where Jimmy Valentine was assiduously stitching uppers‚ and escorted him to the front office. There the warden handed Jimmy his pardon‚ which had been signed that morning by the governor. Jimmy took it in a tired kind of way. He had served nearly ten months of a four year sentence. He expected to stay only about three months‚ at the longest. When a man with as many friends on the outside as Jimmy Valentine had is received in the "stir" it is hardly worth while to cut his hair."Now‚ Valentine‚" said the
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two siblings‚ Valentine and Peter. Ender has a good caring relationship with his sister valentine. He has been picked on at school by bullies like Stilson and his gang. However ender is able to handle his bullies just like he did Stilston. He was able to handle his bullies because he has some of the aggression that his brother peter has. Ender does not want to be like his brother‚ he does not want to be a bully to others. This shows me that he has the kindness of his sister valentine in him. Ender
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. Saint Valentine‚ officially known as Saint Valentine of Rome‚ is a third-century Roman saint widely celebrated on February 14 and commonly associated with "courtly love."Although not much of St. Valentine’s life is reliably known‚ and whether or not the stories involve two different saints by the same name is also not officially decided‚ it is highly agreed that St. Valentine was martyred and then buried on the Via Flaminia to the north of Rome.In 1969‚ the Roman Catholic
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times in this book. Multiple times Ender worries that he is like Peter‚ his brother. Ender’s sister and friend‚ Valentine‚ assures him that he isn’t like Peter and that he is better than Peter. While Ender is a combination of both personalities‚ his personality fits Valentine‚ since he was incredibly remorseful when he killed the Buggers. Ender‚ while resembling both Peter and Valentine‚ is also different than both of them. Ender is like Peter in many ways. Ender is very violent towards people he
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Edgar Allan Poe is famous for his short stories and poems which includes his acrostic poem “A Valentine”. As previously stated‚ “A Valentine” is an acrostic poem in which each line corresponds to the letter of the name of who it is about (1st line 1st letter‚ 2nd line 2nd letter‚ 3rd line 3rd letter‚ etc.) This spells out the name of his Valentine‚ Frances Sargent Osgood‚ of whom the poem is about. There are clues scattered throughout the poem in which the reader must figure out to discover the name
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People are always changing‚ so even one of the worst criminals around could end up becoming one of the best people around. Jimmy Valentine was a very good bank robber; he could break into any safe with ease. Now‚ Jimmy Valentine has changed his name to “Ralph Spencer‚” but not only did he changed his name he changed his life. Jimmy Valentine did many things that changed his lifestyle; he gave away all his tools that he used to break into banks‚ he planned to get married‚ and he broke into a safe
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Conclusion of Valentine by Carol Ann Duffy Duffy uses an onion in her poem as she shows how this object can represent the positive aspect of love. In this poem she is saying that her love is different and unique. The first stanza tells us she is not giving what would be typically labelled as love like ’a red rose’. Instead‚ she gives an onion. An onion is very unusual gift to give to someone you care about. Although onions are acidic‚ smelly and not very appealing‚ she makes connection by comparing
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which he was forever known as Saint Valentine. Now! There are always two sides to a story‚ here is the side not told. During Valentine’s studies at the university‚ he discovered cures for ailments such as epilepsy. The world thought he could rectify people through the will of God; however he was healing them with the medication he was cooking in his hidden lab. Consequently‚ medication was not the only entity he was experimenting with in his lab. Saint Valentine had created a serum that would forever
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known for their wit‚ wordplay‚ warm characterization‚ and clever twist endings. In 1909‚ he wrote “A Retrieved Reformation‚” whose title is an example of the literary device‚ alliteration. The short story is about a cunning safe-cracker‚ Jimmy Valentine‚ who decides to give up his thieving to lead an honest life‚ but is still dogged by a persistent detective‚ Bill Price‚ who is hunting him; however‚ when Jimmy rescues a little girl from a safe with his burglar’s tools‚ Detective Bill Price pretends
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Plato ). In the story A Retrieved Reformation Jimmy Valentine is a crook living around the 1890s with a quick-tongue and a great set of safe cracking “tools” . After the governor pardons him from jail‚ he goes back to his old game of cracking safes; with the threat of detective Ben price on his tail. Once Jimmy finds a new life in the city of Elmore‚he marries a young woman named Annabel Adams‚ and he changes into a moral character. Jimmy Valentine was dedicated to a moral life because he demonstrated
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