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    you think Betty is resistant to having Jake in her class? Do you think Jake is ready to be placed in a general education classroom full-time? Why or why not? It is evident that Betty is very well organized and enjoys a structured classroom. Although Jake is not diagnosed‚ it was noted he has some behaviors consistent with an ADHD diagnosis. Jake’s behaviors are concerning to Betty because it interrupts the structure she so desires. Betty mentioned that Jake has a hard time becoming organized and

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    accident; it has more to do with our high valued thoughts which our minds fantasize and make life full of lies and illusions. We all like to fantasize and wish we had something’s we don’t necessarily have now‚ but Jake takes it a little too far. We are presented with the main character‚ Jake‚ in the first sentence of the story as he is “slouched in a clot of near motionless traffic” (Gilb 43). Jake’s mind‚ left to wonder‚ jolts to the fantasies and luxuries he desired to obtain. He is mentally creating

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    knowing Greg was a life long teetotaler‚ Jake guessed it probably just contained soda pop. Greg was an actor at Mammoth-Art Studio in Hollywood. His latest role was in a gangland melodrama‚ and he had gotten the piano job at the Pig in a Poke speakeasy to soak up atmosphere for his performance. It was just for a weekend. His best friend‚ Jacob "Jake" Black‚ was a writer at the studio‚ and had come down that Saturday night to see what Greg was up to. Jake was a teetotaler‚ too‚ and had never been

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    Annette Keen Jake arrives at Euston station in London. It is a holiday weekend and it is his first time away from Manchester. Jake is eighteen years old and he lives with his family. Now he is in London. He is very happy. He stops and looks at his map. ’I can go to the Notting Hill Carnival and I can see some interesting places from the bus too‚’ he thinks. Jake is sitting on a red London bus behind a big family. The children are standing at the windows. They are looking for famous

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    stringing along her "love"‚ Jake‚ with little remorse. Even though Brett tells him that they could never be together‚ she constantly reminds Jake that she loves him. After her relationship with Romero‚ Brett no longer sees Jake as an option for her. Similarly‚ Jake realizes that Brett will never be his. As Brett matured after her time with Romero‚ both Brett and Jake realize that there’s no hope for a romantic relationship between them. Before meeting Romero‚ Brett and Jake were stuck in an endless

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    passage I choose is a dialogue between Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley in the final chapter of Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises(1926). ). It happens after Brett sent Romero away‚ and asked for Jake’s support through telegrams. Jake hurried to the Madrid hotel where Brett stayed‚ and they had a seven-page- long conversation. This piece of dialogue is pretty much the end of their conversation as well as the end of the novel. In this dialogue‚ Brett is telling Jake not to get drunk‚ revealing one of the

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    This is the story of Beth Heke in the movie ”Once Were Warriors”. The movie ”Once Were Warriors” is about a family know by the name Heke. In that family we have Beth‚ Nig‚ Grace‚ Boogie and Jake Heke also known as Jake the Muss. Jake is unemployed and spends most days getting drunk with his friends. Jake is relentless to his family and has a vicious temper‚ which means he often fight when he is drunk‚ as mentioned in the movie he is a slave to his fist. Grace is the oldest daughter and she keeps

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    first hand by our main character Jake. Jake is a common fellow with a steady occupation who is merely trying to make his way to work through the busy streets of Hollywood. As he is working his way through the piled traffic‚ not paying complete attention to the road in front of him‚ Jake crashes into the back of a Toyota. In the midst of exchanging information with the driver of the Toyota‚ Jake finds himself attracted to the female driver‚ whose name is Mariana. Jake attempts several times to ask her

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    A Christmas Miracle

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    that was sure to bring tears to my eyes as well as all the other parents and students. Jake was not like other normal fourteen year old boys‚ he had a disorder and took time to understand things‚ he couldn’t even talk or walk properly. One Christmas evening I decided to take him out for a walk in the snow. We walked past a huge open field‚ and to my dismay there was an ice baseball tournament there. Jake eyeing the other boys playing asked me if he could join them. I knew that the boys from our

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    My Favorite Movie

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    directed by Jeff Wadlow starring Sean Faris as Jake Tyler a rebellious teenager that often gets in fights especially after his fathers death. Then there is Amber Heard as Baja Miller that are the beautiful girl Jake Tyler falls in love with. And last but not least there is Djimon Hounsou as Jean Roqua that is a mixed martial arts master and becomes Jake Tyler’s trainer. The movie begins at Jake Tyler’s last football match of the year. Since Jake and his family is moving due to his little brother

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