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    feels without him having experienced that sort of remorse or pain first. His actions reflect this due to the fact that he doesn’t even acknowledge the negative effects of his actions until he truly starts to understand Mrs.Dubose later in the chapter/passage. To go into more detail, To Mrs.Dubose the Camellias represent her “snow on the mountain tops”, they represent her innocence and in turn pleasure and happiness in the midst of everything dark in her life and Jem the destroying them helps…

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    I advanced toward the passage of the courthouse. As I went after the entryway, I let out a moan of stress. I strolled down the stairs attempting to slow down. Strolling through the totally white corridor with just signs to guide me to the correct place, I read each sign trusting that the one that read 'Driver's Permit' would be shut. The passage appeared as though it was a mile long and I realized that we were drawing closer the last…

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    expect Ms. Jones’ next step to be calling the police, but she does quite the opposite. Throughout the rest of the story, Ms. Jones takes Roger home, tells him to wash his face, and eventually feeds him dinner and gives him money. By the end of the passage, Roger is considerably more trustworthy and grateful. It seems evident that Langston Hughes is trying to convey to the reader that the only way to help those who are struggling is to give care and advice. One fact that proves my theme is when…

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    MEMOIR FLASH DRAFT: BROOKE GEORGE It was an ordinary day in my house when I heard my dog walking around. I could hear the pitter patter of his tiny feet. Delighted by the sound, I went to go find and play with him, but then it hit me. He wasn’t there anymore. I remember when the tragedy happened, where and how. Like I was traveling back in time. The year was 2012 and it was a normal Sunday evening where the sun had just started to set, when it was time to go get our first pet, a puppy to be…

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    In the passage “The Company Man” by Ellen Goodman a vice president by the name of Phil, a workaholic, an important person in the company who passed away from working himself to death. A 51 year old man who worked 6 days a week from 8 to 9 and had no extracurricular interest outside of work other than golfing once a month. Had a family whom he is barely with. And cared about his company greatly. Phil is a company man who after passing away was ready to be replaced. 8 to 9 for 5 of the 6 days out…

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    story. Though his single thoughts and feelings the story is told making it seem very real. 2. I think the paragraph from The Red Badge of Courage makes the reader feel like they are actually experiencing the events. I think this is because in the passage from the successes and failures of Chancellorsville there isn’t any dialog between characters like there are in the one from The Red Badge of Courage. Also what The Red Badge of Courage has he describes things like gun locks clicking making it…

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    alcohol anonymous book to talk about what the meeting was all about and what the organization ultimately is trying to do. They then read a passage from a book that had a different passage for every single day and after reading the passage they would go around the table and talk about how it pertained to their life and their situation. Then at the end they read a passage and end the meeting with a prayer.…

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    parent. And I feel that the only way to show my gratitude to her is by becoming successful and being happy with the decisions I make in life. In the passage “The Good Daughter,” Caroline Hwang gives an account of the obligation she felt when it came to repaying the sacrifice her parents made of moving from Korea to America for her. The main idea in the passage is that there is a debt owed to parents who make sacrifices in order to create better opportunities for their children’s future. Hwang…

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    I found my sister 's diary in her safe. When she went missing, I was in such a rush to find her that I forgot to go through the entire safe content. My sister recorded even minor event in her life. I wander if she had a premonition about her future. Regardless, her organizational skills aided my efforts to find her. I opened the diary, went back two weeks and began to read. July 3rd - Samantha is a wonderful woman. I can be myself around her. Her overnight visits can arouse suspicion.…

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    Knowledge and Ideas cluster includes three informational text standards and two literature standards. The language in the informational text standards discusses students being able to draw from multiple sources to solve problems and to integrate knowledge from two or more texts on the same topic to write or speak about that topic knowledgeably (Cluster 3, n.d.). The last standard in informational text requires students to understand how an author uses reasons and evidence to support points made…

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