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    culture and society has a history of love stories. Stories about love have changed throughout time and adapted to whatever the current culture might be. But are these classic love tales better than modern tales of the twenty first century? Traditional love stories such as "Layla and Majnun" by Nizami are far superior to contemporary love stories such as "Middle Children" by Jane Rule. The characters have more powerful emotions of love in traditional love stories and the plot is more touching since the

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    King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table One often hears of King Arthur and his noble knights‚ and the book by Roger Lancelyn Green portrays this story eloquently. Throughout this story‚ the reader experiences the adventures and trials of King Arthur and his knights. This book has many exciting endeavors of heroism and fortitude. The author really brings to life King Arthur and his many knights of the round table. In book one‚ it tells of the beginnings of Arthur and his knights. It starts

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    A Different View of King Arthur and Queen Guinevere King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table have been the subjects of countless works of literature for hundreds of years. In many of these tales King Arthur is accompanied by his lovely wife‚ Guinevere. Not all of the Arthurian romances depict King Arthur and Queen Guinevere in the positive light that most people have become accustomed to. Thomas Chestre’s Sir Launfal is one of these types of tales. This poem expresses different views

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    Things Fall Apart is the story of the people in an Ibo village that face destruction with the arrival of white missionaries from England. It begins by centering on Okonkwo‚ an ambitious and strong man who rose to great standing despite his shameful father‚ in order to give background to the customs of the area and the thoughts behind his actions. It then follows Okonkwo through his demise and banishment due to an unfortunate incident. Partway through this story‚ a parallel story is introduced involving

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    The Skypath myth was told to everyone around the town‚ Lynx would alway be the narrator of the Skypath myth‚ narrating and describing the story like she had seen everything‚ felt everything‚ heard everything as if… she has been there. Were the stories all true? Did the path truly lead where she had been told? If it did‚ this was only just the beginning of her journey… Lynx remembers the day when her Uncle first told her a story about a Skypath; Flashback “Uncle‚ Uncle! Tell me a story before I go

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    Chaim Potok in his novel‚ The Chosen‚ uses parallels between characters to compliment one another by sharing knowledge and contrasting one another. There are two particular characters that are especially prominent. Reuven and Danny are both raised as American Jews and are the same age‚ at times they build and learn off of one another as they grow up together. Danny’s photographic memory makes memorizing things easy‚ but at times he struggles with other subjects. Potok writes‚ “Two blatt? I stared

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    Arthurian legends are old stories about King ArthurKing Arthur’s court at Camelot‚the magician Merlin‚ and the Knights at the Round Table. Arthurian legends incorporated fiction and history and it formed a large part of medieval romances. An important author that contributed to these legends was Sir Thomas Malory. He wrote Le Morte D’arthur. It’s one of the most significant books in all of arthurian legends. Thomas Malory was born on 1405 in Warwickshire‚ United Kingdom. Malory was married to

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    Courage is the will to do/say something regardless of the outcome. There is plenty of evidence and examples in the books and stories that seniors read in their English class all the time‚ like in “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight‚” and in “The Divine Comedy.” “We gain strength‚ and courage‚ and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot.” (Theodore Roosevelt) This is evident in “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” when

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    Victoria Schmidt A&P 2 Cari’s Story A. How could an infection in Cari’s nasal passages and pharynx spread into her sinuses? The infection could have easily traveled into her sinuses due to the fact of how close the passages and sinuses are to each other. B. What is the cough reflex? Describe the process that Cari’s respiratory system is using to clear her lungs by coughing. The cough reflex is deep inhalation followed by complete closure of the glottis and strong exhalation suddenly opening the

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