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    Perfect Day for Bananafish” and “Teddy”. Even though the way these characters are depicted is similar‚ a child protagonist in each of the stories is representative of different things. While Sibyl can be seen as a prototype of a childlike innocence‚ purity and simplicity‚ Teddy can hardly be considered a prototypical innocent child. Despite the simplicity of Sibyl’s thinking‚ her presence and behavior help the reader draw many complex conclusions about the main adult in the story “A Perfect Day For Bananafish”

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    1.Brunei The national flag of Brunei has the crest of Brunei in the centre‚ on a yellow field. The field is cut by black and white diagonal stripes‚ although they are officially called parallelograms. The yellow field represents the Sultan of Brunei. (In Southeast Asia‚ yellow is traditionally the colour of royalty‚ and the royal standards ofMalaysia and Thailand‚ along with the presidential flag of Indonesia‚ also use a yellow field.) The crest consists of a crescent (symbolizing Islam) joined

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    1 OUR BEGINNINGS (1800-1900) (Primary contributor to this chapter: Cindy Tutch–White Estate; footnoting is referenced in the appendix). Much can be said about the founding process of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and the involvement of youth in that process. Joseph Bates was often called “Father Bates” for a very good reason—he was the oldest‚ therefore a father figure‚ among those early pioneers. The others were literally all youth. James White was likely the second-oldest‚ being in his

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    |Known for |Design of Indian National Flag | Pingali Venkayya (Telugu: పింగళి వెంకయ్య) (2 August 1876 – 4 July 1963) was an Indian freedom fighter and the designer of the Indian national flag.[1][citation needed] |Contents | |  [hide]  | |1 Early life | |2 Career | |2.1 National Flag | |3 Death

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    The Eureka Stockade

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    "It was a revolution - small in size‚ but great politically; it was a strike against injustice and oppression...It is another instance of a victory won by a lost battle. It adds an honourable page to history; the people know it and are proud of it. They keep green the memory of the men who fell at the Eureka Stockade." Mark Twain‚ 1897 The Eureka Stockade‚ otherwise known as the Eureka Rebellion‚ was a short lived battle during 1854‚ in which a few hundred disgruntled miners revolted against the

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    history of the Tibetan prayer flags is a long. The tradition of the flags began more than 2000 years ago. They are based off of the ruler’s banners at the time. The native people made these flags to honor their gods in their shamanistic religion. The Indian Buddhist sutras were originally written on cloth in India‚ where they were transmitted to other regions of the world including Tibet. These sutras on banners were the original prayer flags. The origin of the prayer flag comes from the Shakyamuni Buddha

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    St B | What were the Immediate Causes of the Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre? | Document Sources 15‚16‚17‚18 | | Travis Bontorin | 10/24/2012 | The immediate causes of the Saint Bartholomew’s day massacre‚ 1572 using the sources from Barbara Diefendorf’s “The Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre‚ A Brief History with Documents. | Since the Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre there has been a great deal of controversy over the causes and blame of the historic crisis. Any religious dispute

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    Bhullar 1 Aziz Bhullar" Jaqueline Seydel" English 10" 29 May 2014 " The Survival of Tomiko Higa" " Tomiko Higa is the author of the book The Girl With the White Flag. The book depicts the realities of war through the eyes of the protagonist‚ who is a little girl known as Tomiko. Tomiko lives on the island of Okinawa and resides with her family. When the war of Okinawa starts‚ she is separated from her family and struggles to survive. She has to forage for food‚ shelter‚ and her lost

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    “All great movements are popular movements. They are the volcanic eruptions of human passions and emotions‚ stirred into activity by the ruthless goddess of distress or by the torch of the spoken word cast into the midst of the people.” (Hitler and Murphy). Throughout the centuries of human existence‚ there have been thousands of movements‚ some big‚ some small‚ however‚ none as monumental as the Holocaust. The Holocaust started when the Nazi’s came to power in January 1933 and didn’t end until twelve

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    Cabbage Patch Kids Factory‚ Under Ground Mall‚ the Zoo‚ Atlanta Braves Stadium‚ Six Flags Over Georgia‚ Stone Mountain Park‚ and the Atlanta Aquarium‚ are all in or near the city of Atlanta. The three that we visit on every trip to Atlanta are Six Flags‚ Stone Mountain‚ and the Atlanta Aquarium. Six Flags Over Georgia is a theme park containing anything from carnival foods to trilling rides. Six Flags provides many activities for all ages. It is not at all uncommon to see famous cartoon

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