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    Nibbles: A Short Story

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    As children, my friends and I cherished exploring the world around us. One friend in particular, Joseph, was constantly getting himself into trouble. Many thought he was unintelligent, but he just had a knack for adventuring. One day, as we foolishly played in the backyard, Joseph suddenly tripped on a hole that was about the same size as a basketball. Being the curious person he was, Joseph decided to investigate the hole by reaching into it. Suddenly Joseph started screaming and jerked…

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    Divergent Themes

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    Theme Analysis Paper Even the bravest people have fear. Beatrice was born into Abnegation, but her aptitude test results show that she is Divergent! She tries to blend in by picking Dauntless, but Erudite is planning a war on Abnegation. Beatrice will have to stop Erudite and save Abnegation despite her fear. In Divergent by Veronica Roth, it shows that bravery does not mean an absence of fear. Beatrice is brave in this novel. When Beatrice goes to take her aptitude test she had to drink a…

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    Empathy is challenging to give or have when one has not taken the time to think about the different situations each person has experienced in their lifetime. In Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, she demonstrates how fully knowing a person can be difficult to do, especially when untruthful statements block the real facts about that person. Through the use of the characters Scout Finch and Dolphus Raymond, Lee portrays that empathy and understanding who someone is, is not easy to do until…

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    If you didn’t know there are seven deadly sins. The seven deadly sins are avarice, sloth, envy, lust, gluttony, prided, wrath. Also a lot of people commit them and some people try to stay away from committing them. They are all bad in their own ways. Some are worse than others. The 7 deadly sins can happen anywhere and at any time. If you didn’t guess the seven deadly sins avarice, sloth, envy, lust, gluttony, pride, wrath- we’re all committed Sunday during the twice annual bake sale at St.…

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    Atticus’s main goal of being a good father who helps his children, is seen as he teaches Scout to have authentic relationships and Jem to not be biased, demonstrating you should think about others first and how you connect with them, which creates a good relationship between a child and their father Atticus plays a big role in changing Scout’s perspective because he taught her to be kind to all living things that she comes across, which is important because being considerate helps a person form…

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    Once upon a time there was a house made of candy that Rumplestiltskin lived in. Then Jack came along and found the house and he started eating the house. Rumplestiltskin heard Jack chomping down on his candy house; he went outside to see what was going on. Jack used his beanstalk as a powerful source to try and kill Rumplestiltskin for his candy house. What Jack didn’t know is Rumplestiltskin also has a super power and he only uses it if it is needed. He figured it was needed so he hit the…

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    Short Story Of Woodchuck

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    Jeff was in an innocent broccoli plant minding it’s own business in a fine garden. Suddenly a lumbering giant came striding towards the plant. Swiftly it began to strip and tear broccoli from the plant consuming Jeff in the process. It devoured every sprout on the plant and left the decimated plant to rebuild, literally from the ground up. The woodchuck lumbered away, on the search for other fodder. Jeff was fully digested and was happily ensconced in the neck muscles of the woodchuck. But…

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    It is not rare for people to be afraid or skeptical of thing or even people that they do not understand or know. We like what is familiar and comfortable. We dislike changes to our environment that throw us off and we hate feeling out of place, especially in our own home. That is normal human behavior. That is why I understand why Raymond Carver felt uncomfortable at first with this blind man staying at his house. The setting of this essay all takes place in the presence of the author’s home.…

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    Causes Of Evil Stalin

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    “When I was young, a stray cat used to hang around my house a lot. My dad would give it milk and some food all the time. One day, an old racist couple moved next door. My mom and I went over to welcome them, they creaked the door open and yelled, “get off our property you freaking Filipinos and tell your other black neighbors to stay away!” Well one day, they saw my dad feed the stray cat. Later that afternoon, my dad went to take the trash out and heard a horrible crying near our fence. He goes…

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    Momo In Myriam

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    Thirteen-year-old Momo lives with his discouraged and extremely poor father. He has no memory of his mom, and his father always looks at him negatively to a more seasoned sibling who left home. Although they are extremely poor, Momo is resolved to engage in sexual relations with one of the whores who visit his neighborhood, Paris' seedy area of town. He breaks his piggy bank to get enough cash, and Sylvie starts him into this baffling world. Momo gives her a token of his friendship — his teddy…

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