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    telling each other stories about past events which help bring their bond closer. In Joseph Boyden’s novel Through Black Spruce, demonstrates the importance of support, culture and storytelling in the Bird family and community. Will Bird devotes his life to being a bush pilot which unfortunately decides his fate. He wants to commit suicide due to his house catching on fire and thinking that his family did not make it. This shows how much Will values his family and he will go as far as to kill…

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    another for a long period of time. Luis was still sick and going through his war phases and Tuesday was there even though he couldn’t do much. At first Luis Carlos montalvan was living both a good and dangerous life at once because he was a captain in the war and he had to risk his life every single day. Then when he got wounded he lost hope and faith in his self and he started to give up he started pushing away from all his loved ones. Tuesday lived a bad live because of what he went through…

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    book called When Zachary Beaver comes to Town by Kimberly Willis Holts. In the book there is a boy named Toby. He lives in a very small and peaceful town called Antler. Then there is a summer where many events happen in the summer to change Toby's life forever. One of the events that happen is Wayne dies. Wayne is Cal’s brother and Toby is Cal’s best friend. Wayne went to Vietnam to help support the US in the Vietnam war. One day while fighting Wayne suffered a horrific injury. Then the army…

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    The book is written in a timeline , it tells me about the small fires that took place before the Big Burn. Its is written in second-person point of view that lets me know how the characters act. This books includes pictures that are very helpful. The pictures include some of the men that survived the fire and how the forests looked after the Big Burn. I like the way the book is written , it tells me what the soldiers and men were going through as they were going through this experience. The…

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    it is talking mainly about life. When people die, that story, the things they did are in hold, in someone else's life. It’s them who one day decide to tell others, like checking out a book. In the chapter, and with the quote, he is remembering stories that happened in his life and ones that he dreamed about. He carries Linda’s story with him. Tim loved this girl, they were young, but that love they had was pure innocent love. The way Linda talks of book is a symbol of life and how by that memory…

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    the way life was going so he set out on a journey from Georgia all the way to Alaska to find the meaning of happiness. Chris felt the world was one of “abstraction and security and material excess” and left on a “journey that would change everything” (22). This shows how he was tired with the society he was born into and just wanted an escape so he could change his ways. Chris also hoped to “invent an utterly new life for himself’ (22,23). Once again he shows how he is tired of the life he has…

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    The essay “The Ordeal of Change” written by Eric Hoffer indicates people are afraid of drastic change in their life that would dramatically cause them to be misfit and out of place, and the solution of putting that fear into action is there must be “an abundance of opportunities”, and also “a tradition of self-reliance”. According to Hoffer, “Even the change from peas to string beans had in it elements of fear”; This means that even a change as small as a bean can cause great amount of fears,…

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    Imagine thousands and thousands of fans are screaming your name and singing along to your hit songs. Celebrities have a lot to keep up with, such as their career, their family, their hobbies, and their fans. In fact, Luke Bryan is an excellent example of a celebrity who has the ability to balance all these things out by staying humble and talented. Someone who has sold out concerts and thousands of fans all over the world have a lot to deal with, but they always make time for other things as…

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    Poetry has a very complex and intellectual way of depicting life and the events that occur. They can describe love, hate, lust, anger, and sadness. They capture our inner feelings and our deepest of emotions. In more cases than others they have similar trends to each other. Poetry being that it is an art form, fall under the stereotype of art imitating reality and reality imitating art. Most poets have a trend when writing, which could include theme or genre. Gary Soto is a great example of…

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    Ron Mueck is an Australian artist who is known for his real life, and some-what disturbing sculptures. However, before he began creating these magnificent sculptures he began his work on a children’s television show for 15 years before finding his way into special effects working in films such as, “Labyrinth” in 1986. These special effects works lead him to model making where he would create models for commercials and different advertisements. Mueck soon got tired of photography and felt as if…

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