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    Peter is having a great time in math class in 7th grade. The problem is that he is sitting next to Justin. Justin is a really annoying kid who claims that he knows Yoda’s home planet. “I’m not telling you because you’re mean!”Justin says to the whole table. Peter, Todd, Lucas, and Ellie were all in one table. “We never asked!” Peter, Lucas, and Ellie said all at once. As soon as they said that, the loud, annoying beep of the bell rang. “Weeee!” Todd screamed as he ran out the front door.…

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    Danny Holling Quotes

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    In the beginning of the novel, Holling is reliable and respectful, towards Danny. Danny wants to be seen as a good person and someone who stands up to bullies. In the middle of the novel, Danny supported Holling by going to watch his play even though Holling had an embarrassing part. Danny stood up to Mickey Mantle when Holling said “I held out the perfect white baseball and whispered,“Can I please have your autograph?” And he took the ball from my hand and held his pen over it. And then Mickey…

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    Extraordinary, a word that comes to mind when thinking of the special character Danny in Chaim Potok’s novel, The Chosen. Danny, a very gifted student always pushes and thrives to understand more. He possesses the ability to think much differently than his peers. Danny boldly choses to make the right choice no matter the outcome of each situation. Backing down from a challenge would seem cowardly to him. With the qualities Danny maintains such as his intelligence, devotion, and being very well…

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    The movie „American History X“ was directed by Tony Kaye and released in 1998. It deals with the story of two brothers, Derek and Danny, who became involved in the neo-Nazi movement, after their father was murdered by an Afro American. Derek ends up in prison, because he killed two Afro Americans, who broke in his car and tried to steal it. Derek shoots one of them several times in his chest and told the other one to lay his head on the sidewalk breaking his neck and causing him to die. The…

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    your name is danny walker .Because when you lead your travel team to a national championship may seem like a dream but not to danny walker. The day after he gets out of school for summer ,most kids would want to hang out with friends and get cooled off for the but not danney he goes off the basketball camps. But i wondering how old danny is and when he says “ You know that growth spurt you guys have been promising me my whole life? When does that kick in, exactly. I wonder if Danny has ever…

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    With blood dripping from their wrists and backs There was one lone soul that survived the Suicide Pact All around the world and all around the state 30-50 teens chose to seal their fate. Beautiful young eyes had gone cold with lies As a sacrifice to say, that none of this is okay. When the man you love or the daughter you raised Is being sent to their death and left without praise. Halloween had come to pass and thanksgiving could never last, only because no one could be grateful for…

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    Hasidism: A Way Of Life

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    people need a great deal of help others do not. Some people receive help from their family, others have some pressure. As portrayed in numerous Hasidic families, the rebbe and his son have conflict understanding each other. The conflict applies to Danny Saunders and his father Reb Saunders. The Chosen, one of Chaim Potok 's novels, reveals Hasidism through the rebbe, their history of coming to America, and the tzaddik, which creates the main theme of father…

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    Malter, and Danny Saunders. The theme of wisdom runs throughout the book, through these characters. David and Reb teach and lead many people, having the wisdom to know what and when to speak or act according to the situation. Danny’s father taught him well from a young age and shows wisdom in his school and home life. Three characters, David, Reb, and Danny, demonstrate a major theme of wisdom in the book, The Chosen.…

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    eventually fights with Danny. The Overlook is working through Jack to make Danny be obedient, and to not run away; Danny has to be "chastised" (Kubrick 1980). The young boy, however, has known that the hotel has been trying to know what he 's thinking, and he has been able to resist it 's attempts. Instead of referring to the hotel 's illusions as "pictures," as he formally did, Danny now calls them "false faces," which are fictitious. In conjuncture with this thought, Danny now calls the…

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    Danny’s father, is molding Danny to be a hasidic tzaddik and pressuring him to conform to the copious tzaddik customs at a young age. Danny is nearly broken attempting to adhere to the absurd expectations when during his second year of college a zionist movement arises and he is forced to be anti-zionist and excommunicate zionists. During this time Danny is silent to Reuven due to the requirements set forth by his father which severely stifles his grades and mental outlets. Danny struggled…

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