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    A Rose for Emily

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    of her own town. The townsfolk don’t understand why Emily won’t change‚ but in reality she cannot change. Locking herself inside a bubble trying to cope with the mere fact of her losses and not many gains throughout her life. Emily encounters different complications as her father‚ and Colonel Satoris are deceased. Emily now being alone with no one to take care of her‚ so to speak she receives some type of sympathetic curiosity from the townsfolk. When a new major took place in the town‚ there was

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    history of bauang

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    Bauang was established as a settlement in 1590 with fray Agustin Mino as its first minister. It was officially recognized as a town in 1765 as part of the province of Pangasinan with Don Francisco delos Reyes as its first gobernadorcillo. When La Union was created in 1850‚ Bauang was one of the twelve tons that formed the province. There are three versions on how this settlement was named. First‚ the name came from the word “baoang” (garlic) which also grew plentifully in the area. Subsequently

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    A Tribute to My Town When I remember the days  that saw my early childhood  spent on the green shores  of a murmurous lagoon;  when I remember the coolness‚  delicious and refreshing‚  that on my face I felt  as I heard Favonius croon;  when I behold the white lily  swell to the wind’s impulsion‚  and that tempestuous element  meekly asleep on the sand;  when I inhale the dear  intoxicating essence  the flowers exude when dawn  is smiling on the land;  sadly‚ sadly I recall 

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    Masks In The Great Gatsby

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    The facades of masks tend to be seen through the eyes‚ but the interior of these masks are hidden behind the many unrealistic dreams of others and the stereotypes kept upon. While not everyone in "The Great Gatsby" were of great wealth‚ most and if not all kept a mask on throughout the book with the intention of covering their tracks. However‚ the masks began to disappear and what was behind them was a reality that no one wished to see. In the excerpt from chapter two‚ Fitzgerald utilizes bleak diction

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    decree for the Netherlands‚ Charles V stated “They and their children will abandon their trade or occupation for a wicked and contemptible life and condemn their daughters to poverty‚ unhappiness‚ and all manner of wickedness and vice” (Doc 4). Some towns began to create Poorhouses to house and care for the poor for free‚ but for rogues and the idle‚ they were marked upon their entrance because of the Poorhouse regulations. “Every strong rogue […] shall have 12 stripes with the whip on the bare skin

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    Reasons Why People Move

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    First we had to find a town to move and a house to live. My parents chose Casey because my mom worked in Terre Haute‚ IN and my dad worked in Effingham‚ IL. Since it was the halfway point between two towns. Then the time came for us to pack up our possessions. Collecting all of your possessions of packing them up into boxes. Once everything was packed into boxes

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    Jasper Jones Moral Speech

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    first love‚ family unity‚ and a sense of belonging in a community. It is not hard for me to forget that this novel is set in 1965‚ in a rural town known as Corrigan. It is very similar to the one Silvey grew up in‚ although he denies writing the book purely on his personal experience‚ wanting to question a wider experience than his own. Corrigan is a town drenched in secrecy and mistrust‚ but it is also a landscape shaped by tragedy and loss. This theme is explored in the book through thoughts‚ emotions

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    there’s no suffering. The next day Douglas got ready to leave his small little secluded house. Before he left he packed a week’s worth of food because he didn’t know how long it would take him. He walked towards the next town to get a horse so he didn’t have to walk. At the next town he meet some of the nicest people he will see for a long time. When he was getting ready to get his horse he noticed something

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    Lottery

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    are to reject outdated traditions and ideas even though they are considered evil and unnecessary by others. While gathering in the town square for the annual summer lottery‚ conversations began amongst the people about other towns giving up the lottery. Mr. Adams says “Over in the north village‚ they’re talking about giving up the lottery” to Old Man Warner. The town elder snorts in response “Pack of crazy fools” in laughter and gives his “reasons” why the lottery should continue each year‚ “There’s

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    the lottery

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    tradition that is no longer applicable to its way of life. Furthermore‚ women are treated with an air of inferiority. They are to stand next to their husbands while the men draw for the fate of the family. No new innovations are established in this growing town‚ and people are feeling more trapped as their families continue to grow. If I were in charge of the society‚ I would eliminate the lottery as my first order of business. This would allow the community to live more freely‚ without the anxiety of watching

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