character named Walt Kowalski. Walt is a racist‚ lonely‚ troubled Korean War veteran‚ and a retired auto worker from a Ford Motor Company factory. After losing his wife‚ the only important things he has left in his life are his dog‚ Daisy‚ and his prized possession car‚ a 1972 Ford Gran Torino. Throughout the film‚ Walt has to put his racist views aside to help his Hmong immigrant neighbors stay safe from the local gang in their crime filled neighborhood in Detroit. At first Walt can not stand his neighbors
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under her eyes showed that. She was worried‚ for the holiday season was fastly approaching and Noelle had nothing‚ but herself to offer her husband. Well she also had two little lanternfish tucked away. Though the fish would look hysterical on the prized china Dan uses every non-denominational holiday they celebrate. Noelle really wanted to get a beautiful squid that would help show the elegance of the plate. Noelle continued to think of her predicament. As Noelle did everyday‚ she checked on her
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Throughout the world‚ there have been millions of refugees fleeing their homes. Refugees are people who are forced to leave their home because of the fear that they are unsafe. When they are forced to leave‚ they leave behind many dear possessions. When that happens their lives start to turn “inside out”. But‚ when they mourn those losses and finally accept that those losses are gone‚ their lives finally start to go “back again”. In the novel “Inside Out and Back Again”‚ Ha; a girl who just turned
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Della’s possession is her alluring extremely long hair. In the olden times‚ women would grow their hair long as a custom. Although‚ the fact that Della’s hair was much more stunning than a queen’s‚ is unmistakably true. In the story‚ the author states that if the queen of Sheba were to see Della dry her hair over the window‚ the queen would most definitely be in envy. Della’s hair is more beautiful than the queen’s jewellery. Jim’s possession is his gold watch. This watch was passed down from
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bastard children would have stayed off his land if they had any manners. GET OFF HIS LAWN YOU LITTLE TROLL. I have to wonder‚ though‚ if my feelings here are strongly influenced by the fact that I am an American. Our legal system allows for adverse possession‚ where if you don’t use your land and someone
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Gemstones are many peoples prized possessions. Like at my house my mother has a translucent diamond ring‚ diamonds mineral name is diamond. My parents gave me a red ruby ring for my tenth birthday. The mineral name for a ruby is corundum. Gemstones are minerals that are cut from naturally occurring crystals. Gemstones are minerals that when cut and polished they have beauty of such quality that they command a price. That is what makes the process of producing gems profitable. For them to
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The Gift of the Magi (Remake) It was the day before Christmas when Della was walking through the shopping mall. She had recently been fired from her job at the KIA plant because she was blamed for something she did not do. She wanted to get her husband Jim something really nice for Christmas. Della looked in her pocket and pulled out some crumpled up dollar bills and coins; $3.65 to be exact. “Oh no‚” she thought‚ “What am I going to do with this?” Della looked up at the stores full of nice gifts
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Baroque‚ Rococo‚ Neoclassical and Romantic times‚ there are some very good examples on the vast differences of these people’s lives. “Louis XIV” painted by Hyacinthe Rigaud in 1701 shows off incredible wealth by flaunting the King’s very expensive possessions. His Ermine lined fleur-des-lis robes are thrown over his shoulder to reveal his toned ballet legs‚ and his gold sword with a gem encrusted sheath. His right hand rests on a gold scepter‚ on top of a fleur-des-lis cushion that also holds a regal
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Many of the rooms are adorned in old family photos and beautiful hand painted porcelain dolls. Behind the house is a large and weathered red barn accompanied by two tall and tattered grain silos. Inside the barn are my Great-Grandfather’s prized possessions‚ his animals. Every morning my Great-Grandfather wakes up as the sun rises and tends to his sheep‚ goats‚ cows‚ and chickens. One of the simplest pleasures is to help him feed the baby calves and goats‚ and collecting fresh laid eggs to be
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letter on the table. The letter said Jesse had died in the battlefield. They sent back Jesse’s belongings which contained the clipping of the newspaper headlined with Lemon Brown’s amazing talents and the harmonica. Lemon Brown smiled at his prized possession‚ his one and only real treasure. This was the climax of the story. After the climax‚ Greg goes home. as he walks up to his apartment building he smiles at the fact that his dad is going to give him a lecture. He sees his dad in a different
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