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    The glo that applies to Eliot Ness is number 3 complex thinker. The way that Eliot Ness was a complex thinker when he figured that the police force was being payed by Al Capone so how Ness solve this problem of not having the cop on his side was where created a team of his own called the Untouchables which consisted of Jimmy Malone, George Stone and Oscar Wallace. Another way Eliot was a complex thinker was generating this creative idea of basically going to Canada Where the next ] of liquor…

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    The Shawshank redemption is a film set in the 1940's where a young banker by the name of Andy Dufresne is sentenced to life in Portland, Oregon based Shawshank prison on a false accusation of murdering his wife and another man. The rest of the movie is based around his journey to find his identity as well as his freedom and hope in order to survive. In this maximum security prison of Shawshank, prison life is designed to be harsh and breakdown the inmate’s spirits. On the inside the inmates…

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    The movie “Good Will Hunting” is about a genius leveled young janitor, Will Hunting who gets discovered to be a math whiz by a professor. One day a professor named Gerald Lambeau writes two complex math problems on the board for his students to solve. This is how professor Gerald Lambeau discovers the janitor Will Hunting has solved the equations. At the same time, it is discovered that Will Hunting has assaulted a police officer therefore, he gets himself in trouble with the law. Luckily,…

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    Yearwood. Being friends since 87’ they had a lifelong friendship and in 2005 Trisha and Garth got married and raised his three little girls to be beautiful young women. Garths career was full of fame and fortune, with over 21 awards and 6 of them being Academy of Country Music Awards helped him flourish in the industry. With 19 number 1 hits in country music, Garth sold more than 100 million albums in his career. In 2011 he not only went back to Oklahoma State for his Masters in Business…

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    How To Be A Good Writer

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    Stephen King is a highly successful and popular author. He has written many stories and novels using what he calls “ 22 lessons on How to be a Good Writer”. There is strong evidence of Rule 8 “Avoid adverbs and long paragraphs with no flow”, Rule 10 “master the art of description”, and Rule 11 “Don’t give too much background information” in his stories “ The body” and “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption”. In these stories, it is clear that he takes his rules seriously. King…

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    Thud! Gene looks down and sees a body just laying there with no move. Gene Forrester is the protagonist of the novel “A Separate Peace” by John Knowles and has some conflict just as he’s getting comfortable in his new school, Devon. Elwin (Leper) Lepellier is a minor character who is known as the social outcast of the school. Throughout the book, Gene and Phineas (Finny) become best friends and their friendship takes its toll on each of them. Due to the main conflict of the story, Gene’s…

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    Maya Patel Kerby English 5 15 October 2015 Friendship in A Separate Peace The novel by John Knowles, ASeparate Peace shows 2 young boys that go through many problems in their friendship. Their friendship goes thorough many things such as jealousy, identity, war, and competition. In the novel, John Knowles uses imagery, irony, and suspense to show the friendship of two sixteen year olds. First, Knowles uses imagery to show the oddly friendship Gene and Finny have at the beginning. “What was I…

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    Life for Stanley Yelnats is good, family, friends, school. One mistake changed his life. Finding a pair of shoes, and keeping them, getting chased by the cops, this is no mistake, this is bad luck. Four generations of bad luck, being in the wrong place at the wrong time. He has a choice, jail, or sent to Camp Green Lake for 18 months. He decides Camp Green Lake instead of jail. Camp Green Lake changed his life, digging holes everyday for 18 months. One certain hole changed his family’s curse and…

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    May 25th, 2005, Carrie became the season four winner. After American Idol she released her first single called “Inside Your Heaven” near a million copies were sold (Bodden 15). In the year 2006 Carrie was named female vocalist of the year by the academy of country music three times and has also won six grammy awards (Bodden 16). Carrie also had the chance to tour the uso in Iraq, Kuwait, and also had the opportunity to perform at military bases with her song “See You Again” This song relates…

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    Friendship is the core of what bonds and makes new relationships between people. Throughout A Separate Peace, John Knowles displays both the struggles and the special moments of having a true friendship. The main characters, Gene and Finny grow up despite their differences in personalities and opinions. This leading to some mishaps and misunderstandings. Friendship is needed in everyday life, however, it can also cause chaos between friends. From the very beginning, Knowles shows how friendship…

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