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    According to Robert Evans in The Kid Stays in that Picture, “There are three sides to every story: my side, your side and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently” (tvtropes.org). The two sides of a story and the truth relates to Edgar Allen Poe’s short story The Black Cat. In The Black Cat, the unnamed narrator demonstrates unreliable narration. In The Black Cat, the unnamed narrator shows characteristics of unreliable narrator: weak reasoning, weak sense of morality and isolation through his actions. To begin, by trying to prove that the unnamed narrator is not crazy, the narrator demonstrates weak reasoning. In the scene where he kills Pluto, the cat, the mystery character demonstrates weak reasoning. “I took from my waistcoat - pocket a pen-knife, opened it, grasped the poor beast by the throat, and deliberately cut one of its eyes from the socket! I blush, I burn, I shudder, while I pen the damnable atrocity” (Poe 2). In this scene, the unnamed narrator shows weak reasoning when killing Pluto. He clearly shows that he will get nothing good out of killing the cat. By killing the cat for no reason, this shows that he acts without thinking portraying the qualities of an unreliable narrator. Aside from killing Pluto with a knife, he kills another pet showing weak reasoning. “One morning, in cool blood, I slipped a noose about its neck and hung it to the limb of a tree; -hung it with tears streaming from my eyes, and with the bitterest…

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    In Trifles the women had taken their own same sex side when the county attorney and the officer had been saying how Mrs. Wrights house was dirty and this is illustrated when the county officer was in the kitchen of Mrs. Wrights and washed his hand and when he was going to dry them he says “Dirty towels! Not much of a housekeeper, would you say ladies? (669). The ladies after this statement automatically take sides as if they were trying to have power and Mrs. Hale states “Those towels get dirty…

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    My person is nathan hale he was a white patriot in the american revolution. he helped with the siege on the british when there were the first casualties of war. He also served in connecticut. He was also a spy for the patriots and went to new york city to spy on the british when he was 21 years old. His last words were ¨ my only regret is that i have but one life to give for my country.¨ Hale, Nathan (June 6, 1755 - Sept. 22, 1776), patriot, spy, hanged by the British, long known as the…

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    I, Cee Jay Hale was born to Tracee Hale and Carlton Greene Sr., who met through a mutual friend. After dating for a short time they were married by May of 1999. They later divorced in 2011. Both of them are natives of Cleveland, Ohio. My mother is a product of Leola and John Hale who’ve have been married for 52 years and been together for 56 years! My grandmother Leola was born October 1, 1941 and is from Cleveland as well while my grandfather John was born March 12, 1936 in Salem, Alabama. …

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    results were unusable. Without training on what to look for behind enemy lines, they reported mostly exaggerated or useless information (Rose 16). This disappointed Washington and he worried that no useful information would ever come from the city and without it New York’s fate would be sealed. As the British were forcing rebels out of New York, Nathan Hale was heading toward his death on Long Island. He was commissioned by General Washington to gather first hand intelligence about British…

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    At the beginning of The Crucible, Reverend Hale is an honorable man. He is considered to be the most intelligent man of his learnings. He shows his intelligence when he comes to Salem with his educational books full of all things of witchery and evil knowings. When he examined Betty for the Devils Mark, he used his books for support. He took his job very professionally. He did this to keep his name of a wise man. Hale starts to deteriorate when he notices the girls lies. Going against the…

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    People today recognize Jennifer Lopez as a talented and well-known celebrity who is indeed a triple threat – actress, singer, and dancer. Lopez is also acknowledged for being an iconic Latina star amongst a traditionally white-dominant world. Her highly viewed music videos are proof that she is an expert performing and connecting with her audience through themes of race, sexuality, and class. In Jennifer’s “Jenny from the Block” and “I Luh Ya Papi”, race, sexuality, and class are hinted through…

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    training than those who had no college education and lacked these qualifications. His successor, the fiscally conservative Republican Governor John Engler, tried to cut taxes and downsize the government which resulted in a devalued higher education budget with the early 1990s recession. At this time, with less money available to fund higher education, the MET cuts dimmed destitute students’ college-bound prospects. Surprisingly, though, Engler nevertheless managed to expand financial aid and…

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    The Breakup Every relationship is a one of a kind. Couples communicate differently, they go through different stages, and they have different expectations of each other. As communication is a big part of how relationships are, it is important for couples to focus on how they do it. Scholars have developed some theories that could be applied in the way communication is done in relationships. These theories could talk about couples coming together, their expectations of each other, or maybe…

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    between the black body and the sport of tennis. In the entire sport of tennis there has only been 51 black players and out of that 51, all have faced some type of prejudice. Whether it be Althea Gibson, who faced severe racism from the crowd every time she enter the arena, or James Baldwin, who was attacked by police officers because he looked like the “twin” of a suspect, black tennis stars have had to endure racial bigotry on and off the court. When these black athletes excel they are…

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