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    I never wanted any of this. You know that‚ right? I didn’t choose any of this.Where do you think evil comes from? Do you think people decide to be bad? Do you think the devil knows who he is? Do you think it’s all his fault? I didn’t choose to be this way‚ okay? I need you to know that. But I also need you to know that I don’t regret this. Pleading not guilty doesn’t always mean you didn’t do it. In this piece‚ an 18 year old girl on trial for murder decides to defend not the fact that she murdered

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    Don’t play the victim “Dad‚ can’t you try the left lane? It seems to be moving faster than our lane.” I suggested‚ fidgeting in the car seat. It was already seven past three in the afternoon and the games had most likely began at three on the dot‚ not one minute earlier‚ not one minute later. If there is one person that never keeps time‚ it’s my dad. He is a habitual and notorious late comer. Time and again I had to scroll through the contact list in his cell phone and contact‚ one‚ or another

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    that Elijah is fascinated by it2. * Aunt Niska has tried a lot of the traditional Cree medicine on Xavier‚ but none of them seem to have any effect * Decides to keep telling Xavier stories of the past in hope that these will help * Goes back to just after her father passed away * Her people are lost due to the whites killing the leader of

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    beeping awakens you. With difficulty and trouble‚ you force yourself out of bed‚ your brain still not yet conscious. You get your uniform and proceed to head to the bathroom to get ready for school. Minutes pass by quickly and you are walking to school‚ lost in deep thought. For some time now‚ you have not yet listened to the world around you. As you gently shift your focus towards the world before you‚ your ears process the sound of anger at its highest level. You cannot believe what you hear. Vexation

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    their feet. Even with the first girl in the opening scene‚ Nicole‚ she points out that Brandon isn’t from around here and when asked where he is from she replies “somewhere beautiful.” Brandon’s boyish/girlish good looks and cowboy “I’m here to save you” charm wins everyone over. Enough so that his small physique and high voice gets left

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    In the stories Don’t Give Up The Fight and Making Sarah Cry The both share a theme of being different. In Don’t Give Up The Fight Ava is different because all the people on her team are boys and she is the only girl. In the story Making Sarah Cry Sarah gets made fun because she looks different than everyone else. Even though these stories share a common theme of being different they are two completely different stories. For example the characters in the story handled their situations differently

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    she do know songs‚ refusing to play them‚ and playing other songs. “Can you play ‘Hot Lips’?’ He was the real American boy. “Don’t know it‚” libby lied.Libby wear a red dress‚ and this symbolize her quite will because red means strength‚ determined‚ and danger. Libby is the only one bold enough to face the crowd head on‚ and by doing this she put herself in danger. For most part Libby does not have a reason to stay she is just there to look good and sing. Libby is the person who have nothing to

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    of sorrow and beat myself about the head and neck because ‘we’ didn’t win. We.... We..... What kind of idiot says ‘we’ didn’t win? Did you play the game? Were you running around the pitch? Did you even touch the ball? No‚ you did not. You sat at home in front of the tele; reclining on the sofa like a beached whale‚ stuffing yourself with crisps. Or‚ you forked out hard earned money to watch over paid‚ over perfumed muppets prance about the pitch like demented chickens. Football supporters

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    I chose the song “Don’t Panic” by Coldplay because I strongly believe it reflects myself‚ and my life quite accurately‚ which expresses my beliefs. The song “Don’t Panic” is a pessimistic/optimistic song that can be especially shown in some lines of the lyrics. The pessimistic side of the song shown by “Bones sinking like stones” expresses that we are all going to go through some sort of suffering that we will have to endure. This line relates to a part of my life as a child living in New York‚ which

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    sad‚ and emotional movie that displays the true life story of Brandon Teena’s gender identity disorder. The main character played by Hilary Swank‚ is a girl named Teena Brandon that lives life as a male named Brandon Teena. Throughout the movie you see the struggles and danger he faces in an unforgiving community. Gender identity disorder is when a person feels and identifies themselves as the opposite sex. This can be seen in their choice of sexual partners‚ behavior‚ dress‚ and mannerisms

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