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    follows Holden’s travels to Manhattan where he spends three days wondering around to different places such as Penn station where he gets off the train from his school‚ the Edmont hotel‚ the lavender room‚ Ernies bar‚ the museum of natural history‚ the lagoon central park‚ and Grand Central Station. Because the takes place in the 1950’s it gives the younger protagonist more freedom to roam around the streets of New York by himself unlike if the book was set in modern times where people would stop him

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    choice‚ symbolism and tone. The setting of the novel is the first indication that the theme could be centered around loneliness. When George talks to Lennie about the advantage they have over other itinerant workers of the time‚ they are near a lagoon which‚ to anyone alone would seem lonely‚ but to them seems comfortable as they have each other. George described how other ranch hands like themselves who traveled alone had nothing to look forward to‚ and no one to look after them. He told Lennie

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    I belong to a small island community‚ Kwajalein Atoll‚ Marshall Islands. This small island in the Pacific Ocean is home to a United States military base where my parents work as government contractors. I attend the only high school with my small graduating class of 13. I have lived here for just over a year‚ but I have easily involved myself with the community and created relationships with fascinating people. This island is home to about 1‚000 people; many move frequently and a rare few have spent

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    possessive about it. Holden has a very clear perception about everything. He can see right through a person and he hates phonies. While Holden’s teacher Mr. Spencer was talking to him‚ Holden was thinking about where the ducks at the lagoon in Central Park go when the lagoon gets frozen and icy. This doubt of his is repeated several times in the book. He wonders where these ducks go when times get hard. Similarly‚

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    Book Report Paul D’Arcy‚ The People of the Sea: Environment‚ Identity‚ and History in Oceania (Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press‚ 2006) 292 pages $22.50 In D’Arcy’s “The People of the Sea” he talks about the maritime dimension of Remote Oceania’s history on the period from 1770 until 1870. The study emphasizes Pacific Islanders varied relationships with the sea as evolving processes during an era of crucial transition”. This was the period as the eve of Western contact‚ but D’Arcy focuses

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    In the Lord of the Flies‚ written by William Golding‚ one of the most important symbols in the novel is the conch shell. The conch is a shell that the boys found in a lagoon on the island. “We can use this to call the others. Have a meeting.”(20). They use the conch to summon the group to meetings and help govern the boys. The conch started off as a symbol of power and democracy. Over the course of the book‚ both power and authority start to fall apart. The first boy to ignore the power of the shell

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    As you all vividly remember‚ the Jersey Shore took a pounding during Hurricane Sandy. The winds‚ flooding‚ and whipping sand plummet the shoreline and communities forever changing the landscape. Some of you may not have gotten to appreciate this first hand. Maybe you do not have a house at the shore. Our two houses survived on the whole‚ but grasping the destruction and devastation‚ hit me in a way I never thought it could. I sensed in my heart that I was getting a glimpse into what transition

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    or why they are there. The maze runner also ended up at the place and( the journey leads to a path towards victory. There are already people there trying to find the way out of this) Maryam -Like Ralph is trying to get out of the lagoon‚ in the 21st century when people face crisis‚

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    A representative is chosen or appointed to act or speak for another or others‚ according to Google. The play by Luis Valdez takes place in LA during 1943 where both World War 2 and the Zoot Suit riots were happening. In the play Zoot Suit we follow Henry who is a pachuco‚ a part of a gang called the 38th street gang and El Pachuco who likes to give Henry advice on what to do throughout the play yet he is unable to interact with anyone other than Henry. Along with Della‚ Rudy‚ Lupe‚ Smiley‚ Joey‚

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