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    American actress Kate Bosworth once said‚ “I grew up in a small town where everyone wanted to be the same or look the same and was afraid to be different.” The controversy about big cities being better than small towns or vice versa to grow up in has been around for the longest time now. I strongly believe that small towns are a much better environment for a child to grow up in than that of a big city. Ask any person that grew up within a small town they probably knew everyone in their community perhaps

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    Natasha Preston grew up In a small town. She found her love for writing when she shared a story online. She loves writing about romance‚ thrillers‚ and occasionally serial killers. For eleven years‚ Oakley Farrell has not talked. At the age of five she quit talking and nobody seems to know why. She refused to talk‚ she remained silent. She is bullied at school and only has one friend and his name is Cole Benson. Oakley’s best friend Cole who has been her best friend since they were

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    I. Introduction Located North Ireland‚ the town of Mostalivo has been blessed with many natural creation and landscape as snowy mountain whole year long and beautiful mountain view. However‚ the area is not well populated and most of the place is inhabited. Therefore‚ the local authority starts a new campaign to redevelop the town and facilities there. As the newly appointed manager of the project‚ a project plan is required with sufficient information and proposal from the investigation stage of

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    ” The people of Maycomb County‚ Alabama‚ had a long way to recovery. Many are dirt poor‚ and others were pulled down along with them. During the depression period‚ “nickels and dimes were hard to come by.” (27) Shops closed down because of the decline in economy. Scout (the protagonist in To Kill a Mockigbird) mentioned‚ “There was no hurry‚ for there was nowhere to go‚ nothing to buy and no money to buy it with‚ nothing outside the boundaries of Maycomb County.”(6) All of Maycomb was affected in

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    Maycomb was a tired old town...there was no hurry‚ for there was nowhere to go‚ nothing to buy and no money to buy it with‚ nothing to see...” The book To Kill a Mockingbird is set in MaycombAlabama around the early 1930s.The Great Depression was a troubling time for the unemployed.It not only affected the jobless but it had an effect on youth to the elderly. Children had to deal with changes in their education if they were able to attend school and most children suffered from malnutrition. The

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    should be prohibited‚ this message is advisable that parents don’t allow their children to mindlessly consume such music‚ but ultimately‚ sex sells. 3. Although television sometimes has bad influence to people‚ especially for children‚ it also a great invention of modern times because of its applicableness and usefulness. 4. Although environmental protection laws go too far‚ I believe that it has a lot of advantages for our planet. 5. While many people believe that advertising industry performs

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    Talbot English November 22nd 2012 How the Town of Maycomb Strongly Demonstrates Social Iniquity ------------------------------------------------- People can be unfair‚ unjust‚ and downright cruel. In the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”‚ there is a good demonstration by the members of Maycomb’s society of the theme of social iniquity that has very strong supporting evidence towards this opinion. Many different acts are shown to price the county of Maycomb is biased and unfair to its members

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    city‚ but there are also many negative factors. I have lived in Vancouver‚ a larger city for my whole life‚ but I have had experiences in small towns‚ and yet I am sill undecided on which I like better. There are many positives to living in a small town. Small towns are simpler‚ peaceful places. Everyone knows about each others business and there is always someone to talk to. Small towns are places where not everybody is obsessed with having the latest electronics or the ‘smartest’ phones

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    from small-town U.S.A. with huge aspirations. I have a great desire to depart from my home in order to pursue my dreams. My passion is to become a script/screenwriter for film companies that include; Walt Disney and Pixar Studios. These aspirations came from a small town I call home. Growing up in a small town is not difficult but it can be irritating. When I was younger I believed that my town was a dreadful prison and desired to escape its repulsive grip that it held on me. This town presented

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    Tarrytown‚ New York. Irving describes the town as trouble free and a place you would get away for a retreat. Many of the people that lived there accepted the idea that the town was bewitched and believed in the stories about all different kinds of supernatural things that happens in the town. Needless to say the town was superstitious. The town seemed to be relaxed‚ which made them feel comfortable with telling stories about terrifying things going on in their town. The story is about Ichabod

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