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    Chapter 1 – Mystery “Hey Chloe‚ look what I found!” said my younger sister‚ Christy. “Shush! We are in the library! You should not shout!” I hissed. Christy waved the book under my eyes. I looked at the book cover and said‚ “This book is about the Gobi desert and it sounds interesting.” I started flipping through the pages. All of a sudden‚ everything in the library was gone. I found myself all alone with my sister beside me in a hot and sandy desert. I panicked. I didn’t know what to do. Then‚

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    Andrea Trinidad Dr. Grekov English Period 1 October 26‚ 2015 BI-WEEKLY READING LOG Lord of the Flies William Golding October 26‚ 2015 Pages: 76-144 Summary Ralph declares a meeting proclaiming that they haven’t been building shelters‚ collecting water in coconut shells‚ defecating in the proper areas‚ and maintaining a signal fire. He focuses on how important the signal fire is because it can help them get rescued. The littluns are

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    In chapter seven Hooks talks about feminism in the realms of class. Hooks explains that the focus of feminism came to be about the wealthy white upper class women who wanted the same opportunities as men of their own class rather than the focus of women receiving the same benefits to sustain themselves. Working class and middle class women were able to work‚ but they did not make enough money to support themselves. I liked this chapter because Hooks gave a resolution for the problem. Hooks explains

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    Odysseus goes on wild adventures to make his way back home and keeping his men under control. After the trojan war he seeks a way for him and his men to get back home. On the way home he is encountered with being held captive and fighting against gods and monsters. Odysseus tries his best to keep his men under control and lead them back to their families back in Ithaca. After a ten year war with the Trojan army odysseus and his men fight their way back home. On the way back Odysseus’s men are turned into

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    Chapter two outlines key differences between the Japanese and the American soldier’s priorities during times of war‚ particularly Japan’s contradictory code of honor. Such a high value is placed on honor in the name of the nation-state and the emperor that you must either be victorious or fight to the death‚ otherwise a soldier returns to his home in shame (Benedict 1946). This fear of shame paradoxically causes Japanese prisoners

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    Chapter 1 – East and West In Chapter 1‚ the author assesses the unique and eternal achievements of 5th century BCE Athenian culture. She introduces several basic dichotomies that define her understanding of the writers and events of the period in the later chapters. One of the basic themes of the book is that the thought and the art of classical Athens is full of meaning for people of later generations. It is the full of meaning for nations‚ cultures and societies beset by broad-scale and profound

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    Jonathan Martin & Thomas Finnerty 08347751 & 09533699 Summary of chapter two Project life cycle and organisation 12/09/12 4BCM1 Headings: 1. Project life cycle 2. Projects V. Operational work 3. Stakeholders 4. Organizational Influences on Project Management Project life cycle and organisation: The life cycle structure can be broken down into four headings. * Starting the project * Organizing the project * Carrying out the project work & * Closing

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    loves a black woman and provides her and their children a home that no one else in the county would dare provide slaves. Henry‚ his wife‚ and her twin brother are literate‚ having been trained by Fern Elston‚ a freeborn black woman. From census data and touching narrative‚ we begin getting a feel for the horrors of slavery‚ including blacks owning blacks‚ in the late 1830s through 1855‚ the year of Henry’s death at age thirty-one. Chapter 2 describes how Manchester County enters a period of peace

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    Brazil is home to nearly 60% of the Amazon Rainforest. The Brazilian government recognizes only 13% of the total land mass of Brazil as being designated to its native tribes. Of this 13% total land mass‚ 98.5% lies in the Amazon Rainforest (http://survivalinternational.org/tribes/brazilian). In Chapter 5 of Mann’s 1491‚ Mann retells the story of the Gonzalo Pizarro exhibition. The first recorded and written description of the Amazon comes from Gaspar de Carvajal‚ the chaplain on the Pizarro voyage

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    Summary: Chapters 1-13 - The narrator and protagonist Offred lives in the Republic of Gilead‚ a totalitarian government who controls everything - There is a flashback to Offred’s past which outlines her conditions as a handmaid - Narrator‚ named Offred describes how women lived in the time - Forbidden to talk to each other - Learned to read each other’s lips - Laps around the former football field - Armed guards called Angel’s patrol the outside - Scene changes from the past to the present - “Nicer”

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