We are now midway through book 3. Will and Evalyn have made their way to Skandia. They have been split up and put in different sections of slavery. Evalyn has been assigned to the kitchen‚ a fairly easy job of mostly just cooking and cleaning while Will was sent to work in the yard. The yard is known as very harsh conditions where many people don’t live long. Two interesting event that have happened in the yard is Will got on the bad side of one of the older slaves so was put to do the hardest jobs
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Dill liked the idea of staying home with his new father until he feels neglected‚ then he runs away. He took a train from Meridian to Maycomb which was 14 miles away (187). Dill told Jem and Scout one of his extravagant stories‚ as Scout calls them “big ones” (63)‚ about the way his new father supposedly treated him. Dill told them he was “bounded in chains and left to die in the basement by his new father” (186-187). This was another way for Dill to show how much he doesn’t like his new father.
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The fourth commandment in Christian faiths states that one should “Honor thy father and mother.” Indeed‚ this thought process has been seen throughout history‚ especially in regards to children disobeying their parent’s wishes as they grow up. However‚ does there come a time when a parental figure is undeserving of respect? Why are children forced to subjugate themselves to their parent’s wishes‚ sometimes giving up their beliefs or identities to fit in with their guardian’s morals? This archaic
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Jeffrey Dahmer or “The Milwaukee Cannibal” is one of America’s most horrifying serial killers. Dahmer began killing in 1978 and continued to kill until 1991. He murdered a total of seventeen males. Jeffrey Dahmer was not only a serial killer he was also a molester‚ a necrophiliac‚ and a cannibal. Jeffery Dahmer Biographay.com (n.d.) mentions how Dahmer usually found his victims “…at gay bars‚ malls and bus stops‚”. Dahmer’s method of killing often consisted drugging and strangling his victims. Thought
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1. “And Every time I looked at my fellow students‚ I was reminded of how little I fit in” (pg. 52). Even though Riverdale seemed like a solution‚ it was still difficult for Wes. “Every time he looked at his fellow students‚ he was reminded of how little he fit in”. In this paragraph‚ Wes is showing of how much poorer he was from his fellow students having to rotate his “good clothes” and avoid talking about how he “summered”. He never had Riverdale friends over to his home‚ only visiting
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He stands on line‚ waiting for roll call to be over. He shivers slightly‚ both from cold and from fear. He knows‚ beyond a shadow of doubt‚ that if the guards find his hidden treasure‚ that’s it. His life is over. After all‚ he’s smuggling some contraband into his barracks. And what is this item‚ a treasure to him‚ and contraband to the Germans‚ימ’’ש ? What is this that’s worth his whole life? A potato. Not even a whole one‚ but half of a potato‚ smuggled out of the kitchen. He had risked his life
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Quiet Time with a Primate On Saturday‚ February 27‚ 2016‚ an absolutely beautiful day in Houston‚ Texas‚ the opportunity came to mind to make a trip to the Houston Zoo. Arriving the smell of fresh planted herbs and assorted roses‚ in magnificently worked landscapes‚ blended with a diversity of people with enough laughter to bring a smile‚ to put one at ease. This trip my intentions were focused on hopefully sharing‚ quality time with a primate. Observing their life through glass windows in the day
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In this story there is a man named Gregor Samsa who is a traveling businessman that is working for a man who his parents are indebted to. He needs to work off their debt so that they are not made to pay. In the beginning he wakes up to find that he has turned into a cockroach. The time is 7:30 he tries to get up and work but can’t because he’s on his back and he is in this bug like form which he has suddenly transformed into overnight. He is portrayed as a cockroach in this story to compare to
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As an undergraduate professor Lee attended UC Davis and graduated with BA Biology major‚ he then finished his Ph.D. in UC Berkeley. After graduation‚ he got a job in a lab.Professor Lee has been in the biological science department in UCSC since 2007. his current research includes using Drosophila fly to study genetic and development biology. I was impressed with Lee’s techniques into studying Alzheimer’s with the Drosophila fly(fruit fly). While I was reading the research paper‚ I had this unsettling
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Cold‚ dark‚ dreary... this is the scene of life as it started. XiniX was one very large planet with many sharp mountains and steep ravines; the weather there was very turbulent and nothing lived there but some very small bugs and one single‚ solitary plant. Orcyn was the only plant on the planet. It was forbidden to touch‚ bother or even smell Orcyn and all the small bugs knew that they must never‚ ever eat the sacred plant. XiniX stayed unchanged for thousands of years. A huge storm raged over
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