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    Gallimore 1 Damaris Gallimore Professor Flanagan ENC 1101 April 3‚ 2010 Florida Bright Futures: Bright for Whom? For over a decade‚ the Bright Futures Scholarship (BFS)‚ Florida’s lottery-funded‚ meritbased scholarship program‚ has had a love-hate relationship amongst Florida’s population. Despite its popularity among middle class citizens‚ the BFS has been criticized for educating more prosperous white families who could afford to send their children to college without aid‚ and making college

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    Douglas Hunter Professor Glenn English 102 February 11‚ 2014 Response Paper As I begin to read “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver‚ I cannot comprehend what is going on. The story starts off with a husband named Robert telling the reader about “this” (par.1.) blind man who has been long term friends with his wife and will be coming to visit due to the tragic death of the blind man’s wife. Through the way that this man speaks of the blind person gives the appearance that the husband is not very fond

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    Li Yin played the trumpet for the college Symphonic Band. Her hard work and perseverance contributed to the college clinching the certificate of distinction at the 2013 Singapore Youth Festival Arts Presentation (Concert Bands). During rehearsals‚ she worked hard to improve her skills. She demonstrated good time management skills in managing her Symphonic Band commitments and studies‚ especially during the competition period when she had practices up to 5 times a week. She was also actively involved

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    Raymond Carver‚ Jr. was an American short story author and poet. He was born in 1938 and died in 1988. He was married twice‚ struggled with drugs and alcoholism‚ and was an unsuccessful writer early on in his career. It was not until his publication of “Cathedral” that he gained success. Carver even believed that “Cathedral was a watershed in his career‚ in its shift towards a more optimistic and confidently poetic style” (Arciniegas). “Cathedral” starts out slow‚ spending most of the short story

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    Themes in Conor Oberst’s “Poison Oak” The poetic song lyrics of “Poison Oak‚” written by songwriter Conor Oberst and performed by Bright Eyes‚ display many powerful uses of figurative language that give the song a deep meaning and produce strong themes. The puissant and mournful metaphors used by Oberst create important themes that allow the reader to get a taste of the emotional experiences he has gone through. Although the sound devices in “Poison Oak” may be viewed as important factors in molding

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    The Brighter Side of Things. While Maria was already estranged with Hector‚ their daughter would still get frequent visits from his sister and twin brother. Maria had no qualms with letting her daughter spend time with her relatives on her father’s side‚ unlike other single mothers who would prohibit their children from associating with their father’s relatives. Her daughter’s aunt and uncle would pick her up from her grandparents’ house and would even be entertained by Maria’s family and herself

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    1. Blind Man With a Pistol – Chester Hines 2. The French Lieutenant’s Woman – John Fowles 3. The Green Man – Kingsley Amis 4. Portnoy’s Complaint – Philip Roth 5. Ada – Vladimir Nabokov 6. Them – Joyce Carol Oates 7. A Void/Avoid – Georges Perec 8. Eva Trout – Elizabeth Bowen 9. Myra Breckinridge – Gore Vidal 10. The Nice and the Good – Iris Murdoch 11. Belle du Seigneur – Albert Cohen 12. Dark as the Grave Wherein My Friend is Laid – Malcolm Lowry 13. The German Lesson – Siegfried Lenz

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    Trafficking Cases in the Midwest United States by Andrea J. Nichols and Erin C. Heil‚ and Prostitution on Demand by Janice G. Raymond each have their own unique perspective on the topic of sex trafficking. The articles sample from and did their research in different areas of interest in the topic of sex trafficking‚ which is why they are all inimitable. Sex Trafficking of Minors in

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    Maternal Love Versus Moral Options in Richard Wright’s ‘Bright and Morning star’ A Black Woman’s Choices in a Racist Society The aim of this essay is to discuss the decision that the protagonist from Richard Wright’s ‘Bright and Morning star’‚ Aunt Sue‚ a black mother of two sons‚ has to make in order to chose between her sons’ life and the safety of the Communist members from her community. This story is‚ among others written by Richard Wright‚ a ‘dark portrayal of black Communist life’ and it

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    Bright light has been considered a sex signal in the animal kingdom‚ and it seems we are no different. Studies have been made where it was found that glow worms that had the brightest tail were the most attractive to males and were more likely to lay more eggs. New research published in the Journal of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics suggests that bright light therapy may improve sex drive and treat sex disorders in humans. This Wouldn’t Be The First Study It has been observed in several studies

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