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    The Stranger Tandy

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    presented but a suggestion about the way the young girl should act is presented as a solution. A stranger appears and becomes friends with Tom Hard. The stranger begins to talk to the little girl and give her some advice. The stranger seems to describe a feeling that some other female characters have described as having a feeling but having no one or way to present this feeling. After this‚ the stranger explains that “they think it’s easy to be a woman‚ to be loved‚ but I know better… I understand…

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    Fiction

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    Kacy Pember Professor Kennedy 21 Feb 2013 ENC 1102 In the story of “Why I Live at the P.O.‚” Sister is consistently picked on by everyone in her family‚ forcing her to isolate herself and move out. But is she really happy with the decision she made? On the Fourth of July‚ Sister’s life in China Grove is interrupted by the arrival of her sister‚ Stella-Rondo‚ who just left her husband‚ Mr. Whitaker‚ and returned to the family home in Mississippi. Sister had briefly dated Mr. Whitaker before

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    Strangers on a Train

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    An obvious yet very effective theme in Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train is that of “criss-cross” and doubles. The list could be endless with mentions of double crossing‚ and criss-crossing‚ however each example is very effective and important to the film. One double that truly sticks out is that of Bruno and Guy. “Doubled” together in the film‚ they constantly are double crossing each other‚ and yet are completely opposite personalities shown in the film. One could argue that this is shown in the

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    When someone says “Historical Fiction” my mind thinks of books written about Rome‚ Egypt‚ India‚ and other ancient civilizations. Maybe that’s what Historical Fiction is to most people. Yet‚ the simplest definition of historical fiction is that it is writing that is set in the past‚ before the author’s lifetime and experience‚ but there’s much more to it than that. Historical Fiction makes a point of conveying a serious respect for historical accuracy and detail‚ and its intention‚ beyond providing

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    The Stranger Reflection

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    My understanding and appreciation of cultural and contextual considerations shown throughout stylistic choices developed throughout this discussion. When I was reading The Stranger‚ there was a notion of hotness and higher temperatures that Meursault experienced throughout the book. During this discussion‚ one of the leaders pointed out that there was a reoccurring motif of the sun. Right then it clicked for me that the idea of hotness was really a part of the much larger motif‚ the sun and its multiple

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    The Truth About Truth

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    Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge (1963)‚ Karl Popper suggests that no scientific theory can be classified as truth.  The only thing that can be done is to attempt to falsify the theory over and over again reject the theory repeatedly in different situations.  Each failed attempt will strengthen the theory and bring it closer to the truth.  Hence‚ Popper claimed that the truth of a hypothesis can never be confirmed. A hypothesis is an “if-then” statement‚ which that is an assumption of causality

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    Crime Fiction‚ more than any other genre‚ engages the reader through the art of suspense. The short stories “The Red Headed League” written by Arthur Conan Doyle and “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dhal‚ along with the T.V. episode “Third Floor Flat” directed by Christopher Gunning all use suspense to engage their audiences. Dhal uses both creativeness and clever use of manipulation of plot structure to intrigue the reader and build suspense. Similarly‚ Gunning misleads the audience’s interpretations

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    Observing a Stranger

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    Observing a Stranger I picked to do my observation of a woman at a park playing with her son. It was on Monday are last day of nice beautiful warm sunny weather we had this week. And the park was packed with lots of children and their mothers. All enjoying themselves before the rain was to return. This woman I observed was about 5ft 2in and about 130lbs. She had long brown hair with some blond and purple strips in it. She was also very tan for this time of year. She was dress in black short and

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    Stranger Danger

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    Stranger Danger Making sure children are aware of the dangers that strangers can present without scaring them is a fine balancing act. If children are to spend anytime at all out of sight from parents/ carers teaching them about Stranger Danger may give some peace of mind. Children as young as 3/4 will begin to have some awareness of what Stranger Danger means and will understand what a stranger is and why they shouldn’t trust or go near them. Many local Police forces offer Stranger Danger courses

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    stranger in the village

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    Taylor Hager 12-11-2013 5th period Being a stranger in the village to me‚ means that you’re new and don’t know how things are performed. I was a stranger in the village when I joined a new soccer team. I was fifteen when I started playing for them. The team was full of Bishop Brossart girls and the girls have been playing together for six years. When I went to my first practice I didn’t know anybody. The only impression I had of Bishop Brossart girls were that they were mean and rude from experience

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