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    interested in him‚ he questions why her brother would even set them up. This could be a conflict because Kali is not in love with men‚ and could be shunned by her community and her family (Cooper‚ S 2004). In a short play titled “Mistaken Identity” by Sharon E. Cooper two people meet at a busy bar for a blind date. Steven is an American cowboy finishing school in England and Kali is of Indian heritage and a Hindu. The two are on a blind date trying to appease family members and social

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    Driving in the winter and summer is extremely thrilling to me. Living in Minnesota you get the luxury of experiencing both of these seasons. Now driving in these seasons is very different. You have to conform to your environment‚ which entails changing your driving style in order to be safe. Minnesota winters can be pretty harsh and dangerous. Once the snow starts to pile up‚ you have to be very careful of not slipping off the road. Slowing down five‚ even ten miles per hour‚ under the speed limit

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    Spring‚ Summer‚ Fall‚ Winter‚ . . .and Spring After weeks of studying and learning about the Buddhist religion‚ it is easy to see the Buddhist ideals in the movie Spring‚ Summer‚ Fall‚ Winter‚ . . . and Spring. One of the main points that was stressed in the movie was some of the Buddhist precepts. One of the Buddhist precepts specifically says “To Refrain From Causing Harm To Other Living Beings” (Pauling 21). Another point that the movie focused on with the Buddhist precept involved “To

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    The book I chose for my book club is “The Skin I’m in”‚ written by Sharon G. Flake. After Sharon’s daughter was born it gave her the inspiration and dedication to write. Flake wrote short stories for her daughter‚ and read them at her daughter’s daycare. She then wanted to write children’s books with an African-American emphasis‚ this lead to her purpose of writing “The Skin I’m in”. The book was published in 1998 making this Sharon G. Flake debut novel. My reasoning for choosing this book was the

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    1. Why did Hitler declare war on the United States in 1941? Hitler declared war against the United States on December 11th of 1941‚ just a few days after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th. I think the basis upon which Hitler declared war was his signing of Tripartite Pact towards the end of September of 1940. The pact was signed by Germany‚ Japan‚ and Italy‚ along with some other smaller eastern European states‚ and was aimed at bring the signatories‚ who seemingly had aligned

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    Tears of a Tiger By: Sharon Draper Isbn-10 #: 0689806981 Themes: Death‚ Depression‚ Decisions Reading level: Young Adults Teaching Connections: I see this as a good book to use with young African Americans because the main characters in the book are African American kids in high school. The novel is also a very good teaching aide because it includes many different types of writing styles like poems‚ letters and short essays. I feel the strongest point to using the book in the classroom is the

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    Driving in the winter and driving in the summer are immeasurably different. One has to have specific driving skills in order to safely drive in extreme winter conditions. In my opinion half of winter weather deaths in the United States are caused by icy road accidents. It can be widely agreed that winter is the most difficult season for drivers to travel in‚ while the summer is the most trouble-free. There are many similarities and differences between winter and summer driving. One similarity between

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    example of how a father is supposed to be. The poem "Those Winter Sundays"‚ by Robert Hayden is an excellent example of how someone could grow up with a father who is there but isn’t really there. Sure he provides for the house but he isn’t making the child feel comfortable because he is always fighting and angry. It is apparent that the child still loves and appreciates him however because he provides warmth during the harsh colds of the winter

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    Twins from Birth Every decision may change someone’s fate. Every little decision matters‚ it could change someone’s life or kill them. F. Scott Fitzgerald had created both Winter Dreams and The Great Gatsby. The two stories are quite similar ‚but also very unique in their own way. Gatsby and Dexter both come from either poor or middle class families. The two just want to fit into the higher class and both of them needed the last piece to becoming apart of the higher class. The location Gatsby and

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    In the novel Fire From The Rock by Sharon Draper‚ the protagonist Sylvia is consistently faced with the controversy of the decision of going to either Dunbar and Mann High School or Central High School. Dunbar and Mann seems like the more viable option because of the time period Sylvia is living in‚ 1939‚ which obviously had tremendous amounts of discrimination for black citizens. The alternative‚ however‚ for the all-black school is Central High School‚ a white school that is beginning to engage

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