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In Tangerine, by Edward Bloor, many decisions and choices lead to conflicts and consequences. Paul is a middle school kid who plays soccer and has coke bottle glasses. He doesn’t live such a normal life considering that his brother is evil and does very bad things and isn’t just your ordinary older brother. Paul makes many decisions over long periods of time, since he was born, but all these decisions have not gone his way. They even make his life worse. First off, Paul, the main character,…

Mrs. Coty’s idea of giving the students a chance to share their notes, thoughts, and methods regarding their homework was incredible. It allowed for students to see what was expected of them. Many students skipped the section where they were asked to round and very few drew a picture as they were directed to. By displaying the work of those who did what was asked of them and getting the class to discuss why this was helpful to them allowed for those who did well to feel proud of their…

Imagine you see one of your favorite people in the world. you want to tell them how you feel, but you can not. Instead of doing something about it, you just tell them something else and pretend your feelings do not matter. now imagine you are like this with everyone you meet. this is the life of Holden Caulfield in J.D. salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye. he is a sixteen year old New Yorker who has been to numerous boarding schools for numerous reasons, all tracing back to one. Holden avoids…

chores and things that the mother tells the child to do. Her mother tells her ‘this is how you sweep a corner; ….. this is how you set the table for breakfast;’ The mother tells Kincaid how…

been spreading the wrong teachings to its followers. The Gods tell Socrates that King is doing the right thing by trying to get the church to end the injustice against Negros. They tell Socrates that King is being accused just like him and that Socrates must help King in order to open the eyes of white churchgoers. The Gods tell Socrates that in order to escape the jail cell, he must do three things in order to get to King. The Gods tell Socrates that he must 1) eat the fruit that will be given…

Basketball Parents There are thirty seconds left in the game and we are done by two. if we could score one more basket we would be tied with one of our all time rivals, Bigfork. Everyone in the stands are on the edge of their seats. our parent s are all cheering us on. It was an all time parents embarrassment high. Some like Rose Villeneuve are just sitting there like always watching the game calm and collected. Then there are ones like my parents who are trying to be calm, but are using…

The truth is, that I never really knew if I wanted this. I just thought that I liked it. Why? well, I love math, but when I finally get to know what this profession is really about… I finally see that it’s not what I want. I notice my first year of college while taking quantitate methods… Yeah! I liked it, but it wasn’t my thing, I mean I always understood everything, I did my homework, and I studied for my tests. But there was still I voice inside my head that kept telling me “This isn’t what…

New Criticism Analysis of O’Connor’s “Good Country People” Deception is most successful when there is a grain of truth blended into the lie. If a large portion of the facts of a lie is perceived as true (or thought to be valid), individuals are more likely to explain away any inconsistencies as they emerge. In a way, individuals are blinded by the deception and actually talk themselves into believing the lie. Con artists use this strategy to mislead and cheat individuals to gain what they want;…

anyone else before. He says, “Never have I laid eyes on equal beauty in man or woman, I am hushed indeed” By being courteous and flattering her with compliments he successfully convinces Nausikaa to listen so he may ask for her help. He then goes on to tell Nausikaa about his tragic hardships he has dealt with. He says, “And yet my case in desperate, / twenty days, yesterday, in the wine-dark sea, / on the ever-lunging swell, under the gale winds, getting away from the island of Ogygia” (XI…

and inspiring to the 2005 graduating class of Stanford. In Jobs first story of connecting the dots, he tells of his own college experience which without a doubt is something the audience was able to relate to. When speaking about his college…