Wider Reading Quotes! Train spotting- Irvine Welsh • “felt strange telling the truth” • “nervous silence at this strange moronic comment” • “They looked at him as if they hadn’t done anything illegal in their lives” • “amazing…how things like sex and Hibs were nothing to him when he was on smack‚ suddenly became all important” • “He felt his skeleton and central nervous system briefly rip out of his skin” • “mother superior‚ sick boy‚ Rents” Still I Rise – Maya Angelou • “You may
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Watching the Breakers It was November 16‚1910‚ America was going to war with Spain regarding the ownership of Cuba and many men were getting drafted into the military. There were two husbands‚ in particular‚ that got drafted‚ named Thomas Detrain and Jonathan Baker. They had been best friends since youth and both were desperately in love with their wives‚ Marilyn Detrain and Jane Baker. On this cold‚ rainy day the ship slowly pulled into the navy shipyard on the mainland of Virginia to prepare for
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“I can’t go back to yesterday because I was a different person then.” ― Lewis Carroll “Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.” ― Voltaire “Be noble minded! Our own heart‚ and not other men’s opinions of us‚ forms our true honor.” ― Friedrich von Schiller “Alas‚ Siddhartha‚ I see you suffering‚ but you’re suffering a pain at which one would like to laugh‚ at which you’ll soon laugh for yourself.” ― Hermann
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“The Bluest Eye” In the novel‚ “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison‚ the adults poorly misguided the children in this story. Although‚ there were numerous children who were not protected and guided properly by the adults in this novel‚ Pecola Breedlove is one of the most challenged characters of this story by Toni Morrison. There were several different characters that impacted the life of Pecola Breedlove destructively. Due to the negative impact of her surroundings‚ Pecola suffered many personal
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addicted‚ children have also taken a liking to television. Parents may not always have enough time to sit down and watch over what their kids are watching‚ and in result of that kids are watching whatever they want whenever they want. Children may be able to watch many shows that are out of their age range such as; PG-13‚ R-18‚ or even rated X shows. Watching television is bad for children because‚ violence in television causes aggression‚ may cause trauma‚ and children need to be more active. Children
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1-25-12 Conjunctivitis is an inflammation of the eye/eyes. It is caused when the conjunctiva (a thin layer that covers the sclera) is exposed to bacteria or allergens. The most common type of conjunctivitis is known as pink eye and is cause by virus. Viral conjunctivitis can occur in one or two of a person’s eyes. It tends to cause a watery discharge while conjunctivitis caused by bacteria causes a thicker discharge. Both are transmitted to another eye in the discharge. Children are primarily affected
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younger brother and mother were sitting there. They told me that he had an accident with a scooter. He had got fracture in the elbow of his left arm and had received other injuries also. After sometime‚ Mohan was brought out of the operation room. We waited there. He had bandages several places. His face was dressed. The doctors had to operate his elbow and set it right. He could hardly talk. He was taken to the General Ward. There were many patients in that ward. There were rows of beds. Not a single
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"But as he forged along‚ he saw to his great astonishment that all the lights were in one enormous building- a lofty structure with pointed towers plunging up into the gloom." This scene describes the point in the story where Rainsford is on the island and sees the chateau. This quote lines up Rainsford to meet General Zaroff as he brings himself to arrive at his chateau. "There is no greater bore than perfection." In this scene
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In Toni Morrison’s book‚ The Bluest Eye‚ the character Pecola Breedlove is a passive‚ young and quiet girl who lives a hard life; her parents are constantly physically and verbally fighting. Throughout the book‚ Pecola is reminded continuously of how ugly she is‚ which fuels her aspiration to be white with blue eyes. Pecola‚ a poor black girl‚ is compelled to believe that she is‚ in fact‚ ugly. Tortured and tormented by almost everyone she knows‚ the identity of the protagonist‚ Pecola Breedlove
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TITLE: “IS GOOGLE WATCHING YOU?” STUDENT NAME: MOHAMMED FARAAZ KHAN “IS GOOGLE WATCHING YOU?” Is GOOGLE watching you? In my opinion the answer is yes‚ Google is watching you‚ and your every move made online through Google is being monitored. Every keystroke entered is being monitored by Google through cookies embed in the browser. Google is by far the most popular search engine in the world and is very widely used across the word by millions of users. Google’s business
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