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    Chessa Brook had everything a girl could want. She lived on a horse ranch in Montana and had nice clothes‚ books‚ and the latest i phone 8. She still wasn’t happy‚ though. She hated her brother‚ and wished her parents wouldn’t fight so much. It was Saturday morning‚ and Chessa’s brother‚ Jerry lee‚ was driving her crazy. “You just poured syrup in my hair!” Chessa screamed. She turned around and kicked him like a soccer ball right in his side with her pointy toe boots. “Ow-ow-ow-ow!” Jerry lee

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    Willow Brooks Rough Draft I met an interesting girl who I am now glad to call my friend. She is rather intelligent and seems to have a grasp on what she wants to do in life. She was born and raised in Texarkana‚ AR where she went to Arkansas High School. Willow Brooks is a student at National Park and has many hobbies‚ a crazy family‚ and goals that she plans to accomplish. Willow’s hobbies include things such as painting‚ listening to music‚ and playing video games. Some of her favorite genres

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    Behind the Wheel I slid into the cream pleather bucket seat‚ strapped the old black seatbelt across my chest‚ adjusted the mirrors‚ put one of the two keys for the vehicle into the ignition‚ stepped on the clutch‚ turned the key and felt the rumble and shake of the snorting engine. I set the CD face plate in its niche and tuned to my favorite station. I gazed over at my dad thinking‚ “I did it! I had purchased my car on my own!” I could barely hear my thoughts over the sound of the engine‚ but my

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    Behind the Wheel Learning to drive can be nerve wrecking for people. It is a craze and a basic necessity in the busy life of today. People want to learn how to drive for many reasons‚ but learning how to drive is a long process. Learning to drive takes patience‚ alertness‚ and confidence. Patience is the art to driving. If a person does not have much patience‚ then learning to drive can be really difficult. Drives must not rush to where they want to go. Being in a hurry increases the chances of

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    Romans 12 and the Sermon on the Mount First of all‚ there is a little different purpose between Romans 12 and Matthew. In Romans 12‚ it is telling people that the doctrinal teaching of this Epistle is now followed up by a series of exhortations to practical duty. (biblestudytools.com) And first‚ the all-comprehensive duty. In Matthew‚ It’s taking about Jesus teaching people when he was still alive. There are some similarities that can be found between Romans 12 and Matthew. In Matt. 5:5-6. One

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    Behind "The Tub"

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    Chrissi Walker 7/18/2010 Story/Poem Paper Behind “The Tub” Amy Hempel‚ is an incredible writer. She writes with a certain poetry feel behind every word‚ every line and every page. She’s an author that makes you fall in love‚ which is why I chose one of her stories from her book The Collected Stories that’s called “The Tub”. The story leaves you a bit confused when you read it for the first time. I reacted differently to it the third time around then I did the first time. The first time I

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    Behind the Obvious Trademarks‚ slogans and branding are a big part of advertising today and have been a big part in the past. Companies spend millions to get the consumers attention. Advertising looked at with closed reading in mind may change the thoughts of consumers. Closed reading is defined as disciplined reading of a text or other object. Everyone at some point is a closed reader. We begin learning to read as closed readers because we are looking at each word individually

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    Behind The Crimes Free will is part in of our own responsibility. It’s part of our conscious mind‚ our choice‚ to complete certain task‚ or game. On a criminal justice point of view however‚ a felony or a crime. Our actions are determined not by other people but our own state of mind. The classical and neo-classical theory states that “all individuals have free will and makes all their own choices in life based upon this free will.” (Aberle 46) people know what they are capable of‚ and they use

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    anger. It is apparent that the narrator in “the mother” is suffering from some of these feelings too‚ and wants to shut down and rationalize her choices. She begins strongly‚ describing the fetuses as “damp‚ small pulps with a little or with no hair” (Brooks‚ 71)‚ very distant‚ clinical terms‚ perhaps even the way they were described to her. This terminology dehumanizes‚ helping the narrator emotionally distance herself. However‚ every description used thereafter is intensely human and personal. The narrator

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    ‘And so the rest of us set about learning to live in the wide green prison of our own election.’ What do the characters learn about themselves and their relationships with others? Geraldine Brooks’ novel ‘Year of Wonders’ is a factual retelling of an infamous historical event‚ interwoven with an insightful exploration of diverse facets of human nature evoked when faced with adverse circumstances. With the arrival of the bubonic plague in the village of Eyam‚ its inhabitants are subsequently imprisoned

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