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    Symbolism is used to represent many meanings. In the novel Speak‚ the protagonist Melinda draws a tree that symbolizes her in many ways. The tree symbolizes Melinda’s growth and her journey to overcome depression. It symbolizes Melinda’s silent personality. Also‚ it symbolizes Melinda cutting off her depression. The tree symbolizes Melinda’s growth and journey. Right after summer‚ a tree starts losing it leaves and becomes ill once winter arrives. It lives through a dark and depressing period.

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    In Ain’t I A Woman‚ Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick McKissack tell Sojourner Truth’s story‚ beginning with her birth and childhood. The book then begins going into detail about her as she grows up‚ her birth name being Isabella to her master‚ and Bella to her parents. After dealing with her mother and fathers’ death‚ being sold from one person to another‚ Isabella is then married to a older slave named Tom‚ whose first wife was taken away from him and sold. It was a forced marriage‚ but they

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    C O M P E T I T I V E A N A LY S I S GAMECONSOLES Color palette: Weak‚ outdated Strengths Not much strength here. The close-up of the game controller photo adds power to the overall box. The sunrise on the planet horizon shows an “out of this world” look and feel‚ providing the sense of unlimited games experiences and a vast universe of gaming options. The logo and symbol covering almost a third of the box makes a direct and easy identification of the product to the consumer. Weaknesses

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    The tale told heart

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    could have simply avoided the old man‚ and simply not looked at his eye. Normal stalkers follow someone because they are temporarily mesmerized by their beauty or they have a grudge against them. The narrator stalked this man daily because he did not like the way his eye looked. When the sleeping man woke‚ the house was silent‚ but the narrator could hear the beating of the old man’s heart. The narrator stated‚ “this excited me to uncontrollable terror.” Not only did this show how anxious the narrator

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    Don Quixote

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    Don Quixote In the story the author uses many situations and circumstances to demonstrate loyalty. Loyalty is the state or quality of being loyal‚ faithfulness to commitments or obligations. Don Quixote is a man that believes in being loyal‚ and he expects the people that he encounters to be the same way. In one situation in the book‚ Don rolled up on a farmer beating his servant. That made Don furious and he could not believe what he was seeing. After a conversation with the boy and the farmer

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    In the story‚ Don’t Give Up The Fight Ava overcame the obstacle of being bullied. There are many people in real life that overcame their own obstacles. One person that overcame an obstacle is Thomas Edison. He failed 10‚000 times before creating the light bulb. But he overcame that just like Ava and now has one of the best inventions in the world. Although they are alike‚ one thing different is Thomas Edison influenced other people to create other things. But Ava just overcame her own obstacle

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    Don Juan

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    Lord Byron’s Don Juan is a satirical poem that offers a seemingly comical and serious outlook of sexuality. In three different sexual relations in three different places‚ the events that surround Don Juan are both laughable and questionable. From an early affair with Donna Julia‚ to an innocently‚ beautiful engagement with Haidee and finally an unfulfilled and avoided relation with the Sultana Gulbeyaz‚ Don Juan escapes through the clutches of love with shattered innocence‚ a broken heart and near

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    Speak Essat

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    In the book “Speak”‚ a girl named Melinda Sordino experiences something very terrifying. The author‚ Laurie Halse Anderson‚ describes how Melinda was raped by an upperclassman that goes to the exact same high school as her. As result‚ Melinda is now scarred and mute‚ even though she wants to speak very badly to someone about her assault. Laurie Halse Anderson uses allusions and archetypes to show the difficulties Melinda faces. Such uses in the book are tree‚ cave‚ lightening‚ and for archetypal

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    The Person Whos Influence I cherish If you’ve attended Pakame high‚ you’ve probably heard of Dr Ndlovu from a student or a faculty member at one point or another. Or perhaps you may have simply heard Dr. Cool from down the hall‚ arguing about the role of Judaism in American eating habits or some other arcane topic. For a physics teacher‚ Pakame has a lot to say about practically everything. Because of him‚ l have gained greater knowledge and self-confidence. When questioned about which quality

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    Don Quixote

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    World Lit 10 November 2010 Don Quixote Response In Don Quixote the prologue‚ he speaks of writing his story and how it will not meet the standards of many other great writings. He say “with a tale that is as dried as a rush‚ a stranger to invention‚ paltry in style‚ improvised in content‚ and wholly lacking in learning and wisdom‚ without marginal citations or notes at the end of the book when other works of this sort‚ even though they be fabulous and profane‚ are so packed

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