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A proverb from Lithuania states: “Gold glitters even in mud.” This proverb is like a rags to riches story, even the best people, characters, etc. can shine through awful situations. The proverb originated in Lithuania and the English translates to “Auksinis žiburėlis net purvu”. This proverb is a societal belief because everyone always goes for the underdog in a story. The people and historical events in this essay are like the underdog, where they/it started at a low point and rose above…

In Homedale Middle School there are many different types of people groups. The groups are the sporty, the non-sporty, the gamers, and the bad group. The sporty group has most of the grade. This group is the popular kids of the school. They wear the popular sports clothing like Nike and Adidas. They play sports like football, baseball, wrestling softball, basketball, and run track. They are the rich kids of the school, they have nice phones they have sack lunch every day. They don’t have…

In “Therapy” by David Lodge, Laurence Passmore, a middle-aged man narrates his experiences with therapy and his divorce. Laurence is a mediocre writer and the creator of a show called “The People Next Door,” who goes to cognitive behaviour therapy, physiotherapy, aromatherapy and acupuncture. Laurence has a habit of looking up words he says to “compensate for [his] lousy education,” (Lodge 33) but the words he looks up are not random; they are his subconscious way of putting his cognitive…

CASE: Westlake Lanes: How Can This Business Be Saved? Richard G. Hamermesh Answers by Ashley Brown 2) What are Shelby's biggest problems? Explain. The biggest problem Shelby faces is Westlake’s poor financial health. Shelby was placed in a position to tackle a business with declining sales and increasing costs. Investors were not happy with the apparent decline in revenue, which had fallen over 40% over five years. Shelby needs to focus on how to increase revenue while simultaneously cutting…

Summary: Our section starts off with Scout and Jem walking towards their school for a pageant organized by Mrs. Merriweather. They begin having a conversation, mainly about Boo Radley, when Cecil Jacobs jumps out and scares them. Cecil and Scout decided to go and enjoy the hello ween celebration before the pageant begins. They enjoyed the House of Horrors by the 7th grade, and also went and bought some of the Mrs. Judge Taylor's homemade candy. They were about to purchase a blob of taffy when…

Through all of their tough circumstances George and Lennie stay loyal to each other. First, George is willing to lie to keep him and Lennie together. “George said, ‘he’s my… cousin. I told his old lady I’d take care of him.’” (22). George lies to his new boss to avoid suspicion, even though it could add even more suspicion in their case. Lennie also is willing to defend and fight for George at any given moment. “[Lennie] stood up and walked dangerously toward Crooks. ‘Who hurt George?’ He…

Doua Lumi; A Campground in the Heart of Transylvania Key words: Doua Lumi, sustainable, and community Doua Lumi Come Stay with us at Doua Lumi and experience Transylvania in a whole new way. The perfect start to a vacation in the Romanian Countryside begins at Doua Lumi, along with sustainability, it offers the amenities of staying in a hotel. The beautiful campground rests in a prime location that offers a lot of amenities such as; a pool, tent sites, chalets, showers, and close to local shops…

It is with great pleasure that I write this letter of recommendation for Carolyn Komatsoulis of Maryland. She recently completed her summer internship at the Guilford Keeping Society, a non-profit historical society in Connecticut. The challenge for her was to provide us with a workable online archive so that we will be able to share and make public some of the over 10,000 historic images of Guilford housed in our photography collection. Speaking on behalf of the Society, we were all most…

A huge stag, glowing with the cold, silvery-white light of the night, stands panting and exhausted. He hears something, and quickly bounds away. A minute later, a hunting party, their way lit up by multicolored lanterns and witch lights, comes tearing through the dark Forrest after the stag. They were a wild lot on half wild horses with hounds more than a quarter wolf. The hounds were howling and barking up a storm. The horses hooves were pounding and they neighed and screamed. The hunters and…

Rising Action Before the climax could happen, there had to be some rising action, and in this book, there were lots of rising action. One of the most important parts, I feel, was when they found out the dinosaurs were breeding, and steadily getting higher. The numbers rose from 238 to 292. Another big rising action is when Dennis Nedry programs the system, as well as the power, to shut down, then steals dinosaur embryos to sell them. His plan fails when he meets a hungry dinosaur, and… gets…