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    quote Virgina Woods‚ an author. She created and managed a successful website alongside her older sister. She even had ambitions to go to NYU to peruse her love for writing. This all went down the drain after a car accident which she lost her sister Eleanor. When she lost her sister‚ she had also lost her identity. Her new identity was the surviving sister and she was often pitied for it. There forward‚ she became more preserved and preferred not to seek attention. Finch- Finch is the other main character

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    The First Crusade originated as the brainchild of the Catholic Pope Urban II and was announced at the Council of Claremont in Aquitaine in 1095 as a call to arms to reclaim Jerusalem and holy sites like the Church of the Holy Sepulcher where Jesus Christ was crucified and aide the Byzantine emperor Alexius I Comnenus against the Shia Muslim Seljuk Turks‚ who had taken Anatolia after a series of victories over the Byzantine Empire including the Battle of Manzikert. These events were recorded by Alexius

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    This is evident in the novel Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan. Eleanor‚ who is married into the wealthy Young family‚ spends the majority of her life maintaining her high reputation to gain status in the eye of the Young family. To maintain this reputation‚ she sacrifices a lot. For example‚ Eleanor admits that she “had to waste time networking with these crazy rich Asians‚ when she could have pursued her dreams.” (Kwan‚ 494). Thus‚ Eleanor fears that if Rachael‚ an Asian-American‚ marries into her family

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    worried. What if‚ he is the one who has killed the guards‚ where did he get the spear from‚ these questions were bothering Eleanor for she can’t live the rest of her life away from her family with a murderer. She made her mind to question Carver and to treat him more seriously‚ until he proves that he has nothing to do with the convicted crime. Before the sunrise‚ Eleanor was awaken‚ and sitting beside the fire. She didn’t made any special arrangements for her date with Carver. She wanted him

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    idea of feminism. Shirley jackson portrays feminism in many different ways throughout her book‚ The Haunting of Hill House. One of the ways that Jackson portrays feminism in her story is the relationship between the main character‚ Eleanor‚ and Hill House. At first‚ Eleanor is frightened and unsettled by the house (Jackson 35). This symbolizes how women in the 50s felt about being thought of as housewives. They wanted to be more‚ to not be stuck in their house. Also‚ the fact that they

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    1A) In order to advise Colman as to whether he has any interest in either Yantabulla or Muckinbudin and whether any such interest is enforceable against Eleanor‚ we must first look at the nature of the estate. Both Yantabulla and Muckinbudin qualify as being legal estates as per s.1(1(a))of the Law of Property Act 1925. We must look at Colman’s legal standing in both properties it establishes whether he has an interest in either. Yantabulla Boulton is the sole legal title holder of Yantabulla

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    father once participated in. Unfortunately he was turned down‚ disappointed he got a job as a reporter for a local newspaper and later met his soon to be wife Eleanor on a train to Tivoli‚ New York. Franklin graduated from Harvard in 1903 and then became engaged to Eleanor at the age of 22. During the first ten years of marriage Eleanor had six kids‚ but due to both her parents early deaths as a child she felt that Sarah could raise them in a better loving environment. Continuing His life

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    “ Yes my lord” Liam said. “ Wolf‚ Tell Lord Aiken about your family” Liam said. “ I have a wife and two daughters‚ my lord. Maya and Tara” Wolf said and laughed. “ His wife is a brave woman to do it twice” Aiken said. “ His wife is a very good woman. She is pretty and small like a bird. My lord‚ and she loves him so much my lord” Liam said. “ A man thinks that he live‚ enough to see everything. But it seems the life keep teaching you something new everyday” Aiken commented. “ Tell me Wolf‚ what

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    Eleanor Farjeon (13 February 1881 – 5 June 1965) was an English author of children’s stories and plays‚ poetry‚ biography‚ history and satire. Many of her works had charming illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Some of her correspondence has also been published. She won many literary awards and the prestigious Eleanor Farjeon Award for children’s literature is presented annually in her memory by the Children’s Book Circle‚ a society of publishers. The daughter of a British novelist and granddaughter

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    He is confidence and good to ride bikes which express itself by the way he rode his bike round and round the yard. He is ‘free’‚ he does what he wants and he lives his life without restrictive measures and without worries. The reason why Ray and Eleanor have quite different opinions about Andy is because Ray knows how it is to be a boy like Andy. As the text says in line tree to five‚ Ray would have loved to live his life like Andy’s; young‚ wild and free but it is too late for him now when he got

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