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    glass breaks, her fragility is being let out that was trapped inside the glass. During The Glass Menagerie, every time something happened that showed Laura’s fragility, a piece of glass broke, showing the glass represents Laura because glass is fragile and she is…

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    Another key reason that Laura and Howie encounter is more dangerous and malevolent is that Howie and Laura are exploring the wilderness on their own. Howie wanted to stay alone in the woods with Laura. Howie said “I had this idea. About us. I had this idea that just you and me could live together in the woods. Sort of like Indians. They wouldn’t be able to find us, because we wouldn’t ever be there when they looked for us.” Brook Cole’s point is that Howie wanted to hide from the world in the…

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    passage depicts Laura’s sickness as she begins to turn into a vampire. While the idea of Laura becoming a creature that thrives off blood should be repulsive, her intrigue at the thought of death creates a more impactful scene. Within the first few sentences of the passage we hear of Laura’s ill feelings and how she is not opposed to this feeling. She mentions that she sleeps a lot and still seems tired once awake, but does not say it as if it were a bad thing. “For some nights I slept…

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    reveals that Laura is a hardworking and successful person, but still isn’t satisfied. This conflict repeats itself throughout the book.Laura’s conflict here reminds me of a similar conflict this dude from Disney's Princess and the Frog. They both were so devoted to their jobs that they neglected their love life and friendships. This quote shows a change in setting. The Bryant Hotel was one of the many places that Maurice lived in. Laura and her friend Lisa see a glimpse of what Maurice’s life…

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    #1 - Research Period 6 Marshall Islands The Marshall Islands is known as the Republic of the Marshall Islands. It’s an island country that is divided into two chains. In this case it’s the western group, or Ralik chain; and the eastern group, or Ratak chain. These islands are of coral reef types and rise only a few feet above sea level. The country is part of the larger island group of Micronesia. The country consists of 29 atoll and also 5 isolated islands. The Marshall Islands flag features…

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    anything, and i want to learn everything to become a NBA player. My friends also support me by playing ball with me and taking on challenges in games for fun. They teach me more to what i need to do to become a good basketball player. In order to reaching my goal i have to stay i focused in school and work very hard so that after i have recieved my first goal which is my high school diploma i can go on to college and take steps to become a NBA player. In conclusion to my professional goal this…

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    thousand sheep were exposed in 1953. After thousands of the ranchers sheep died following the blasts some ranchers brought unsuccessful lawsuits against the government. People of Utah, Nevada, and Arizona started to find leukemia and other radiation caused cancer five years after the sheep incident. Also after tests began people in the rural parts of Nevada, Utah, and Arizona started to see deer herds and bird flocks diminishing. Atomic weapons were also tested on naval fleets that included…

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    go through. Rubo Juda said that the fish on the lagoon were toxic "We soon discovered that the fish in the lagoon were toxic from the reef, so we got sick every time that we would eat fish.” The article also stated that the island had a evil spirit on it called “demon Litobora” that cause a fire on the island and the old Elini’s death. On top of that the Bikinians had no source of income to help them survive. After a month on the island people were starving. On march 1948 the Bikinians were…

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    They are not limited like words. They can be comprehended in many different ways, given the audience. Shekhar Deshpande says that a picture “could appeal to the semi-literate as well as the literate by providing an entry into a field that needs to be taken with caution and respect for the ‘other’ world” (56). Here, in his essay “The Confident Gaze,” Deshpande emphasizes the role a photograph can have on anyone and any one person can interpret a photo differently. Take the picture of my friends…

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    How could one country destroy the land and lifestyle of another in the name of peace? Bikini Atoll is located 850 kilometers northwest of Majuro on the northern fringe of the Marshall Islands and it has more than 23 islands and islets. The four islands are Bikini, Eneu, Nam and Enidrik. Out of the four islands, Bikini and Eneu were the only islands that have had a permanent population. On August 1945, United States dropped two nuclear weapons in the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 120,000…

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