The Orphan Train is a novel written by Christina Baker Kline. Kline’s novel illustrates the lives of several different children who were among the many thousands traveling West looking for a family. Vivian and Molly are the main characters in Kline’s novel‚ Vivian is a “rider” on the Orphan train and Molly is a child in foster care that meets Vivian at an older stage in her life. The Orphan Train portrays the struggle‚ endurance‚ and success that Vivian went through in order to survive as a young
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the camera app. In the couple of seconds this took‚ she has already missed the highlight of the event. Snap. The picture is taken. Next‚ the phone is rotated to the landscape view‚ snap. At this point‚ she tries to force the camera to focus while viewing the concert through the blurry quality provided by her phone’s camera. The video begins to record. Little does she know‚ her own eyes provide the best quality. By now‚ the excitement has ended and she has nothing to remember it by besides what others
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candy. Do you? Has Bob graded my essay? Love Nathan. Hello‚ I’m Nathan. I like candy. Do you? Has Bob graded my essay? Love Nathan. Hello‚ I’m Nathan. I like candy. Do you? Has Bob graded my essay? Love Nathan. Hello‚ I’m Nathan. I like candy. Do you? Has Bob graded my essay? Love Nathan. Hello‚ I’m Nathan. I like candy. Do you? Has Bob graded my essay? Love Nathan. Hello‚ I’m Nathan. I like candy. Do you? Has Bob graded my essay? Love Nathan. Hello‚ I’m Nathan. I like candy. Do you? Has Bob graded my
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The Tragedy of Oedipus: When the Connections Are Made The Revelation is the Tragedy Oedipus the King‚ a Greek play written by Sophocles‚ tells the tragic life story of King Oedipus. What make the play tragic is not the literal series of events that occurred‚ but the story and the narration behind the events. Several elements contribute to the difference between Oedipus’s own autobiographical accounts and what others know of him. It is only when that gap is closed that the reality of the situation
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What the experience taught me? Everyone has many different experiences in his or her childhood. One of the experiences might affect him or her whole life. If this deep impression is a good experience‚ you could learn a lesson form it. Even it could change your thinking or cultivates positive values and look at things in a proper way. On the other hand‚ if that deep impression is a bad experience‚ you might start to feel afraid of something or someone. In my case‚ I have an experience I have never
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WHEN PEOPLE SUCCEED‚ IT IS BECAUSE OF HARD WORK. LUCK HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT Success is a term very hard to define. I think that most of the time it is considered as the combination of both hard work and luck. People tend not to appreciate the role of luck. However‚ in my opinion‚ luck is a very important factor deciding whether people are reaching success or not. But how can we define luck? I am sure that at least once in your life you have heard somebody saying: “I’ll never win the lottery
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How Being a Military Brat Has Shaped Me As a child‚ my parents tried to shield me as much as they could. Like every sound parent‚ mine wanted me to maintain a young and innocent mindset for as long as possible. However‚ when it would come time for my dad to be deployed time and time again‚ my mother and father had no choice but to explain why he was leaving. Knowing my father willingly would leave his family behind to defend our freedom made me recognize there must be bad in the world. I realized
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When I initially viewed Roni Horn’s work‚ This is Me‚ This is You‚ I questioned the validity of the art piece. To me‚ the composition appeared to simply be a collection of pictures portraying a young girl. However‚ after further research‚ I realized that it wasn’t exactly the pictures themselves‚ but the idea behind the pictures that was truly creative. Horn’s work called to me because it reminded me of a film technique called stop motion. In stop motion‚ the filmmaker will take a picture of their
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Romeo’s mood changes when he realizes that Mercutio is dying as he suddenly becomes regretful ‘that an hour hath (Tybalt) been my kinsman’ and decides that ‘others must end’ over ‘this black day’s fate’‚ whereas at the beginning of the scene he is very calm and peaceful and tells Tybalt ‘I love thee’ and that the reason he does excuses the need to react aggressively toward the ‘greeting’ Tybalt gives him calling him ‘villain’ as his hate can have ‘no better term’. Romeo is made ‘effeminate’ by Juliet’s
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When I Grow Up (Names of the authors have been changed to protect identities) Jesse B. Age 9 Winner (tie) of 3rd Place Prize for ages 7-10. Every person is born with a special talent and I think when you grow up people have a chance to use their special talent. Lots of people are born with different talents. I think that it is a good idea to try different stuff. If you find something you really like and you’re really good at it you should go for it. But talents aren’t the only things of
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