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    significant emotion is happiness. Happiness can range from something as a big as winning the power ball to something as miniscule as a pet. The miniscule things are what tie us down‚ and make sure we stay sane. In the play Trifles by the playwright Susan Glaspell the thing that tied down a Midwestern farmwife Minnie Wright‚ was her little canary. The one miniscule thing that kept her sane from all of the sadness that surrounded her caused by her emotionally abusive husband. With the death of it‚ came

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    Susan Fine wrote a book by the name of “Initiation”. This book was one that was meant to tell a story and hopefully inspire people. It was also wrote to let people know that they are not the only ones going through things. This book was based on a boy that goes by the name Mauricio Londono. He was raised in poverty and wanted a escape. In this he found a school he could attend which he thought he wishedd he had as a life‚ although when he got there it was a different story. He tried to use people

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    possess such a key is to tumble like Alice down her rabbit hole. She didn’t choose to go to Wonderland- but she made of it an adventure that was fresh and fantastic and very much her own” (Cain 266). When tying the arguments from her novel together‚ Susan Cain talks about the power given to introverts‚ and what amazing things can happen when they choose to embrace that power. Cain published Quiet in order to explain the role of introverts in society. She emphasizes that her book is directed to all members

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    The story is told from three different POVs: From Libby Day in the present and from Ben and Patty Day in 1985. There’s a fourth narrative near the end that provides a surprising twist. You jump from past to present‚ slowly piecing together the story as Libby does. Whilst I’m not the biggest fan of multiple perspectives and constant flashbacks‚ I think that Gillian Flynn has this technique nailed down to a tee. It was a day in the year of 1985 when Ben – Libby’s older brother – allegedly murdered

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    Sample response 6: The Motorcycle Diaries Response by: Kerri-Jane Burke The question Discoveries often require individuals to reconsider their perspective and develop a new understanding of the world around them. Examine this statement in relation to your prescribed text and at least ONE related text. Prescribed Text: The Motorcycle Diaries‚ Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara‚ 2003 (nonfiction/memoir) Related Text: Wide Open Road‚ The Triffids‚ 1986 (music video) Introduction opens with thesis statement

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    My case is called ‘The Landlady’‚ this case is proving that the landlady is guilty of murder. This lady has murdered a 17 year old boy named Billy Weaver‚ and has also murdered 2 other boy named Christopher Mulholland and Gregory Temple‚ who were also at the age 17. Billy’s branch manager noticed he had not come in for his job‚ so he sent me to investigate the lady who last saw Billy. The lady owns a bed and breakfast and offered Billy to stay there‚ but after that Billy went missing. I chose this

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    Ella Jones Case Summary

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    On November 16‚ 2008 a lady name Ella Jones was murdered in her own home. She was stabbed to death and suffered from internal bleeding. The neighbor next door over heard the altercation but he didn’t think anything of it. He then went back to sleep and decided to check on her in the morning like he always does. That morning he went to see if she was okay‚ as he walked over there he noticed the door was open. He quickly became aware of Ella’s death. He ran back home to call the police. The police

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    Triffles is a play in which Mr. Hale and Sherriff Peters are investigating the cause of death of John Wright. Wright appears to have been strangled with a rope and the first suspect in the crime is his wife‚ Mrs. Wright. In the presence of Mrs. Wight’s friends‚ Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale‚ the two men begin searching for leads to the cause of the murder. The two women are fascinated by female stuff in the house and are especially attracted to Mrs. Wright’s unfinished quilt “pulling a knot and ripping

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    Mrs. G Nutrition Case

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    I. Identifying and Demographic Information Mrs. G is an eighty-six year old Caucasian woman of Jewish descent and faith. She is approximately five feet tall and dresses impeccably. She is widowed and currently lives in an assisted living facility. Prior to retirement‚ Mrs. G worked as a secretary in a law firm for twenty years and experienced an upper-middle class status throughout her life. Mrs. G is articulate and insightful‚ but speaks slowly and without much inflection. II.Presenting Problem

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    Once there were two girls at their houses who both have just gotten their admittance letters to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Sharon and Payton are both best friends but are different. Sharon is very loyal and Payton is very brave. They don’t know what is really happening and were very confused when owls flew through their window and dropped the letters in their hands. They had been in the middle of calling each other when a large tawny owl came to Payton’s and a barn owl came to Sharon’s

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