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    The book‚ Ellen Foster‚ revolves around a young girl’s unstable life and her ability to fight through obstacles and to find people who truly care for her. As a young child‚ Ellen was damaged by her father especially because he treated her with extreme disrespect. After her mother’s death‚ Ellen did not really have any family left as her family members continued to pass away. However‚ Ellen learned to tend to adult responsibilities at a very young age. Specifically Starletta and her family‚ Julia

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    industrialized agriculture. He enjoys the exclusivity of the farmer’s markets but he mocks them and says that they are “killing the planet.” (Delingpole‚ 2012). “Social Justice Deficits in the Local Food Movements: Local Food and Low-Income Realities” is written by Ellen Smirl. In it she argues that although local food is better it is not accessible

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    Provide a brief description of the individual. Ellen Foster is a ten-year-old‚ Caucasian‚ female who experiences a series of traumatic events during her childhood. These traumatic events include her witnessing domestic violence in the home‚ her mother’s suicide and subsequent physical‚ sexual and psychological abuse by her alcoholic father‚ her maternal grandmother and other relatives (aunts and cousins on the mother’s side). Ellen shuttled from home to home‚ staying for a short time at the home

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    attention and care. However‚ Ellen‚ the main character and protagonist of the novel Ellen Foster‚ exemplifies a substantial amount of independence and mature‚ rational thought as a ten-year-old girl. The recent death of her mother sends her on a quest for the ideal family‚ or anywhere her father‚ who had shown apathy to both she and her fragile mother‚ was not. Kaye Gibbons’ use of simple diction‚ unmarked dialogue‚ and a unique story structure in her first novel‚ Ellen Foster‚ allows the reader to

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    Teen Activists Essay Have you ever wanted to change the world? Teen activists do! Teen activists are teens who fight for a cause or for what they believe in. All teen activists make a difference in the world. They have to overcome many obstacles‚ but in the long run that makes them a better teen activist who has such a strong belief that things should be different in their community. Some examples of teen activists that show this are Malala Yousafzai‚ Faye Carey‚ and Craig Kielburger. I believe

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    The most meaningful piece of literature that I have read is Crank by Ellen Hopkins. Crank is the first book in the Crank trilogy. After Crank is the sequel Glass‚ and finally Fallout. Crank is a beautifully written free verse poetry novel that is composed of 544 pages. The novel is about a teenager named Kristina. Kristina is a junior in highschool and has all A’s.She lives with her her mother‚ dad‚ and brother. Kristina lives a normal‚ happy‚ and carefree life until she is introduced to the drug

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    What Mary Ellen Richmond contributed to the profession of social work were her efforts to find the causes of poverty and social exclusion in the interaction between an individual and their surrounding environment. She helps Improve and professionalize the care for the poor and individual who were in need of assistance. She was the Founding Mother of social work and the first to develop a Processes in recognizing the problems of applicant‚ furthermore she introduces the world to the professional side

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    Who Played the Game of Life? In life‚ there is a list of rules people must follow; however‚ it’s their choice if they follow them or not. Kristina from the series‚ “Crank‚” by Ellen Hopkins is just one example of a person who is devious by breaking rules more than once. Kristina is a 16-year-old girl who visits Albuquerque for a visit to her dad. While she is visiting‚ she meets a boy named Adam and falls deeply in love. Both of the men she spends time with‚ her dad and Adam‚ are currently addicted

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    Case of Ellen Carson 1) Discuss at least two intellectual property issues that might arise in the operation of the Web site. Two intellectual property issues that I see and fall under the copyright law are the expression of ideas and the arrangement of element. Ellen will need to be very original in the creation of her Web site‚ as law protects many ideas and the arrangement of element. Her Web site will need to very different to other children’s sites out there.   2) Describe the ethical

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    household. Ellen Stowell wakes up‚ walks to the kitchen‚ and turns on the coffee pot. Belle and Andy‚ the two little dogs‚ come running around the corner to be fed. Ellen walks to the far right counter to open the big colorful can which contains the dog’s food. Within seconds of the dogs being fed‚ the coffee pot goes off indicating that the coffee is done. For years now‚ Ellen has drunk her coffee black without anything in it. Her mother never drank coffee with sugar of cream so Ellen doesn’t like

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