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    “Alright, I’m better so let’s get going.” After two hours we made it to food store. We split up into 3 groups of 4 to look for food, water, weapons, or anything useful. “Okay the groups are Dereck, Ethan, Tommy, and Wyatt. You will look for food. Jonah, Caleb, Kaleb, and Rob will be looking for water, batteries, and flashlights and Tre, Roberto, Paul, and I will look for weapons.” I said getting everyone in their groups, “Group one will look in the far right side of the store, group two will…

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    In the dystopian novel, The Giver by Lois Lowry, the theme of oppression leading to freedom is illustrated in Lowry’s use of the literary elements of allusion, foreshadowing, and characterization. The society that Lowry creates is a perfect world without crime, war, or poverty. Every person has a specific role and they are not allowed to make any choices on their own. One person, The Giver, is responsible for holding all the memories of all the pain and pressures of life. Now Jonas has been…

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    book there are main characters and characters that are enemies, so I will start with the main characters. The main characters are Amy Cahill, Dan Cahill, Hamilton Holt, Nellie Gomez, Atticus Rosenbloom, Jake Rosenbloom, Ian Kabra, Fiske Cahill,and Jonah Wizard. The bad characters are Ruthford Pierce, Cara Pierce, Galt Pierce,and the body guards. Now the setting. The setting takes place in many locations in this story. The story takes place in Guatemala; Cambodia; Attleboro; Delaware; New York;…

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    Dear Miss. swett This week I read section 4 of the giver by Louis Lowery Jonus was wondering what it happened when they did a release. The giver showed Jonas a video of the release. They stick a needle into their veins and inject something into them and made them go limp. Then they through the person. Jonas got really mad and then for doing that to a person. The giver explained that they don't have feelings. Then they planned Jonas would run away and all the memories come back to the community…

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    Why Was Jacob Inevitable

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    be when he cheats, he is cheated. This happened when he cheated Esau but succumbed to Laben. Additionally, when he showed favor towards Joseph over his other sons, Joseph was taken away as a punishment for not showing enough favor for them. Jonah became less desirable for the call as he fled from it. He only heard it because he was loyal to God but not enough…

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    the subject matter, like what Father Mapple tried to teach through his sermon on Jonah and the whale. While the sermon doesn 't seem completely out of place on the first read through, it can initially be difficult to understand why it takes up a whole chapter. Fortunately the sermon takes place in the beginning of the story. Thus, upon starting a second time, the reader can effortlessly see that the story of Jonah, as told through Father Mapple, is about how people need to disobey their own…

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    The Goal Summary

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    save his plant from closing and ultimately costing hundreds of jobs. Alex meets an old friend – Jonah – who is the key to helping him turn the plant around change his management skills in relation to manufacturing control processes. The Goal’s narrative gives an example first hand that “productivity is meaningless unless you know what your goal is.” (p. 32) through how the plant is run. Goldratt uses Jonah to show Alex and the reader a different side of management. By using ideas outside of the…

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    ) David is Anointed as Israel’s King (1003 BC) 1 Samuel 16:1-13 God rebukes Samuel for continuing to mourn for Saul. He was not to be pitied. God had dealt with him justly. Samuel is then commanded to go to a man named Jesse in Bethlehem and to anoint one of his sons as Israel’s next king. 2 Samuel. Saul was the kind of man Israel wanted for its king. The oldest son of Jesse was probably something like Saul in terms of age, height, and strength. Saul was a man who physically…

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    The two words mindset and subculture are used frequently in our daily life. However, few people may notice the relation between them. Mindset is a fixed mental attitude that can foreseen people’s response to a particular situation. Subculture is a group of people share the same background and beliefs that different from the mainstream. Some people state that there is no close relationship between mindset and subculture, but I think the philosophy of subculture includes the philosophy of mindset.…

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    apology in Miami at the Knight Foundation the following week. When Lehrer makes his speech there is a large screen behind him with comments from twitter. When he begins his speech the comments are mostly positive for example one person says “Wow. Jonah Lehrer talk drives directly into a listing of failures, errors and mea culpa. And that, people is how you apologize”(Ronson 45). When Lehrer starts mentioning forensic science the viewers change their opinions and still believe that he is a…

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