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    "I want to live in a world where normal is an insult." This quote is from Misha Collins‚ a popular TV actor from the CW series Supernatural. He plays an angel named Castiel who helps the main characters‚ Sam and Dean Winchester. The character is very curious about the way humans live and has become extremely attached to the show’s theme of free will‚ and choosing your own path. I chose this quote because when I hear someone say that they are normal or that they live a normal life‚ I feel bad

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    Is it possible to have a second chance at love? Gayle Forman’s young-adult fiction book‚ Where She Went‚ brings you on a rollercoaster of emotions. It has been three years since Mia walked out of Adam’s life since her accident. Fate has brought them together again in New York when they find each other coincidentally. Will the love they had for each other go away forever‚ or bring them back together for a second chance? Where She Went perfectly displays to the reader love‚ grief‚ hope‚ anger

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    relationships more because I wanted to feel accepted by others and make friends. As I have progressed‚ I have become more focused on results. At this moment‚ I have learned that I value others opinions on topics‚ but not so much as what they think about me. If If I can make something happen in a productive manner that is for the good of all‚ I have no problem doing it even if it destroys some of the relations that I currently have.

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    because if you wait too long these animals could be extinct and completely vanished off the earth. 2. The Bwindi-Impenetrable Forest‚ or is also called “Place of Darkness” is the only remaining forest where endangered chimpanzees and mountain gorillas coexist. Bwindi is a place that has tons of poverty and the forest and tourism is the only way for them to make money. Oh and on top of extreme poverty they have to deal with genocide. Even though there has been peace since 1999‚ you still have to imagine

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    blood leaks out. In the smoke surrounding me from our fire I can make out a beautiful woman caressing her belly. She appears to be about 7 months pregnant. It’s my wife. This is the last memory I have of her. By this time my child should be about 9 months old. Wow‚ how time flies by. I can’t believe I have missed her first words‚ her first smile‚ her first steps. What I wouldn’t give to go back home and be able to hug my baby girl‚ lay her down at night‚ and let her know that daddy is here to protect

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    Where Is Gatsby? By: Austin Book 5/6/13 1st Hour Last week‚ I attended one of Jay Gatsby’s lavish parties. It was almost exactly like I imagined it. The raucous women‚ the greedy guests‚ the whiskey‚ the fashion – it was quite the experience. I never received an invitation‚ but no one truly appeared to have one either. However‚ the biggest mystery of the party was the fact that Jay Gatsby was never seen. After all‚ one of the core reasons I had decided to attend the party was to meet

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    blogspot.com/ Where I Come From‚ Elizabeth Brewster The main idea in the poem is that a person’s character is always formed‚ at least in part‚ by the place where he or she is born: “People are made of places.” Wherever you go in life you will carry with you memories and echoes of your birthplace‚ whether it is a city‚ as in the first stanza‚ or the quiet Canadian countryside where Elizabeth Brewster herself was born in 1922. We are‚ however‚ also influenced by the places we have visited. Imagery

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    is made‚ there’s no going back. For Scrooge‚ he definitely can not change the way he has acted towards Fred‚ Belle‚ and the charity. In Charles Dickens‚ A Christmas Carol‚ Scrooge chooses a life full of greed‚ and is blindsided by the misery and sorrow it can lead to. Scrooge is remarkably remorseful when he relives his last conversation with his fiance. Once the spirit presents Belle breaking off the engagement‚ Scrooge asks: “‘Show me no more! Conduct me home! Why do you delight to torture

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    Where I Come From - By Elizabeth Brewster The poem ‘Where I Come From’ by Elizabeth Brewster is about how a person is influenced by the environment he is brought up in‚ and how urban life and rural life differ from each other. The poet has used a very critical tone in this poem to convey how people are influenced by the places they have come from rural or urban. She has used a lot of visual imageries and metaphors to convey the busy lifestyle of the city. There is no rhyme scheme in the poem

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    believe that you can tell a lot about a person by observing what they wear. Is this true? A man in a nice pressed three-piece suit‚ carrying an expensive briefcase is obviously a businessman‚ right? A woman wearing a long ruffled colorful dress‚ with many jewelry pieces around her neck and wrists and colorful beads braided onto her hair must be a hippy or a gypsy‚ right? It is easy to label people based on how they dressed‚ sometimes too easy. Let’s face it; the first thing you do to a person

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