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    blood on the stairs, legs that was cut, and many creepy witches. The house very fabulous. As I walk down the street I saw Jimmy and Charlie. Jimmy was dressed as a clown. Charlie was dressed as a cat with some fake color blood. Jimmy and Charlie were staring at me. Hahahaha! They both laughed. Why are you guys laughing at me? Because of your dress, Jimmy answered. What’s wrong with my dress? It should be scary, but it isn’t, Charlie said. Well, a ninja dressed…

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    treated like “Americans.” Jimmy Santiago Baca expresses this in his poem, “So Mexicans are Taking Jobs from Americans.” Baca’s poem is about one of the false accusations Mexicans face when coming to America. The false accusations that immigrant Mexicans take American born citizens’ jobs. He then uses the ignorance of Americans, the mood he is writing, and the credibility of being a Hispanic in order to reveal the conflict between Americans and immigrant Mexicans. Jimmy Santiago Baca really…

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    Oh, I forgot to mention the bully’s name. He is Jimmy. We sprinted as fast as our legs could take us and we got away. Jimmy shouted as we were running, “Next time we don’t get our money you will never see the light of day.” Just then we saw a 6th grader. He looked like he put grades over friends the way he walked to his class. Just as I assumed, I found out why he wanted to hurry. I saw a tall kid approach him. This tall kid’s name was Jimmy. He shoved the innocent 6th grader into the locker…

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    Eliza took her son Jimmy and is running away to the North. Tom is a slave who worked on the same plantation as Eliza. Tom was sold to so is owner Mr. Shelby could pay off his debt. The slave trader arrived and had to go and hunt down Eliza and Jimmy to bring them back. Tom was getting ready to be taken by the slave trader. The slave owner returned to the…

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    Certain ideologies in the past still continue to have consequences in the lives of copious marginalised races of today. The stage play, No Sugar by Noongar author Jack Davis explores the endemic violence, brought upon by the exhibition of oppression by the White Australian supremacy towards the ostracised Aboriginals. No Sugar is set during the 1930s, a dark time in Australia where abusive treatment towards the Aboriginals was seen as a cultural norm. The context evokes the struggle for the…

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    fear. It is not until Ted Lavender, a new recruit to the group who actually shows his uneasiness, separates to use the restroom and gets shot. The squad consists of Jimmy Cross, the 24 year old lieutenant who is in charge, Mitchell Sanders, Kiowa, Henry Dobbins, Dave Jensen, Ted Lavender, Norman Bowker, and Rat Kiley. Jimmy Cross plays an important role in the story where he blames himself for Ted Lavender’s death. This tragedy causes him to be more alert of…

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    While First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross believes it is his fault, a young soldier that Kiowa had grown close to also believes it is his fault as well. Their thoughts are both right, First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross and the young soldier are the ones to truly blame for Kiowa’s death. While neither one of them meant to get Kiowa killed on purpose, both of them play a part in the events leading to that moment. In the story, even though they’re both to blame for Kiowa’s death, Jimmy Cross was the one…

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    Scat was a book written by Carl Hiaasen. It was published in 2009. It is a great mystery book with suspense each chapter. The main characters, Nick and Marta have their teacher, Mrs.Starch go missing after a field trip. Nick and Marta set out to help Mrs.Starch get back to Truman High School safe and sound. Some people glance at other people getting an images in their head immediately. In Scat, Carl Hiaasen wants to send the message that people can be different than what you assume. In the…

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    Discover, Extract Two Nurse Kimbell loved to gossip. It didn’t matter who or what the information was about, but if Nurse Kimbell heard it then the rest of the occupants were sure as shit going to hear about it too. “Greg wouldn’t stop huffing about it all morning. I thought he’d be used to it by now, that daughter of his hasn’t listen to a work he said since she was ten apparently.” The towel pulled at what was left of his hair, shifting his skin all over his skull. “Though I understand why.…

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    film, The Cinderella Man, Jimmy Braddock’s life is zipping along and nothing is going wrong. Then one day, his family starts to endure hardships such as: no heat in the house, no electricity, and minimal amounts of food. The time period in the movie is switching from the Roaring 20’s to The Great Depression. Braddock also suffers a broken right hand during a boxing match, which forces him to give up his career. Since he will not be making money for his family from boxing, Jimmy becomes a…

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