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    Hayes Morrison‚ Hayley Atwell‚ is a former First Daughter who has been given a second chance after being put in a jail cell for possession of cocaine. She’s provocative‚ dangerous‚ and very blunt. I like it. Her punishment for the cocaine and sleeping with multiple of her students: leading the CIU (Conviction Integrity Unit).  Personally‚ I thought the pilot was very good but it did feel like it was missing something. The chemistry between D.A. Conner Wallace‚ Eddie Cahill‚ and Hayes Morrison is

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    lessons by reading short stories that where the main characters discover something about life and about themselves. There Character and the way the use of actions‚ words‚ or thoughts carry throughout the story can relate to many realistic personas. In Toni Cade Bambara’s short story‚ The Lesson‚ the author presents a lesson to be learned. The narrator‚ Sylvia a young‚ self minded‚ lack of vocabulary‚ strong feminist African American from a poor neighborhood in New York is in for a great awakening‚ with

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    In “the war of the wall” by Toni Cade Bambara‚ the painter girl keeps being called “rude” even though she didn’t do much to have the kids call her that. The story shows the struggles in America while also teaching not to make assumptions about people and their motives‚ bambaras use of irony‚ and a theme that makes the message of the story interesting and exciting to say the least. The biggest theme in the story is integration‚ it is started at the start of the story when the narrator says “big kids

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    as a normal coconut on the outside‚ but he lacks the quality of the fruit‚ leaving Meursault nothing but a shell. Meursault believes he is the only real individual‚ often disassociating himself from society or the other fruits. His role in The Stranger by Albert Camus proves life is what you make of it‚ for Meursault‚ life is meaningless and religion is hoax‚ but at the end of the day he put himself in his deadly situation. Despite the constant pressure of the outside world‚ Meursault is not forced

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    Toni Cade Bambara’s short story‚ "The Lesson‚" takes place in inner city New York. The main character‚ Sylvia‚ is a fourteen year old African American girl‚ who tells the story in a first person narrative. Sylvia mentions Miss Moore‚ a teacher who felt that it was her duty to help underprivileged children learn. Miss Moore felt there was a lesson to learn at FAO Schwartz‚ a very expensive‚ upper class toy store in downtown Manhattan. The reason Miss Moore brings the children to FAO Schwartz is captured

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    Within The Lesson‚ written by Toni Cade Bambara‚ the question of inequality and poverty arises in response to the juxtaposition of the two neighborhoods in the story‚ Harlem and Manhattan. Bambara introduces children as the most important occupants of a typical New York slum‚ mainly in regards to their ability to escape the constraints of their own environment. As highlighted in the story‚ the elders of this African American community have accepted the social inequality and the economic conditions

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    “One must learn from their mistakes.” “If someone doesn’t have anything nice to say‚ they shouldn’t say anything at all.” “Everyone should treat others how they wish to be treated themselves.” These are common saying that almost everyone hears at least once in their lifetime. However‚ these saying do not really have any meaning or resonate with people until they come across an encounter with someone or something in which one of these statements applies‚ and then they can truly understand what it

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    Giovanni Paolo Pannini or Panini (June 17‚ 1691 – Rome‚ October 21‚ 1765) was an Italian painter and architect‚ mainly known as one of the vedutisti or (veduta‚ or "view painters").As a young man‚ Pannini trained in his native town of Piacenza as a stage designer. In 1711‚ he moved to Rome‚ where he studied drawing with Benedetto Luti and became famous as a decorator of palaces‚ including the Villa Patrizi (1718–1725) and the Palazzo de Carolis (1720). As a painter‚ Pannini is best known for his

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    Name of Text: “Welcome Stranger” Composer & Date of Publication: Stephanie Dowrick‚ 2008 Type of Text: Feature Article What is the text about? The text basically gets you to question whether you are an includer or excluder. It’s about people fitting in to different groups at all ages. Identify links to belonging: What elements of this text explore the concept of belonging? The whole text explores people’s connections to others in different groups and settings and questions our role in

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    The Stranger by Albert Camus is without a doubt one of the most iconic French novels to be released. The story begins with main character Meursault being introduced as someone with emotional indifference and lack of care for daily life. From there‚ readers get to see different sides of his character through interactions with various characters. Like most literary pieces‚ these small characters help contribute to the major character’s development. One of these characters in the book is one of his

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