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    Name The House on Mango Street Persuasive Essay Esperanza’s New Home I would like to nominate Esperanza Codero and her family for the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Esperanza is a young Latino girl who is around the age of thirteen; Esperanza lives in a place called Mango Street‚ which is a very poor neighborhood‚ with her family in a nearly broken down house in which everybody has to share a room. I believe Esperanza deserves to be nominated because she has been through a great deal in

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    commonalities appear through actions and dialogue of other characters. What others do resemble actions Grenouille either does‚ or hopes to do. Suskind writes “he was planning soon to found an international lodge that stood above all social rank(157)”. This quote about Taillade Espinasse‚ uncovers a hidden similarity between Grenouille and himself. Within reading Perfume‚ Grenouille’s goals are made apparent and mirror those of Espinasse. Grenouille’s character is expressed through a line describing Espinasse

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    Wider Reading Quotes! Train spotting- Irvine Welsh • “felt strange telling the truth” • “nervous silence at this strange moronic comment” • “They looked at him as if they hadn’t done anything illegal in their lives” • “amazing…how things like sex and Hibs were nothing to him when he was on smack‚ suddenly became all important” • “He felt his skeleton and central nervous system briefly rip out of his skin” • “mother superior‚ sick boy‚ Rents” Still I Rise – Maya Angelou • “You may

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    for let the gods so speed me‚ as I love the name of honor more than I fear death.” According to Brutus‚ he reveals that he fears Caesar will be king. Despite being friends with Caesar‚ he cares about Rome more than he does about Caesar. Through this quote‚ the readers are able to understand Brutus values being honorable‚ also. Brutus would do anything for Rome; he tells Cassius to let the gods give him good luck as long as he loves honor. Therefore‚ this shows how Brutus values honor‚ Rome‚ and its

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    Great Quotes from Great Leaders by Peggy Anderson Zig Ziglar had this to say about quotes: "If you’re like me‚ you’ll jump at the chance to bypass all the churning and scoop the cream right off the top. And that’s what quotes are...the cream of our learning." I couldn’t agree more! Since I was a freshman in college‚ I’ve loved quotations. The right words can engage the brain and bring an idea to life. With quotes‚ I’ve had many "a-ha" moments‚ where I’ve read it and thought‚ "Wow‚ that’s

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    Chapters I and II: 1) Prison and cemetery 2) Anne Hutchinson 3) The townspeople gathered together to witness Hester being released from prison. 4) The scarlet letter A is meant to be a mark of shame for the adulterous act Hester is known for. 5) The fact that every new colony starts with a prison and cemetery immediately demonstrates how Hawthorne frowns on the ideologies of the Puritans in colonial times. Instead of focusing on majestic and wistful details of the colonial Puritans‚ Hawthorne focuses

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    AP Lit. The Awakening Quote How to Read Literature Like a Professor Quote Reveal deeper meaning of The Awakening Quote 1. “He reproached his wife with her inattention her habitual neglect of the children. If it was not a mother’s place to look after children‚ whose on earth was it?...Tears came so fast to Mrs. Pontellier’s eyes…Such experiences as the foregoing were not uncommon in her married life.” (Chopin‚ 7-8) 1. “When Virginia Woolf writes about women of her time only being permitted

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    wealth and beauty. When Mathidlel wore the necklace to the dance she felt like she was beautiful and wealthy. In the story it says‚ “She was the prettiest woman present‚ elegant‚ graceful ‚smiling and‚ quite above herself with happiness.”(3) This quote shows show she felt as she was

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    Shining Houses‚ Timur Fattahov 1. Quotations that are Central Context and Significance 1. “Twelve years. My boys wanted me to sell then and go and live in rooms. But I said no. I had my hens and a nanny goat too at that time. More or less a pet. I had a pet coon too for a while‚ used to feed him chewing gun. Well‚ I said‚ husbands come and go‚ but a place you’ve lived fifty years is something else. Making a joke of it with my family. Besides‚ I thought‚ if Mr. Fullerton was to come back‚ he’d

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    King is telling him he will always have help‚ and no matter what happens. This is a confidence builder. “The secret to happiness is to see all the marvels of the world‚ and never to forget the drop of oil in the spoon.”- The King of Salem pg.32. This quote is important because the King is telling Santiago to enjoy his journey as an adventure‚ but to never forget his goal‚ which is to find his Personal Legend. “But this fear evaporates when we understand that our life stories and the history of the world

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