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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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    "You’re too quiet" "Why don’t you talk much" "You need to be louder" These are all comments that I here aimed at me on a regular basis and to be perfectly honest. I am sick of it. You never hear people telling loud people that they talk too much and are being serious about it. People think that being quiet and not very talkative is some kind of flaw that needs to be fixed and as a result often try and get me up to do crazy things as an attempt to try and make me ’come out of my shell’ ❤❤❤ A

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    “But I think a big part of the reason I didn’t care about Soraya’s past was that I had one of my own. I knew all about regret.” (180) "Come. There is a way to be good again" This quote is significant because it indicates that Rahim Khan has known Amir’s secret all these years‚ the secret of Amir’s cowardice when Hassan was being attacked by bullies while running a kite for Amir "...the elephant in the room’...Nothing could more correctly describe the initial moments of my reunion with Rahim Khan"

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    “I realized then that surviving / the peace was up to me.” – Narrator (Northrup‚ Jim. Walking the Rez Road: Stories. Fulcrum Publishing‚ 2013. Print. 4.) This quote was rather strange to me. It’s hard to imagine that someone’s life experiences were so chaotic and screwed up that in time of peace and serenity they are struggling and confused. My life is so hectic I would pay money to have just a week of no stress‚ no problems‚ just peace. “Didja ever wonder / when it would end? / It ended for my

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    What Is The Mission Of The Church Kevin Deyoung & Greg Gilbert (My highlights quotes) Because mission is not a biblical word like covenant or justification or gospel‚ determining its meaning for believers is particularly difficult. Read more at location 158 ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Bottom of Form “What is the mission of the church?” depends‚ to a large degree‚ on what is meant by “mission.” One could make a case that glorifying God and enjoying him

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    GOST quotes Extended metaphor: “Perhaps Ammu‚ Estha and she were the worst transgressors. But it wasn’t just them. They all broke the rules. They all crossed into forbidden territory. They all crossed into forbidden territory. They all tampered with the laws that lay down who should be loved and how. And how much. The laws that make grandmothers grandmothers‚ uncles uncles‚ mothers mothers‚ cousins cousins‚ jam jam‚ and jelly jelly. Rahel and Estha live in a society with very rigid class lines

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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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    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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    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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    243 “” This quote shows that he really doesn’t trust people anymore because he is scared to get hurt and left alone because that has happened to him too many times. Even if there is a lady on the line he still can’t trust them because he’s scared. The writer writes

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