be very careful about revealing his feelings or thoughts. In the second part‚ David Strorm describes an ordinary play trip he took that turned into an inordinary event. He met Sophie. Through trying to help free her injured foot stuck between stones‚ David witness that one of her feet had six toes‚ a secret that Sophie tried her best to hide from him. Later at Sophie’s home‚ her mother made David promise to keep it a secret. In the last part‚ David describes his family and relatives‚ particularly
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From the top of her counter‚ Mrs Champagne loved the sound of her own voice. She was asthmatic and obese‚ white‚ and swollen‚ overdone. In her relaxed tissue‚ wrinkles crossed in all directions‚ streaking the forehead‚ basking eyes‚ lacerating the cheeks; these wrinkles were dug on her face‚ in black‚ as if the dust of age had penetrated under the skin and impregnated with indelible lines‚ the dermis. She was loquacious and gallivanted about‚ convinced of her importance‚ revered by the district
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the fact that Sophie is discovered in a "good" season. What is meant with "ironic"? What might have happened if the crops and newborn animals had been deviant? When Sophie and her six toes are discovered in a "good" season‚ it is ironic that she was the only deviation discovered in an otherwise deviation-free period. For if Sophie was discovered in a "good" season‚ she wouldn’t be discovered in a "bad" season. Furthermore‚ if the crops and newborn animals had been deviant‚ Sophie would not be discovered
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“A mother’s love is selfless.” With reference to one or more characters in The Chrysalids‚ evaluate whether this statement is true. On the surface‚ several of the women in The Chrysalids appear to be devoted mothers who prove the statement true. Recalling Aunt Harriet and Martie Wender’s actions‚ David “[wonders] how many mothers there might be who [are] turning a blind eye towards matters that [do] not actually infringe the Definition of the True Image – and perhaps to things that [do] infringe
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Gene Connolly and the Golden Oldies Lunch Club The sound of Cat Stevens can be heard drifting through the courtyard of Concord High School from the window of the principal’s corner office. It is that same courtyard where each morning‚ braced for whatever weather New Hampshire chose to thrust upon us‚ Gene Connolly stood firmly. Part sentinel‚ part one-man welcome committee‚ he greeted everyone who passed by with a wave and a smile‚ at the very least. In a school of over two-thousand students‚ even
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focus of the story. Was it Sophie or Hilde? But once I neared the end of the book‚ I realized that the book’s main character is a combination of the both‚ because Sophie and Hilde represent a direct translation to how we should react to philosophy and use it in our own lives‚ making us the real focus of the book. Gaarder uses so many symbols to convey the ideal philosopher and learner. We find out that Albert is the model for Alberto‚ and that Hilde is the model of Sophie. This reminded me of the
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Subjects in Jordan.Paper Presented at Fifth International Conference for the Society for Test Anxiety Research‚STAr‚Leinden‚the Netherlands‚May 31-June 2‚1984. Ahlawat‚K.(1988).Family Environmental Determinants of Test Anxiety in Jordanian Hihg Scholl Students.Advances in Test Anxiety Research‚Vol. 6. Al-Lababidi‚A.(1976).Study habits and attitudes of the students the University of Jordan.Unpublished M.A Thwesis‚Jordan‚Jordan Univwersity ‚Amman‚Jordan. Alatis‚E.‚ J.(1976).Teahing Foreign Languages-Why
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It is also described in the novel how Kochamma family change their behaviors when their half English cousin‚ Sophie Mol will come to India‚ they could not wait patiently for hers arrival‚ this show how important this colonizer are to them. Rahel and Estha are a good example of how innocent people affected by this love law that state in the book “who should be loved
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The first major cause of the First World War was the Treaty of Frankfurt. This treaty was signed as a direct result of the end of the Franco-Prussian War. The Franco-Prussian war was started on July 19‚ 1870‚ and the treaty was signed on May 10‚ 1871 (Doerr). This victory over the French helped prove the German empire as a major military force. After the victory the Treaty of Frankfurt was created by the German Chancellor‚ Otto von Bismarck . Otto von Bismarck was the leader that had masterminded
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nobody would like getting schooled. I think “ Schooled” is an appropriate title for the novel. The meaning of schooled is learn a lesson the hard way. There are three characters that I think that got schooled badly are Rain‚ Sophie Donnelly‚ and Capricorn Anderson. Sophie Donnelly (daughter of Mrs. Donnelly) got schooled badly. She got schooled because she use to hate cap and pour water on him and now since she found out that cap got the bracelet she now appreciates him for being nice to her all
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