time two street sleepers died without getting justice. In November‚ the surviving 17 claimants were finally awarded HK$2‚000 each. The proceedings allowed observers to put names‚ faces and stories to this previously "invisible" group of homeless people. It was the first time that street sleepers were willing to publicly declare their identity. The Chan brothers are among those who sued the government. Both saw their lives go downhill at an early age. Chan Kwok-kei‚ 58‚ was the eldest of six
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Helping Others Helps You Declining standards of living and continuing exportation of our jobs have resulted in rising stress levels for all Americans. This results in negative effects on our well being mentally‚ physically and emotionally. Some people try to reduce stress levels by using alcohol and drugs. Some overwork themselves‚ causing mental breakdowns. The pharmaceutical companies make billions of dollars a year from sales of tranquillizers‚ anti-depressants‚ barbiturates
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Dear Diary‚ Though the sin I am committing is treacherous‚ I must find some consolation in clearing away the troubled thoughts and images that constantly appear in my head. Something horrible happened in our small town of Salem‚ Massachusetts. After our forbidden‚ late-night dance with Tituba‚ Uncle Parris came upon us in the woods forcing all us girls to run away. All of us except cousin Betty‚ bless her soul‚ who just collapsed on the ground like all the strength left her. She shrieked and hollered
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On the diary entry on 2 January ‚ 1944 anne stated that she was turning over pages in her diary. Of those pages she said she came across letters dealing with the subject mummy. Anne was shocked and wondered “Anne is it really you mentioned hate”? She sat there and thought about it and how it came about that I should have been so brimful of rage. Really so filled with such a thing as hate that i had to confide it all in you. She talked about trying to understand the anne of a year ago and excuse
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Dear Diary‚ Yesterday I helped a woman by the name of Anna find a pair of shoes. I sometimes wonder if my clienttell would be different if my shoe store was in a different city rather than Beverly Hills. At first my cruel shoes started as a joke‚ but the more people that buy them the more creative I have to become in creating them. Anna’s cruel shoes consisted of two left footed pumps‚ right angle turns‚ and a few other additions I added. I wonder if my creativity will last that long in creating
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I ascend from my stunning‚ horrid swampland while the darkness covers the mysterious‚ gloomy lake I call home. The night seems to match my soul as the darkness consumes around me and the moon hides behind the misty clouds. I march forward on the path that will guide me to my fate with monstrous‚ heavy steps. The very thought of those men‚ drinking and laughing and carrying on all night long at the great hall made me so full of blind‚ red fury. It spread throughout my body. I can already
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Entry 1 I am John Grant. I’ve never had a journal before‚ but I feel like I need to document this hard and dangerous journey I am about to go on. Yesterday I was eating with my wife Mary and my three children Degory 15‚ Wrestling 13‚ and Florence 4. Then I heard a knock on the door‚ I answered well dressed man and he said he was a farmer from the southern part of Missouri. He offered me $900 for my house‚ my land in a bit of my farming equipment. I was overwhelmed by the amount of happily
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it’s reading a book or even in reality‚ the person/reader wants to be in that person’s/character’s head‚ to feel the emotions‚ to see what they see‚ to understand what and how they think. That’s not even the best part. Point of view is a person’s main objective into getting to understand one’s self or another individual. Firstly‚ a point of view in which a person is taking can change they way someone feels about the person or event this is being described. By the bias and stance on what an
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World War II‚ early 1950s‚ England. Point of view: (this should be about 1-2 sentences: 1st‚ 2nd‚ 3rd omniscient‚ etc…) Lord of the Flies is written from the 3rd person omniscient of view. The characteristics of third person omniscient point of view incorporate a narrative’s view that is disconnected from the characters in the story but has entry to the feelings of many of the characters in the novel. Plot: (list approximately 8-10 incidents in bullet-point form. Number them) A plane carrying
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color white was always my favorite. On the day I met Gatsby in fact I was wearing white and he was wearing his uniform. We hung out for a while and I could see in his eyes that he wanted more than friendship. It took a while for me to start having feelings‚ but it was to late. He was enlisted and left. I wanted to head east to where he was and say my goodbyes‚ but was forbade by my parents. It was one of the worst days for me in a long time. I was sad for a while‚ but by the next fall I was back to
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