place thousands of miles away from me had the ability

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    St. Philomena The saint I chose was St. Philomena. I chose her after watching a french film called “Aurore”. The film starts with Aurore as a young girl and her mother praying to the saint. When I first saw Philomena in the film and heard her story I felt a deep sense of compassion towards her. Another reason I chose her was because when she had set her mind to not marry the emperor she kept refusing‚ even when she was subjected to torture. Philomena is the Saint of babies‚ infants‚ and youth

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    Fictional Character Sketch She switched on her iPod and plugged in the earphones to drown out the noise from the highway and started jogging towards the hill. The early rays from the rosy fingered dawn bounced off her sun-bleached‚ wavy hair as they flowed in waves‚ wrapped around her waist. The beautiful morning adorned her glowing porcelain skin. At the foot of the hill‚ she bent down and took off her shoes and lifted her skirt up to her knees and started walking up the hill in the cold

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    right‚ because the potato is also what lost mass because‚ it dehydrated but the mealworms didn’t eat much of it. My Predictions on the BTB were right because it did not change although after the experiment we found that 3 or so mealworms had died or drown in the BTB. The atoms before the experiment where in the potato‚ and after the experiment we found not much was transferred into energy or feces from the mealworms. So the potato dehydrated.

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    The Outsiders Chapters 5-6 “Heroism is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost‚ but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.” Arthur Ashe. In the novel The Outsiders we read of two young boys‚ Ponyboy and Johnny‚ who jump into a burning church to save a group of young children. In the few split seconds it took for the two to recognize the sound of innocent screams‚ Ponyboy and Johnny were dashing up the hill to the church; ready to risk it all for the lives of children they had never

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    A. George uses his stronger intelligence to abuse Lennie‚ and Lennie suffers from it. B. Lennie‚ is unintelligent‚ and because of this‚ George abuses Lennie. For example‚ he tells Lennie to jump in a river when he can’t swim. C. George tells Slim about how he used to abuse Lennie all the time‚ saying‚ “One day a bunch of guys was standin’ up around on the Sacremento River. I was fellin’ pretty smart. I turns to Lennie and says‚ ‘ ump in.’ An’ he jumps. Couldn’t swim a stroke. He damn near drowned

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    After reading “Raymie Nightingale‚” I felt a deep connection with some of the characters. Not because I have had similar encounters or experiences‚ but because the author does a really good job of portraying their personalities. Raymie‚ Louisiana‚ and Beverley each have very different personalities‚ yet they come together and form a beautiful friendship. I feel like I developed a relationship with each of the girls and have come to know them by the end of the story. Two lasting impressions that I

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    The short story I am wrinting this response for is "The Kitten" by Alexander Reid . It is set on a farm a long time ago . That it is evident because the roof of the farm house is thatched‚ also butter churns are used a lot less often now . We can tell it is in Scotland because of the dialect speech."So thats wur shes been" The story begins with the hired man discovering the farm cat with her newborn kittens. The farmer instructs the hired man to get rid of the kittens. It is a story about one of

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