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    these people and tell them thank you. Thank you for making me apart of your family. It is an honor to know each and every one of you and being able to share the smiles and laughs or the fights and arguments. Being able to be there when teachers are roasting on kids. We could be fighting one day, and the next day we would be laughing together.If there was a problem and someone was trying to fight you, someone would step in and help. Cause we are family. We love each and every one. I’m glad I am…

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    12th August 2012, the day which was an attack of nerves for me. I was very intimidated to move Scotland from Nepal which made me wrecked. I was really unhappy as I was leaving behind my home, grandparents, friends and culture. Nepal is a fascinating country where I was born. It is a place close to my heart and always will be. I was saddened to leave this behind. However, I knew deep down it was favorable for me to move. As I wouldn't have been able to get opportunities which I am getting in…

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    games for Katniss to a “lifetime ago” saying that she experienced so much, she thinks of it as so long ago (when it was only a few years before). Furthermore, “Once they are done i’m like a plucked bird ready for roasting.” This simile is comparing Katniss to a “plucked bird ready for roasting”, meaning she is aerated and exhausted by the end of each of the games. Moreover, katniss says “When I look back, the four adults are watching me like a hawks.” This is Katniss comparing the capitol to…

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    Many of us have wonderful memories from growing up that include being out in the great outdoors. There’s something magical about hiking a mountain on a beautiful day, roasting marshmallows by the fire with your friends, or descending deep into a cool and dark cave. These are the experiences that State High’s Outing Club gives to its members. The club plans several trips a year for members to go backpacking, day-hiking, orienteering, rock-climbing, camping, caving, and more. Along the way,…

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    can help people see the reality of the issue and figure out how to resolve the matter. The second example of Irony is within this statement in the text. “I rather recommend buying the children alive and dressing them hot from the knife, as we do roasting pigs.” Swift compares the Irish to animals, and society should not treat them in such a manner; as animals instead of living human beings. Jonathan Swift uses this type of…

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    Warrior Culture

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    Around the world, various cultures perform rituals at monumental stages of one's life. Numerous occasions such as marriages and birthdays are ritualized and have distinct celebratory traditions that are unique to specific cultures and groups. In particular, the transformation of a person from an ordinary citizen to a warrior, has many unique and diverse celebrations and responses. Cultures around the world acknowledge this transformation through celebratory traditions often including dancing,…

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    Jonathan Swift, a satirical writer of the 18th century, desperately attempts to grasp the attention of a starving and poor Ireland with his last essay, A Modest Proposal. Within this piece, Swift uses imagery and situational irony in order to convey the severity of the situation the Irish are in as well as mock english politicians. Which in turn develops his argument by grotesquely portraying the lengths they most certainly could go to for nourishment. Swift is one of the many writers that uses…

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    not do anything that was not possible in the real world. They considered aborting the series if the next episode "Bart the Genius" turned out as bad, but it only suffered from easily fixable problems. The debut was moved to December, and "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" became the first episode of the series. In some of the episodes of the first season, the characters act completely differently from in later seasons; Lisa, for example, is undisciplined and short-tempered, while Homer is the…

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    The clouds were like marshmallows roasting around a camp fire. The daisies danced in the slightest breeze and the birds serenaded as they flocked the scene. But Piper glanced at her town with dull eyes. It was almost as if she had understood the inferiority of her town compared to the infinite…

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    There seems to be no end to this debate; Memphis style, Southern style, North Carolina style, or South Carolina style. Even Texas, Oklahoma, Georgia, and Florida have gotten into the game! We're talking here, of course about the vast array of pulled pork crockpot recipes that make these claims. There is no agreement whatsoever on which region can claim which recipe. When I started comparing pulled pork crockpot recipes, I found many of the same ingredients and cooking methods claimed by a…

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