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    Home Away from Home

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    Walking towards what is considered a second home hours before the championship game even begins yields nothing but complete silence.  The freshly- cut‚ green grass in the outfield glistens from its daily dosage of morning dew.  A bare‚ dirt-covered infield yearns to be lined with fresh‚ white chalk. No boisterous fans are screaming‚ no coaches are instructing‚ and no teammates are cheering. Everything is still as I step onto the softball field and begin to imagine and prepare for what is to come

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    The Comparisons of “The Rocking-Horse Winner” and “The Lottery” “The Rocking-Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence is an unpredictable‚ fairytale-like short story about a mother of three who constantly worries about her financial problems. She has a son who is fervent about figuring out a solution to her predicament. This story also has an abrupt ending that gives off strong emotion. Another short story‚ called “The Lottery”‚ has the same spectacle of ending the story with suspense. Written by Shirley

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    Home Away from Home

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    Brooke Schultz English 101 Hoogheem Class 10:00 – 10:50 A Home Away From Home As we adventure out into the world we find new places that we would like to call “home” because we currently revisit that place time and time again. I found that place in Florida. I may not visit there every month‚ but when I do‚ I feel relaxed and at peace. The smells‚ sounds‚ people‚ atmosphere‚ and activities keep me coming back. There’s nothing better to me then the environment of everyday sunshine and the

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    The Girl Who Ran Away

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    father was transferred to Singapore because of his job. Since then‚ she and her mother can only meet her father on weekends. At first‚ things were going on pretty well. Until one day‚ she heard her parents arguing in their room. She tried to open the door but the door was locked. She was very curious so she peeped from a window to see what was happening. She was shocked when she found tears streaming down her mother’s face. The little girl had never seen her mother cry before. Her father said something

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    Perkins made the hardest decision of her life as she and her husband Jim were caught in the vise of the housing bust. Wanting to downsize their lives as they headed toward retirement‚ they bought a new house in Mesa‚ Arizona‚ before they sold the old one‚ also in Mesa. Their previous home had been appraised at nearly $400‚000 at the height of the market‚ but as the housing crisis ravaged Arizona‚ they were told they’d be lucky to get $200‚000 for it. They were carrying a loan of $260‚000 on their original

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    My two books for this comparison essay are “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson‚ and The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. “The Lottery” is about the towns people drawing out slips of paper and seeing who gets the slip of paper with the black pencil dot; whereas The Hunger Games is about Katniss taking her sister’s place when she she’s called into the Hunger Games and trying to survive in the arena with Peeta in the Hunger Games. This book ends with Katniss and Peeta winning the Hunger Games and the two

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    Home Away from Home

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    Home Away From Home Each small step it took to move into my new home meant bigger and brighter responsibilities. From the drive down to IPFW to when I laid my head down to sleep was a positive moment that changed my life. This transition was the beginning of a new chapter in my life that I was proud to accomplish. Getting to this stage in my life I have yet to step foot in what was in store for my future. The morning of August 19th only a yawn away‚ anxiety ran through my body like a strike

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    Away from Her Assignment

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    historical contexts‚ their relationships‚ set the stage of “who they are’ when the movie begins‚ and then tell the story of what happens over the course of the film. Away from Her is a motion picture designed to depict a realistic story of the challenges individuals must face when a family member is diagnosed and is experiencing the effects of Alzheimer’s disease. The onset of the film describes the lives of Fiona and Grant Anderson‚ who had been married for over forty-four years. They lived in

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    Living Away from Home

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    One of the advantages indicated by young college students is that they develop independence from their family. I recalled when I first lived away from home‚ tried living off campus and in an apartment‚ I had to learn how to cook‚ clean and for the most part take care of myself. For the first time‚ I learned how to balance my checkbook and pay my bills. I had acquired personal maturity by being responsible. I met new people from various cultural and personal backgrounds. I found all of this during

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    Omelas Literary Argument

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    March 26‚ 2012 The Iron Curtain of Omelas The short story‚ “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”‚ written by Ursula Le Guin‚ is about a so-called perfect society where the sacrifice of a child is what provides harmony‚ equality‚ and prosperity to the citizens of this city. As a reader‚ one is invited to create and visualize their own utopia‚ so that one is emerged with the reality of a moral dilemma: the happiness of many for the unhappiness of one. The symbol represented in the story reflects

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