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    Magic Tree House Memoir

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    individual who desired to write with passion and attack the intricacies of the English language head on. Mrs. Jones, my first grade teacher, unlocked the secrets of The Magic Treehouse series to my eyes, and the beauty of cursive to my hands. I did not know as a first grader…

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    Propaganda in Animal Farm 1) What is propaganda and how is it connected to characterisation? Commonly used as a form of promotion or indoctrination, propaganda in its simplest form is the intentional distribution of information, ideas and fabricated rumours to benefit or demoralise the opposing or supported parties. Throughout the history of mankind propaganda was commonly utilized as a weapon of persuasion in dire times such as World Wars I and II, the Cold War in addition to the ongoing…

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    were a lot of conflicts both internal and external and there were uses of elements of satire to blend politics and art. To me the book was giving a fair idea of how the powerful and intelligent life treated the low and unintelligent ones. The setting of Animal Farm was in England and the different animals that were used to symbolize persons in the book were mainly pigs, horses…

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    Both leaders are also changing the laws to their advantage and are making the workers suffer. After a while the both changes totally, they are being more like the old leaders, Mr Jones/the tsar, and makes the society worse than before. Old Major can be compared to Lenin, Snowball to Trotsky, Napoleon to Stalin, Mr Jones to the tsar and the animals to the people. The meaning message of the story is that it is easy to abuse power when you get it and good and bad leadership. Another message is also…

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    event can have large-scale implications. It’s a well-known phenomenon, but how is this concept presented in historical fiction? An American Marriage by Tayari Jones is a historical fiction book that follows a newlywed couple in Atlanta, Roy and Celestial. Their relationship is put to the test when Roy is wrongfully convicted of a crime. Jones effectively centers the story around the impacts of incarceration on not only Roy and Celestial, but their community as well, by contrasting the…

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    1. I feel sorry for both Dexter and Judy because they both are focused on materialistic things. Dexter allows himself to be manipulated by Judy’s beauty and high social status, which makes me feel sorry for Dexter since he is brainwashed. I feel sorry for Judy because she is spoiled. 2. A.) In the Spring Dexter felt depressed, in the Fall he filled with happiness, he knew there was something gorgeous about the fall. In October he was filled with hope, in November the hope he felt in October…

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    Greed In Animal Farm

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    Jones the farmer gets drunk and forgets to lock up for the night and feed the animals. The animals have not been fed well and are very hungry. They can’t take it anymore, so they break into the shed and helped themselves to food. Mr. Jones suddenly wakes up and he and his men began to chase and whip the animals. The animals fight back, butting and kicking from all sides. Eventually they run Mr. Jones and his men off the farm. The animals are excited…

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    When I was five years old, my dad took me to a sold out Basketball Jones show. As I walked into Quicken Loans Arena as a star-crossed child, my heart was pounding as I looked up to the jumbotron to Mr. Jones. At that moment, my heart lept out of my chest as he pointed towards me, beckoning my eagerself to the court. The instant I stepped onto the arena floor, I knew basketball was what I loved. Once back from the show, I began playing basketball every day in the driveway. My father, a…

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    Denise Rodriguez for this award, you really mean a lot to me and my family. You were alays thier when we needed you the most. If me and my family had a problem you where their to help us find a solution. Many of you know about my situation at home. Four years ago my mother was diagnosed with kidney fauilure when she was preganat with my younger sisiter Miranda. Due to her sickness i had to step up an take the role my mother had at home. Me and my two younger sisters, Roxanna and Rocio help my…

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    Father Where Are You? Tyler and the narrator were sitting in the tavern having a beer and talking about the condo blowing up; when Tyler asks the narrator if he has family he can call. The Narrator replied, “I don 't know my dad. I mean, I know him, but... he left when I was like six years old….” Is the absenteeism of a father responsible for the lack of confidence and abnormal behavior in children? According to Joanna Sugden (Sugden) in the last 10 years single parent homes have risen from 2.9…

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