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    greatest actors come from the worst backgrounds. This is especially true for Misha Collins. He had a rough childhood and yet he is one of many successful actors. He has played many roles in different movies and television shows‚ and he has won many awards because of it. Misha Collins is a lovable and multi-award-winning actor‚ kind-hearted husband‚ and even created charity-related organizations and groups. Though Misha Collins has had a troubling childhood‚ it never stopped him from pursuing his dreams

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    through Mr. Collin’s reputation‚ Mr. Darcy’s ignorance‚ and Elizabeth’s power of discernment. In Pride and Prejudice‚ Mr. Collins struggles with pride as he attempts to find himself a wife. Collins is prideful because he is to inherit the Bennet Estate‚ and his patroness is Lady Catherine De Bourgh which means he is from a higher‚ richer social class than the Bennets. Collins shows his pride for himself when he says “…you may imagine that I am happy on

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    Marx‚ “Estranged Labour” In this article that I read by Karl Marx entitled “Estranged Labor”‚ it states that “With the increasing value of the world of things proceeds in direct proportion the devaluation of the world of men (p.31)”. This basically means that the materialistic items being made by workers are considered more valuable than the worker himself. This is because the more labor that the worker puts forth‚ the more he produces. The world consumes his products and places value on them

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    Mariah Alves Honors English- Book report Mrs. Smith 8 March 2012 Mockingjay For my book report‚ I did a diorama using a simple shoe box. My book is called “Mockingjay”‚ by Suzanne Collins; it is the third book of “The Hunger Games. This book is about the girl on fire Katniss Everdeen‚ is in district 13‚ with her mother and her sister‚ Prim‚ along with Gale. Peeta’s family is dead‚ along with everyone in district 12 who didn’t escape to 13. Peeta is captured by the capital and is being tortured;

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    society is having a new disease called “socially endurance deficiency”. There is no surprise why the world becomes completely dystopia (a bad society). To give the best example of the dystopian society‚ I would choose “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins. It is about the annual Hunger Games event which takes place in the advanced technological city called Capitol‚where everything

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    The Fascination Since ancient times people have been fascinated by celebrities. In Collin Palmers short essay response‚ he assumes we teenagers are obsessed and states that celebrity obsession doesn’t make it a big problem. I disagree with Palmer‚ his argument at times seems to be unaware of the impact celebrities have on teenagers. Many teenagers want to know every detail of celebrities’ lives. In Palmers short essay response‚ he states “We teenagers are passionate–maybe even obsessed–about our

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    I have used Sarah Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan many times in a guided reading group. It is the story if Sarah‚ who moves from Maine to the prairie when she answers the advertisement for a wife. She decides to try this out for a month and care for Anna and Caleb whose mother has dies. Sarah tells the family that they will recognize her when she arrives because she is "plain and tall." She brings with her a cat and gifts from the ocean. The story revolves around Caleb and Anna and their

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    SOLD in class. The book was about a young girl who got sold into the sex slave trade and it illustrated her realization of how horrible the world can be. Even the people who should depend on can cross you and become untrustworthy. My quote is by Patricia McCormick who writes a main character named Lakshmi. The main character snuck down after a customer and saw the woman who owned her paying off a police officer to look the other way. She began to realize that things were not what they seemed. “I

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    Have you ever had something that you felt is or represents a special part of you? Maybe a lucky charm‚ idem‚ or animal that gives you strength? In the book “Catching Fire” by Suzanne Collins and the Hunger Games book series Katniss’s spirit animal/mascot that she was known for was the mockingjay. After her second hunger games Katniss rebelled against the capital and was well known as the mockingjay. the mocking jay symbolizes the strength and rebellion in Katniss. One reason mockingjays symbolize

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    The hunger games is a great book by Suzanne Collins‚ about a city where each year 2 children from each district- a boy and a girl-were picked to fight to the death. This practice originated as a punishment to the districts for the rebellion against the capital seventy five years ago. But today it goes on only because of the cruelty of the privileged capital people‚ with the advantage of their children never having to fight. Ever since Katniss Everdeen’s father has died she took the responsibility

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