Emily Edenfield Dr. Mattingly Composition 2 March 13‚ 2013 Symbolism in “Salvage the Bones” by Jesmyn Ward Jesmyn Ward‚ in her novel “Salvage the Bones”‚ has told the story of a family that lived in Mississippi when the incident of Hurricane Katrina occurred in 2005‚ getting back to her own memories of the Hurricane which she experienced in De Lisle‚ Mississippi. With the use of provocative symbolism throughout the novel‚ Ward has very interestingly narrated how the family suffered through
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Stephen Oates‚ in a creative and interesting way‚ brings us an accurate portrayal of an extraordinary fictional character‚ in a very real and extraordinary time in our country’s history. Oates begins the book with a thorough biography of his main character‚ Nat Turner. Nat was born in October of 1800 in Southampton County‚ Virginia. His mother Nancy was brought to America for a man named Benjamin Turner‚ a wealthy tidewater planter in 1795. Because she knew how hard the life of a black man was in
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The history of Eliza Wharton by Hannah Webb Foster‚ is a book that tells the story of Eliza Wharton though the point of view of letters. The letters start off with you learning of a woman named Eliza Wharton‚ who is writing to her friend Lucy Freeman. During those letters‚ Eliza describes much of the events happening in her life. When we first meet Eliza she is in mourning for the death of her husband. Eliza describes how she wish she could learn something from his behavior‚ and how she now resides
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defending a black man in this town full of racist people‚ but Atticus doesn’t realise what kind of danger he would be putting his children in. His attempt of treating people equally no matter their skin color or race will soon explode into chaos. In the book‚ “To Kill A Mockingbird”‚ Atticus warns Scout about the criticism she and her brother‚ Jem‚ will receive saying‚ “ You might hear some ugly talk about it at school‚ but do one thing for me if you will: you just hold that head up high and keep those
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Major bones of the body and the muscles that attach to each 1. Clavicle: it is the insertion of the upper trapezius muscle which is responsible for scapula elevation and extension of the head and neck. 2. Humerus: long bone to which the brachialis muscle is attached at its distal half of the anterior portion of the humerus to help flexion of the elbow. 3. Radius: it is the insertion of the brachioradialis muscle which is responsible for supination and pronation of the arm 4. Femur: it is the
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In "Book the Second: Chiaroscuro‚" our story goes back in time‚ to the birth of a rat named Chiaroscuro—which means the arrangement of dark and light. This rat is born several years before Despereaux shows up in the dungeons‚ and is one day caught chewing on Gregory’s rope. Gregory asks Roscuro why no one has taught him the rules. After all‚ the rats know that Gregory’s rope is totally off limits. Gregory holds up a match to Roscuro’s face and warns him not to touch his rope again. Then he throws
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Isle of the Lost Book Report By Sammie Unger In the beginning of the story‚ I found out that all the villains from the fairy tales we all banished from the United States of Auradon‚ and imprisoned on the Isle of the Lost. They no longer had their powers and had to live on the scraps that were brought to the Isle from Auradon. The whole island was invited to the 6th birthday of a princess‚ Evie‚ daughter of the Evil Queen‚ except for 1 child‚ Mal‚ daughter of Malefiecent. They were given “baddie bags”
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The paramount political principle that guided Socrates in Book 5 is the process of acquiring knowledge. This knowledge would be employed to study the concept of an ideal existence. This model existence consisted of a society within a city state which was supported and guarded by an elite group of guardians (451e). In this hierarchal space‚ Socrates equated the male and female guardians of this society with guard dogs (451e). Guard dogs by their nature and growth would embody certain qualities. Hence
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The Outsiders is an interesting book.The book is about a gang called greasers and another gang called the Socio. The greaser Pony boy has to be either kept with his family ‚or sent away to a foster care. Many people say he should stay with his family‚ but me I say he should go to a foster care. Foster cares are a place for children should relax and forget all there problems. Foster cares treat students with respect and dignity. They worry great of the students care. Foster cares give the
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The 2nd book in the Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard series‚ The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan is a book that tells about the adventure of a norse demigod name Magnus Chase who died fighting a fire giant and is now one of Odin’s einherji warriors. The story begins when Magnus’s friend Samirah al-Abbas (A.K.A Sam) who is a valkyrie tells Magnus to meet him at Thinking Cup to talk about a matter of life and death. At the Thinking Cup‚ Sam told Magnus that they have an informant to meet but she
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