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    sisters” This quote clearly shows how weak Kit should be‚ but even though she has no parents or siblings to support her‚ she is still fighting for her rights and following her dream of becoming an actor. Kit showed courage in the novel when she followed the yellow gentleman who tricked Peter into giving him Shakespeare’s script home just to help Peter out. After Peter said “If I don’t come out in 10 minutes” Kit said “I’m coming in to look for you!” This quote clearly shows how courageous and brave

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    To what extent does restructuring transform corporate market and financial performance? Discuss using an extended example. Restructuring is simply the reorganisation of a company’s structure to combat external or internal forces that hinder the maximisation of shareholder value. The term restructuring is quite broad an is an umbrella term for any action taken by a firm to maximise shareholders wealth (Wright et al) or a company’s reaction when it’s under pressure (Usui and Colignon‚ 1996). These

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    is molded to each person throughout the different experiences in our lifetime. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee has given us three characters who show courage in different ways. One of the main characters of this book‚ Atticus‚ shows his true courageous form at many points throughout the story. One of the strongest passages that shows the courage and character of this man is‚

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    The town started to spread rumors of Drummond‚ things like “ A slouching hulk of man‚ whose head juts out like an animal’s.” and “ that he is a creature of the Devil‚ perhaps even the Devil himself!” Seeing him once Brown told the town of what Drummond is‚ soon the words spread and the town think he is a evil man. It would take a man a lot of courage to go into a town where he is hated‚ and seen as a bad person. When he made his first appearance Melinda yelled “It’s the Devil.” Even knowing

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    the children of their views on African- Americans. But their father reassures them that no matter what the other people say about him taking the case‚ that you should not judge people by the color of their skin‚ or who someone defends.

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    The SuitorsIn Homer ’s Odyssey‚ it has been sixteen years since Odysseus left his home in Ithaca for war. Many men from other lands thinking Odysseus is dead‚ intrude his kingdom and try to take power. The suitors steal and plunder Odysseus ’ hall‚ feast on his food‚ take his maids to bed and all the while‚ each trying to take Penelope ’s hand in marriage.1 When Odysseus returns‚ he knows all about the suitors‚ and schematically kills all of them with no mercy. One may judge Odysseus ’ actions as

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    character trait we have seen from Montresor. To move from the excitement of finally putting into action a long and detailed plan‚ one executed with equal amounts of pride and malice‚ to a sudden pang of sickness in his heart seems too inconsistent with what we know of

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    his character Crooks to show loneliness. Character dialogue was one way Steinbeck showed loneliness in his novel. Crooks says to Lennie‚ “You know he’s goin’ to come back. S’pose you didn’t have nobody. S’pose you couldn’t go into the bunkhouse and play rummy ‘cause you was black.” (Steinbeck 72). This quote infers that Crooks is very lonely and how he envies George and Lennie’s friendship. Another way

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    Americans‚ as a people‚ are very unique and as such have very unique traits and mannerisms that make all Americans who they are. Personal freedoms‚ being accepting of other cultures‚ and being able to choose one’s own path in life distinguish Americans from the rest of the world. To be an American is to have freedom to do or to believe whatever you want. America itself was founded on the principle of religious freedom‚ and that still stands today. The "melting pot" of cultures and beliefs from all

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    Do not read this paper it it not trueThe poem takes the form of a dramatic monologue in the voice of the returned soldier. It has five stanzas each of four lines which follow a regular metre and an ABAB rhyme scheme in each stanza. The first‚ second and last line of each verse is about six syllables long‚ while the third line is slightly longer at eight syllables. The regular metre gives the poem a ‘chatty’ tone‚ which helps to set the scene‚ as well as delaying the realisation that this is actually

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