1. “…Elijah finally admits to me that he sees that the medicine has caused him to lose too much weight…Maybe he feels guilty. Maybe it’s because he and I are two of the same in place of strangers” (p.211). Finally‚ Elijah recognizes the side effects of the medicine that he has used it. Xavier tries to stop Elijah using morphine many times but it does not work out. Xavier is worry about Elijah. Xavier feels responsible to Elijah because since Elijah followed Xavier to live in the bush‚ Xavier
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Reading Notes | Comments and Questions | They were apparently friends one minute then then something would come up and one would get slashed up with a knife (pg.8) | I think of it as having your whole family against you when you have important decisions to make. If they‚ who are always supposed to be there for you turn their backs when you most need them‚ then who will? Just like race we tend to trust those within our own people who have the same background‚ but if you can’t trust them then you
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1. Gideon is afraid to go to Charleston because he is a “nigger”. He feels as though he is illiterate and not very smart he would not fit in. He would not want to go “to city full of white houses… full of white folks making fun…” (p. 16-17). To help him overcome that fear Brother Peter tells him they “need a leader” (p 17). Because of how strong Gideon is physically and mentally he was chosen to represent them. 2. To Brother Peter Gideon is a young man. Since he is a younger man he can learn
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Lord of the Flies 1‚021 words The Lord of the Flies‚ written by William Golding‚ follows the story of a group of British boys who are stranded on a deserted island. Golding suggests that all men are born with the potential to commit evil. He shows this through the use of symbolism including the snake and the dead parachutist (the beast)‚ the characters such as Jack‚ Ralph and Simon and the setting of the island. Goldingʼs view of mankind and the world is a truly pessimistic one. In the early 1930ʼs
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CHAPTER 18 MELTING MARBLES Checkpoint Halo It was New Year’s Day‚ and the coffee pot was brewing some fresh coffee. Jerry and Gordon were discussing the raid activities‚ and Sally was checking to see how many hits Abu received from his YouTube announcement. Suddenly‚ the doors of the bunker started to open. Instinctively‚ Gordon and Jerry grabbed their pistols and ran to see who was coming in. A Jeep Cherokee drove down the ramp and stopped before reaching the bottom. A lanky fellow with
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Alas‚ in the midst of our exchange‚ Columbus became extremely furious. His pale skin went from white to boiling red in rage. I had no clue why he was so frustrated‚ when just a second earlier he was the happiest person on earth. He shouted at his men‚ but I couldn’t understand a word he said. The only thing I knew was that we had done something wrong‚ so all I could say was‚ “Sorry‚” over and over again. * * * It was the break of dawn‚ and the sun was barely peaking through the woven straws
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Passages quoted from the text (with page numbers) Responses (interact with the text through analysis‚ predictions‚ evaluation‚ and connections‚ but don’t just summarize) 1. “On this count‚ most of the men in the room could rest easy. They had personal trainers‚ gym memberships‚ and enough nutritional awareness to avoid diets that were heavy in the foods they manufactured” (11). This just confirms a horrible truth: the food companies are very much aware of the lack of nutritional value in their
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Number 1: The three main events of the story would have to be the 8th night; the night in which the murder occurs. 2 when the narrator kills the old man. 3rd when the police arrive at the scene. I think that the eighth night was an important event in the story because it was the only night out of the 7 before that the old man had his eye open. That’s important because without the eye the narrator did not have the courage to kill the old man. The narrator killing the old man is killed‚ is a huge
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Passage I picked this passage because I thought that this was a turning point in the book. This is when Wilm decides to start rebelling against the Soviet Union and Schuops. In this part of the book‚ Wilm realizes that he must vandalize and rebel against these awful forces. He realizes that his disabled father has been beaten for no reason‚ both his sister and mother have been sexually assaulted‚ and he is always being controlled by the Schuops and Soviets. His whole family thinks that this is the
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Book 1: Memories‚ Chapter 8 – Entering the sect? Even though little Hua began to walk‚ in less than one hundred steps she nearly collapsed. Due to the great injury on her leg‚ she walked limping. She thought that with her injuries‚ walking a bit more was easy‚ but she overestimated her body. The temperature remained the same as when she entered‚ but she felt cold. Her blue eyes looked at her surroundings. To the right‚ a lot of trees‚ with no signs of ending. To the left‚ still the same lake. She
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