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    Abner Snopes in “Barn Burning” The story “Barn Burning” by William Faulkner focuses on the impact Abner Snope’s behavior has towards his family and to multiple farm owners. Abner Snopes tries to make a living by crop sharing‚ and out of the resentment of wealthy farm owners he burns down their barns. As a result‚ Abner blames society for his actions and feels free to disobey common laws. Abner’s actions indicate him to be a thoughtless force of violence‚ cold-hearted‚ and lawless man. Abner

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    disease‚ even though it infects the whole body. The victims’ symptoms usually are fever‚ chills‚ weakness‚ loss of appetite and body‚ head‚ back‚ arm‚ and leg ache. If you have the disease you may also suffer sore throat‚ a dry cough‚ nausea‚ and burning red eyes. Usually the victim will have nasal congestion and mucus discharge. The fever can reach to about 104*F but it only lasts about 2-3 days then it recedes. Occasionally in more severe cases there will also be gastrointestinal upset. In short

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    Why Is Rome Still Burning

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    Rome is burning to the ground and the senators are doing nothing about it. This is often times how it feels looking at the state of American democracy. There are rampant problems that have come to infect society‚ either by direct sate intervention or through natural progression. One only needs to turn to the state of the American health care system‚ the debate around guns‚ and the criminal justice system to see that Rome is burning. Massive problems plague society and Congress seems to be doing nothing

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    “The Coming of Age in Mississippi” has covered many stereotypes of how black women are perceived. For Anne Moody‚ her identity as an African American female weakened her individuality‚ in addition too her diligence; Anne Moody’s perseverance resulted in her powerful transformation of abandoning the rules of how African American women present themselves. From the past to the present‚ African American women had a hard time proving their identity to the cultural norms people established in their community

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    The Elements of Fiction in “Barn Burning” By: Cody Harper Plot: The exposition is understood at the beginning of the story. The reader learns that Abner is controlling over his family‚ and when someone does him wrong‚ he becomes abusive and violent. His son Sarty‚ who knows his dad is wrong‚ feels the need to defend him out of his loyalty to family. The rising action is when Sarty hopes that with each new start‚ his father will have a change of heart and stop setting fires. The climax is when

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    A Burning Torch for a New Beginning Nothing in this world stays permanent. Life‚ love‚ nature‚ and not even troubles and other things but most of all‚ the one I would like to stop‚ time. A little time was all I have before graduation‚ yet‚ I know I am almost ready about it since I know that there’s something about the way I was molded. Coming from a catholic school serves as an edge of students from other students who attended their study in public schools. Here‚ we have kept in mind that brilliance

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    “Barn Burning” by William Faulkner follows the life of Colonel Sartosis Snopes‚ Sarty‚ and his family. Sarty is a ten year boy who moves around a lot due to his dad’s violent habits. Sarty has to decide what his morals are and if his loyalty to his father is worth putting in front of those morals. Sarty’s father‚ Abner‚ burns down people’s barns if he has a conflict with them. The members of the Snopes Family all live in fear of Abner because of his rage and violence. Sarty goes through the

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    Macey Clare In Burning Up

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    In the novel Burning Up by Caroline B. Cooney the Main character is Macey Clare. At the beginning of the novel Macey keeps to herself and is not very outgoing. Then when her hair gets burned off she realizes that she needs to find out things with the fire of 1959. In the end‚ she becomes more adventurous and persistent. This relates to the theme Persistence will get you farther in life. The main character Macey changes from the beginning of the book to the end of it. In the beginning‚ she kept

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    Burning Salts Lab Report

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    In our lab‚ we were given the task of burning seven different salts and taking notes of what we observed. The different salts included Potassium chloride‚ Calcium chloride‚ Strontium chloride‚ Lithium chloride‚ Copper II chloride‚ Sodium Chloride‚ and Barium Chloride. Burning a pinch of each salt separately by holding a nichrome wire over a Bunsen burner‚ we found that each salt emitted a different color of light. For example‚ Potassium Chloride burnt a bright pink flame when burned‚ while Calcium

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    My family takes a trip to the same place about every two summers. The ride isn’t always fun to get there because it is 2 and a half hours away. The trip is in Philadelphia Mississippi‚ where we go to Geyser Falls water park. It is always hot‚ a cool breeze‚ water slides‚ pools‚ birds‚ food‚ and many people. My family really enjoy going to the water park during the summer. We usually take about 3 days of vacation. When you arrive at Geyser Falls parking lot it is always full and is hard to look

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