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    and their environment‚ and their corrupt government. One satirical author who wrote a novel about living in a corrupt society is Jonathan Swift who wrote Gulliver’s Travels. The places the protagonist had visited reflected on the author’s English government. The life of the author will be shown similar to this book because of the way he lived. Jonathan Swift was well educated and graduated from Trinity College in Dublin in English literature. He not only had a life in literature but

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    Madeline Allen English 243 February 27th‚ 2013 Annotations of “Agreeable” “Agreeable” by Jonathan Franzen was enjoyable for me because I could easily relate to the story of young athlete‚ Patty. In Franzen’s story‚ Patty struggles with the relationships within her family and she becomes somewhat of an outsider due to her love for sports. Her mother has never really focused on Patty and their relationship is put to the test when Patty is raped at a party. Originally she confides with her coach

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    God" by Jonathan Edwards was strictly focused on wicked Puritians and thier belife on their almighty God. Edwards wanted to persue his audience that all wicked people should repent from thier sins or else they would face the consquences of angry God. Thougout this sermon Johnathan Edwards incorpriates retorical devices to persue his audience that they need to repent from thier sins. The retoical devices Edwards uses to emphasize his point are illusions‚ similies‚ and analogies. Jonathan Edwards

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    A Civil Action by Jonathan Harr is about a nonfiction civil law case that takes place in Woburn‚ Massachusetts. It is centered around numerous kids who were diagnosed with leukemia and no one knew why. When Anne Anderson’s child‚ Jimmy was diagnosed‚ in the summer of 1772‚ she wanted to figure out the cause. She finds a childhood leukemia cluster in Woburn‚ “Of the twelve cases‚ eight were located in east Woburn‚ and six of those were clustered in the Pine Street neighborhood‚ where perhaps two hundred

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    COMPANY Grace‚ Kennedy & Company Limited was founded on February 14‚ 1922 by Dr. John J. Grace and Mr. Fred William Kennedy. Prior to the founding of Grace‚ Kennedy‚ these two gentlemen worked for Grace Limited‚ a wholly owned subsidiary of W.R. Grace & Company of New York City‚ New York. In the United States a brief post-war economic boom which lasted from 1918 until the summer of 1921 was followed by an equally brief but sharp recession. Insolvencies tripled between 1919 and 1921. W.R. Grace and Co

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    During his time in Castle Dracula‚ Jonathan Harker encounters three vampire women when he falls asleep in what used to be a lady’s sitting room. When he awakens in the middle of the night‚ Jonathan sees three women in the room and two send the third to ‘kiss him’. Before she is able to‚ Dracula appears and drives them off‚ leaving Jonathan to wonder if the whole experience was merely a dream. The whole experience sets off Jonathan’s curiosity and drives him to continue exploring the castle and eventually

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    thinking. I remember some speaking how reading this book was life-changing experience. My view was quite simple. I saw an analogy between Jonathan and young people who find a idea or talent in their life that draws them to further study. I remember classmates in high school that just didn’t "fit in" because their minds were drawn deeply in other direction. Jonathan was like the musician that spends every waking hour practicing his/her instrument for the love and joy of it. Maybe he was budding geologist

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    Hazel Grace As Hazel Grace ate the tacos that Avery‚ her stepmom had made her‚ she couldn’t help but think about the next day… Is the school big? Wait‚ what if it is big‚ will I get lost? Does the school have a lot of bullies? Will I make any frien- “What are you thinking so hard about?” Avery asked. “I’m just a little nervous about school‚” Hazel said. “Hey‚ you’ll be ok don’t worry‚” Avery said in a persuasive voice. “Thanks‚” Hazel said‚ smiling a fake smile‚ “It’s just hard without mom

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    philosophies and logic of the enlightenment to teach people. Preachers often only cared that their followers were sin-free‚ while philosophers wanted their audience to come to a self-realization of their moral code. Jonathan Edwards‚ an austere pastor‚ and Benjamin Franklin‚ a Renaissance

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    Thalia Grace: Daughter of Zeus Thalia Grace‚ or just Thalia‚ since she doesn’t like using her last name‚ is one of the children of the Big Three. Who are the Big Three‚ you ask? Well‚ they are the top most powerful gods in Olympus: Zeus‚ lord of the sky‚ Poseidon‚ lord of the sea‚ and Hades‚ lord of the Underworld. You must be thinking‚ ‘Thalia Grace? I never heard of her. Is she a minor goddess?’ This is because Thalia is a fictional character from Rick Riordan’s national bestseller series‚ Percy

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