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    are Lucy Stone and Hillary Clinton. The Woman’s Rights Movement has had its first wave of feminists become upfront ever since the later half of the 19th century leading to all the people changing the way women are seen to this day. Their goals have revolved around gaining equal pay‚ voting‚ education‚ high power jobs‚ and many others; immense as well as trivial objectives to come. A great amount of women have strived for their rights to be set equal to men. Such an example would be Lucy Stone. She had

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    I read the book Harry Potter And The Sorcerers Stone by: JK Rowling. In this book there are many very interesting characters. Even though there were so many colorful characters I found that the 2 most intriguing characters were Draco Malfoy and Albus Dumbledore. Even though these two characters aren’t the main characters but they caught my attention better than the main character ever did. Draco is a first year Slytherin student at Hogwarts. Harry first meets the Draco in Diagon Alley and dislikes

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    STONE COLD is a novel aimed at young adults‚ and was written by Robert Swindells. The book’s basic plot revolves around the life of 16 year-old ‘Link‚’ born in Bradford in 1977. Link’s real name is not specified at any point throughout the course of the book. The book begins with Link’s life in Bradford‚ with his mother’s new lover Vince moving in to the household (Link’s father had disappeared) and taking a firm‚ cruel stance towards Link. The tension in the home begins to make the relationship

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    example‚ in Twelfth Night). Additionally‚ Shakespeare’s fools amuse with their convoluted logic and witty plays on words. In As You Like It‚ Touchstone‚ although he delights with his wit‚ serves a somewhat different purpose. A "touchstone" was a stone that was used to determine if metals were precious. Rubbed against a touchstone‚ gold and silver would leave a distinguishable mark. ’’Touchstone’’ has come to signify anything that tests and reveals virtue or worth. This is the purpose Touchstone

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    In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone‚ by J.K. Rowling‚ the main theme is the idea of good vs. evil. Harry Potter is a wizard that lives with a muggle(human) family. When he was a baby‚ Voldemort‚ the most powerful dark wizard‚ killed both his parents and tried to kill him‚ but instead of dieing‚ Harry was a left with a lightning bolt scar and the memory of his dead parents. He was left at the doorstep of his muggle aunt and uncle who highly dislike him and his wizard powers. When he was sent

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    Harry Potter and the Philospher’s Stone Harry Potter thinks he is an ordinary boy. He lives with his Uncle Vernon‚ Aunt Petunia and cousin Dudley‚ who are mean to him and make him sleep in a cupboard under the stairs. (Dudley‚ however‚ has two bedrooms‚ one to sleep in and one for all his toys and games.) Then Harry starts receiving mysterious letters and his life is changed forever. He is whisked away by a beetle-eyed giant of a man and enrolled at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

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    In this assignment I will present a comparison between two war poems: all armies are the same and the stone fleet. These poems were authored during the First World War and the American civil war. I will be in a position to demonstrate that despite the lethalness of the wars which involved great loss of human life and massive property destruction‚ the lack of an objective

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    Ursula Hegi’s novel‚ Stones From The River‚ exposes the reader of the persecutions of religious beliefs‚ a gossiping dwarf‚ and the people of Burgdorf‚ a small German town in the time of the Nazi Holocaust. The novel is set in World War I and continues through World War II. The Second World War is brought on by the hunger of power it is known as the otherness war. “In the Third Reich otherness is a crime.”(Chadwick 2) Hitler‚ a Nazi leader‚ wants to gain control of Germany and

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    Following Harry Potter on an incredible journey‚ full of thrill‚ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows‚ part 2‚ is full excitement. This movie has been a phenomena since the very first movie‚ Harry Potter and the Sorcer’s Stone‚ launched on November‚ 2001. After ten hers we come together to put an end to the story of “the boy who lived” in the last battle against the forces of evil. The cast‚ cinematography‚ and mystery in this film made on of the finest films ever created. Each feature in this movie

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    After reading‚ “The Jeweler Wallace Chan: “The Stone Is Me‚” I believe that the making of jewelry isn’t easy‚ and it requires a lot of time and dedication. In this article they talked about Wallace Chan and his path to how he ended up doing what he loves most‚ making jewelry. But not just any jewelry. Each of his pieces mean something to him‚ he makes it with all of his love‚ and all of his pieces are technically his children. Wallace Chan started out working with his family making plastic flowers

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