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    To kill a mockingbird and Color Purple are two really good books who have their similarities‚ but of course not two things can be equal. This two book show us the the same from two different points of view. Both of them talk the problematics of African American in those times. It shows how life can be unfair sometimes and how most of those times‚ there is nothing we might do to change it. It shows how our decisions and action define us. How we live in a society were looking for equality and hoping

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    In Color Purple‚ Celie goes through a lot and has to grow up way too fast. Through out her life she went through a lot and didn’t have love‚ family or hope for a long time. The only love that Celie received for a long time was from her sister Nettie. Celie didn’t have a family of her own for a long time‚ and during the movie her family grows. The hope of having someone to love them and to be her family was one Celie always had. The letters Celie read from her sister Nettie gave her hope that she

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    Throughout The Color Purple‚ Walker realistic shows the many strong connections and loyalties the characters have with one another. One strong bond that is shown throughout the book is between Celie and her sister Nettie. They always had a strong bond‚ even when Celie feared that Nettie was dead because they did not hear from each other for a long period of time. In one of Nettie’s letters to Celie‚ she wrote “But God‚ I miss you‚ Celie. I think about the time you laid yourself down for me. I love

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    The Military Purple Heart was first awarded in August 7‚ 1782 as a Merit Award. It was not until 1932 that the award was created. U.S Armed Forces definition for Purple Heart is a medal awarded for wounds received in action against an enemy or as a direct result of an act of the enemy. The Purple Heart has been through many changes but now is awarded for being wounded as before being just an award for Merit. Many of today’s recipients of the Purple Heart aren’t always due to direct fire but from

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    Keagan Carpenter Mrs. O’Dell Research and Composition 13 April 2014 Their Eyes Were Watching The Color Purple Do you see someone in public who you’ve never seen in your life but their appearance is strikingly similar to someone you see every day? Well that’s how reading The Color Purple was after reading Their Eyes Were Watching God. Both novels are extremely in almost all facets of writing. The way both Celie and Janie develop and mature throughout the novel and the author’s craft used in

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    The Color Purple Alice Walker Entry 1 "You better not never tell nobody but God. It’d kill your mammy." Alice Walker‚ the author of The Color Purple‚ begins her novel with an ambiguous threat. A fairly powerful‚ yet unexplained‚ quote begins a very powerful novel. Before opening this book‚ I had no idea how it was written or what it was about‚ I chose it solely by recommendation. I soon noticed that the whole story was to be told through letters written by the protagonist and addressed to God

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    The Color Purple by Alice Walker is a very controversial novel‚ which many people found to be very offensive. It is basically the struggle for one woman’s independence. The main character in The Color Purple is Celie a coloured woman with little or no education at all. She is one who has been used and abused by all the men in her life‚ and because of these men‚ she has very little courage or ambition in her life. She has so little courage‚ that all she wants to do is just survive. Through the various

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    Complexity of the heart Sumintera Rodriguez September 19‚ 2015 Kaplan University Complexity of the heart From a young age we are taught what the heart is from pictures‚ books and even signs that the heart is the color red‚ shaped with two humps at top and comes to a point on the end. On the daily we see commercials like cheerios explain to us how important it is to take care of our heart. Yet in all actuality the heart is a complex organ that not all are fully aware of and if were to actually

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    Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) By: Deborah Dominie Composition 2 ENC-1102 Instructor: Lindsay Ludvigsen Everest University May 10‚ 2013 My essay is directed to all the people out there that have wanted to know about congestive heart failure or is living with and taking care of a loved one with this disease. I myself have lost loved ones to this disease and now my mother suffers with it. So‚ I believe this essay has helped me and I truly hope it will help you as well. In this essay I will

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    is among the top preventable risk factors of heart disease amongst many other health problems. Coronary heart disease and strokes are the primary types of cardiovascular disease caused by smoking. They rank as the first and third leading causes of death in the United States. More than 61 million Americans suffer from some form of cardiovascular disease. Smoking increases your risk for high blood pressure‚ coronary heart disease‚ stroke‚ congestive heart failure‚ and aneurysms to name a few. More

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