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    Leah Warren P. 3 Mission Statement GOALS I plan to graduate high school with an accumulative GPA of 3.7 or higher. My goal is to achieve this by the time l graduate in May of 2015. I am determined to do this because I am a hard worker and have dedication and drive. After I graduate‚ I would like to study abroad. My goal is to take my first year out of high school and go somewhere in Europe. After that‚ I would like to attend college at Indiana University. I would like to be enrolled in fall

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    purposes. They hide Oliver’s past to preserve their own source of income. Fagin and Sikes‚ the antagonists exploit children for their own good. In all these situations‚ the antagonists are defeated by good‚ and kindness. The forces of greed and self-interest are defeated by the forces of kindness and generosity in the novel Oliver Twist. Firstly‚ the antagonists‚ Monks and Fagin‚ wanted Oliver to become a thief for their own selfish purposes‚ but are foiled by the forces of good. In the novel‚ Oliver

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    Ivy comfort and advise the family. Steinbeck shows how Sairy takes care of Grandma when he writes‚ “Sairy took Granma by the arm and led her outside… Sairy took her to a mattress lying on the ground and sat her down on it” (Steinbeck 138). This kindness allows the family to grieve fairly quickly‚ and prepare for more losses along the way. A second instance where the family encounters is during their stay at Weedpatch‚ for the family is not used to the unity and cooperation the camp offers. Through

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    Hughes‚ Dunbar‚ Angelou‚ and Nye used their respective poems to try and celebrate the richness of diversity that can be found in self-expression. The poems collectively relate to the Grad at Grad subgoal by unapologetically endorsing it. Inspired by the poets being victimized by bias and prejudice firsthand‚ the poems each utilized these experiences by touching on the psychological effects of discrimination and recommending that love can the only viable solution to combat this problem. Once people

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    In the short story Thank you‚ M’am by Langston Hughes and Gate A-4 by Naomi Shihab Nye both have a common theme of helping anyone‚ even if they are different‚ to build up story and character. The story "Thank You‚ M’am” reveals the theme of helping anyone‚ even if they are different. In “Thank You‚ M’am” by Langstin Huges‚ Roger wanted blue suede shoes but he had to steal from a lady but when she caught him he became very nervous. So the lady decided to help Roger learn that stealing is bad and

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    612). Being for kindness and against cruelty does not automatically settle the issue regarding the moral treatment of animals (612). Regan explains this with the following example: if he were a generous racist his acts would be real and genuine to his race. He would be favoring his own race over others‚ and although kindness is involved‚ the acts are not moral because they are rooted in injustice (612). Therefore‚ this theory fails because although somebody acts out of kindness it does not mean

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    have a great impact on another persons destiny. A great deal of trust may intervene between individuals if one shows kindness to the other. Contrary to this is kindness may also weaken a persons destiny because trust can be used to gain advantage. The three novels Hamlet‚ A Streetcar Named Desire and Death of A Salesman display a unique process of how a protagonist faces kindness in addition how this behaviour can shape ones destiny. The character of Hamlet is the prince of Denmark‚ he is full

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    Act of Kindness One day I was going to school as usual. The first bus stop is a few minutes walking away from my home‚ I can always have a seat on the bus. It was crowed on the bus in the peak hour‚ a woman was caring a bag of heavy luggage stand near me. She looks very tired‚ and kept yawning. Therefore‚ I tried to relinquish my seat to her. She was angry‚ and blushed. “I am not that old!” she roared at me‚ because she thought I assumed she was an elder. I don’t know why she would think in that

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    Many of the major themes of The Scarlet Letter are introduced in the opening scene. Some of these themes were sin‚ nature’s kindness to the condemned and the dreary lifestyle of puritan society. The first chapter has little action but it sets up these major themes. The tone of the whole story was set in this chapter. The opening scene of The Scarlet Letter‚ many major themes were introduced. One of the major themes of The Scarket Letter was sin. Much of Puritan society was based on sin. The first

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    Be Polite‚” he discusses the lessons he has learned over the years on how to be an undeniably pleasant person. He gives examples from times throughout his life where kindness has come into play. Ford shares experiences from high school‚ where politeness went unnoticed and‚ for the most part‚ unrewarded. However‚ later in life kindness helped him in the workplace and in social scenes. He also mentions that politeness has helped him look at people in a vulnerable way‚ that each and every one of them

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