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    Rose’s Story is a book about the struggles one woman faced through most of her adult life‚ all while trying to remember her past and also while trying to raise a family of her own. The main character of the story‚ Rose herself‚ goes through the “system” so many times having to deal with one medical professional after another‚ social worker after social worker‚ case manager after case manager. The story however‚ starts off with Rose painting what her childhood was like: parents putting her into

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    In the film RIP! A Remix Manifesto by Brett Gaylor is about how copy right laws are affecting people. Gaylor think music should be free and should let everyone have the right to be creative with it. In the film Gaylor employs pathos in order to get to the audience and demonstrate how companies only protect their interest and prevent Americans to be creative with other people’s work. I think pathos is an effective for getting the audience attention since he provides stories such as when Brazil illegally

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    (T) In the storyRip Van Winkle‚” by Washington Irving‚ the author’s portrayal of Dame Van Winkle is unfair because she has the right to be raged at Rip‚ he never works at his house‚ and he helps the town but not his wife.(D1) Dame Van Winkle is always raged at Rip but one may think she has the right to be raged.(S1) Dame does a lot of work at her house and when she is the only doing work she can get raged.(S2) She does the outdoor and the indoor work and when she does one may think she has the

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    My aunt picked me up‚ that is what made me think this is serious something has happened. I kept asking my aunt ‘what happened?’‚ ‘Where are we going’‚ and she responded “Your dad was in a motorcycle accident.” My dad had been in many accidents before from little fender-benders to drastic life threatening events‚ but he always seem to come out with just a few broken bones and some scratch. Deep down inside I knew something wasn’t like the other times I realized this Cat may finally have used the last

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    A killer is an individual who kills another individual or an inanimate object. There many ways in which this story could be explained through the title. Within this story there are physical and mental killings‚ so I think the best title would be Killings for this story. This story’s title should stay as Killings due to the fact that Frank and Strout both get killed physically while the other characters are killed mentally. Dubus discusses the emotional killing of Mary by talking about the swelling

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    “Its kind of a funny story” -Ned Vizzini Mikayla Petersen Wednesday‚ May 3rd 2013 “Its kind of a funny story” is kind of a funny story. It’s about 15-year-old Craig Gilner‚ who attends a prestigious college prep school that will set him on his way to the right college‚ the right law school‚ and the right job on Wall Street --- assuming he can bring up his 93 average. Studying for his school’s entrance exam occupied Craig for months‚ and he was proud of his perfect score. Now‚ though‚ the school

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    Despite its joyous title‚ It’s Kind Of A Funny Story ‚ is not particularly orientated towards the most pleasant themes. Author and New York Times Best Seller‚ Ned Vizzini utilizes humor the help the reader swallow the pill of complicated themes such as‚ depression‚ societal views of success‚ and not fitting in. The story begins with fifteen year old Craig Gilner struggling with overwhelming concerns for his future. He’s determined to have a successful life‚ but getting there poses an issue. The fear

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    May 2011 Tight Rip 88 Power Left “Plain City rocks!” ” Plain City rocks!” were the chants in Romney Stadium in Logan on that brisk October morning. It was the Wasatch Front Football League mini bowl championship game. It was the biggest game in my little league football career. Our opponent was the five year undefeated South Ogden Jets peewee team. To remain undefeated for five years is an amazing feat especially in the little league football world. My team had high hopes; this was our chance

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    Numerous people come to America to have the respect and freedom they deserve. Sadly‚ that does not always happen. In the story America‚ the narrator talks about the segregation between the sharks and the jets. That’s symbolism today’s culture between America and Immigrates. A few Americas do not like Immigrates since they believe that they are curled and untrustworthy. In the story‚ the narrator shows American just as rude as Puerto Ricans. The story starts off as an over dramatic gay man‚ Mr. Bixby

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    In the short story “Lather and Nothing Else” by Hernando Téllez‚ Captain Torres is the villain. Captain Torres is the Captain of an army that kills and tortures the rebels in the town. Captain Torres has the composure of a villain. In the story‚ Captain Torres walks into the barber shop with the assumption that the barber will kill him. On the other hand‚ Torres keeps his composure by not showing the barber any fear and by keeping calm the entire time. In order to be a successful villain‚ you must

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