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    Alice and Carrie wanted most of the same things for the movement but Alice was more tenacious, she may have crossed the line but it was worth it in her eyes to prove that women deserved the same rights of men. The local suffragist groups did a great job at promoting…

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    American Lawrence newspaper, and as a partner in at a local grocery store. At some point in time before Charles' death in 1892, the family moved from their farm in Lakeview to 732 Alabama Street in Lawrence. Langston Hughes' mother, Carolina “Carrie”…

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    C- Temperance was the least important reform from this time period because alcohol was eventually legal again and crime rates went up without alcohol. E- Temperance wasn’t that important because the 21st amendment makes alcohol legal again. They banned alcohol just to bring it back. (Constitution Center) R- Temperance isn’t important because eventually alcohol was brought back. So all of the protesting to ban alcohol didn’t really matter at all. It doesn’t matter because the 21st amendment…

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    adrenaline rush lead me to the door leaving Carrie standing shocked and still. She then collapsed as the cabin began to implode around her. With the cabin coming apart into a…

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    Carrie was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder after twenty-two years of medication, hospitalization, and therapy, for multiple mental and psychological disorders. Carrie was raised by an alcoholic and divorced mom. From a young age, Carrie had a tough environment which is a key trigger for Borderline Personality Disorder. At the age of twenty- one, Carrie was diagnosed with depression. A few years later, she experienced wild mood tendencies, and, therefore, was diagnosed with…

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    became involved with a very strict cult-like fundamentalist church group which made Carrie’s mother insane. Carrie’s mother did not have a Mother in her life so she also did not have the capacity to be a mother like Victor. In fact, if the creature and Carrie did not have their incompetent Mothers they probably would not have become…

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    I’ve never heard of the book Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser before, but after seeing this video I want to read it. The fact that Sister Carrie is a book about a woman who achieves what she wants through unconventional ways was astounding. The video made her whole story seem really cool and I would like to read this book. The other book that…

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    but was also the bravest thing I could have done at the time.” While my grandma was finishing her sophomore year in online school, she got her first job with her dad, and two of her brothers and sisters. Vicki’s first job was in construction, although she did not get paid a substantial amount of money, it was great learning experience for her. In the next year of high school, junior year, she started taking school serious again and hung out with a smart and kind group of friends. This was the…

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    Stephen King did not instantly just become a great published writer, however, through hard work and perseverance he overcame the hard times and he's now a very well known author. Stephen King was born in 1947, in the city Portland, Maine. As a young boy, he loved scary books, Such as, The Tales from the Vault. In Addition, he also loved science-fiction movies that featured monsters. In high school, King began writing strange short stories. However, none were published. In his stories he enjoyed…

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    because, “Right now, he’s probably buying her some fruity little drink, ‘Cause she can’t shoot whiskey.” Carrie Underwood, the girl that sings the song, is afraid that her boyfriend is cheating on her and that he doesn’t think that she’s pretty anymore. This depicts the theme because she thinks that he doesn’t want just one girl he wants to be a player and have more than one girlfriend and Carrie doesn’t want that. She wants a boyfriend that will be faithful to her and that will be happy with…

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