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    that the moral of the stories is that all actions have consequences‚ whether they are good or bad. Langston Hughes writes a story about a sweet old lady that is walking down the sidewalk alone‚ when a boy comes up behind her and tries to steal her purse. Instead of being upset about the situation‚ the woman takes the boy into her house and takes care of him. On the other hand‚ Robert Frost creates a poem that is about a man that has two possible road he could take. One is much more worn and walked

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    to snatch her purse.” So we have an anomaly and a binary here. Here is this large‚ powerful lady who ain’t afraid to walk this late at night and here comes some boy (not even a man or a young adult‚ but a boy) thinking he can snatch this lady’s purse. Does he really have that big of an ego or is he hopeless and simply doing this knowing he won’t succeed? “The strap broke with the single tug the boy gave it from behind.” Weak bag meaning the woman invested in a cheap or worn out purse or strong boy

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    Students Rights

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    student at Teaneck High School‚ in New Jersey‚ thought she was doing a good dead when she returned a purse she’d found in her English class. When she took the purse to the office instead of being rewarded she was told to step into the principals office and asked to pull up her sweater and pull down her slacks‚ and then she was searched. Why? In case she was hiding stolen money from the purse. That is just one example of how students rights are being violated‚ and here is another. In the case

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    Americans and their culture.The characters in most of his stories portray the acts of people in the Harlem community and how everybody shows kindness and has each others backs. In the short story‚ “Thank You Ma’am”‚ Roger attempts to steal a woman’s purse‚ the women reacts by being very tough and furious at him. Furthermore‚ she brings him to her house to take care of him since she notices he was not fortunate. She feeds him‚ washes him and makes sure he is ok. The amazing characters in Langston Hughes

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    DAvanah Walker Ms. Price Avp English Project Form A: research and Define Direct and Indirect Characterization Definition of Direct Characterization * The process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed by the use of descriptive adjectives‚ phrases‚ or epithets. * The writer makes direct statement about a characters personality and tells what the character is like Source: http://www.fictionfactor.com ‚ http://dictionary.reference.com Definition of Indirect Characterization

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    Bansir

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    The Man Who Desired Gold Bansir‚ very skilled chariot maker‚ is upset over a unknown source. He has stopped working on his chariot for his unknown “wealthy customer”‚ presumably the king‚ and his wife is starting to give him disapproving looks. In his unenthused stated he emphasizes the clear “mixture of gravure and squalor” of the castle and rich men lands and his‚ along with many others‚ shabby homes. Also how the city takes great pride in the hanging gardens by making even the rich move to make

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    in the story Thank You Ma’m some examples of how roger and Mrs.Jones made their own decsions.Some exsamples of how the two main charecters is in the beginnig is when roger tryed to steal the old lady purse but the lady was confident and being assertive.The reason roger tryed to steal the purse is because he wanted to buy some blue suede shoes the other reason he did that was because he lived in a poor neighboorhood.She was also aggressive when he got kicked in the butt by Mrs.Jones but she

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    LV. One of the popular designer handbag brands is COACH. We have below a short write up on the Coach brand of handbags and purses. 1 “Coach‚ Inc in New York‚ NY is the most recognized luxury American brand manufacturing women’s handbags and purses. It was established as a family-run workshop in 1941 and incorporated in Maryland (Manta). Besides women’s handbags and purses‚ it also

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    admitted to smoking‚ but T.L.O denied that she had been smoking in the bathroom and stated she had never smoked in her life. Choplick then asked TLO into his private office where he furthered interrogated her and demanded she hand over her purse. Upon opening the purse he discovered a pack of cigarettes‚ rolling papers‚ a small gram of marijuana‚ a pipe‚ empty plastic bags‚ a stack of one –dollar bills‚ an index card that appeared to list students who owed TLO money‚ and two letters that implicated T

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    that does not mean one is not slightly more powerful than the others. Even though the president and Supreme Court judges hold immense power‚ the legislative branch is the most powerful because of their ability to declare war‚ use the power of the purse and most importantly‚ their power to make laws. The power to declare war is a power no other branch holds. Looking back at all of the wars the

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