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    up to the American revolution. This song A Change Would Do You Good - Sheryl Crow. is showing the colonist want a change. The fourth time period is the American revolution. The song

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    Where Are You Going

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    In the 1960s‚ when Oates wrote “Where Are You Going . . . ‚” a social revolution was happening. American women were asserting their rights and independence from men‚ and they were claiming their sexuality in a way they had never done before. One frequently discussed topic was adolescence and the struggles and anxieties that many young girls endured as they lost their sexual innocence and became adult women. Feeling undervalued in their homes and relationships with men‚ women questioned their role

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    Language is one of the most important things in the world. The ability to communicate in other languages is what sets us apart from the animal world. If we do not preserve the old languages and force the world to only speak one‚ we are forcing the world to lose its own identity and culture. Without language we couldn’t read texts and stories from other countries‚ or even from further back in history. I love learning other languages and I love speaking them. To speak another person’s language‚ to

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    hands. What they touched‚ you touched and you probably put it into your mouth. • • extra fat‚ sugar‚ and salt are the main culpret in why you feel bloated after eating fast food. • Restaurants serve foods aimed at appeasing our most primitive sensory triggers‚ fat and sugar. Add salt and overpowering aroma to that mixture and you get a sensational urge to eat—and clean your plate. Meanwhile‚ your digestive system is saying “hold the bloat.” • All of the extra fat makes you feel bloated and your

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    In Joyce Carol Oates’ “‘Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?’ and Smooth Talk: Short Story into Film‚” Oates writes that Connie “An innocent young girl is seduced by way of her own vanity” and that “she confuses death for erotic romance” (419). Oates clearly defines her point when Connie first discovers Arnold Friend at the drive in diner. She catches Friend staring at her with a big smile and Connie “slit her eyes at him and turned away‚ but she couldn’t help looking back” (409). The fact

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    in “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates‚ is depicted as a self-centered‚ condescending‚ insecure fifteen year old girl growing into a woman. Connie comes off as a troubled young girl who consistently uses her sexuality for attention but at the same time is afraid of intimacy. This is said be due to her fractured relationships with her family; her frequent excursions with older boys that appeared to not have any interest after the first encounter with them. The impatience

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    minister. When the minister returned to the palace‚ he went straight to the court where the king was seated and reported that the sandalwood merchant had a gift for him. The king was surprised. When he opened the package‚ he was pleasantly surprised by the fine golden color of the sandalwood and its agreeable fragrance. Pleased‚ he sent some gold coins to the sandalwood merchant. The king also felt sorry in his heart that he had harboured unbecoming thoughts of killing the shopkeeper. When the shopkeeper

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    I Forgive You

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    are the closest to you. If someone else wrongs you‚ it is easier to forgive‚ because you most probably don’t expect much from that person anyway. If someone who is close to you however‚ a friend or partner for example‚ then for them to do something which requires forgiveness means that they have betrayed your trust to some extent. I think that the level of trust breached determines how easy it is to then forgive someone. I think if someone made a genuine mistake and this hurt you‚ then there is nothing

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    Maggie Alderson ”Are You Ready‚ Boots?” 2007 Are You Ready Boots is a short story about an English girl called Lulu and her black leather boots. The story begins in New York where Lulu‚ her good pal Spencer and another freind are on a four day trip. On a shoe sale she finds these marvellous boots that makes her feel fantastic‚ and she buys them. When shes back in England she can’t bear to wear them bacause they were so expensive. Until one night six month later when she’s going out with Spencer

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    10 Things To Remember After You Graduate- or in general/10 ways to be awesome after you graduate So you’ve just graduated polytechnic a little less than a month ago. Well‚ congratulations to you for getting over this major milestone! You find yourself in a slew of celebratory parties‚ a string of familial affairs‚ newfound sense of “freedom” – you get the drift‚ it’s all been pretty awesome right? Wrong. Because amidst the celebration & all things fun‚ lurks a swiftly escalating feeling of generalized

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