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    A House on Fire

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    A HOUSE ON FIRE It was the month of October. The weather was delightfully cool. I was sleeping soundly. All of sudden‚ I was disturbed in my sleep by loud cries of ‘fire ‚fire’. I sprang out of window. I was people with pails and buckets‚ running out of the burning house. On enquiry‚ I learnt that the palatial double-storeyed house of my neighbour‚ Mr. Sharma ‚ was on fire. I ran downstairs with a bucket. I no time‚ I reached the place of occurrence. It was a heart-rending sight. The newly-built

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    House Captain

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    House Captain Well to start with I would request all of you to raise your right hand when I say raise. Raise Well….hands down….. Great…I have just proved one of my most important point….”They all listen to me”…. Well jokes apart coming to the point now. A heart full of respect and love to all my teachers‚ friends and other supporting staff. Also a very warm welcome to all those who are new to Ruby House. To all those who don’t know me I am Devangi Patodiya grade 9th student

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    The vignette “The House on Mango Street” shows a serious issue; it discusses poverty and even though it was set in the 1960s‚ the issue‚ as shown by articles‚ is still relevant today. “The House on Mango Street” was written by Sandra Cisneros and is told from Esperanza‚ a girl struggling with poverty and is told through a series of vignettes. The two articles that will be referenced is “How Does Poverty Affect a Teen’s Lifestyle?” by Ayra Moore‚ and “Increasing the Minimum Wage Would Help Reduce

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    The title page of Harriet Wilson’s Our Nig is significant because it reveals Wilson’s desire to challenge the Northern belief that they are free of the sins of the South’s inhumane institution of slavery. Her decision to title the text “Our Nig” shows that the text serves not as an individual’s tale of life as a black person in the North‚ rather it is the tale of the life any black person in the North. In using “Nig” – derived from a racial epithet used by whites in reference to any black person

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    Abner Snopes in “Barn Burning” The story “Barn Burning” by William Faulkner focuses on the impact Abner Snope’s behavior has towards his family and to multiple farm owners. Abner Snopes tries to make a living by crop sharing‚ and out of the resentment of wealthy farm owners he burns down their barns. As a result‚ Abner blames society for his actions and feels free to disobey common laws. Abner’s actions indicate him to be a thoughtless force of violence‚ cold-hearted‚ and lawless man. Abner

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    Poverty in The House on Mango Street and America Gasping for air‚ Rose from Titanic clutches the post for support as her mother‚ Ruth‚ forcibly yanks the tight laces on her corset closer. Whipping Rose around‚ Ruth glares straight into Rose’s eyes and admonishes‚” This is not a game! Our situation is precarious. You know that the money is gone!” Rose snaps‚ “Of course I know it’s gone. You remind me every day!” Bitterly‚ Ruth whispers‚ “Your father let us nothing but a legacy of bad debt hidden by

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    FEAST UPON THE WORDS OF CHRIST 1. SCRIPTURES THAT EMPHASIZE THE NECESSITY OF MEDITATIVE SCRIPTURE STUDY. Joshua 1:8 “Thou shalt meditate therein” 2 Nephi 32:3 “Feast upon the words of Christ” Helaman 3:29 “Search these things diligently” 3 Nephi 17:3 “Ponder upon these things” D&C 11:22 “Study my word” D&C 21:6 “Behold‚ let your time be devoted to the studying of the scriptures . .

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    1800’s had few obligations in life. Unlike now‚ young girls growing up were not sent to school to get an education. Instead‚ it was the job of a young girl to learn the roles of the housewife or mother. These girls would learn to do chores‚ clean house‚ cook dinners‚ and various other household activities starting a fairly young age. Girls were raised in this way so that one day they will make a decent wife to a husband‚ possibly of the parents choosing‚ so that she can keep her husband happy. Once

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    The White House

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    The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington‚ D.C.‚ the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban‚[1] and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical style. It has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams. When Thomas Jefferson moved into the house in 1801‚ he (with architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe) expanded the building outward

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    In the play‚ A Doll House‚ Nora goes through a major character change. The play is set during Christmas time and New Year’s because these are both times of “rebirth” or “reawakening” and similar metaphors to what Nora goes through during the play. Nora is treated and acts like a doll living in a doll house during most of the play. Towards the end of the play‚ Nora realizes that being a “doll” is not her reality. The reality of her trials with her marriage wake her up from her imagination to the

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