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    Favorite Room

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    My Favorite room in my house is my bedroom. A four by four secluded chamber my room is one of four bedrooms located in the very far corner of my house. One must stroll through a long winding spiral hallway to reach the entrance of my room. He or she will automatically be greeted by a sleeping seven foot eggshell door. The door communicates via a cylindrical brass knob. To say hello one must turn the knob counter-clock wise. The door’s cooperation depends solely on his mood. If one annoys the

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    The Furnished Room

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    The furnished room is the one representative story of O. Henry‚ a great American short story writer‚ whose writing style is usually and humorous. But in The furnished room ‚the author use the serious words ‚sharp irony and depressed atmosphere to make a sad story. The tragedy short story The Furnished Room is about a young man who commits suicide in a room he rents. He has searched for his sweetheart fruitlessly for five months‚ with a hope that he can find her in the house he lives. But for

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    Giovanni’s Room In James Baldwin’s second novel published‚ we meet a young American called David. He has left his home country to live in Paris. In the first meeting with this man‚ he stares out a window and thinks about his life. Even this early in the book we get an impression of everything not being in its right place. This is where emptiness lives. As Davis starts to tell about his life as a young boy in America‚ he lets us know about his mother dying far too young‚ and him being raised

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    Lizzie Borden “Took an Axe” The first module essay was based on Lizzie Borden and the murders of her parents‚ a mystery that till this day has not been solved. The second module essay will be a profile about the newest movie and its different way of telling the story. The newest movie was produced by the Lifetime network and was called Lizzie Borden “Took an Axe” and aired in January 25‚ 2014. Almost everyone has heard the infamous childhood rhyme‚ “ Lizzie Borden took an axe‚ gave her

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    Centre name Candidate number Centre number Task A B C Evidence Letter Case studies Short answer questions Results Passed Y/N Passed Y/N Total marks available 6 Mark Achieved Passed Y/N I can confirm that the evidence listed for this unit is my own work and was carried out under the conditions and context specified in the assessment specification. Candidate signature Date I confirm that the candidate has achieved all the requirements of this unit with the evidence listed and the assessment

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    when the poem ‘my people by Langston Hughes was written‚ the 20th century definition of black beauty has become – or maybe has not changed- distorted by images of colonial acceptance and oppression. Hence the term ‘white wash’ comes to mind‚ secluded defined by urbandictionary.com as “Someone who is looked at as leaving behind or neglecting their culture and assimilating to a white‚ western culture.” My interpretation of Mr. Hughes poem is that he seeks to justify that his people‚ African Americans

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    苗亦扬 Should heroes be defined as people who say what they think when ourselves lack the courage to say it? Throughout hundreds of years have people considered heroes as someone who sacrifice themselves physically in precarious circumstances‚ along with innocent people being rescued or justice being promoted. What the definition of hero actually is seems ambiguous to everyone with different religious faith and nationality. As time goes by‚ a group of people who emerge at the most critical occasion

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    days beyond recall‚ I spent my time in a pasture that seemed as wide and long as the ocean. There was a great pond on the side of field‚ which had a little creek the ran straight across. It was full of meadow flowers and tall amber glowing grass. Being tiny for my size it came up past my waist ; from the deck of the great white house you could barely see me. The house was not my own‚ though I could go on that I wish it was. It belonged to my Grandfather and Grandmother‚ who were both imaginative‚

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    Mr. Umphred The favorite people in my life. The favorite people in my life are my boyfriend‚ and my daughter. My boyfriend’s name is Mike Jayne‚ he is 25 years old. My daughter’s name is Kallysta Renay Jayne‚ she is two years old. The reason I picked them as the favorite people in my life is because they are supportive‚ always there for me‚ loving and caring. I would like to tell you how I met my boyfriend‚ and how he made a difference in my life. Before I met my Mike I was homeless and had

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    C. S. Lewis comes across to many Christians and non-Christians readers as a writer whose purpose is to make others contemplate what is beyond nature. In this particular case of “On Living in an Atomic Age‚” Lewis writes to numerous audiences to proves that nature is not “the only thing in existence” (Lewis 75). He believes that there is ‘another world’ beyond nature. Before Lewis gets to this part of the essay he goes on to explain what nature is in its truest form. Lewis makes it clear that nature

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