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    Dorothy’s A Long Way from Home! The movie the “Wizard of Oz” was made in the year of 1939. Ever since it premiered‚ many people instantly fell in love with it and continue to watch it to this day. The “Wizard of Oz” is considered a classic and a must see among all types of audiences. The plot of the film is a girl named Dorothy who lives in Kansas with her family and a dog that she recently found named Toto. A tornado hits Kansas and causes Dorothy to become unconscious. When

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    The Long Christmas Ride Home On Wednesday May 27thth‚ I attended a play produced by The Ohio State University Department of Theatre‚ written by Paula Vogel‚ and titled The Long Christmas Ride Home. I really enjoyed this play for it was creative‚ and easy to follow. The characters‚ the setting‚ and the music all came together to create a memorable play. This production was about a moment that changed one family’s life forever. It is a play with puppets‚ in which one could say its themes are revolved

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    In short‚ the two films I chose to compare and contrast are Faith Even to The Fire and The Long Walk to Freedom because both films cover diversity and ethics. Therefore‚ both films have disenfranchise groups such as in the film Faith Event to The Fire the Nuns are being disenfranchise and in the film the Long Walk to Freedom the African Americans are the group being disenfranchise because of the color of their skin. The differences between the groups are the reasons on why they’re being disenfranchise

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    our pastor advised us this past Sunday. The highlight of my entire weekend in one simple yet deep sentence. After I left school Friday‚ I went home to enjoy a placid weekend with friends and family; however the moment I stepped into my house‚ everything I planned was thrown out the window. My mom was as ill as a hornet‚ and my dad was on his way home. Trying to escape the madness‚ I dodged into my room and fell asleep. Around 2:30 my mother marched into my room yelling‚ “Courtney Breanna‚ get

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    Because of how the settings’ affected the character Nya in A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park‚ the book displays the fight against one’s environment. To begin with‚ the dirty water which Nya and her village drank from every day made Nya’s little sister‚ Akeer‚ ill. When Nya and her family were at the health clinic‚ “‘Her sickness came from the water‚’ the nurse explained. ‘She should drink only good clean water. If the water is dirty‚ you should boil it for a count of two hundred before she drinks

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    In the book A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park‚Salva is a young boy is living through a Civil War in Southern Sudan. Salva gets separated from his family and has to walk for years to refugee camps in other countries in Africa. Salva was one of the lost boys to come live in America. After visiting his sick father in Sudan‚ Salva gets inspired to bring clean water to the people who need it in Sudan by digging wells for them.Salva relies on his family‚ outside help‚ and perseverance to survive.

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    Book Review by Alan Deutschman Leadership is about inspecting not expecting or to put it another way leaders should practice what they preach. However‚ few leaders seem to actually do it. In Walk the Walk‚ Mr. Deutschman‚ a consultant and ¬former ¬Fortune magazine writer‚ argues that ¬leaders are most effective when they rely on the power of their ¬example. People who become leaders have many options. One way a leader can lead is by becoming a ruler. Machiavellian leaders who rule tell people

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    Salva struggled to survive. He hit rock bottom‚ But he survived. What kept him going? What did he do? Linda Sue Park (author of A Long Walk To Water) wrote a book based off a real person named Salva. Salva was one of survivors of the lost boys. She made the book to show his life and the struggles he went through. The top 3 factors of his survival were him going to America‚ finding his uncle and just keep walking. The most important factor of Salva’s survival is him going to America. Salva thought

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    pressure. Walking can also protect you from certain cancers. Walking strengthens bones and can relieve joint pain and swelling. Walking can help you lose weight or manage your weight. If you walk on a daily basis it can help relieve stress and can make you feel energetic. To receive these benefits you only have to walk for 30 minutes a day‚ 10 minutes at a time. To get 30 minutes a day you can substitute things like talking the stairs instead of the elevator or parking farther away. Exercise can help

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    A Changed Life In the historical fiction novel A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park‚ a boy named Salva escapes from his village after the rebels attack. Before the rebels took over Salva’s village he went to school everyday. Each day after school his mother would always be waiting for him at home with a bowl of warm milk. In the historical fiction novel The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis‚ a girl named Parvana lives in Kabul‚ Afghanistan‚ during the Taliban rule. Before the Taliban

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