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    attention. Laurie from “Charles” is a toddler who misbehaves by the name of Charles to get attention. Great grandmother from “Three Century Woman” misbehaves because she feels like she is being mistreated. Laurie and Great grandmother’s misbehaving can be compared and contrasted by what makes them misbehave and why they choose to. Laurie from “Charles” wants attention from his mom because he feels like he is the king of the house. His mom babies her son and is way too overprotective. Laurie is wise

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    and is very close to Jo. Amy March- Amy is 12 years old and she is the youngest. Amy is spoiled and she wanted to act mature for her age. She has blue eyes and curly yellow hair. Theodore “Laurie” Laurence- The grandson of James Laurence‚ Laurie has curly black hair‚ brown skin‚ big black eyes. Laurie is very polite and jolly. Margaret “Marmee” March– She is the March sisters’ mother. B. Secondary Characters Robert “Father” March- Mr. March is the March sisters’ father. Aunt Josephine March-

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    Ann Petry‚ both Sue and Laurie lack attention from either their parents or peers. Laurie is led to create Charles because of his lack of attention from his parents. By creating Charles‚ he is indirectly getting attention without getting the blame for his actions. Sue‚ however‚ is affected by racism because her peers have problems accepting that she is black. That leads her to create “Doby” who will give her that special attention and accept her for who she is. Both Laurie and Sue create their imaginary

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    organizational structure. In this way‚ The Wave takes on a life of its own. While Laurie Saunders is wary of The Wave and its effect on others‚ her friends are more willing to promote this movement. Her friend Amy is made a monitor‚ as has school outcast‚ Robert Billings. Laurie’s boyfriend David Collins‚ introduces the football team to The Wave in the hopes of unifying the team in their game against Clarkstown that weekend.

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    Seventh Grade by Gary Soto and Charles by Shirley Jackson. The main setting in Seventh Grade was in French class where Victor acts like he knows how to speak French to impress Teresa. The main setting for Charles was at the luch table at home where Laurie told his parents about this really bad kid named Charles which was secretly him. The main setting of Seventh Grade by Gary Soto was in French class where Victor said random words that sounded french to impress this girl named Teresa that he

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    I met Laurie Ann way back in high school‚ and six years on‚ she is still my best of friends. The first day we met‚ she walked up to me and introduced herself. It felt way weird shaking her hand like grownups do and declaring my name to her after the hand shake. "Stacie Oliker?" "Pretty name." she remarked instantly. This close friendship allowed me to come to know and experience a level of self disclosure like no other. With her I was and still am myself. Our high school friendship has unfolded over

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    Name: Eric Zells Book Title: Twisted Author: Laurie Halse Anderson Tyler is the narrator of Twisted. He considers himself an unpopular kid entering his senior year of high school who is constantly struggling with suicidal thoughts. He has always been a small guy who is teased mercilessly and hence he tries to stay under the radar. However‚ he decides to make a name for himself and uses graffiti to do so. However‚ he is caught for this behavior and put on probation. He has to do community service

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    for anything they wanted to get during the holidays and report their findings after Christmas break. “That’s so easy.” Said Logan‚ rolling his eyes. Mark‚ his best friend and neighbor nodded‚ “A piece of cake and I don’t even have to study for it!” Laurie‚ Logan’s twin sister‚ shook her head‚ “It’s not as easy as it sounds.” Logan and Mark laughed‚ already looking forwards to saving all the money they got their hands on. The bell rang and the children ran to the door‚ talking loudly and happy that

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    expressed preferences (to the extent known) and the contextual features of the clinical scenario for the patient/family/stakeholder(s). How did these interconnect? Which of these most influenced your decision-making and that of the group? In this case‚ Laurie De Soto‚ a 16-year-old newly diagnosed leukemia patient‚ was presented with the opportunity of participating in a clinical trial. The Principal Investigator of the clinical trial was Dr. Elizabeth Holmes‚ Laurie’s pediatric oncologist. The primary

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    Halloween In John Carpenter’s film‚ Halloween‚ the antagonist‚ Michael Myers‚ brutally kills his older sister after she had sex with her boyfriend the night: of Halloween 1963. Soon after‚ six year old Michael Myers was incarcerated‚ until 15 years later when Myers breaks out on the night before Halloween; set on killing a group of high school students. In the film‚ “Halloween”‚ the primary antagonist‚ Michael Myers‚ is characterized as pure evil. He kills with no remorse or pain‚ doing to others

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