Richland Lane was untrafficked‚ hushed‚ planted in great shade trees‚ and peopled by wonderfully collected children. They were sober‚ sane‚ quiet kids‚ whose older brothers and sisters were away at boarding school or college. Every warm night we played organized games—games that were the sweetest part of those sweet years‚ that long suspended interval between terror and anger. On the quiet dead-end street‚ among the still brick houses under their old ash trees and oaks‚ we paced out the ritual
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After a few months‚ we finally moved into our actual house. I unpacked quickly eager and excited to find my blades. It was the beginning of my 8th grade year when I noticed that I had started cutting deeper and deeper. It was leaving marks on my skin‚ but nothing too noticeable. I went to the doctors for a heart problem and they put me on a Beta Blocker which slows your heart down. After a couple of days of having the pills‚ I stopped taking them and began to save them up. Late one night‚ I found
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Soil and Vegetation Regions Assessment 1. Describe the vegetation region in your area. Rate how natural the vegetation is on a scale of 0 (not natural) to 5 (very natural). Give a reason for your rating. Currently living in Brampton‚ the vegetation regions remains a mixed forest. Mixed forests are vegetational transition between coniferous forests and broad leaved deciduous forests. Common trees are ash‚ hemlock‚ oak‚ birch‚ maple‚ pine‚ fir‚ spruce‚ and cedar can be found in the mixed forest.
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Theme: Judgement `` It was dead silence the only thing that could be heard was the wind blowing outside when all of the sudden I heard something squirming under my bed. It couldn’t have been Jem. It was time for bed. We had already brushed our teeth and combed our hair. Atticus even read with me. I was tucked in all nice and cozy. But then what was under my bed. I was so scared. I knew Jem would make fun of me when he found out I got scared by something under my bed. I had to look for myself‚ I don’t
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Poetry Paper In these three poems “The Bells” by Edgar Allan Poe‚ “Fire and Ice” by Robert Frost‚ and another by Robert Frost “Road Not Taken” They all share a few things in common. In “The Bells” the speaker fell in love with a girl and started dating her. Soon after they got married. A while after they were married they were at home and the fire alarm went off. Only the speaker made it out his wife burned alive inside the house. In “Fire and Ice” The speaker is explaining if the world would end
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Owwl….I’m being attacked by mosquitos and gnats‚ and I’m slapping my arms legs and I’m swatting in front of my face furiously saying‚’’get away from me ‘’ and then they were biting me all over my body. It felt like ants but a lot worse. I tried ignoring it because the scenery was to beautiful to miss so i just kept walking along the trail but it kept getting worse and then i thought about the lotion that i put on before we came‚ AHH!!!!!! I figured it out i need to wash the lotion off. After a
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“I lost my wife‚” cried Harris again‚ distraught over the indifference of the two men. The two men did not reply‚ shaking their heads at him in vague amusement. Seeing that the two men would not be of any use‚ Harris turned back to the four roads. One of the roads stretched into the forest; it was a worn‚ dirt road and the soil was packed tight by the years of footsteps that have traipsed on it. Another was white and flat‚ similar to the road Harris had just biked on. The last two were rarely used
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Every book has a certain message it wants to bring to you; whether it’s about greediness‚ loss‚ etc. This book‚ A Walk in the Woods‚ is about preparation‚ perseverance‚ and helping the environment. It’s mostly about the conservation and raising global awareness. It’s about two men who decided to hike the Appalachian Trail and while on it‚ discovered a lot of things‚ like the fact that they were both seriously out of shape. Preparation: it is definitely needed when going on a big excursion like
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In his novel In the Lake of the Woods Tim O’Brien paints a vivid image of the horrors of the Vietnam War‚ particular the savagery of the Thuan Yen massacre. While prior to reading the novel readers instinctively blame the soldiers themselves for their immoral actions‚ as the novel progresses‚ O’Brien shows that while the soldiers may have physically committed the brutal acts of murder‚ blame cannot solely be placed on them. O’Brien depicts the Vietnam landscape as one that‚ due its elusive and chaotic
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In Toni Morrison’s novel‚ Beloved‚ Denver is the most dynamic character. She goes through a transformation from a young‚ shy‚ sensitive and dependent girl who has little interaction with others into an independent‚ motherly and courageous young woman. There are many events in Denver’s life that have lead to her change‚ but the two events that are biggest turning points are when Beloved first arrives‚ and when Denver leaves 124 for the first time by herself in eighteen years. These moments in her
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