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    playing music loud enough that could be heard over 100 feet away. I pulled into the parking lot of the gas station to address this and witnessed a black male nervously walk away from a white Lincoln Town Car parked in front of the business. A Mississippi antique tag (200664) was displayed on the Town Car and was ran through NCIC. The tag came back to a 1978 Red Buick car and registered to Joseph or Orquidea Harris of 11499 Acorn Dr‚ Gulfport‚ MS 39503. I then pulled into the car wash next to the

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    Hailey Bell Mrs. Lucente English 11 AP 29 September 2015 “Winter Dreams” by F. Scott Fitzgerald Lit Circle Theme Thinker Wealth can cause more problems than joy In the text Dexter dreams about all the happiness and how he can achieve this goal because of his wealth. Dexter associates money with wealth and while he is a caddy falls in love with this. He works so hard to be wealthy and with that Dexter’s ability to love another goes away. “For the first time in years the tears were streaming down

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    clue where they disappeared to. In the novel “Paper Towns” there are two young adults named Margo Roth Spiegelman and Quentin Jacobsen‚ who are lifelong neighbors. One night Margo takes him with her on an adventure‚ then after that night she hasn’t been seen since. The Puritans would despise the novel “Paper Towns” ‚ because of the swearing‚ the characters living sinful lives‚and breaking the law. First‚ the Puritans would ban the novel “Paper Towns” due to all of the swearing that occurs throughout

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    The poems “Daystar” by Rita Dove and “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden share many similar themes. The main theme that these two poems share is being unappreciated. Both narrators used specific language and imagery to support this theme. In the poem “Those Winter Sundays” the father is described to wake up every morning even on Sundays also‚ to warm the house up for his child. He worked all week doing labor and “No one ever thanked him” is a hint that people around him were very unappreciative

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    The story I chose to read was “Winter Dreams” by Fitzgerald. Addressing the first part of the question‚ Fitzgerald’s “Winter Dreams” depicts the transformation of traditional American culture to a materialistic‚ joy-seeking society. Fitzgerald’s short story is unique in comparison to other modernist works as he takes a longer timeframe to express his message. The story begins with Dexter as a young teenager and ends with him being in his late twenties to early thirties. Nonetheless‚ the story underlines

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    Our car literally broke down in an abandoned town because of a stupid dare. How? Is this even a joke? Is this some kind of a dream where it comes from those kind of horror movies? No. We are stuck. Can’t get out. And the foggs were starting to get thicker and thicker as the time walks. Looking around. Buildings were dead‚ trees were dead ‘everything’ there was dead. No sound of wind. Just complete silence. Even no signals reach here. What do you expect from an abandoned place. The sun

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    The playwright Our Town features a wide range of philosophizing that one would not usually expect from such a traditional and classic play. The play’s author‚ Thornton Wilder‚ does an exceptional job characterizing his characters‚ with many seeming completely normal yet others clearly extraordinarily wise. The two main characters‚ characters George and Emily are both consistent sources of wisdom and clarity throughout the play. Throughout the play‚ George’s parts resonated with me the most‚ and he

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    Winter Dream In Fitzgerlad’s story a young man falls in love with a woman and despite trying‚ he fails to win her over and winds up losing her forever. When comparing the plot with more modern day fairy tales‚ there is some discussion. In most fairy tales they end happily ever after with the prince and the princess together. In Winter Dreams‚ however‚ young Dexter doesn’t wind up being with his love‚ Judy‚ in the end. Judy marries another man after Dexter rejects her on their final night together

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    Have you ever pictured a two dimensional world where everyone is considered paper‚ living a dispirited life‚ not altering? The novel Paper Towns by John Green takes place in Orlando‚ Florida. This mysterious and lighthearted novel gives the readers an insight on how one can survive anything life throws at them‚ people are perceived differently than how they appear‚ and being friends with everyone may not always the best choice. For instance‚ Quentin survives a terrifying event that no one wants

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    characteristics‚ the town has a rugged topography. It is encircled by the mountains of Gabriel (north) and Korie (south). The town runs along the corridors of these mountains. In other words‚ it is a mountainous town with an elevation ranging from 1840 meter to 2170meter a.s.l.topographically; the built-areas of the town are located around the part of the mountain which slopes down. The slopping down continues along the west and south-west directions‚ making these directions important areas of town expansion

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