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    seconds, but I failed. After finding my car, I was ashamed of myself. That night, repeating the scenes of the game, it made me more mad and ashamed of myself. For months, this game haunted me. I was beginning to get into the habit of not doing homework, chores, and other task. I always had a bad mood, and I began to separate myself with everybody. I was desperate for a redemption of that mistake, but none would come. It wasn’t until several months, when I realized that it’s just a game. There…

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    for many different reasons, but all of these deaths can be blamed on one person. That person being Romeo. Romeo fell deep in love with his family’s mortal enemy’s daughter. Instead of getting over it or even trying to get over Juliet, he made some bad decisions. One reason why Romeo is to blame, is because of his horrible decision making and lack of thinking things through. In Act two, scene 2, Romeo and Juliet have their balcony scene right after they meet for the first time. In this scene,…

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    At the beginning of the novel, Ender was violent. In the first chapter of the novel Ender gets into a fight and brutally beats another kid after he already winning the fight but later feels bad and cries about his actions. Ender cries after his fight with the bully even after he won because his actions reminded him of his brother and Ender doesn’t want to be filled with violence like his brother. In the middle of the novel, Ender is accepted into battle school for passing his monitor test. On…

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    Winger Book Report

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    called Pine Mountain with Annie, Chas, Joey, Casey, Megan, JP, Seanie, and Nick. Ryan Dean plays on the rugby team. He is put in O-Hall for doing something bad the previous year. The night before school, he is drinking and looks terrible for the first day of school. Ryan Dean has friend problems and girl problems which concludes something bad happening to one of his really good friends at the end of the book. My personal response for the book Winger is I did not like it what so ever. In the…

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    Tom Robinson Trial

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    realize the cruelty of two of the possible outcomes of Mayella Ewell’s situation. Whether the Ewell’s were targeting Tom Robinson for a crime he did not commit or Mr. Robinson really did rape Mayella, Scout comes to notice there are bad situations in the world, and there is bad in people. Scout, however, believes in Tom’s innocence which results in her and her brother learning how unfair and unjust the world truly is. A second large injustice in the novel is the outcome of Tom Robinson’s entire…

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    Victor's personality in the beginning and in the end shifted. He went from being curious and full of wonder to regret and guilt. The words used in the book gave lots of detail of how the character was feelings, you also had to read between the lines sometimes. It all depends in how you choose to interpret the words. In the beginning Victor is described as a perfect son with a perfect life eager to learn more,(http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/frankenstein/summary.html). He loves learning new…

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    A vast majority of literary devices subside in a Tale of Two Cities that include: symbolism, satire, and foreshadowing. Strategically placing them throughout the book, Charles Dickens enhances his novel with his knowledge of literary devices. Foreshadowing technique resides in a Tale of Two Cities where the author is attempting to anticipate future events, such as when the non-wealthy peasants would bend down and attempt to drink the spilled wine from the broken casket. Provokingly, Dickens…

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    Unwind Relationships

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    Every character in “Unwind” grows from the beginning of the story to the end. Connor individual experience and different relationships, change him for the better. Connor experiences life changing events which allow him to have a bad temper, and later grow in to a new person. In the beginning of the novel, Connor finds 3 tickets to the Bahamas and wonders where his ticket may be. Connor began to search through his parent’s things but instead of a ticket he found Unwind papers. His parents were…

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    higher chance of having a stable income of food in a permanent civilization rather than wandering until food was located. As a nomad, there was no guarantee food would be found in time to meet their needs. Also, the quality of live improved with the beginning of Neolithic food producers. They could make themselves comfortable in permanent areas, and enjoy where they lived making the civilizations fit to their needs as we see later in Incan or Mayan civilizations where they had intricate…

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    Survival. Alone. Just you, your loneliness and your thoughts tearing you apart. That’s exactly what happened to Anne in the book Z for Zachariah by some guy. In the beginning middle and end of the story, the author has used first-person narration to show loneliness. At the beginning of the story, the author uses the first person to show loneliness. On page 18 “ every night I used to curl my hair but I stopped because I knew I was the Only one to see.” She stopped curling her hair because…

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