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    The Outlaw Josey Wales

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    The Outlaw Josey Wales, produced by Robert Daley and starring Clint Eastwood, portrays the life of Josey Wales as he runs from the notorious Union Captain Terrell and his horde of ruthless Redlegs and bounty hunters. Josey Wales’ exodus from Missouri is caused by his refusal to surrender to the Union. In the film, The Outlaw Josey Wales, shadows are used to illustrate the state of Josey Wales’ soul. The film begins in Missouri on the Wales family farm as Josey and his son plow the field. The…

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    Fever 1793 Report

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    Fever 1793 In the summer of 1793 a deadly sickness called Yellow fever spreads everywhere and affects almost everyone, including a young fourteen year old girl, named Matilda, but goes by Mattie. Mattie lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where her family owns a coffee shop in a small wooden building. When Mattie hears about the yellow fever that is caused by a female mosquito bite she becomes so worried. Almost the whole city gets infection with this fever, including Mattie's mother. Her mother…

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    Laurie Halse Anderson the author of the book Speak speaks through a young girl who has no friends and suffers through desperation as a freshman in high school. Anderson is well known for children and young adult books and has even earned the Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 2009 and was recognized after writing the book Speak in 1999. “Laurie Halse Anderson was born on October 23, 1961 in Potsdam, New York where she loved the fact that they lived near Canada.”…

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    That summer, everything had changed for Melinda Sordino. Her peers would not view her the same consequently her freshman year would be off to a rocky start, but when the past is uncovered things will change.Through the book Speak by Laurie Halsey Anderson we live through the sad story of a depressed teen who enters high school with no friends and is hated by her peers. We are able to understand the difficulty high school teenagers face, specifically when faced with something so big.There is no…

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    The novel Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson, mainly describes about Melinda's trial in her high school. Before Melinda's first year of her high school, she went to the party with her friends. At the party, she drinks three beers because of her excitement even though she barely had any experience with alcohol. Andy Evans who is a senior boy approaches to Melinda and rape her. After the rape, Melinda quickly calls the police, but she cannot tell what happen to her. Other students think Melinda is…

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    A Eulogy about Lauren Thank you all for coming to celebrate the death of a girl who lost her life, and share our grief at her passing. She has always been the friend that sticks around and is always there for you. One day when we both were in 7th grade she asked me if I wanted to go to Mall of America, and of course I said yes. She once told me that her family goes every year during spring break and it so happened to be the year her and I became friends. I knew then and there she would be the…

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    About the Author Laurie Halse Anderson was born on October 23, 1961 in Potsdam, New York. Laurie grew up in Potsdam, New York with her sister Lisa, her father Frank A. Halse Jr., and her mother Joyce Holcomb Halse. When Laurie was younger she loved to read. Her favorite books were historical fiction. She might have been good at reading but she was bad at math. When she was in 2nd she loved writing. As she got older she started liking science fiction and fantasy. Also as she got older…

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    leukemia. It was a case that had a major environmental issue and a lot of impact potential. Anne Anderson started the case where she wanted an apologize because her son died from leukemia. [1] “Anne Anderson son have died from Leukemia two years ago.” Anne asked Jan Schlichtmann to investigate about the case, because she wanted to get an apology. Anne did not wanted money, she wanted an apologize. Lauren was another person that had a son that died from leukemia, she was screaming when her son…

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    take down stress levels: some of us talked with friends, sang along to music, slept, or did our homework to pass the time. “The bus trip down there we didn’t really do much,” Natasha Anderson told me, “an hour until we got there, we played Cards Against Humanity with the entirety of the back of the bus.” Talking with Lauren Hall as well, she agreed that the…

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    Argument Essay Do you think technology is destroying our friendships? Well, I do and here's why. "A typical teen sends 2,000 texts a month and spends more than 44 hours per week in front of a screen.", says Lauren Tarshis in Is Technology Killing Our Friendships?. This means we spend too much on social media too; we need a break to spend time with friends in person. This quote matters because it tells us that teens are on technology too much, nothing but staring at a screen. Technology gets in…

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