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    Adventure In the middle of May‚ on a bus platform in Boston‚ I looked up at the sky. It was bright blue as if painted by water colors. Meanwhile‚ I had mustered all my courage‚ and my brain was full of adrenaline. With the engine sound of BRRRRRR‚ the adventure started. Adventure. It is an exciting experience in which dangerous or unusual things happen. The meaning also involves a willingness to try new things‚ take risks. Last summer‚ I made a big bold plan‚ taking an Italian summer session at

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    Have you ever heard of the great Mark Twain? Many people have and recognize his novels by name; especially his most famous book called Huckleberry Finn. The great thing about Huck is that it was meant to be a simple book‚ but ended up deemed a classic. The reason for this is that it contains many great american themes and motifs. Many American novels‚ books and movies also contain these themes and motifs‚ making it very easy to compare Huckleberry Finn to Pleasantville. Although very different "stories"

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    This summer I didn’t really have much to do other than work‚ I had three jobs and it wasn’t the funniest thing‚ but I earned a lot of money. In addition‚ I spent some time coming to school in the after noons and working out. However‚ this summer not like my other summers I had some new experiences and memories the make me smile. First‚ summer is hot and with that brings the fact that people never go out nor feel like doing anything. In addition‚ three jobs made it even more impossible for me

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    There’s no place like home‚ and when you leave home it’s never the same. Until you leave home‚ you become a stranger waiting to settle down and call some place of your own “home”. You become what everyone would call an “outsider”. There are certain traditions and memories left behind that makes the place you once called home unique and different than any other county. As an outsider moving to the US‚ it became clear to me that all I had to do was install those traditions and memories inside of me

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    many other reasons. They do not look further in the books to see exactly what the author is trying to portray. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ by Mark Twain‚ is banned in various places in the United States. This book should not be banned because‚ this book shows an important part in our history‚ it is not pro-racism‚ and it shows how far along we have come since then. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is very important to the American culture. When Mark Twain was around‚ the use of the word "nigger"

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    Taylor Barstow English 102 1st Trimester Exam - Essay Huckleberry Finn In chapter 11 of Huckleberry Finn‚ Huck dresses up as a girl and goes ashore in order to find out what is happening in his town. During his trip‚ Huck is forced to lie many times in order to maintain the idea that he is a girl. Once Huck learns that he and his slave-friend Jim are being chased‚ he quickly makes a decoy in order to “buy some time” for Jim and himself to get away. The combination of Huck’s compulsive dishonesty

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    Sherlock Holmes is hired by a retired art supply dealer from Lewisham‚ Josiah Amberley‚ to look into his wife’s disappearance. She has left with a neighbour‚ Dr. Ray Ernest‚ taking a sizeable quantity of cash and securities. Amberley wants the two tracked down. Holmes is too busy with another case at the moment; so he sends Dr. Watson to Lewisham to observe what he can‚ although Watson is keenly aware that this is more Holmes’s province. He does his best‚ observing that Amberley is busy painting

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    "Censorship is telling a man he can’t have a steak just because a baby can’t chew it." (Mark Twain) Throughout the last hundred years‚ Mark Twain’s famous American novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has been the center of a heated debate. This argument is centered around the allowance of the book in the curriculum of public schools. Many people from many different interest groups have stated their opinion about the book and the argument‚ presenting various pertinent arguments; however‚ the

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    Excellent Adventure. Chicago Review Press‚ Chicago: 2009. Many former presidents often faded into obscurity and‚ more often than not back then‚ were poor after their presidency. Harry Truman is a prime example of these types of presidents‚ but he did something that set him apart from these other presidents. He took a road trip with his wife on an army pension of just $112.56. Told chronologically and written with a good amount of humor and historical details‚ Harry Truman’s Excellent Adventure by Matthew

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    Adventure If I could go anywhere in the world‚ I would go to Hawaii. Hawaii is a very beautiful place‚ and a great vacation destination. Experiencing the culture of Hawaii would be a wonderful experience. Hawaii would be an amazing adventure and I would learn a lot about Hawaiians culture and way of life. Some of the things I would be interested in are eating the food‚ listening to Hawaiian music‚ and exploring the cities. Learning about Hawaiian culture would allow me to learn what life is like

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