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    Religion played drastically different roles in the lives of Huckleberry Finn, the protagonist of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and Benton Sage, a character in Where Things Come Back. Guardians of each character introduced religion to them, but the way they responded to the concept separates them. Religion did not play a prominent role in Huck’s life. His introduction to two views of God, Miss Watson’s and the Widow Douglas's, neither of which he committed to follow portrays his…

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    you have finished not only have you written a successful letter but have found out things about yourself you didn 't know before.…

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    make most of the people lose employment. The Art was a way people would go out and get away from what was happening to them. This it is known that when we look at art it helps you to understand some things about yourself and also it helps you not to focus on you but other things. The most important thing was the social relations between the factory system and the emotional state of mind that people were afraid of.…

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    High school is a curious place, from what I 've learned these past two years. I 've done some things that I 'm rather proud of. I 've made mistakes. I learned more than I could have imagined. Yet, somehow I 'm still unsatisfied. Teenage boys are a species of their own. Normally, I 'd prefer to not talk about them. I find the majority to be especially ignorant, rude, unaware, stupid, and horny. Sometimes you think you 've found one that defies the odds, however you eventually discover the…

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    even though I was an imaginative 10 year old at the time, I thought her words were rubbish. "Verushka, come and let me tell you of the glorious belongings in the palace," she told me one night after she got home late at night. I sat on the arm of her chair as she told me of what she had seen that day. "They have these egg shaped contraptions, that are the most beautiful things you ever saw. All over them are jewels and hand painted pictures, some are even hollow and lined with the…

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    Now in days everyone is a “winner” every one gets to go home with a trophy even if they didn’t even win. They have always been praised for just being there, even if they don’t try. If someone tells you that you’re a winner, then you automatically just are. Winning is never giving up even after you have lost. It was the most basic of mornings that I woke up to. The sun was not yet shining its warmth on my little world, however I still dragged myself out of my warm consuming bed, leaving it and…

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    way to get to the food source that father talked about. Brother almost made it before the thing with the four rolling objects took him. With Sister it was quick. She just bounced and that was that. The end. It all started a month ago, when Father was getting ready to take us to the place that I am now. Mother and Father, (I miss them), have always taken care of us. They taught us a lot of things, like how to dig up lettuce without getting caught and making sure that we had a warm…

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    based on wealth. It is based on happiness. I feel successful when I know I did the best I could. People are often times put into the bracket of success based on the thing they have. In my grandparents village they see the a person with a nice new Cadillac and think they are well off. However in this day and age people with nice things are often compensating for something they don't have. Success. They are not mentally successful, even though they could possibly be one of the richest persons in…

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    my parents They would often fight and argue with each other over things in an effort to survive. This constant fighting ultimately led to their separation; when my brother and I were 5 and 3 respectively, my parents got a divorce. Causing us to grow up being stuck in the middle of all the disagreements my mom and dad continued to have. Growing up I wondered how my life would’ve been had my parents stayed together and worked things out. Would…

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    From a young age I’ve always had dreams, goals, and things I wanted to accomplish. My very first dream started out at the age of 6 when I saw my best friend’s new golden retriever puppy and I decided right then and there that I just had to have one for myself. It become an obsession. That puppy was the only thing I could talk about, dream about, and I just knew that I couldn’t live my life without it. I would consistently beg my dad for that precious puppy and he would always give me the…

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