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    If I Won the Lottery

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    If I won the lottery this would be the best feeling ever but it may also be very challenging as well. Winning the lottery would change everything completely. It would change the way I look‚ walk‚ and even talk. If I won the lottery the challenges that I know I would face are my friends becoming my enemies‚ I wouldn’t be able to receive no benefits or help from the state‚ and materialistic things that I would not need in my life. First‚ my friends becoming my enemies because your friends

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    A Walk to Remember

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    MUSIC – UNIT II Lesson 1- Music of the Romantic Period A. Vocal Forms * Recitative and Aria * Opera B. Instrumental Form * Sonata * Chamber Music * Concerto * Ballet * Suite Lesson 2- The Composers of the Romantic Period 1. Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) – turned poems into music. He is the father of German Lieder. 2. Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) – a German composer‚ pianist and conductor. 3. Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) – is the creator of romantic

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    The word Lottery has great meaning in everyone’s eyes. In the short story‚ “The Lottery”‚ the author did a great job keeping a suspenseful and inquiring meaning of what the village’s version of the lottery meant. In this short story the author wrote about a lottery that takes place in all villages. In this text the author focuses on one village. The author writes about the culture that goes into the lottery‚ the rules of the lottery‚ and the outcome in what happens whoever gets the chosen‚ which

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    the only thing taking away the fathers spirit but also his wife. In the poem

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    travel to school or walk?

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    Why should people travel to school or walk? Nowadays there is a phenomenon that more and more technology comes up‚ it’s really convenient to people‚ so humans purchase car instead of bike‚ they enjoyed And happiness‚ but recently the experts appeal that with the development of economic‚ humans should understand to protect environment from get profit. Of course‚ in contemporary‚ most of us will choose drive to school‚ it always has advantages over disadvantages‚ but the Earth we protect should

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    Breaking Away

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    The movie "Breaking Away" presents the story of a young man from working class origins who seeks to better himself by creating a persona through which he almost‚ but not quite‚ wins the girl. The rivalry between the townies and the college students sets the scene for the story of four friends who learn to accept themselves as they "break away" from childhood and from their underdog self-images. Dave Stoller‚ the main character‚ is a young man completely obsessed with cycling and Italy. His fantasies

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    Interpretation of Literature 4/23/2014 Topic 2 – Othering Shirley Jackson’s story‚ “The Lottery”‚ takes place on June 27th in a very small village of about only 300 people. This day is what they call the day of the lottery‚ hence the title. The Lottery is a tradition they have done for years‚ where the entire village gathers in the square‚ wait for their name to be called‚ which they then pick a small piece of paper from a black box‚ and patiently wait for everyone to pick their piece of paper

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    Veronica Guerin-The one who stood up Veronica Guerin (5 July 1958 – 26 June 1996) was an Irish journalist who was murdered on the 26th June 1996‚ on the Naas Road‚ Dublin‚ as a result of her work as a crime journalist specialising in the drug world of Dublin. Guerin was born and brought up in Artane where she lived with her four siblings and her parents‚ Christopher and Bernadette. She acquired the nickname "Ronnie" during her childhood and she received her education in the Catholic schools of Dublin’s

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    The Lottery Ticket I. The Author and It ’s Background : Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was born in the small seaport of Taganrog‚ southern Russia‚ the son of a grocer. Chekhov ’s grandfather was a serf‚ who had bought his own freedom and that of his three sons in 1841. He also taught himself to read and write.Yevgenia Morozov‚ Chekhov ’s mother‚ was the daughter of a cloth merchant. "When I think back on my childhood‚" Chekhov recalled‚ "it all seems quite gloomy to me." His early years were shadowed

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    In “The Lottery‚” the author‚ Shirley Jackson‚ reveals that human society may follow traditions blindly‚ leading to the loss of meaningful relationships. The members of this community follow the tradition of the lottery without understanding the significance. The lottery is an annual tradition in which a random member of the community is selected and sacrificed to improve the results of the harvest. When Old Man Warner brings up the old saying‚ “Lottery in June‚ corn be heavy soon‚” he is enforcing

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