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    Bryce Skinner Chapel Makeup Paper #1 The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming is a wonderful book written by Henri J. Nouwen in 1992. It is a story that intertwines the parable of the prodigal sons with one man’s‚ Nouwen‚ faith and obsession with Rembrandt’s painting‚ Return of the Prodigal Son‚ that was inspired by the parable. Rembrandt’s intentions for the painting were to tell three stories‚ his own‚ Humanity’s‚ and God’s

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    What impact does Reality TV have on its viewers? Cynthia M. Frisby an associate professor of advertising at the University of Missouri School of Journalism‚ Columbia‚ and coeditor of Journalism Across Cultures. Answers the question in “Getting Real with Reality TV” on September 2004 in USA Today magazine. Cynthia M. Frisby validated the appeal of Reality TV to viewers. Television networks are providing more dramatic‚ hilarious‚ and shocking content. Based on what is socially acceptable‚ and entertaining

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    portrayed through the hidden messages‚ characters and storylines involved in the novels and plays they wrote. For instance‚ Harold Pinter uses his theatre of absurd writing style to demonstrate part of his life story through two of his plays‚ The Homecoming and The Caretaker. In these plays the characters are confined to one room as a way to face what society expects everyone to act like. Even like the characters in his plays‚ Harold Pinter had to seclude himself from society in order for him to

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    The Holocaust of Lars Andemening and Cynthia Ozick There is a glorious ambiguity to Cynthia Ozick’s The Messiah of Stockholm‚ one that naturally encourages a variety of interpretations and understandings. It’s a text that at once is about religion‚ literature‚ the Holocaust‚ identity‚ and more – something worthy of a comprehensive overhaul and a critical eye. Cynthia Ozick uses Lars’ psychological shifts and precarious mental state to speak to a variety of elements; but she does this in a way that

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    In the story “Slower than Rest” by Cynthia Rylant‚ a boy named Leo was called slower than the rest by everyone‚ in school‚ and even his own father called him slow‚ this hurt Leo and he even he started to think that it was true and thought about himself like that too it has a damaging effect on Leo. (pg 2) one day while on the road‚ Leo found a turtle on the side of the road and he got to keep it‚ he brought it home and kept it as a pet‚ he named it Charlie and he became his best friend‚ since Charlie

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    Sides of a Square 2. The length of each side of a square is 3 in. more than the length of each side of a smaller square. The sum of the areas of the squares is 149 in2. Find the lengths of the sides of the two squares. Uniform Strip 3. Cynthia Besch wants to buy a rug for a room that is 12 ft wide and 15 ft long. She wants to leave a uniform strip of floor around the rug. She can afford to buy 108 ft2 of carpeting. What dimensions should the rug have? Rectangular piece of metal

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    Shells by Cynthia Rylant is a realistic fiction short story. It is a about a 14 year old boy. His parents passed away as they tell you in the beginning. As you read more into the story you will see all of the challenges he goes through without his parents. His aunt Esther talks about michael behind his back. But will one small hermit crab change everything? One way micheal needed to get closer to his aunt is they were always upset or crabby. They never talked unless they got into a fight or argument

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    Most people seem to change their minds given the right reasons. In the story “Stray” by Cynthia Rylant‚ Doris‚ a girl in the snow finds a stray dog.She tries to take the dog inside but her parents are reluctant to keep the dog. But end up changing their minds for the right reasons! Doris learns that not only people can change their minds for the right reasons but that people can also be kind. In the start of the story Doris’ parents are reluctant of Doris keeping the dog.Doris’ mom grudgingly ‚

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    Sluggo “Shells” by Cynthia Rylant is a realistic short story about a fourteen-year-old boy named Michael who learns to live life with his aunt after his parents die. In the beginning‚ Michael dislikes living with his aunt Esther because of how he still wants to be at his own house. Soon‚ he buys a hermit crab and aunt Esther tries to take interest in it to show that she cares about him. In the end‚ Michael is finally able to come out his own shell. In this story I want to show you how it is possible

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    The setting of this story is in a concentration camp. The story takes place during the war when the Nazi’s ruled all Jews. The tone is of a serious nature. The reader does not know the lives of the characters before they were captured‚ only of the where they are going. The lives‚ or lack of life‚ of the three main characters is hopeless and terminal. They are existing briefly to survive another day‚ although death may be welcomed. The style is normal‚ with a third-person point of view. Ozick

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