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    2.The Setting of this story includes‚ Once upon a time in a castle and/ or village. The situation of this story or climate in story is Mysterious. *The characters in this story are : The Twelve Princesses‚ Solider‚ and King/ father. 3 Rising action in this story is when the King announces that whoever can find out where his daughters have been secretly dancing at night‚ will get his blessing to marry the daughter of his choice. if they end up unsuccessful‚ they will be banished from the kingdom.

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    1. Entwined Based on the fairy tale The Twelve Dancing Princesses‚ readers will be swept away into this fantasy world of dance‚ love‚ mystery‚ and curses created by author Heather Dixon. Azalea and her eleven sisters are trapped inside the castle with the Keeper. Each night he lets them out through a secret passage way to dance. As the heir to the throne‚ Azalea must take care of her sisters and find a way free them from Keeper’s curse. Readers will enjoy the detailed dance scenes and be pleasantly

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    Twelve Angry Men

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    Twelve Angry Men This was a meeting of 12 jurors to deliberate the fate of an eighteen year old boy. The meeting was more of a verbal structure. The jury foreman was the team leader of the meeting. I feel as though the beginning of the meeting started strong with his decision of voting for guilty or innocence that lead to a hung jury. There was no planning really or discussing the trial at the beginning‚ and the jurors did not work together in a timely manner. The presentation of evidence

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    Slave Compromise

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    After 60 years of progress and expansion‚ the United States of America observed conflicts to their country. Since the foundation of the New World‚ compromises and negotiations kept the nation as one. However‚ until the mid-19th century‚ America attempted to solve their disputes through compromises‚ but due to their constant issues of slavery‚ compromises were no longer supportive. During 1820-1860‚ several reasons in the political views on slavery eventually led to the termination of compromise

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    Celia, a Slave

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    Celia‚ a Slave is the epitome of the relationship between slaves and their owners and also the slaves and other whites in the 1850’s. This is based on her interactions with her owner Robert Newsom and her reactions mainly with the community involved in her court case. These relationships affected more so the women slaves rather than the men slaves because of their weaker nature as perceived by the sexual differences of the time period between men and women in general. Slavery is questioned by the

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    for us to have better lives today even if it wasn’t by choice. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 is an epitome source of one of the obstacles that African-American slaves had to face. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 mandated that in which slaves were to escape they were obligated to return them to their masters upon discovery. Criminal sanctions were also given to those who‚ in any form helped any slaves’ runaway. This act also made any federal marshal or any other

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    12 Years Slavery

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    Twelve Years a Slave narrates the life of Solomon Northup‚ wrongfully accused slave born in New York and his twelve years of slave service under different masters. Continuously throughout the narrative‚ Northup provides vivid examples of the various aspects of his life under a master’s rule. Some of these aspects include his working and living conditions‚ shared religious values of slaves along with the values the white masters tried to force them into‚ the slave trade‚ and some methods of resistance

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    Violence Begets Violence

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    Do you know how much violence is being broadcasted through the media just today? Do you understand how this is affecting your child? Do you know that from birth to age 25 their brain is growing‚ and there are these neurons‚ "mirror neurons" that teach us to imitate what we see? What if it was your child who went to school with a gun? What if it was your child who was shot by a class mate? I believe that we as a country should force the media to limit the amount of violence that is being viewed by

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    Life of a Slave

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    with little nutrition‚ while being whipped and beaten all throughout the day‚ this was the everyday life of a slave. Slaves lived in usually harsh environments and were treated poorly by their masters and the plantation owners‚ causing a slave’s life span to be shorter than of the white people. Frederick Douglass was born around 1818 and this book is his narrative of his life as a slave and a portion of his life after he was declared a free man. Primary sources provide a great insight to the happenings

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    violence

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    How violence in our country is affecting today’s Belizean youth? Violence is a behavior involving physical force intended to hurt‚ damage‚ or kill someone; although the law considers it as the unlawful exercise of physical force or intimidation by the exhibition of such force. There are different types of violence‚ self-directed violence‚ collective violence‚ non-physical‚ interpersonal violence and targeted violence. The self-directed violence is divided into two groups the suicidal and self-abuse

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