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    The backdrop of World War II in A Separate Peace emphasizes the microcosmic war that is occurring in Devon. Military language that is used emphasizes the parallelism of the actual war and Gene’s war throughout the novel. Man’s destructive actions portray man’s inhumanity to man; eradication and killings of the war depict how cruel man can be. Finny’s inability to cope with the cruelty of this world causes him to become oblivious to what’s actually happening. Gene’s constant hatred and envy leads

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    Jane Eyre Plot Summary

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    Jane Eyre is a young orphan being raised by Mrs. Reed‚ her cruel wealthy aunt. One day as punishment for fighting with her teasing cousin John‚ Jane’s aunt imprisons her in the ‘red-room’ – the room in which Jane’s uncle died. Whilst being locked up in the ‘red-room‚’ Jane claims that she sees her uncle’s ghost and faints. She woke up to the company of Bessie and Mr. Lloyd who both decide that Jane was to be sent to the school and to Jane’s delight‚ Mrs. Read agrees. The school is extremely unhygienic

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    A detective also working as a hired killer‚ tries to save his brother‚ a professional fighter from a ruthless criminal who coerces him into throwing a big fight. MALCOLM MORA (37) lives a double life. He’s a veteran detective and he’s a contract killer that uses a mime mask. He gets his assignments from FRANK. Malcolm forces fighter BULL (30) to leave the city after Malcolm learns that Bull is supposed to fight his brother‚ DIO MORA. Mobster‚ BILL SANTORO‚ who runs an illegal fighting organization

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    The story is set in 2055. A hunter named “Eckels” goes on the adventure travelling back into the past on a safari to kill a Tyrannosaurus Rex. As they wait to depart‚ they talk about the recent presidential elections‚ in which an apparently fascist candidate‚ Deutscher‚ has just been defeated by the more moderate Keith‚ to the relief of many people. After the party arrives in the past‚ Travis (the hunting guide) and Lesperance (Travis’s assistant) warn Eckels and the two other hunters‚ Billings

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    Wizard Of Oz Plot Summary

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    The novel‚ like the movie‚ follows the story of Dorothy‚ a young girl who lives with her aunt‚ uncle‚ and dog Toto on a farm in Kansas. One day a cyclone sweeps up the farmhouse. Dorothy and Toto are caught inside the house‚ but they survive the storm. When the house is set down again‚ Dorothy and Toto find themselves in Munchkin Country‚ located in Oz. The house lands on the Wicked Witch of the East‚ killing her. The Munchkins are delighted to be freed from their evil ruler. The Good Witch of the

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    The excerpt from the book A Secret Sorrow‚ by Karen Van Der Zee‚ explains a woman’s challenge of dealing with a permanent internal injury in her love life. The main character‚ Faye‚ was involved in a serious car accident that robbed her of the ability to have children. After the accident‚ Faye broke off an engagement with her fiancé and moved in with her brother. There‚ she fell in love with her brother’s friend‚ Kai‚ to whom she had to reveal her tragic injury. Faye’s dilemma began with Kai when

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    The Woods Dante’s Inferno opens in the setting on Good Friday in the year 1300. The voyager-narrator‚ Dante Alghieri‚ is lost in a dark forest in the middle of the night. Dante doesn’t recall how he came into the woods and blames it on how he was so full of sleep at the point where he abandoned the right path. Right as he is about to lose hope‚ he sees the sun rising over the mountainside and as he attempts to reach it‚ Dante is stopped by three beasts; a leopard‚ a lion‚ and a she-wolf. Dante

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    Robert Nunez US History 1302 Joe Willoughby Book: Big Daddy From The Pedernales By: Paul K. Conkin Born into a well- known educated family‚ Lyndon Baines Johnson came from not only a small hill country town in central Texas but also with a an extraordinary family heritage. Lyndon has always been adored since birth. Being the first child both of his parents gave him the love and affection all throughout his adolescent life. Having the support from both his mother Rebekah Baines and father

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    Plot Summary & Critical Review Winston Smith lives in a totalitarian society‚ in which freedom‚ knowledge and truth are abused. In this society‚ all the citizens must adore one common leader called the Big Brother‚which is the embodiment of the party taking hold of the great nation Oceania.The world is divided into three great nations‚Oceania‚Eurasian and Eastasia. Wars between the three giants never stops.People in Oceania are divided into different classes. Winston lives in the middle class

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    A lot of valuable information is given to the reader throughout the book Ultimate Deer Food Plots by Ed Spinazzola. Personally‚ I’ve been able to take everything presented in the text relatively easily with the help of my prior knowledge. All of the advice in this book is relative to my life every year. If I had to choose however‚ the points that have stuck with me the most are: the importance of correcting soil as well as past vs. present land management layouts. Both of these topics are so important

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