` Doug is the main character in Gary D. Schmidt’s Ok For Now. In the book he is faced with many challenges and meets new people on his journey. Some of the people that are in Doug’s life are‚ his brother‚ Lucas‚ and his girlfriend‚ Lillian. (Lil for short.) This essay will explain why all of the aforementioned characters are dedicated in what they do and the choices that they make. Doug‚ the protagonist in Ok For Now‚ is a dedicated character. He shows dedication in many parts of the book. Example:
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Life is not all that complex. People make life more complex than it really is. Like Robert Fulghum said in his book All I need to know I Learned in Kindergarten‚ “put things back where you found them‚ play and work some every day‚ hold hands and stick together. If People can just follow these three simple steps they will be just fine. Kind of funny to think these three rules follow us all the way through life. Everyone has lost a thing or two in their life‚ forgotten where it’s at‚ etc.… Only if
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Some parents think that they should not be held responsible for their children’s action. Most children today are so free-willed and independent‚ that their parents cannot control them. If a parent has lack of control over their kids to an extent‚ I think parents should be criminally responsible for their actions. Many people think that parents are to blame for their children’s behavior and that they should be punished‚ but some disagree for different reasons. An American psychiatrist Karl Meginer
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On the morning of June 8‚ 1964‚ the sheriff of Gila County‚ Arizona took into custody one Gerald Gault‚ without notifying his parents‚ after his neighbor‚ Mrs. Ora Cook‚ reported receiving a offense and inappropriate phone call from the 15 year old boy. Once his mother found out where he was‚ the county’s Children’s Detention Home‚ she was not permitted to take him home. According to Gault‚ it was his friend Ronald Lewis who made the phone call and once Gault heard Lewis talking on the phone in such
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Response to Bang Bang You’re Dead: The concept of the hero and villain depend on ones point of view. In Bang Bang You’re Dead‚ the main character Josh is viewed as a villain by everyone except himself. In his mind‚ the murders he committed were purely for the sake of justice‚ an avenging of the wrongs done to him by others. However‚ it isn’t until later when the voices of the kids he murdered are tormenting him‚ breaking through his ‘mask’ to his inner vulnerabilities‚ that he becomes truly
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successive number-one single on the US Billboard Hot 100. "I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For" displays influences from gospel music and its lyrics define the spiritual desire to be with god. The song describes the journey that humans go on in our mission to find God. U2 has written a variety of spiritual songs‚ ‘I still haven’t found what I’m looking for’ makes distinct references to Jesus‚ ‘I believe in the kingdom… you broke the bonds and you loosed the chains’ which is
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AEC BAD FOR THAI FARMERS‚ WORKERS: NGOS Poor farmers and unskilled labourers would feel a negative impact and no benefits from the 2015 launch of the Asean Economic Community (AEC)‚ a forum of non-governmental organisations said yesterday. Thailand was set to open its borders to almost all farming products from Asean members‚ meaning its major products such as rice would no longer be competitive‚ said Witoon Lianchamroon‚ director of BioThai. Thailand’s standing as a regional powerhouse in
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Separations: Chromatography of M&M and Ink Dyes Almost all substances we come into contact with on a daily basis are impure; that is‚ they are mixtures. Similarly‚ compounds synthesized in the chemical laboratory are rarely produced pure. As a result‚ a major focus of research in chemistry is designing methods of separating and identifying components of mixtures. Many separation methods rely on physical differences between the components of a mixture. For example‚ filtration takes advantage of substances
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“I’m Being Stalked By a Moonshadow” is a novel by Puffin Books and published in 2006. The story is about a young boy named Seth and his obsession with a muscular girl name Miranda but his mission is to try to win his dream girl by using the Mr. Right list. Then he finds out that his dream girl is from the Raven family and his family doesn’t get along with Miranda’s family but Miranda and Seth secretly date and do secret things to try keep each other together. Although Seth and his family have a bad
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something for my baby You don’t know how incredibly happy you make me. I have fallen head over heels for you. you are everything I could possibly want and more. Words can’t even begin to explain the way you make me feel‚ you are my other half. you are what I think about every night before I go to sleep‚ and the first thing on my mind when I wake up in the morning. I get the most amazing feeling every time I’m talking to you‚ and you take my breath away every moment we’re talking. They say there’s
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