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    Pearl River Piano

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    factory in Guangzhou of China. The piano factory is located Pearl River‚ so that the brand of piano is called Pearl River. Since the adoption of an open-door policy‚ Chinaexploited a range of new opportunities provided by a market-oriented economy for expanding production‚ employments‚ and profits through free trade markets. As a result‚ PRPG face a chance due to import technology and export products‚ and then they were expended to become Pearl River piano Industrial Corporation. Their  business become

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    Pen Portraits-The Pearl Juana- Juana is a very young lady and she has just had her first child. In the starting of the book‚ she is very calm and does not speak much. Towards the end of the book she is a lot more aggressive and speaks more than she used to. Her attitude changes and she stays by Kino whatever happens. An example is when Kino has killed a man; she helps him hide the dead body instead of telling anyone of the crime. Steinbeck also writes that when she carries out her way of curing

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    In the parable of The Pearl‚ Steinbeck includes many actions that many religions may oppose or agree with. Looking at The Pearl through an Islamic lens of experts in Islam many sections seem to be similar and different from The Pearl. When I interviewed people that I know are knowledgeable in Islam and The Quran there were many opinions that came up about the actions that Kino had done in The Pearl. Some opinions were that if Kino was Muslim he would have do the same exact thing‚ but if he was Muslim

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    Johannes Pearl Earring

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    conceptualize and understand the private lives of the rich and the cultured (Arthur Wheelock‚ Encyclopedia Britannica). Johannes Vermeer is praised for his masterful use of lighting‚ and one piece which captures his lighting greatness is Girl with a Pearl Earring.

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    The Odyssey and The Pearl: Loyalty Loyalty to another person or to a cause may be an admirable trait‚ but it can lead to either positive or negative consequences. In Homer’s epic The Odyssey and John Steinbeck’s novel The Pearl there are characters that show great examples of this trait. Penelope in The Odyssey and Juana in The Pearl are the most obvious‚ although there are many. Penelope stayed loyal to Odysseus while he was on his twenty-year journey and Juana stayed by her husband through

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    Girl with a Pearl Earring

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    Reading Group Guide Girl With a Pearl Earring Tracy Chevalier DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 1. In Girl With a Pearl Earring‚ Tracy Chevalier treats us to a richly appointed portrait of intersecting faiths‚ fracturing family dynamics‚ erotic awakenings‚ community scandals‚ religious tensions‚ and aesthetic compromises—all filtered brilliantly through the eyes of the young narrator‚ Griet‚ whose concise‚ wide-eyed perspective functions much like Vermeer’s camera obscura‚ rendering with particularly sharp precision

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    How does the setting influence the plot‚ conflicts and/or characters? Girl with a Pearl earring depicts life in 17th century Delft‚ a small Dutch city. The book is based on real life painting “Girl with a Pearl Earring” which influenced the books setting. 17th century in Delft the protestants and catholic were separated and attended different churches. Griet was the daughter of a Protestant Delft tile painter. Her father lost the ability to see in an accident‚ therefore Griet must work for a

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    Feature Article Forbidden Love The novel Girl with a Pearl Earring should definitely be included on the Novel Ideas book club reading list. Elyshia Hickey reveals why this fascinating‚ historical and romantic story will appeal to an adolescent audience‚ as it explores the theme of sensual awakening. Set in 17th century Delft‚ Chevalier’s novel explores the deep but forbidden love between a young maid and her master. The author’s clever combination of an intriguing story‚ remarkable characters

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    Jealousy‚ greed‚ and deception are all characteristics of evil and have been since the beginning of time. Because of the behavior of those who spitefully use these traits in wickedness‚ they have been known to cause countless tribulations. Kingdoms have fallen‚ alliances broken‚ families divided‚ and even some friendships couldn’t survive the stranglehold of these evils. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ all of these personalities play a huge part in making for a superb American novel.

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    Pearl Harbor Timeline

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    Make a copy of this doc.  Then...      Pearl Harbor Interactive Timeline Directions: Go to: http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/multimedia/interactive/pearl-harbor /?ar_a=1 and click on “Attack map”. Use the interactive map to answer the following questions. Please ensure you not only use the map but also read the “full Stories” and “I was there” segments. Attach this doc to edmodo when complete. Be sure your name is on it. 1. What is the exact date of the attack on Pearl Harbor? December 7‚ 1941

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