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    In all of Flannery O'Connor's short stories she has at least one protagonist who is diseased or has a disability. She writes about characters who reject God and individuals who are in need of grace. At a young age, she got diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus, like her father. Nonetheless, she did not let this get in the way of her writing, and ultimately decided to base a handful of her characters and stories off of her experience in life and what she has seen. Rufus Johnson is a…

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    Luffy That Was My Fish

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    “What’s wrong-” you are cut off by a ‘shhh’ from Luffy as he continued to think. Like he was trying to remember something important. Before you know it the captain his taking your hand and gently rubbing the spot between and around your thumb and pointer finger. It took you a moment before you remember the conversation you had with Luffy just the other day. About how when you have a headache you should rub that small spot, it's suppose to help. Though that could have been just a useless piece of…

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    Religion has always and will always be a part of global culture. A few of the most prominent monotheistic religions being Islam, Catholicism, and Judaism. Specifically in Frank O’Connor’s “First Confessions” the characters are represented by the catholic religion. The main character Jackie is brought up in a strict Irish catholic household where sinning is not taken lightly . Jackie is only seven years old at the time and like most seven year olds he is feeling a bit rebellious. Jackie begins…

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    Homo homini lupus - man is a wolf to man - is a phrase, first used by Plautus, but became famous in Hobbes work “De Cive,“ where it describes the state of nature of the humans before civilization. It means humans are naturally inhuman to each other and this is the motive of Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery“. Hobbes believed this behavior can be defeated by civilization. On the other hand Jackson tries to show with her parable that especially civilization is the cause why man becomes wolves. The…

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    Forestry Supervisor It was 1997 when I first started working in Tribal Forestry for the Yakama Nation. Tribal Forestry is comprised of the Forest Development Crew, Fire Management Crew, Fuels Crew, and the Timber Stand Examiners whom all help manage the Yakama Nation’s forested area. All the crews combined have around 100 people whom are Foresters, Fire Fighters, Tree Fallers, Tree Markers, Heavy Equipment Operators, and the supervisors. The employees come together to form a cross-functional…

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    Hawaiian Airline Service Hawaiian Airlines is all about ease. On an average approximately 212 jet flys from Hawaiian island. We provide non-stop flights to the "United States". We Additionally provide airline service to Australia, Philippines, American Samoa, Tahiti, Korea and Japan. Free excellent food meals and bites are provided on every South Pacific, Trans-Pacific, and Asia flight. Travellers Point are a group of highly talented individuals which are keen to add possibly the best airline…

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    to run it right. The referee handed Kiara the ball, and she slapped it letting us know to go. We broke out in different directions. Kiara passed the ball in to Quita, and then I set a screen for Kiara to come in to shoot the game winning three-pointer. Kiara shot the ball, and we all looked in fear towards the goal. Swish…

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    Good Country People

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    “You can never tell when you’ll need the word of God, Hulga,’ he said” (O'Connor 110). This particular quote comes from “Good Country People” written by Flannery O’Connor in 1955. At this point in the story, Manley Pointer and Hulga had just met at an embankment and begin to discuss the purpose of him bringing Bibles to their ‘meeting.’ O’Connor wants the reader to understand the connection of God and salvation among individuals in her writing due to her Catholic background. Flannery O’Connor…

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    thoughts, the usage of a larger and more sophisticated variety of words and phrases, and also how to get my readers’ attention right off the bat. She took time out of her own day to give me examples, she prepared activities and games, and also gave me pointers to assist me in becoming a better writer. Every time I felt as though I needed her help on anything, I would walk up the stairs in my small two-story high school, sit in the old wooden desk next to hers, and ask for her to look over my…

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    picture and the child would say the word. After saying the word the clinician would say a complete simple sentence using the word and the child would repeat the sentence. The clinician had a visual cue for the sound /k/ she touched her chin with her pointer finger, leading Abby to do so herself too. The third activity was a wooden puzzle. Both Abby and the clinician worked together to fit the puzzle pieces back as they named the picture on the puzzle piece. The clinician had a visual cue for the…

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