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    Leslie Tseng 10/4/12 Period: 5 Final Book Report Raskin‚ Ellen. The Westing Game. New York: Scholastic‚ 2002‚ 216. Setting: Sunset Towers‚ Westing house‚ Lake Michigan‚ Wisconsin Characters: (List 5‚ and label the protagonist and antagonist. Use 2 adjectives to describe each character.) 1. Sam Westing: weird‚ secrety 2. Flora Miller Baumbach: unhappy‚ quiet 3. George Theodorakis: creative‚ rich 4. Catherine Theodorakis: cool‚ nice 5

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    White people will be the death of the world. Leslie Marmon Silko’s short story "Long time ago" explores this belief of the Laguna Pueblos the will be brought to an end by white people. She also touches on a more underlying theme which is a commentary on the topic of people trying to outdo each other and the destruction that can be caused by such actions. In "Long time ago‚" the Indian witches do not realize until it is too late that they are helping to feed the creation

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    In The Man to Send Rain Clouds by Leslie Marmon Silko‚ there are millions of symbols and meanings regardless of how short the story may be. ‘‘The big cotton wood tree stood apart from a small grove of winter-bare cottonwoods which grew in the wide‚ sandy arroyo. Leon waited under the tree while Ken drove the truck through the deep sand to the edge of the arroyo. But high and northwest the Blue Mountains were still in snow. It was getting colder‚ and the wind pushed gray dust down the narrow pueblo

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    Lullaby - W.H Auden

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    Good morning ladies and gentleman‚ and thank you for the opportunity to discuss my favourite poems by W.H Auden‚ although ‘Lullaby’ was written in the 1940’s‚ Auden is widely considered among the greatest literary figures of the 20th century‚ this must mean something. It is understandable if at this point in time your eyes have just rolled to the back of your head‚ with your head dropping at the thought of listening to another British poem from the same era as every other presentation. But it might

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    While Silko offers a short lullaby that has many different ways of interpretation‚ it completes the and reinforces some of the topics that were mentioned before such as nature of life‚ birth‚ in a context that is connected to the people‚ land‚ and time: “The earth is your mother‚ she holds you. The sky is your father‚ he protects you. Sleep‚ sleep. Rainbow is your sister‚ she loves you. The winds are your brothers‚ they sing to you. Sleep‚ sleep. We are together always We are together always There

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    Anastasia English II 3-16-15 Lullaby I’m doing this literature paper on the story Lullaby by Leslie Marmon. In the first paragraph I will talk about Ayah’s children. Secondly‚ I will talk about how Ayah lost her kids. Thirdly‚ I will talk about Ayah the character and then I will talk about Chato. My thesis is to tell you how sad this story is. First‚ Ayah has a sad memory of the time her two young children‚ Danny and Ella‚ were taken away from her. White doctors came to her house‚ they were trying

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    Pueblo’s purpose after the death of Teofilo‚ someone who could be seen as an important figure within the Pueblo’s. Silko changes the short story’s basic structure to accommodate for cultural representation and adaptation throughout the changes of time. The simple way of Silko’s storytelling may seem confusing or strange to some‚ but in the context of the story; it is necessary. Silko does not give any of the characters any type of individual personality. She also does not describe them in any physical

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    Friends: Leslie

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    house. When they reached Amy’s house‚ her mom was busy preparing milkshakes for them. Amy flung her bag down and ran upstairs. She opened her mail to check if there was news from her friend‚ Leslie in Singapore. To her excitement‚ she found an inbox in her e-mail. Amy jumped in happiness when she read it. Leslie said that she would be coming to USA for three months. They will be neighbors. Amy ran down. She flopped into the chair beside Bella. The girls then discussed about the timetable for practices

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    Lullabies for Little Criminals Everyone’s childhood is a crucial time in their lives‚ in fact in some cases our childhood determines who we are or whom will become in the future. A child’s childhood must be kept innocent and pure for the well being of the child’s future. The loss of innocence is a theme that recurs over and over again in the novel Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O’Neil. The complete loss of Baby’s innocence is built up throughout the whole novel with multiple different

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    Leslie Fay

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    The Leslie Fay Companies (Leslie Fay) was a designer specializing in women’s stylish dresses. The company was run by Fred Pomerantz and subsequently by his son‚ John Pomerantz. Both Pomerantz men were known for their lavish lifestyles and overbearing personalities. Fred had hired Paul Polishan right out of college in 1969 to join the accounting staff at Leslie Fay. Polishan would later go on to become the company’s CFO. Polishan‚ as it seemed‚ had an even more overbearing personality than either

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