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    anyone. The other boys received the opinion in a more ironic way and harassed him at the thought‚ even though it is going to come back to bit them. 2) “Ralph wept for the end of innocence‚ the darkness of men’s heart‚ znd the fall through the air of his wise friend‚ Piggy.” -Ralph is a little on the contrary‚ where as he should be happy‚ cheerful to be safe he begins to think about all that has happened and how this has changed him. Ralph now understands what was that happened‚ he realizes

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    Boy Found Dead in Alley Lying in a pool of his own blood ‚ 16 year old Andy Ritchie was found in an alley near Alfredo’s convenience store‚ March 12‚ around 12am. He was found stabbed right under his rib cage and died from blood loss. The Police Officer on the case said that he was “A Royal” and that he was probably involved in a rumble with another gang preferably “The Guardians”. Fred Smith said he saw Andy in the alley that night. Mr.Smith informed me that when he found him he was “so drunk

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    Explication of "The Flea" John Donne’s "The Flea" (rpt. in Thomas R. Arp and Greg Johnson‚ Perrine’s Literature: Structure‚ Sound‚ and Sense‚ 8th ed. [Fort Worth: Harcourt‚ 2002] 890-891) explains that a teenage male will say almost anything in order to seduce a woman. The reader discovers that "The Flea" is about a man who is quick on his feet‚ clever‚ and persistent in trying to win the woman. With his poem‚ Donne also gives the reader an insight to his own life as a Casanova before entering

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    Dr. Ruleman E102 11/13/13 Explication of Richard Cory The poem “Richard Cory‚” written by Edwin Arlington Robinson‚ is a very detail-oriented poem designed to make the reader think very thoroughly about the words and phrases that Robinson uses in his work. Robinson’s poem has many different aspects to it that make you question the work to really try and understand what is happening. Edwin Arlington Robinson uses imagery to describe the character‚ questioning of the characters life and irony

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    Movements for bilingual education rose in 1974 with the Equal Education Opportunity Act and Bingual Education Act‚ which ordered federally funded schools to meet special educational needs for students not proficient in English. Unfortunately‚ dropout rates and lack of English-language proficiency alarmed the states that these bilingual programs were not efficent. Because of this‚ arguments between English-only advocates and supporters of bilingual educations emerged. Articles such as the New York

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    Poetry Explication – “Holy Thursday” (Songs of Experience) by William Blake Khizer (Ali) Syed Nathan Dueck English 200B Feb 7‚ 2014 In William Blake’s poem‚ “Holy Thursday”‚ which is a component of the “Songs of Experience”‚ discusses the treatment of orphans in a vast “fruitful land” that is only motivated by self-interest. Furthermore‚ Blake illustrates the institutions these children reside and continues to discuss their lack of food‚ rain and “warmth”. He believes that society treats

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    “breath” is not insignificant. A single breath is light‚ delicate‚ unnoticeable‚ and vanishes quickly. The speaker may wish to convey the fragility of communication. The first two lines essentially introduce the main conflicts that are present until the end of the poem. The speaker continues using words that illustrate irrevocability. In the second and third couplets‚ “no longer” shows up twice‚ and later readers see the word “nothing‚” all of which adds to the idea that the words that were once known

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    It’s here in a student’s journal‚ a blue confession in smudged‚ erasable ink: “I can’t stop hoping I’ll wake up‚ suddenly beautiful‚” and isn’t it strange how we want it‚ despite all we know? To be at last the girl in the photography‚ cobalt-eyed‚ hair puddling like cognac‚ or the one stretched at the ocean’s edge‚ curved and light-drenched‚ more like a beach than the beach. I confess I have longed to stalk runways‚ leggy‚ otherworldly as a mantis‚ to balance a head like a Fabergé

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    Gabe Overman Mr. Westhoff Blue 4 April 25‚ 2014 Explication of ’The Masque of the Red Death’ "The Masque of the Red Death‚" by Edgar Allan Poe begins with the introduction of Prospero and his kingdom which has been stricken by the Red Death. Prospero took a large amount of his healthy friends and locked them into his castle with him to protect them from the Red Death. Prospero holds a ball with his friends however‚ it is unexpectedly interrupted by a mysterious ghoul-like figure. Prospero

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    Writing 2 Assignment 1 April 6th‚ 2013 Poem Explication – “For The Union Dead” The first stanza speaks of an old aquarium‚ one that has obviously been abandoned and left to the elements. The second stanza speaks of lost memories‚ perhaps fond ones‚ of the author and the old aquarium when it was still open. The third stanza speaks of lost time and of time marching onto a new (and more often than not‚ not exactly better) tomorrow‚ with new things going up where old things once were. The fourth stanza

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