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    Character in Love in L.A.

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    story. This story is truly character driven‚ meaning the plot relies on the characters‚ which makes it a very powerful literary element in this case. Jake‚ the protagonist of the fictional piece‚ can easily be envisioned as a young man with a carefree attitude who does not really care much about other people and their situations. One can tell Jake is definitely a pretty young man due to some of the things he daydreams about at the beginning of the story and the fact that he is daydreaming instead

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    Carl Lee knew the consequences he was going to face when he murdered Billy Ray Cobb and Pete Willard for the sake of Tonya. Jake Brigance said‚ “Don’t do it‚ Carl Lee. It’s not worth it. What if you’re convicted and get the gas chamber? What about the kids? Who’ll raise them? Those punks aren’t worth it.” Throughout the whole story‚ Carl Lee was on trial for his vengeful crime

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    of Jake Barnes‚ a somewhat disillusioned American with an unfortunate war injury that has rendered him impotent. Jake is in love with Brett who is a rich‚ rather promiscuous woman. The interesting thing about Jake and Brett’s relationship is that it is completely frustrating to both of them‚ and they seem unable to break themselves from one another. The bull lives ambiguously both as strength and weakness to the Spaniards. The matador‚ in turn‚ represents

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    Critical Lens Essay

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    In thi9s film Jake Taylor’s childhood friend‚ and life saver‚ commits suicide because he is being mistreated and Jake‚ once his best friend‚ left him because of him being different because of the way he walks differently. Jake utterly leaves roger‚ his childhood friend‚ because nobody likes him and he wasn’t able to go to a party because of his limp. A lot of people can

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    Giants the best team

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    didn’t really bother me. We were both in school one day and the biggest kid in our school (Jake) was sitting with us at lunch. Jake knew that Jason and I dislike him and we wanted to pay no attention to him. Sometimes‚ Jake seemed to be more interested about our food than what we were talking about. As I open my lunchbox to see what my mom had packed me‚ Jake not knowingly took Jason’s lunchbox. I watched Jake recklessly go through his lunchbox and not say a word because I knew he was bigger than me

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    short story is on the freeway of Los Angeles. Jake is a self-absorbed‚ lazy‚ irresponsible‚ protagonist‚ who is driving along the freeway. He begins daydreaming about a car better than his 58’ Buick‚ with crushed velvet interior and an FM radio. His daydreaming causes him to hit the car in front of him. The driver of the other car is a naïve‚ innocent women‚ named Mariana. Mariana is on her way to work‚ driving a car given to her by her father. Jake approaches Mariana with confidence and tries

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    Guardian

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    The Guardian The reason that our gym class watched The Guardian in class was to demonstrate teamwork and dedication. Those two words were shown immensely throughout the movie. The main character‚ Jake Fisher was one of the most dedicated and driven students at the training camp for the Coast Guard. There wasn’t a time where he didn’t put 100% in everything that he did. His dedication to the sea and others made him and interesting character to watch and analyze. Also‚ teamwork was displayed many

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    A time to kill

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    Institutional Evil A good movie to talk about prejudices and sexual control. (Rev. Rebecca Thomas‚ First Lutheran Church of Sauk Centre) Justice‚ Vengeance Jake Tyler Brigance: And until we can see each other as equals‚ justice is never going to be even-handed. It will remain nothing more than a reflection of our own prejudices. Truth Jake Tyler Brigance: What is it in us that seeks the truth? Is it our minds or is it our hearts? A Time to Kill Movie Analysis   Tradition is a priceless component

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    As the cases of Jake Burns‚ Brett Ashley‚ Robert Cohn‚ and Donald Trump. Any relationship regardless of setting must have honesty and respect in order to flourish‚ while relationships that do not may fracture and eventually cease. Jake Burns and Brett Ashley choose to have honesty and transparency showing their respect for one another through honest statements of their emotions

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    Have you ever thought what would happen to you if you where kicked out of every school around and burnt down one.Well the main charcter in Surviving The Applewhites does.This book is about a thirteen year old young man named Jake Semple. In the beginning of the book‚ Jake is a punk school drop-out. He had been to many schools before‚ and he even burned down one of his schools. He had been kicked out of many schools prior to

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