“Analyze a theme” In the story “The Last Dog” far in the future a teenager named Brock goes outside of a dome that most people stayed in because they said the outside was dangerous. Brock left the dome to go explore and while he was out he found a dog which was the last dog on earth. He took the dog back to the dome‚ but the scientists said they were going to do experiments on it. He pretended like the dog had rabies and brought it back outside to run free. I liked the story because he followed his
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Dogs protect our livestock‚ homes‚ and children. They detect bombs‚ lead the blind‚ and track criminals and the stranded alike. Some tow boats to shore. Others race across fields in search of game. Some dogs flush‚ retrieve‚ or point. Others herd‚ gather‚ drive‚ or drove. Some dogs pull sleds‚ taking us where we could never go alone. Others sniff out drugs‚ detect heart attacks‚ or listen to sounds in the forest we could never hear. Some dogs fill stewpots while luckier ones sit on cushions in royal
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Title: Dog Is Man’s Best Friend. ___________________________________________________________________________ We’ve all heard the phrase: Dog is man’s best friend. But just how far will your furry friends go to show how much they care? I will like to share with you all some of the most tear-jerking stories of loyalty and friendship‚ as dogs around the world go above and beyond to demonstrate their love for their human companions. The first story is Lost Dog Saves a Life. Yolanda’s neighbor‚ Stacey
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the short story the last dog by Katherine Patterson the main character brock who was born and lived in a futuristic dome where the superiors had made the image to the residents that outside of the dome is a destroyed barren and dead waste land and that everything is poisoned including the air and nothing is able to live. My opinion is that I found the story interesting but lacking in certain parts that made it sound stupid and very awkward in certain parts of the story. The plot of the story is that
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Martin Book Review “I can’t speak for all dogs‚ not all dogs are alike‚ and most certainly‚ not all dogs have the same experiences…” (Martin‚ Cover). A Dog’s Life‚ written by Ann Martin is an autobiography about a stray dog named Squirrel. This is a heart wrenching and emotional story that explains the struggles of being a stray dog‚ alone in the big world. The book also shows the various ways people treat strays. Told from the viewpoint of the dog‚ could be a new discovery for many pet lovers
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“Lady with the Pet Dog” Anton Pavlovich Chekhov‚ 1860-1904‚ Russian writer and physician.(Fragment) The son of a grocer and grandson of a serf‚ he helped support his family‚ while he studied medicine‚ by writing humorous sketches. His reputation as a master of the short story was assured when in 1888 “The Steppe‚” a story in his third collection‚ won the Pushkin Prize. The Island of Sakhalin(Novel or story?) (1893-94) was a report on his visit to a penal colony in 1890. Thereafter he lived
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Chekov wrote “The Cherry Orchard” and “Lady with the Dog” these two stories are different but also similar. There are two similar themes in these stories; love and society. The theme of love in the “Cherry Orchard” is represented by the fact that Lubov and Gaev loved the cherry orchard and the memories and did not want to sell‚ even to clear the family’s debt. When the idea of clearing the lot for summer homes is brought up they can’t even stomach the idea. Looking out at the orchard brings back
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Comparison and Contrast: "The Lady with the Pet Dog" Have you ever read a story and wondered if it would be different with a different point of view. Well with the story “The Lady with the Pet Dog” by Anton Chekhov and Joyce Carol Oates‚ we get a different point of view from both authors. Though there are similarities and differences in both stories the purpose of them only becomes clear when the two stories are read and compared. There are tons of differences that we could focus on but‚ we are
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Candidate Number Candidate Name ______________________________________________ INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TESTING SYSTEM Academic Reading PRACTICE TEST 1 hour Time 1 hour INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Do not open this question paper until you are told to do so. Write your name and candidate number in the spaces at the top of this page. Read the instructions for each part of the paper carefully. Answer all the questions. Write your answers on the answer sheet. Use a pencil. You
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The Best has Found Better Kristiana Cavar Mrs. Raposo February 27th2013 Janica Kostelic is a Croatian alpine skier. She is the most successful female skier ever‚ with four gold Olympic medals and two silver Olympic medals. She has won the gold in five world championships of skiing. Janica Kostelic was born in Zagreb‚ Croatia in the year 1982. She was born on the fifth of January. Janica Kostelic’s father Ante Kostelic is a skier himself and acts as her trainer. As money is scarce and hard
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