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    The relationship between salmon and trees is that they truly need each other to live a safe and healthy life. Salmon needs clean‚ fast-moving streams to breed‚ that will clear the streams for the need of a healthy forests. Every part of a tree participates in enriching a stream for the aquatic life. In fact‚ the falling leaves provide food and shelter necessary for aquatic insect populations‚ which feed next year’s young salmon. Tree roots stabilize stream banks to slow erosion and protect the clean

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    of the character traits that are prominent in this book are greed‚ love‚ hope‚ pride‚ ignorance‚ lust‚ lying‚ and trust. Gatsby and Nick are two very different characters‚ but they are good friends towards one another. John Gatz‚ better known as Jay Gatsby is the main focus in the novel. Gatsby is a self made millionaire. He has no good family name and is constantly trying to make something

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    Themes in the novel “The Bean Trees” by Barbara Kingsolver include the importance of family and the need for community as emotional support systems for individuals facing hardships. As the individuals face their hardships‚ Kingsolver binds them together with support‚ forming a community that at times functions like a big extended family‚ however non-traditional it may be. Kingsolver not only illustrates the importance of family as an emotional support system in today’s society‚ but the changing face

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    Jillian Lydon Mrs. Dolan Literature 2 17 October 2014 Jay Gatsby vs. Tom Buchanan Throughout the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the characters Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan are compared and contrasted quite frequently. Gatsby and Tom are alike in that they are both extremely wealthy and flaunt it‚ both men also are in love with Daisy Buchanan and both Tom and Gatsby have secrets that they are hiding from their loved ones. The two men differ in the way they came into their money

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    cares to perform that noble job. Furthermore‚ he spent half of his life being a humble servant to the isolated desert and willing to get rid of his sheep because the sheep is putting in danger to the plantation. Being all enthusiastic planting those trees‚ he does not care about what is happening around him; even the wars. His work pays off when the region becomes a lively‚ peaceful place. The ancient river flows again‚ water beneath the earth‚ the neighborhoods is not like they used to be anymore.

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    A Long Way Gone is the story of a man who was formerly a child soldier in the Sierra Leone civil war. The civil war lasted from March 23‚ 1991 until January 18‚ 2002. This civil war tore families in Sierra Leone apart‚ and A Long Way Gone is an amazing representation of what it was like to be there during this time. In Chapter 12 of the memoir‚ Ishmael‚ the main character‚ and his friends from his village arrived in the fortified village of Yele after a gruesome experience just before they were shipped

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    A brief analysis of John McWhorter’s “Will Shakespeare’s Come and Gone” In “Will Shakespeare’s Come and Gone‚” John McWhorter argues that people do not fully appreciate Shakespearean plays for what they are because they have difficulty understanding the language. Therefore‚ he suggests that translating Shakespearean English into modern English would make it easier to comprehend. McWhorter does a splendid job appealing to all three conventions of essay writing: logos‚ pathos and ethos. He manages

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    On June 30th‚ 2017 JAY-Z released the music video for his song The Story of O.J. on Tidal as a of teaser trailer for his latest album 4:44. In lieu of shooting a traditional music video‚ JAY-Z opted instead to create an animated video that employs a cartoonish style that calls back to flagrantly racist portrayals of African Americans in classic animated short films such as All This and Rabbit Stew and Hittin’ the Trail for Hallelujah Land (Maxwell). After its release‚ the music video was met with

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    Social Networking English Composition I September 20‚ 2012   Social Networking Gone Bad Have you even thought about how different society would be without social networking web sites? Many of the social networking web sites today play a huge role with the way we interact with one another in our everyday lives‚ which include most relationships. Using a social networking web site has many negative effects on relationship. Building insecurity‚ advertising personal information‚ and building social

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    AP “Book Report” 1. Title of the work: Gone with the Wind 2. Author and date written: Margaret Mitchell and written during the Civil War Era. 3. Country of Author: Georgia 4. Characters: Scarlett O’Hara - She is a pretty southern belle who grew up on a Georgia plantation of Tara right before the beginning of the Civil War. She is selfish and futile just like her dad‚ but also seeks to please her mom‚ Ellen. Flirtatious and headstrong protagonist in the novel. Rhett Butler- Scarlett’s third husband

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