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    Basketball Game Peter

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    Peter a young marshmallow who wants to play basketball when he gets older, but he does not have a chance to enter a marshmallow basketball competition. He could not enter because he moved far away to Marshville, and the competition is in Marshmallow city. The Peter has an idea, so he goes to Jojo`s house. He talks to Jojo and says,“Will you help me raise money to compete in the basketball competition?”Jojo says yes he will help but peter is going to need some training, When they collected…

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    Gulliver Chapter 7

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    Chapter 1 Notes: August 5th, 1706 ( set out) April 11th, 1707 (arrived) Stayed 3 weeks to refresh crew, many of whom were sick Went to Tonquin Attacked by pirates. Latitude of 46N Longitude of 183 Dutchman had authority but not commander of either ship Spoke to him in Dutch which infuriated him even more Since Gulliver pissed off the Dutchman, he sent Gulliver off into the ocean Gulliver come upon many islands and lands on one of them Eats eggs and roasts seaweeds The sun is blocked out by a…

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    So I was sitting there and Chavez was doing his stretches. His Fresno State flag on the ground, and I was just waiting for the game to start. It was Tuesday afternoon and Chavez was scheduled to be one of our refs for soccer. Yes, it had to be Chavez. After his five minute stretching session, he stood up and started doing jumping jacks. All those stretches just to run around a field carrying a whistle and a flag. The good thing was that our main ref for the game was Mr. Navarro. After five…

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    Modest Proposal

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    want to lose her lock of hair but during the card game she realizes the lock has gone missing and it becomes a big deal. Belinda creates a lot of drama due to a lock of hair which shows the satirical side of the story. Another satirical piece is by Jonathan Swift. He wrote a Modest…

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    1. The speaker seems to be a man who resides in the upper class section of Ireland who believes in the Protestants over anyone else in the country, hence his attitude towards the poorer people. 2. The tone of this work tends to remain rather blunt and at the same time has a professional and serious quality, which in turn makes it seem more real. For example, when he first proposes the idea of using children as food, “a young healthy child well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious…

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    Sasha, I started watching wrestling at the end of 2015. I tuned in at a great time because this was the beginning of the revolution. I remember loving Becky Lynch, but I started to like this other wrestler named Sasha Banks. She had pink hair, an awesome entrance, and some pretty amazing gear. I was gravitated towards you ever since. I cheered for you at WrestleMania 32, and you looked absolutely stunning. You put on a magnificent show that gave me this idea. I thought to myself, “I want to do…

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    An Inward Look Through the Eyes of Gulliver When traveling, one expects to encounter new things and new people. In Gulliver’s Travel, Jonathan Swift introduces his reader to many new characters and lands. Swift writes during the Reformation Period, and uses satire to take aim at the political system at that time. It also is a partial parody of travel books as well. Gulliver, when he is abandoned by his crew, lives a new life so contrary to his original one, that it affects him and his family…

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    After reading the work of Jonathan Swift "A Modest Proposal" I could not help feeling sorry for the people who live in these conditions. The farmers who have to meditate for food and children who cannot defend themselves and only suffer from hunger and poverty. It is inevitable to think of solutions that help to hunger, anguish, and poverty. Therefore, Swift poses a solution full of satire, black humor and a bit of mockery about the depressing situation of these families and the society in…

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    Authors and artists use satire to make a statement about the current state of economics or just the overall nature of different situations. In a story that has to deal with satire the author is criticizing human nature and society. How people act and feel. Irving uses satire to criticise religion and how not all religious icons (Popes and Deacons) are perfect and don't do bad things like everyone else. In “The Devil and Tom Walker” Tom the main character and his wife care more about…

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    Often in persuasive writing, it is notable that authors – in accordance to their personal experiences, historical contexts, and insights – write in order to increase their readers’ awareness about the socioeconomic, political and cultural outcomes that have shaped the present world. Similarly, Johnathan Swift in his essay titled “A Modest Proposal Preventing the Children of Poor People from Being a Burden to Their Parents, or Country, and for Making them Beneficial to the Public”– stood as being…

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