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    Deborah Tannen’s essay on “Sex‚ Lies‚ and Conversation” highlights the different communication styles of men and women. Tannen attempts to get beyond simplistic stereotypes that‚ for example‚ women chatter constantly while men are ‘strong and silent‚’ or‚ conversely‚ that women are shy and quiet and men are more articulate than their female partners. Rather‚ the truth behind these contradictory stereotypes is much more complex. Tannen opens her essay with an anecdote drawn from her own personal experience

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    Honors English Block 2 The Truth About Lies Lies are perpetually told in order to conceal the truth‚ for a hope that the lies told will delight and bring happiness and joy. In reality lies can only bring one thing‚ trouble and nuisance. The lies are displayed in tragic love tale by Shakespeare‚ Romeo and Juliet. In this play lies destroy the lives of not only Romeo and Juliet‚ but all the people around them. The destroying power of lies is shown by the lies told from Romeo to his family‚ from Friar

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    Chapter 2 The novel begins with the narrator and protagonist‚ Christopher Boone‚ finding Wellington‚ the dog who is owned by Mrs. Shears his neighbour‚ dead. He discovers the dog on Mrs. Shears’s lawn with a large fork through it. Christopher touches the dog and observes that it is still warm. He asks himself who would do such a thing‚ and why? Chapter 3 This is the first in a series of chapters that deter from the novel‚ giving an insight from Christopher. He proceeds to explains that he has difficulty

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    him‚ MING’S MOTHER comes out to ask what’s happening. After listening to the girl’s accusation‚ mother forces him to apologize to her‚ although Ming is telling her the truth. After they het home‚ he writes her a note that says “I’m deaf‚ but I have my dignity.” Then‚ mother acknowledges that she blamed her son wrongly‚ but does not know how to fix it right.

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    In the chapter 25‚ since America ended the World War II after they dropped the atomic bomb in Japanese continent‚ America confronted the communist‚ especially Soviet from 1946 to 1952. Through this confrontation between America and Soviet‚ the cold war begun around the world. Since the Soviets tried to reinforce opposing goals that were against American vision in Eastern Europe‚ the Soviets forced pressured Eastern Europe to make communism. However‚ fortunately‚ the Truman Doctrine helped those nations

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    Chapter 1: Introduction to Anh’s parent’s family‚ their struggles and background. “That’s not the way to treat a young lady.” (Anh’s father said) pg.3 “On their third meeting he buys her a lemonade and makes a young guy in the carriage stand up so that she can sit down.” (Father’s actions) pg.3 “This particular girl had been enrolled in a convent until earlier that year. She was supposed to be a nun by now‚ but the communists had closed down all the catholic churches and convents.” ( Anh on his mother)

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    Dean Myers talks about his family background. In chapter one‚ Walter discussed his feelings about having no feelings for Mary Dolly Green because she died during the birth of my younger sister. Roots‚ the title of chapter one helps us to understand Walter’s background Even though Mary Dooly Green was Walters birth mother‚ he considered Florence Dean‚ his father first wife‚ his real mother. Walter had several family members that lived in this house. My father was now raising seven children. On page

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    Selfishness and Lies

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    relationship is forming the women will always try and differentiate themselves from the mens past girlfriends to show that they are worthy and divergent. Also Colette states “Now and then‚ however‚ Alice laughed too loudly” (Colette‚ p.g #268) while in my opinion the nameless ex-wife seemed dull as she “smoked a cigarette with her eyes half closed”

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    reading wide variety of genres of adventure‚ mystery‚ history biography‚ fantasy books. They would make me feel as if I was in the protagonists’ shoes. Just like most kids‚ they follow whatever the rests of the kids are doing because when your young that small group of friends is all that you know. Also‚ when your young being different is looked down upon and mocked. None of kids I used to play with on my street liked to read books because they never understood how reading a book would ever help them‚

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    Find Me Unafraid: Love‚ Loss and Hope in an African Slum is a 2015 nonfiction memoir by Kennedy Odede and Jessica Posner. Kennedy‚ a Kenyan born in the slums‚ and Jessica‚ a privileged white American from Colorado‚ tell the story of their meeting‚ romance‚ and eventual collaboration to build schools and bring change to the slums of Kibera. The title is taken from a line in the poem “Invictus” by William Ernest Henley: “And yet the menace of the years / Finds and shall find me unafraid.” Kennedy

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