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    Alexus Dismuke 2/13/14 B3 Wow! Never in a million years would I think I would be here on this stage right now. Getting my diploma...maybe but giving the valedictorian speech to the amazing co’ 2k15.... I must’ve done something right in the last few days here at Salem because it’s been rough. Coming into high school was a shock to us all. No harsh dress code...no lines...no silent lunch; We had less rules and restrictions so we were all revved up and ready to get BUCK WILD! (Or at least I was)

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    What we wear defines who we are; our clothes are our identity. In the short story “Clothes‚” Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni tells the story of an Indian woman named Sumita‚ whose clothes‚ Indian and American‚ mean everything to her. They define who she is and show the different sides of her. Her saris mean a lot to her because they are the only connection she has to her family and friends when she moves to America. Her American clothes hold a great sense of meaning to her because they represent her new

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    Julia and Winston are two major characters in George Orwell’s 1984. Both characters are similar from the point of view that their attitude towards the state of Oceania‚ particularly the party headed by the Big Brother. Both characters in one way or the other tend to rebel against t eh totalitarian nature of the party. However Winston and Julia tend to differ from each other in terms of their morality and their ethical views. They equally differ in their feelings about history and their political

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    THE BENEFITS ILOCANOS CAN GET AND THEIR REASONS FROM BUYING IMPORTED CLOTHES OVER THE LOCALLY-MADE ONES A Research Proposal Presented to The Faculty of College of Business‚ Economics and Accountancy Mariano Marcos State University Batac City‚ Ilocos Norte In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Major in Marketing Management YOLLYMEL JOY M. JEREZ September 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I: Introduction Background

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    Essay 2 In a magical way clothe talks‚ and it is one of a kind of language‚ we can observe a person’s personality and favor by the clothes that they wear and the adornment they have. In “The Language of Clothes” by Alison Lurie‚ clothes and adornment are a kind of language‚ and it has magical propose in many ancient cultures. Different culture has different harbors “magical” clothing and adornments. According to Lurie in “The Language of Clothes”‚ she describes clothing and adornment that has

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    children why they had to leave the country It’s a difficult read for this reason. It can be confusing at times‚ as it was for me. However‚ if you are looking for a fun novel‚ then read the novel. This story is in a way a story about the author’s life. Julia did come to the United States in 1960‚ when she was 10 years old. This was her first novel‚ and since then she has written many more. Some of them include In the Times of the Butterflies‚ iYo!‚ Something to Declare (non-fiction)‚ Homecoming (poem)

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    Clothes The short story “Clothes” written by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni delivers a connection between the clothes a person wears and their identity. The different stages of her life reflect onto the variety of types and colors of clothes she wears. The change she goes through forms her new identity. In the first part of the story‚ we meet Sumita for the first time in her home country India with her friends. She is scheduled to have her very first bride viewing‚ where she is going to meet her future

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    IB English A1 HL Tying the Hang-Man’s Knot ’ A study of the authors’ use of the state of marriages to set up plot devices and analyze characters in Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende WL Paper 1 Mr. Grant World Literature 35 Oct 6th‚ 2008 1490 words Paper 1 The marriages Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Marquez and The House of The Spirits by Isabel Allende‚ all share the same basic characteristic of being contracted

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    Virtue Ethics as discussed by Julia Annas is based around the idea that people do things because they are right‚ rather than because they have to. The things that people do must be a virtue and not a habit. A habit is “someone’s character or source of action in the agent that bypass a person’s practical reasoning‚” and a virtue is a “disproportion to act for reasons” and is built up by making choices and is used for future choices (516‚ Annas). People are to learn from experiences and society to

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    2. The poem was published in 1949. 3. - An innovator created a literary art form called jazz poetry and is best known as the leader of Harlem Renaissance - While in high school‚ he wrote for the school newspaper‚ edited the yearbook‚ and started to write his first short stories‚ and dramatic plays‚ poetry. His first piece of jazz poetry‚ "When Sue Wears Red"‚ was written while he was still in high school. -2002: The United States Postal Service further the image of Langston Hughes to its

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