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    Romeo and Juliet: Victims of Fate or Choice? Romeo and Juliet were not victims of fate: as many people believe‚ but instead were two lovers that made terrible choices.  When I was a little kid; I often times heard the love between a boy and a girl referred to as Romeo and Juliet. I would always think to myself that I wanted to be just like them some day. However as I grew up and actually read the story and was old enough to interpret the events that actually occurred: I begin to realize that this

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    Tears of a Tiger By: Sharon Draper Isbn-10 #: 0689806981 Themes: Death‚ Depression‚ Decisions Reading level: Young Adults Teaching Connections: I see this as a good book to use with young African Americans because the main characters in the book are African American kids in high school. The novel is also a very good teaching aide because it includes many different types of writing styles like poems‚ letters and short essays. I feel the strongest point to using the book in the classroom is the

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    their lives changed forever. One person that was involved was just a teenager struggling to survive from the Nazis. Tat teenager was Anne Frank along with many other people who were innocent victims. Anne Frank Childhood Anne Frank was an innocent victim of the Holocaust along with many other innocent victims that had no idea or clue what was happening to them Anne Franks full name was Anneliese Marie Frank she was born in Frankfurt‚ Germany‚ on June 12‚ 1929. Anne’s Father moved to Amsterdam‚ where

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    In the novel Fire From The Rock by Sharon Draper‚ the protagonist Sylvia is consistently faced with the controversy of the decision of going to either Dunbar and Mann High School or Central High School. Dunbar and Mann seems like the more viable option because of the time period Sylvia is living in‚ 1939‚ which obviously had tremendous amounts of discrimination for black citizens. The alternative‚ however‚ for the all-black school is Central High School‚ a white school that is beginning to engage

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    The Snow Star By Sharon Laferty From out of the blue and gold of a Christmas Eve sunset‚ comes Chrystalene. She was a snowflake‚ born in the clouds‚ as all snowflakes are. She began her journey‚ falling and spinning‚ with all the other little snowflakes on her way to the earth below. Chrystalene‚ however‚ was far too curious a being to simply drift along and wait to see where she would land. She began to look around her‚ peering at her fellow flakes‚ and noticing quickly‚ that she was not like them

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    • Blanche is often seen as the victim of A Street Car Named Desire‚ but Mark Royden Winchell portrays a new idea in his article‚ in which Blanche is not as innocent as she may seem. While Blanche is used and abused by many individuals throughout the course of the novel‚ she also plays a hand in causing her own disorder‚ beginning with her invasion of the Kowalski household. Winchell points out that‚ “Not only does she install herself as an indefinite squatter in a two-room apartment; she does everything

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    Mystery story It was an ordinary day with my two close friends‚ Adam and Matt. As always after school we all came over to my place for dinner‚ then go downstairs into my gaming room. Three desks with three really comfortable office chairs. We all had ultrahigh spec laptops and we all just got new surround sound headsets for Christmas. We spent hours on our laptops playing video games together on a daily basis. But this one day right after New Year something unordinary and unforgettable started happening

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    has become a victim of identity theft. This essay reflects on the reasons why people should hold their information close to them‚ and how

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    Heathcliff: From Sympathetic Victim to Diabolical Villain Revenge is formally defined as the desire for vengeance. Many people have felt this way‚ mainly towards people who have made them suffer any time in their lives. A recurring theme in Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights is revenge. Heathcliff‚ the main character‚ felt this way throughout the majority of the novel. His reasons for his villainous behavior were‚ in some instances‚ a way a victim could get back at his past oppressor‚ and at other

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    The Poem titled "A Kite is a victim" written by Leonard Cohen contains multiple metaphors. Through my own analysis I feel that the author’s central focus of the poem concerns life. Cohen discusses the relationships and accomplishes that we make throughout our lifetimes. The kite seems to be the main metaphor of the poem‚ symbolizing life and living. Each of the four stanzas in the poem begins with a metaphor. In every case the premise is the kite. These metaphors will be analyzed with regard to

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