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    of losing their lives and they wanted to survive. Fear makes people evil. Through the novel showed up three different types of fear that make people evil; first, during the travel in the train; then, when a son killed his own father; and finally; the fear of the nazis. While Elie and his father were at the train, after the acts of the Jews, they realized that fear makes people evil. A person can see that the fear…

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    While the most popular adaptation of Thirty-Nine Steps is Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 film, it has been put on stage countless times, with each director adding their own version of the classic piece. While originally adapted by Patrick Barlow, the show directed by Jon Halpin is simply an outstanding version, using many of the elements and themes of epic theatre, mainly around character transformation and set. Firstly there’s the scene of “The Car Scene”. This scene really shows the theme of epic…

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    selection so they can live on for another day. When Elie and his father are forced to march all the way to the sealed cattle train. Elie and his father gave each other mental and physical support all the way. When Elie got to the cattle trains he had to keep his father from getting taking off the train by keeping him moving. When passing through townspeople drop bread in their train and Elie saw men turn into animals for just one piece of bread. “Meir, my little Meir! Don’t you recognize me . .…

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    with non-hostile allies. I also wanted to talk about the steam train also known as the steam locomotive. The steam locomotive is the front of the train that pushes all the carts which was powered by burning wood, coal, etc. The steam train would be made in 1801 but wouldn’t be operated till 1804. This helped out a lot because it helped with transportation and trade. It would be made to carry a lot of weight which made it easy for the train to haul goods, people, etc. It made transportation for…

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    Bomb Shelter Short Story

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    after the bombs destroyed our house my mother led us to the train station, where all of the kids were being sent off to safer areas. We got on the train tears our eyes and waved to our mother not…

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    No Easy Day Sparknotes

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    On May 2, 2011 the world changed forever. An extremely secretive raid was carried out that killed the world's most wanted man, Osama Bin Laden. In the years since that fateful night many have tried to gain a better picture of exactly what happened and what was needed to accomplish this monumental task. No Easy Day, by Mark Owen, offers a first hand account of the raid, but the book is so much more than that. No Easy Day is both a gripping first hand account of the raid and a somber personal…

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    go. The farm just isn’t what it used to be, however, Mother and Father aren’t making the money they used to. So it’s my turn to make my way in the world. I plan to get a job in the city and send what I can back to the farm. It’s my first time on a train and I must admit how terribly nervous I am. Living in the countryside my whole life I’ve never seen such a thing. Hearing about it is not at all the same as seeing it with my own two eyes. For starters this mechanical beast is as loud as it is…

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    have been different if the cops would of not burned down Hooverville because he would of still been living in the cardboard jungle (Hooverville), he would of fallen in love with Deza Malone and, started a family. And he could of tried to get on the train and been arrested by the police. For starters, the book Bud, Not Buddy would have different if bud would of…

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    goal eventually became to monopolize the railroad system. Soon after came the rise of John D. Rockefeller Jr., whose fortune was beginning to grow with the creation of an oil refinery. It was the agreement that Rockefeller would fill Vanderbilt's trains with oil that required him to monopolize the petroleum industry, but had he not done so it’s relationship with the railroad would not have been the same. Cornelius Vanderbilt, aka The Commodore; known for the mass expansion of the railroad system…

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    This happens in How to Train Your Dragon when Hiccup befriends Toothless. Hiccup tries a lot of experiments until he learns how to train Toothless, he then realizes Toothless can not fly, so Hiccup designs a new wing for Toothless, and then he begins to teach Toothless how to fly (How to Train Your Dragon). Hiccup went through a whole bunch of trials before he could befriend Toothless. The Road of Trials is…

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