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    I Stand Here Ironing is such a sad example of the emotional neglect that far too many children encounter in their youth. Emily’s encounter with neglect began in her eighth month, when her mother had no choice but to leave her in an inhospitable daycare to gain employment after being abandoned by her husband. Emily’s ability in overcoming her disadvantages is a testament to her resilience and grit in finding her niche in life, comedy. Attachment is the bond between a caregiver and child that…

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    mentions the subject with a definitive opinion, a multitude of people are offended, provoking a slew of debates. However, Sallie Tisdale, a nurse working at an abortion clinic, does the impossible and writes about abortion in her article, “We Do Abortions Here,” delving readers into salient moral questions about the topic – all while never revealing a clear-cut opinion on abortion itself. With a powerful ethos supported by the key components common sense,…

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    In the second to last paragraph of Tillie Olsen’s “I Stand Here Ironing”, Emily’s mother, who is the narrator of the story, gives the reader a succinct synopsis of her recollections of her life raising Emily, her oldest daughter. She recounts, in summation, the events that shaped her and Emily’s early years together, and which frame the rest of the story to that point. She explains how and why these events influenced here parental decisions, and the effect those decisions had on the psyche of…

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    The past is filled with moments we remember some of joy and others of longing to have done something different thinking things would be better than they are now. In “I Stand Here Ironing” Olsen shows how parents could come to regret the decisions they make as they raise their children through the narrator. The importance of displaying this regret to the reader is to enhance the sympathy towards the narrator who otherwise might be seen as a terrible mom at least to her first daughter. Olsen’s…

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    Zeus: Here I mad a quote expressing how Zeus had many wifes by talking about all the girls he is meeting up with “My schedule goes as follows, later today I have a date with Hera, than tomorrow I have a date Metis, than I have a date with Demeter on Saturday and the next day I have to go out and meet with Themis.” Hades: Here I express how lonely Hades get without any company in the Underworld and his jealousy towards his siblings “More dead souls, why did Zeus give me the…

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    have you guys here with me today. You might be wondering why you are here. Why would people like you, who are important people like you come here from a no body like me. Well the awnser is simple. You are here because you want to make money. You are here because you want on the ground floor of the next hooters, applebees, chillis, Red Robin, and my favorite buffalo wild wings. You are here because you want to change the way this country eats and things about food. That’s why you here. Who is…

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    his way to the pool by which the weirwood tree stood. Why is he coming here? Here? Is there not one place I can find untainted by sour memories? He looked up at the sky, scowling. If he's coming, then that means the rest of them are coming as well. My dear sweet sister and my loving stepmother. My attentive and caring father. And it wouldn't be complete without their Martell and Lannister cronies would it? Jon loved it here in the North, in Winterfell. The place, the weather, and most of…

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    In the novel Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer,hope our protagonist In this book there are secondary characters like braverman ,addie and G.T. Stoop. In this story Hope is trying to show she can live up to her name. She realizes there are more struggles in life then she thought. But you just need to look on the positive side of life and love who you have. At the begging of the story Hope just moved With her aunt Addie to the stairways diner hope changed her name to Hope at age 12 (used to be…

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    “Adeline come over here” said McCain. Adeline was a close friend to McCain. He knew that Adeline was quiet and shy not wanting to protest and march for segregation. “What?” said Adeline as she came over to him in the dorm foyer. “We are going to do a lunch counter sit in and we are trying to get more people to come.” said McCain. Adeline was unsure if she wanted to go or not because of the consequences. “I don’t think I am going to go, you could go to jail for doing that.” Said Adeline. As…

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    with the possibility that another Cold War may begin. The quote “The Cold War Is Long Gone, but the Nuclear Threat Is Still Here" fully explains the conflict with the three nations and how they still send threats of…

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