The novel Early Sunday Morning was about a twelve-year-old girl named Amber Billows. Her father is a journalist and her family relocates quite a bit. Her journal starts out in Washington D.C. where Amber’s father announces to her family that they would be moving to Hawaii where he can write more. Amber wasn’t thrilled about the idea because she would have to make all new friends‚ and she would be far away from her extended family. She also judged Hawaii too quickly and thought it was going to be
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The North kept on trying to stop the expansion of slavery‚ but the South kept on wanting more. They kept on trying to push westward. The saddest part of this is that they went against their own countrymen. They couldn’t even compromise with the people who they were fighting side by side with to break from Britain. They completely denied the Northerners who told them that slavery was completely
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The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray is a novel written by Irish writer‚ Oscar Wilde. The main character‚ rich and beautiful Dorian Gray‚ owns his portrait‚ which instead of him becomes older and where are traces of sin and mistakes. While Gray becomes uncontrollable and ruthless‚ his appearance stays youthful and flawless. At the end‚ in his despair‚ Gray destroys the picture and himself. The novel gives us a very good lesson – we can do whatever we want
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Speech Contest “Peace was not made for the sake of justice‚ but justice for the sake of peace - Martin Luther” Imagine being woken up in the middle of the night by a phone call. Imagine there’s someone on the other end telling you that they have one of your family members kidnapped. Now‚ what would you do? I’m guessing most of you are thinking that you would call the police. Well‚ in Mexico that’s something you cannot do. It’s been 5 years since the “drug war” started‚ and since then‚ there
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committing plagiarism is not worth the damage with which one is left. One must choose borrowed information carefully and practice even more care to ensure that proper credit is given to the original creator. Of all sad words of tongue or pen‚ the saddest are these: It might have been. - John Whittier These words ring true for people who decide to use someone else’s work and claim it as their own. These people‚ when caught‚ are marked for life and will never be credible as a
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Romeo is then expelled from Verona. For myself and many others this is the saddest point of the text because it marks the end of comedy in the play. It is Mercutio’s sense of humour that is a show stealer. This strange yet funny humour is clearly portrayed in Act 1 Scene 4‚ the scene where Mercutio makes his famous “Queen Mab”
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Summer vacation is the best part of the year. A student can have a couple of months entirely to himself. He is not bothered about books and examinations. He can do whatever he likes. He can go wherever he pleases. He can build his health. He can visit his relations. If he can afford‚ he can go to the hills. Our school closed on 15th May and I decided to pass my summer vacation at Simla. As my parents were busy and could not accompany me‚ I decided to go with my friends. Big preparations were to
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Ronald Wilson Reagan [pic] Madison Gregor 11-2-12 Period: 3 . Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of The United States of America. He was known as the Teflon President. Ronald Wilson Reagan was born February 6‚ 1911. He was born in Tampico‚ Illinois. His mothers name was Nelle Wilson Reagan‚ a stay at home mom. His fathers name was Jhon Edward Reagan; he owned a local shoe store. He had one brother named Jhon Neil Reagan‚ was athletic and smart. His
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“The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes for your enemies. It comes from friends and loved ones.” Thus was never truer than in war. America has had many wars‚ and the American Revolution was only the beginning. The American Revolution was probably the biggest war because it declared our independence. During the American Revolution there were many traitors and spies. There was one big spy and soon to be traitor to the Americans. Benedict Arnold was a huge hero to many of the patriots
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characterized by his use of sound imagery‚ irony‚ and repeated elements. In Poe’s style of writing he uses sound imagery to help make emotional effects. In “The Raven” Poe uses the alliteration of the “ore”sound ‚ Poe thought that this was the saddest sound in English.
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