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    Making owls from egg shells Get wise to these birds made from egg shells. Pencil holder from eggshell You need: translucent plastic egg carton‚ CD‚ toilet roll and torn strips of newspaper and magazine pages Eggshell 2 translucent plastic egg-carton cups Toilet roll Newspaper strips Magazine pages CD Scrap paper – 2.5cm x 4cm PVA and UHU glue Pencil Black marker Acrylic paint Brush Scissors Piercing tool Making the owl pencil-holder 1. Gently tap a small hole on the

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    four of The Great Gatsby‚ “green rakes the recognizable form of money‚ or at least the things money can buy” (Kersh). Gatsby is well known for his extravagant parties and huge mansions. Gatsby is from the west egg‚ which symbolizes new money. The West Egg is the “less fashionable of the eggs” (Abuzahra). Gatsby’s house reflects him as a person‚ showing how much of a lonely person he is. He has a huge house and he only lives there. Gatsby throws huge extravagant parties but does not interact with most

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    Things Fall Apart The relationship of Okonkwo to his Igbo society in Achebe’s Things Fall Apart was one of pure being. Okonkwo displayed the finest examples of human qualities of what it took to be an Igbo man. Okonkwo strives to be strong‚ masculine‚ industrious‚ respected‚ and wealthy. This was Okonkwo’s inner struggle to be as different from his father as possible‚ who he believed to have been weak‚ effeminate‚ lazy‚ shameful‚ disgraceful‚ and poor. Okonkwo achieves great social and financial

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    Chapter 4 Pg 26- “ Looking at a king’s mouth‚ one would think he never sucked at his mother’s breast” -Okonkwo is strong now‚ but he started out as a child at one point Pg 26- Okonkwo used to have respect for Umuofia’s industry and success - He lost it because he was proud Pg 26- “This meeting is for men” -The man is a woman Pg 29- Okonkwo insulted another man since he had no titles -The people around Okonkwo tried to stop him from beating his wife Pg 31--He was told to be humble and not to break

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    True Bravery “Scouts Honor” by Avi is a realistic short story about three 9 year old boys who go on a camping trip together to make them look tough and brave. In the beginning the main character gets the idea to join the boy scouts to make him look tough and he wants his friends to join. Soon‚ they all go on the camping trip but they can’t handle it and they hate it. In the end they all admit that they hate roughing it up ( doing rough things ) and they go home. This story shows that these boys

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    character’s lives however the original American dream is replaced by a degraded dream greed and wealth. In The Great Gatsby we encounter an extraordinary individual‚ Gatsby‚ whose immense wealth catches the eye of many speculators in New York‚ West Egg and East Egg. In the story the author makes sure to emphasize the decay of the original American dream. The American dream originally represented hope and equality‚ for everyone looking for a better life. However after the wars and the passing years people

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    book “Green Eggs and Ham by Dr.Seuss” by Theodor Geisel has the obvious moral of not judging a book by its cover. The obvious meaning to children would be to try new things. However‚ from an archetypal criticism point of view‚ the story is seen as an allegory/metaphor for “Dante’s Inferno”. Seen with Sam-I-am being a symbol for the guide Dante has the through Hell‚ Virgil. The unnamed character representing Dante himself goes through the different circles of Hell‚ and the green eggs and ham (GEH)

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    1. Eggs and shrimp are to your liking satisfactory. One earsplitting fine-impression you’ll broadcast in the U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans? There’s no hint of dietary cholesterol. Instead‚ the DGA addresses saturated fat consumption‚ limiting it to 10% of your sum calories for the day. Abundant research suggests diets high in saturated fats lift blood cholesterol levels and accretion your risk for heart illness. But even though cholesterol is unaccompanied found in animal products‚ saturated

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    suffering as critic Northrop Frye says. These heroes catch the attention of the divine power and inevitably serve as instruments that bring suffering to both themselves and the people around them. The suffering that Okonkwo brings upon his clansmen in Chinua Achebe’s novel Things Fall Apart contributes to the tragic vision of the work as a whole by emphasizing how much control man has over his own suffering‚ especially when he is an instrument that brings pain upon others as well. Early on in the novel

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    The novel begins by introducing a young Okonkwo and his triumph over “Amalinze the Cat” in a fight‚ immediately identifying his strength and respect in the Ibo community. The narrator then delves into the topic of Okonkwo’s lazy and cowardly father‚ Unoka‚ whom Okonkwo wants to be the complete opposite of. Okonkwo’s fame‚ respect among the community‚ and hard work granted him a successful farm‚ three wives‚ and multiple children. Though with this greatness came the responsibility of looking after

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