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    they look at the twenty dollar bill. She went down the trail and she saw everything that her ancestors went through. It showed how they were forced off their own land and had to start over with nothing but their own clothes on their backs. In the end Sarah saw what her ancestors were fighting for. Without the trail she would still be fighting for what she wanted and that’s to remove the face of Andrew Jackson off the twenty dollar bill. With all this became some good came out of it. Natives that were

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    life. In the story‚ “Looking for Work” by Gary Soto‚ tells a story of his younger years where he wanted his family to be like the ones he saw on television because they were wealthy and perfect. In another story‚ “Arm Wrestling with My Father” by Brad Manning‚ who recalls a time where he and his father showed no affection towards one another but changed over time. Being in a similar situation as both of these authors‚ I am able

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    around. Religion was a main base in the formation of their group to come known at the Puritans. They used the Christian religion and all of its teachings in their everyday life. Therefore‚ the biblical references throughout The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell went along perfectly with the book when trying to describe the way that the Puritans viewed their lives and the world around them. When they were unsure about something or were faced with a new situation‚ they would

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    Summary Brad Manning Arm Wrestling with My Father In reading the essay one can summarize that the overall plot is the relationship between the main character and his father through an unprecedented method. Manning starts out the story when he was younger‚ where he and father would constantly engage in arm wrestling where no matter how much he tried he couldn’t win “Dad would always win”. It also states that his dad was boaster where he took pride in the fact that his son could not beat him. As

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    Wrestling with My Father” Brad Manning always lost the arm wrestling matches against his father when he was young. Their communication was mainly physical. His father never showed up at his musical concerts‚ helped him with school work‚ or wrote him letters or cards‚ but he always critical of him at his sporting events. His dad showed the love for his son through hand-shakes and pats on the back instead of hugs. The word love was never spoken between them. As Brad grew older and more mature‚

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    THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY ACCOUNTING TEAM Summary: Sarah (the name given by us) has been working in McKay‚ Sanderson‚ and Smith Associates a mid-sized accounting team located in Boston that is specialized in commercial accounting and audits for past five years. Her specialty is accounting practices for shipping companies‚ ranging from small to certain big fleets along east coast. About two months ago her company merged with another two other accounting firms which has offices in Miami‚ Seattle‚ Baton

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    At the heart of the film industry is a man who has revolutionized movies for generations to come. Since the release of The Terminator in 1984‚ James Cameron has been one of only a handful of writers and directors who is consistently certain to bring profit and success to Hollywood. According to Stephen McVeigh and Matthew Wilhelm Kapell‚ James Cameron “shares the rarefied heights of such A-list directors as Steven Spielberg and George Lucas‚ directors who work in similar generic and commercial

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    great grandma and was given to me for my 16th birthday. I don’t think these types of things are completely gone but they are fading because families are not as close as they were. They don’t spend as much time together. “Shooting Dad” by Sarah Vowell 4. The father likes the Second Amendment because he is a gunsmith and it aims to protect the right to bear arms. The daughter prefers the First Amendment because it protects and she is more interested in art. 5. In the crow section of the story

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    cannon. He’s talking about my tape recorder and my microphone – which is called a shotgun mike. I stare back at him‚ then I look over at my father’s cannon‚ then down at my microphone‚ and I think‚ Oh. My. God. My dad and I are the same person” (Vowell). Vowell oversees the dissimilarities between herself and her father‚ and arrives to the conclusion that both

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    Name: Title: Middle School Worst Days Of My Life Authors: James Patterson And Chirs Tebbetts (Pages 288)- Literary Summary: Rafe Khatchadorian was a boy who broke all the rules at his middle school. He broke so many rules that he was often given detention and finally ended up being expelled from middle school for drawing a mural on the school wall. Rafe had an imaginary friend whose name was Leo. Rafe imaginary friend turn out to be his twin brother who died when he was three years old. Rafe’s

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