1. “Whenever you feel like criticizing any one‚” he told me‚ “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.” (p. 1) 2. "… there was an excitement in her voice that men who had cared for her found difficult to forget: a singing compulsion‚ a whispered “Listen‚” a promise that she had done gay‚ exciting things just a while since and that there were gay‚ exciting things hovering in the next hour." (p. 11) 3. "The idea is if we don’t look out the white
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In the book I am reading The Catcher In The Rye a lot happen in the last few chapters. The first thing that happen was Holden meet up with his old acquaintance of his for a drink. He ended up getting drunk. He left the bar and walked to central park and while he was in the park he decided to finally go home and see his sister. He snuck into his house and went to his sister’s room and he woke her up. She was really excited to see him. After that Holden called one of his old teachers at one of his
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These two passages are about Harriet Tubman. They tell how she lived her life. They also tell about what she did for slaves. She was known for the slaves and how she helped them with the Underground Railroad‚ but these two passages don’t tell you all the same things. They don’ have the same structure either. The first passage gives you a lot of facts about Tubman. “Her abilities to track through the woods‚ disguise herself‚ and lead others on secret missions equipped her well to help carry on activities
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He’s ten minutes early to first period geography‚ and Veronica Mars is nowhere to be seen. Not that Logan expected punctuality at this point. His fingernails are dug into the skin of his palms when she squeaks in right before the bell‚ forcing him to listen to fifty minutes about South American agriculture before he can get a word with her. Not that he’s sure what to say. Logan Echolls burning holes in the back of her head first thing on a Monday morning tells Veronica she in no way had enough
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The passage is organized in a sequence of events where the reader thinks Hester and William’s relationship is not very good or strong‚ but after revealing what the topic is the couple are discussing the reader begins to see introduced conflict. Later on in the passage when the husband reveals his experience it shows the reader that the couple loves each other still. When the author is introducing the characters‚ it tells what a strong willed woman Hester is. Willa Cather‚ the author‚ gives direct
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4. 1.The summer parties continue at Gatsby’s house. The people still come who don’t know Gatsby. They come for the liquor and the food and to get drunk. 2. Gatsby told Nick that he was the son of wealthy people in the Middle West—San Francisco. All his forks were dead now. He was brought up in America and educated at Oxford.. 3. On Daisy’s wedding day she had gotten a letter and was drunk. Jordan had to put her in a cold bath. She did this because she was upset about something in the
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Quotation Romeo: “If I may trust the flattering truth of sleep‚ my dreams presage some joyful news at hand. My bosom’s lord sits lightly in his throne‚ and all this day an unaccustomed spirit lifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts. I dreamt my lady came and found me dead— strange dream‚ that gives a dead man leave to think— and breathed such life with kisses in my lips that I revived and was an emperor. Ah me! How sweet is love itself possessed when but love’s shadows are so rich in
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He smoked his last cigarette As Nat’s wife is trying to put the children to sleep‚ Nat decided to try the wireless one more time to see if there might be any broadcast. "What are you doing?" Nat’s wife asked Nat‚ "I’m checking the wireless one last time for any broadcast" All to be heard from the small speaker was a scratchy irritating noise‚ "Nothing." After the children fell asleep‚ Nat and his wife were discussing what they were going to do‚ when suddenly the noise of the birds stopped.
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It’s finally here‚ a year after the finale of the first book. Sorry it took so long. As it turns out‚ I’m not reliable like at all. Two years have passed since Freeman attacked the Registry‚ and things have changed. If you haven’t yet‚ I strongly recommend you go read Book 1 - Collared or you will have no idea what is going on. Light streaked in the heavens as the pair made their way carefully over the uncertain terrain. The boy’s footing was surer than the girl’s‚ though both
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Congratulations! You answered 15 out of 25 (60%) questions correctly. The average score for this quiz is 55.0% and 40757 people have taken this quiz. You can review your answers below; all the correct answers and your incorrect answers have been highlighted. 1. What‚ according to Hurston‚ is the difference between women and men? * Men are farmers and women are mules. * Women don’t wait for their dreams to come true. The possession of the dream is enough. * Women seek the horizon; men
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