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    “’Dear little Pearl‚ wilt thou kiss me now? Thou wouldst not‚ yonder‚ in the forest! But now thou wilt?’ Pearl kissed his lips. A spell was broken.” This quote‚ coming from chapter 23 in The Scarlet Letter‚ shows another example of how Dimmesdale attempts to free his soul before he dies. Throughout this entire chapter‚ Dimmesdale tries to cleanse his heart by telling the townspeople that he is not the man that they know and love. Instead‚ he is a sinner who has committed adultery with Hester

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    dark forest all around her. Kimarya: “Where am I?” Why did someone tell me to stop making spider webs?” She moved to brush something that was all over her face and noticed it was long‚ curly hair and stopped in shock before tugging on it again and feeling a stinging pain. Kimarya: “WHAT THE HELL!?! I don’t have long curly hair‚ I have a little fro’!” Apparently‚

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    The most meaningful quote from “The Pearl” by John Steinbeck is “ Kino threw the pearl into the water”. This quote is the most meaningful quote because when he threw the pearl he felt that he wanted to leave all of the events that happened to him with the pearl. If this quote was not in the story‚ then the story would have ended up Kino still having the pearl and bad events would happen to him‚ for example‚ Kino makes bad decisions because he refuses to get rid of the pearl even though strangers

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    go after Rune / Ove has a “big heart” hospital. Scene 1 - Ove just simply wants to end his life‚ “All he wants is to die.”. However‚ he fails to do so because his neighbours continue to bother him‚ which ironically are who he wishes to get away from. “Why can’t these lunatics respect that?” (P.58). He wants to be left alone. Ove has an external conflict and a prejudiced attitude with everyone he meets‚ because he feels that the new generation is incapable of doing any work properly and he fears

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    | The influence cause by Gone With The Wind on film industry | Bridget Zhu Yanrui | | 2010-12-1 | | | The Influence Caused by Gone with the Wind on Film Industry Introduction Many filmmakers would say that there is no such thing as a movie capable of shaking the world. It does influence the world. Although it is very hard to make such a movie which can shake the world‚ some filmmakers still attempt to make them. In fact‚ it sometimes take years to realize what really a great

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    Memorable Quotes * edit   * | see section history   * | show spoilers * “Nothing happens to me anymore. That’s the reality of getting old‚ and I guess that’s really the crux of the matter. I’m not ready to be old yet.” Jacob * “In the entire history of our marriage‚ it was the only secret I kept from her‚ and eventually it became impossible to fix. With a secret like that‚ at some point the secret itself becomes irrelevant. The fact that you kept it does not.” Jacob *

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    Mrs. Odem made the rounds kissing and hugging each boy. Charlie recognized the love and good hearts of the family (p. 70-72). This reminds me of the family in the book Maniac Magee. The large boisterous Pickwell family from the West End and the caring traditional Beale family from the East End were both welcoming and loving families despite enduring judgments and prejudices against

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    school‚ he learns to speak again and makes a friend Pete. But he soon leaves to another school and Joe decided he can trust people anymore because they always leave him. When he finds out Pete is moving schools he can’t take it and run away‚ on the way he runs into a group of boys and plays football with them. They become close and he feels like he can tell them about what happened to him but they soon cannot keep it a secret and they tell their parents which lead to the police searching for him.

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    Idea/Theme Communicated/Technique Explanation Example/Quote Systems of Faith & Spirituality Pickles – Lady Luck/Shifty shadow Characterisations – the “funny” things they do. Eg spinning knives Plot – Fish drowning questions Oriels faith. (NS) Spiritual Fish – speaks in 1st person with purpose & spiritual perspective. It is this voice of Fish that gives insight into the spiritual realm that Fish exists in. Birds = spirituality. Represent ‘solid ground’ as well as spiritual freedom (Noah-dove)

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    texts or concepts or events. Do you see any similarities between this material and other books that you have read? Does it bring to mind other issues or incidents or people or descriptions that are somehow related? Section: The Letter Important Quote: “When I went back to her room she was crying. We were not in the same social class‚ but at least we were in the same bed (p.37).” This section discusses Marjane’s friendship with their maid Mehri‚ who was ten when Majane was born. Mehri was an extremely

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