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    Tell Tale Heart is a story about a psychopath that kills a man who doesn’t wrong him at all only that he has a eye that looks very different. He is a psychopath because he . After he killed the nice man he did not care at all that he killed that person he seemed very confident of what he had done. Superficial Charm- When he killed the man he was very happy and he had felt that he better than everyone else. He had the police at his house because the man had not be seen and he was very confident

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    Antigone Quotes

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    that they have gone‚ sharing their double end on a single day” (Creon) This quote was important because this was the basis for the drama of Antigone. This quote was from Creon referring to Polyneices. He was saying that since Polyneices went against Thebes‚ that Polyneices will not get buried. If this piece of the book was not said‚ this drama would not be a drama. 2. “Curse you! Find the love for your outlet down there. No women while I live shall govern me.” (Creon) This quote reflects Creon’s

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    WHO REACHED OUT TO THE COMMON PEOPLE History 321 _03 Being that I was born at Earl K. Long Memorial Hospital in Baton Rouge‚ this article by Morgan Peoples quickly captured my attention. The article “Earl Kemp Long: The Man from Pea Patch Farm”‚ was perfect for the lingering curiosity I have had for the man whom the hospital in which I took my first breath was named after. Being that Earl K. Long hospital was a Charity Hospital‚ I always assumed that there had a to be a good reason it was

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    hungry. Across from the couple parked precariously on an old patch of grass was an ancient ice-cream van. The old‚ decrepit van had been in the family for years‚ paint peeling‚ bodywork rusting‚ the ice-cream van was fit for the dump‚ but as if transfixed‚ everyone in the local park was swarming to the van‚ tired parents‚ bored teenagers-everyone needed some refreshment. The ice-cream van driver a sweaty OAP‚ looking worn and fed up‚ his eyes scanning the crowd‚hoping for some refuge from the swarm of

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    iNSPIRATIONAL QUOTES

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    NSPIRATIONAL QUOTES - “Success is not final‚ failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” - Winston Churchill “To accomplish great things‚ we must not only act‚ but also dream; not only plan‚ but also believe.” - Anatole France “Reach high‚ for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep‚ for every dream precedes the goal.” - Pamela Vaull Starr “You see things; and you say‚ ’Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say‚ ’Why not?’” - George Bernard Shaw

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    Technology Gone Too Far

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    Technology Gone Too Far Almost everyone uses technology to communicate. Even schools use technology to communicate with parents and students about grades and upcoming events. This is great. Technology has also created a society where people are more likely to pick up the remote on turn on the T.V. on a beautiful day then go outside for a stroll. People are more lazy today. Technology is great in many ways‚ but technology has also a negative impact on our future generation. I’m not

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    The Bruiser Quotes

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    right away that my scabs are gone‚ I look at Brewsters knuckles and see they looked the way mine was‚ this is a mystery to solve.(p.249)” I chose this quote because I honestly thought it sounded weird and creepy. The author of the Bruiser is young adult Neal Shusterman‚ the book is a level 5.5 and is supernatural fiction. It takes place in the twins house Tennyson and Bronte and the mysterious brewsters house‚ One day Tennyson tells his twin sister‚Bronte to stay away from “The Bruiser “ aka Brewster

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    The Long Fuse

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    The Long Fuse In Laurence Lafore’s book titled The Long Fuse he discusses the conflicts of World War I and describes how Austria-Hungary was considered to be the "Second Sick Man of Europe". During a time when Europe seemed to be moving faster towards progressive ideas and towards the sweeping away of old institutes‚ Turkey was the original Sick Man of Europe‚ mostly caused constitutional and national problems. The European order was based upon the assumption of nations in 1871‚ a kind of mutual

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    becoming king. 6. "New honors come upon him‚ / Like our strange garments‚ cleave not to their mold / But with the aid of use‚" is stated in lines 144 through 146 by Banquo after the second prediction of the witches comes true. The significance of this quote is that it’s

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    The Giver Quotes

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    Chapter 1 Quotes After Twelve‚ age isn’t important. Most of us even lose track of how old we are as time passes. –Jonas’s father Chapter 3 Quotes The apple had changed. Just for an instant. It had changed in mid-air. No one mentioned such things; it was not a rule‚ but was considered rude to call attention to things that were unsettling or different about individuals. Chapter 4 Quotes It was against the rules for children or adults to look at another’s nakedness; but the rule did not apply

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