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    On the Rainy River

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    The relationship you have with others often has a direct effect on the basis of your very own personal identity. In the essay "On The Rainy River‚" the author Tim O’Brien tells about his experiences and how his relationship with a single person had effected his life so dramatically. It is hard for anyone to rely fully on their own personal experiences when there are so many other people out there with different experiences of their own. Sometimes it take the experiences and knowledge of others to

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    Chapter Summary

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    Ch.1 Vocabulary 1. Lagoon 2. Creeper 3. Startled 4. Flames 5. Scattered (about) 6. Asthma 7. Spectacles 8. Shimmering (water) 9. Dazzling (beach) 10. Giggle 11. Omened 12. Muttered 13. Conch 14. Eccentric (clothing) 15. Crumpled 16. Freckled Ch.1 Questions 1. How did the boys arrive on the island? The boys arrived on the island by the plane which crashed during a storm‚ killing all the adults on the plane‚ leaving a scar in the jungle. 2. How do Ralph’s and Piggy’s reactions differ when they know

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    Thomas Wolfe’s play The Mountains reads as though it could be a nationwide hit. In letters written by Thomas to his professor George Pierce Baker “If the audience is depressed over my play‚ I am depressed over my audience (Clark 39).” I feel the same sentiment with Thomas Wolfe when he talks so fondly of his play. When reading The Mountains‚ I had the feeling I was experiencing something of importance. Thomas Wolfe in the early age of his college career was able to write a play that portrayed strong

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    Like a Mountain” by Aldo Leopold he talks about how the like of the mountain‚ wolves‚ and deer interact with each other. While reading the essay‚ I realize that Leopold uses for the mountain is outstanding. I believe it really gets into the idea that humans are incapable of thinking like nature because for most of us our priorities are money and greed. There are many things that nature does that humans cannot simply replicate because humans have not figured out how to think like a mountain. In the

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    Chapter Summary

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    previewing and reading a chapter you will move on to the next step of the reading process which is processing ideas followed by post reading and retaining them. Signposts are visual aids used to assist students in focusing on the main points making an online to reflect on the topic. Beginnings and Endings are organized much like paragraphs and essays with the center focus being divided into topics and subtopics. Connections are reflection done after you preview the chapter‚ link new knowledge to

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    Mountain Beyond Mountains

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    Alyssa Cho Professor T. Bassett LCS 151_B February 27‚ 2012 The Idea of Helping the Poor through Liberation Theology Tracy Kidder’s Mountains beyond Mountains details Paul Farmer’s work in Haiti. Not only does it talk about him‚ but it also talks about his patients and the challenges he faced trying to attend to them and their needs. Liberation theology is giving preferential option to the poor because everyone should be treated equally. The rich already have

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    different ways. In “On the Rainy River”‚ Tim writes about facing the decision to fight in a war he didn’t believe in or flee to canada. In “How to Tell a True War Story” Tim writes about what he believes a true war story is all about. In “Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong” Rat Kiley tells a story about a woman who gets sent to Vietnam on request of her boyfriend‚ a medic in the war. Each of these stories has instances where there is no right or wrong answer in different ways. “On the Rainy River” deals

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    Salvation on sand Mountain It’s a hard job to be a reporter and not get drawn into the subject in which you are reporting. Most people who go out for this job know this ahead of time and aren’t the type to be drawn in that easy. Certain topics become too personal to a reporter though and become near impossible for them no to become too attached or too involved in. For Dennis Covington God was the thing that became way too personal for him as he got way to involved in the church he was studying

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    CHAPTER SUMMARIES

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    (1) 自然界的生態平衡是如何展現呢?人類的活動又如何破壞生態平衡? (2) 人類和自然的關係應該如何平衡? Human should not interfere with any of the relation between life and the earth. (F) Which factor enables sage to survive the long ages of natural selection in the dry West? Its small grey leaves can hold moisture. Grouse‚ Mule deer‚ Antelope depend on the sage Land management agencies decide to eliminate the sage to satisfy the demand of grazing land Immediate side effect of spraying on sagebrush‚ as illustrated in the example of Bridger

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    Confessions of an Embarrassed Soldier Tim O’Brien’s personal short story‚ “On the Rainy River‚” evokes an inner struggle to serve‚ or to “run” to Canada. O’Brien shamefully expresses his own horrific tale of compromise of the draft in the summer of ‘68. At 21 years old‚ “young‚ yes‚ and politically naive‚” he feels “moral confusion” for the decision he has to make. O’Brien’s use of first person narration in his old age‚ evokes a sense of embarrassment which he feels for choosing to fight in

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