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    Lumber Room

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    Tatiana Pavlova 2 ATM‚ IV year Text Analysis The Lumber Room (by H.Munro) The story tells about a little orphan Nicholas who was trusted to his tyrannical and dull-witted aunt. One day Nicholas was “in disgrace”‚ so he duped his Aunt into believing that he was somehow trying to get into the gooseberry garden‚ but instead had no intention of doing so but did sneak into the Lumber Room. There a tremendous picture of a hunter and a stag opened to him. Soon his aunt tried to look for the boy and

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    Say No to Plastics

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    bags can preserve food and can be used for growing vegetables in a controlled environment‚ their method of disposal has creates unprecedented pollution problem. Plastic has many more uses other than Plastic Bags and Packing material. It is used for manufacturing of protective covers and parts for many machines‚ which should be the preferred utility for plastic. SHOPPING CULTURE IN EARLIER DAYS ( Pre Plastic age 1970 + ) Before the advent of poly-bags‚ people did shop‚ buy things‚ bring eatables

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    My experience with words goes way back. Much like Sherman Alexie‚ I was very young when first exposed to words‚ so young I can’t remember there being a time before books were a part of my life. I imagine my mother was was reading to me since my first day of life. She would read me story after story in the quiet hours before bedtime‚ stories about fantastic creatures and magical places. I never wanted the stories to end. Before I could fully understand words I had loved them. When I finally grew

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    POPULATION GROWTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION IN INDIA ABSTRACT This paper basically deals with the relationship between the growing population‚ poverty and urbanization and the degradation of the Environment. The study reveals that the country ’s population growth is imposing an increasing burden on the country ’s limited and continually degrading natural resource base. The natural resources are

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    The Red Room

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    00 Comparing The Red Room And The Signal Man I am going to write my essay on two very good short stories. The Red Room by H.G Wells and the Signal man by Charles Dickens. I am going to explain how the author progressively builds tension and suspense. The authors use different techniques such as the use of light‚ darkness and colour. The techniques that they use create moods and feelings towards the characters and rooms. The Signalman‚ is written in the first person‚ set in an old cutting

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    Solving My People Puzzle

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    Solving My People Puzzle: Phase 1 Anthony D. Whorley November 9‚ 2013 PACO 500: Introduction to Pastoral Counseling Instructor: Dr. John Hobbs Liberty University Abstract Solving My People Puzzle Phase 1 involves discovering my personality. This paper will bring to light how I operate through the descriptions that are provided‚ throughout this paper. Part of this assignment‚ I had to submit a survey to at least two of the people who knew me best

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    Minister and the government say sorry to the aboriginal people? The Indigenous people of Australia have had a controversial place throughout Australian history. They have been a racial minority in society and have been the victims of cultural conflict. Australian Aboriginal culture is unique and complex. It existed at least 50‚000 years ago and is one of the world ’s longest surviving cultures. Grambial tribes were the first Australian Aborigines to have met the white settlers in 1788. They even

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    Say No to Drugs

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    lose your ability to remember things‚ to think clearly and to study properly. Drug use gives you the impression that you are more alert and aware‚ but under the influence of drugs you are actually less aware‚ and less alert. Drug use can also cause people to act in strange unpredictable ways. A person can undergo a complete personality change when under the influence of drugs. Since drug residues can remain in the body for many years after they were taken‚ the effect on the mind can last a long time

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    Say Yes

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    February 8‚ 2012 Response to “Say Yes” Before I started my reader-response paper‚ I read an article by Steven Lynn to help me know the right approach to a reader-response. There is two ways that I can approach this “by describing how readers should respond to the text or by giving the critics’ own personal response or by giving the critic’s own personal response.” I found this to really help me understand the concept of a reader-response paper. I decided to mostly give my own personal response but

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    Most people do not even know rape culture exists‚ but it is alive and strangling society tighter by the second. Rape culture is an environment where rape is prevalent and where sexual violence is normalized and excused in the media and pop culture. It is perpetuated through the use of misogynistic language‚ victim blaming‚ objectifying women’s bodies‚ and the glamorization of sexual violence. Rape culture creates a society that disregards people’s‚ most often women’s‚ rights and safety (SCSU). Some

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