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    Lord of the Flies Tribe Review Make a list of the characters in the book. Then‚ try to match the character with the correct description. A character can match more than one description. Who’s who? 1. Jack’s chief assistant- 2. Predicts rescue to Piggy- 3. Offers food to Piggy- 4. Says he is the chief when the boys are rescued- 5. Boy who is killed when he crawls out of the jungle- 6. Boy who pretends to be a pig and is almost hurt- 7. Boy who is killed at Castle Rock- 8. Boy

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    their own persona. With this liberty‚ the identity of an individual isn’t limited to one set of characteristics as many external and internal situations either influence the cognitive decision making complex of humans. In the short story‚ "Where are you going‚ where have you been?" by Joyce Carol Oates‚ reveals through the characterization of Connie and her settings the duality of human beings. Also‚ using symbols and patterns to strongly put emphasis on how the underdeveloped mind of adolescents make

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    transition is significant in a person’s life and it can be different for men and women. Not all transitions to adulthood are peaceful; they can violent transitions as seen in Richard Wright’s The Man Who Was Almost a Man and Joyce Carol Oates’ Where are You Going‚ Where Have You Been. These two stories reflect how males and females are represented differently in society through the protagonist violent transition to adulthood. The Man Who Was Almost A Man by Richard Wright is about a young adult named

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    Where Things Come Back

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    Where Things Come Back 1. The significance of the Title: Where Things Come Back is a novel written by John Corey Whaley. In the Novel there is a boy named Gabriel who randomly goes missing‚ the majority of the novel is about Gabriel being gone and how his family is doing. At the end of the novel he comes back to his family after 10 weeks of being kidnapped. This is why the novel is named Where Things Come Back‚ Gabriel finally comes back and then the novel is over this is the significance of

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    I will be referring to Susan Douglas’ book‚ Where the Girls Are‚ to discuss how representations of femininity in popular culture evolved before and after the woman’s movement. For the children born after World War II‚ the media’s influence was extraordinary. These children were the fastest growing market segment and were referred to as the "baby boomers". The preteen and teenage girls were the first generation to be relentlessly isolated as a distinct market segment. Advertisers knew they had to

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    NOVEL WALK TO REMEMBER

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    Fifty-seven-year-old Landon Carter narrates the novel‚ reflecting on events from 40 years in the past. The novel opens with a Prologue‚ in which the older Landon‚ living in the same North Carolina town as he did at the age of 17‚ stands near the Baptist church that figures prominently in the novel and gets himself in the mindset of his 17-year-old self. The story begins in 1958 and is‚ Landon tells us‚ both joyful and sad. Seventeen-year-old Landon is a senior at Beaufort High School‚ which collaborates

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    Where the Red Fern Grows

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    Akshay Ramaswamy English 10. Ms.Schwarz Where The Red Fern Grows Chapter One 1. The narrator is an old man who is about 50 to 60 years old. He took care of the dog‚ which shows he is compassionate. He lives in Snake River Valley‚ Idaho. 2. The old dog makes the man remember the two dogs he had when he was a boy. The dogs probably won the two cups for him. It brings back memories. Chapter Two 1. The narrator doesn’t

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    Independant novel study

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    Independent Novel Study This independent novel study will discuss and explain why this is a good book for young pregnant girls‚ Waiting For June by Joyce Sweeney‚ it’s a non-fiction biography. This novel explained that Sophie lived a normal life with her mother and wasn’t rich because in the book Acadia asked her to go shopping and she couldn’t spend much money‚ it took place in Florida‚ from between her mother’s house‚ school‚ Joshua’s house‚ Mikes house‚ outside and the hospital‚ the

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    Language of Terror When a person is put in an incredibly horrifying situation where the outcome is unpredictable many physical and emotional changes take place. Joyce Carol Oates’s story "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" places Connie‚ a typical teenager‚ in this situation. Throughout the story‚ occasionally using religious undertones‚ Connie’s language of a typical teenager gradually changes‚ from calm and somewhat curious to nervous and terrified. Early in the story on a

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    Where the World Began

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    Where the World Began 1. Laurence is against the stereotyped images of the Prairies as “dull‚ bleak‚ flat uninteresting. Where Laurence grew up was bizarre‚ agonizingly repressive or cruel at times and the ground in which the town was could be called harsh in violence of its seasonal changes but it was never a merely flat or uninteresting and never dull. 2. The droughts and depression were always there‚ some understood and some did not understand. 3. The town’s feelings in Laurence’s

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