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    Jacquelyn Mahome Mrs. Koehler English 4 AP October 3‚ 2014 Clothes Analysis In Clothes‚ Divakaruni uses symbolism to enhance her writing. Throughout the story Sumita is judged and represented by the attire she wears. In the beginning of the story Sumita is wearing a yellow sari‚ later on she wears a light pink sari‚ and then when she is on the plane to America she wears blue with a hint of red. After she arrives in America her husband Somesh bought her a silk skirt and and a cream blouse‚ a pair

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    3.7 Forgiveness In this chapter‚ the author says that he erred in saying that chastity was the most unpopular Christian virtue. Instead‚ he says‚ what is even worse than chastity is the duty of forgiving our enemies. Consequently‚ most people‚ including Christians‚ do not even desire to think about forgiving; it makes them sick to speak of it. Nonetheless‚ if we do not forgive others‚ it is a certainty according to Christian doctrine‚ that we will not be forgiven. Additionally‚ as a part of forgiving

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    Disgraced is a drama play that was produced first produced in 2012. The play takes place in a spacious apartment on New York’s Upper East Side. The play has three different time periods through the play in 2011-2012. With the first two scenes taking place in late summer of 2011.The third scene takes place three months later in the fall. The final scene is six months later in the spring. Disgrace exhibits over those time periods themes of person vs religion‚ person vs. self. From the beginning of

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    Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan is a memoir retelling the story of the struggles of mental illness. Susannah Cahalan was in her twenties when she first started experiencing the symptoms of her rare brain disease. It took many tests and several doctors until the correct diagnosis of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis was found. Although Susannah’s memories from the hospitals are practically non existent‚ she used her journalism skills to piece together the story and write her book. In which Cahalan

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    The book ‘The Animal Farm’ is a cleverly written book by George Orwell‚ which was first published in 1945. The time in which the book’s happenings play is not very specific‚ but can be concluded to the early 20th century in a farm house of rural England. In this book George Orwell describes the negative sides of communism by using different animals on a farm to substitute the different ranks and positions of people in a communist country. This fictional story features quite a few main characters

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    possible. In Randy Pausch’s The Last Lecture‚ he attempts to fulfil his childhood dreams of floating. Through Pausch’s experiences trying to get on NASA’s “Vomit Comet”‚ he learns a valuable lesson that he choses to include in his last lecture. Pausch didn’t want to be an astronaut‚ but he still wanted the feeling of being in zero gravity. To do that‚ he had to get on NASA’s “Vomit Comet”. It was a plane that flew up and down in arc movements. This allowed a brief window in which its occupants could

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    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is often referred to as the greatest musical genius of all time in Western musical tradition. His creative method was extraordinary: his writings show that he almost always wrote a complete composition mentally before finally writing it on paper. Mozart created 600 works in his short life of 35 years. His works included 16 operas‚ 41 symphonies‚ 27 piano concerti‚ and 5 violin concerti‚ 25 string quartets‚ and 19 masses. Mozart was born on Jan. 27‚ 1756‚ in Salzburg‚ Austria

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    these agencies and profit. According to a study done on World War II‚ “the United States had produced 80‚000 landing craft‚ 100‚000 tanks and armored cars‚ 300‚000 airplanes‚ fifteen million guns‚ and forty-one billion rounds of ammunition”. Not only was America producing at an incredible rate‚ the nation also came together as one in such a way that was not seen before the war. People were proud to work for their nation during the war time; there was a strong sense of patriotism in America. Women

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    The book is called “The Lovely Bones.” The plot of this story is figuring out who murdered Susie. The theme of this novel is murder and mystery. The setting is in a small town in Pennsylvania. Here are multiple things that are the same or different from the book over to the movie are these things; One‚ there are less emotional scenes throughout the movie there were plenty more in the book. Second‚ the book depicts a lot of graphic details murders. Third‚ throughout the book there is a lot of suspense

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    The Outsiders is an interesting book.The book is about a gang called greasers and another gang called the Socio. The greaser Pony boy has to be either kept with his family ‚or sent away to a foster care. Many people say he should stay with his family‚ but me I say he should go to a foster care. Foster cares are a place for children should relax and forget all there problems. Foster cares treat students with respect and dignity. They worry great of the students care. Foster cares give the

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