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    reason i think the boston massacre was an accident is because the colonist were yelling “fire, fire” and by that some of the colonist thought that there captain had said fire and that's why they fired at the colonist. The second reason i thought that the boston massacre was an accident was because when the colonist started throwing clubs and snowballs they hit the soldiers and the soldiers seen that as a sign to fire their guns. The last reason i thought that the boston massacre was an accident…

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    Epilogue To The Crucible

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    throughout the bush land. My first thought was that Uncle Bardy was starting a fire for a smoking ceremony and I raced outside to join. I'm surprised when I see a burnt out fire and birds scavenging around looking for food. In the distance I see where the smell of smoke is coming from. I walk over to the edge of the hill and peer out over the bay where the smoke is still rising. I'm shocked at what I see. Someone's started fire down at the shore and I see a ship docked with many more following…

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    Blue Sky School System. This was not my idea. I didn’t want to leave my life, especially not my aunt, but when the plane you 're on suddenly turns into a falling ball of fire- you don’t exactly have a choice. I still remember the screams, the light from the fire blinding me, and then the endless black smoke. I expect it’d give me nightmares if I still slept. Seeing as I don’t I will be content with the flashbacks of horror I have whenever my thoughts start to drift. I remember my funeral.…

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    Papa, Artur, and I worked had horrific working conditions. Since it was the summer, the clothing factory was incredibly hot, causing it to feel like we were inside of an oven. Fires had started in other factories in New York, and I was scared that it would happen to this factory. The doors opened inwards and there was no fire escape, so if there was a fire, it would be extremely difficult to escape. In addition to the outrageous temperatures, the factory equipment was not up to standard. It…

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    I quickly grabbed one of my worn out running shoes that we could burn. Because I was in cross country and could run the fastest I offered to run out and grab the lighter. When I opened the door what laid before my eyes was a disaster. The creatures had overturned and broke all the furniture, devoured the leftover…

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    them, just hoping one day they just walk into my life. I admire this person. Hey you! I think about you all the time. I just feel like I need to in my life to complete it. You are my everything. I feel we will be the best for each other. I reminisce on everything about us. I think about how we have a family, and get married. I just want you to know how much am in love with you. The web might feel uncomfortable. He might be looking at Dillard like is you going to kill me. He feel like this…

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    The distinction is clear.”-Sherlock Holmes Who can you trust the Greasers or the Socials? In the book The Outsiders by S.E Hinton the main character Ponyboy (Pony) and his Greaser group encounter many dilemmas throughout the text. They run away, start and rumble and even lead two friends to death. Who started it? Well “...when you have eliminated all which is impossible…”-Sherlock Holmes the turmoil and other heartbreaking occurrences were the Greaser’s fault. Of the many incidents that…

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    November 30, 2015 was one of the most important dates of my life. On this day, I met the love of my life. That date will forever be special to me, as it has affected my life in so many positive ways. We found each other at just the right time for the both of us, and together changed our lives for the better. If it weren’t for a friend’s persuasion, and maybe a little fate, I would not be where I am today. A few months prior to the 30th, I broke up with my girlfriend of 2 and a half years. She…

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    with nothing. After he kills Beatty, Montag goes on the run. This is the start of the new Montag. This starts the beginning of the Montag we have wanted to see all throughout the book as he is going through all these transformations throughout the book. The Burning Bright chapter also has other symbolic meanings. One of them is fire. Fire itself, like in the other previous chapters, has multiple meanings. The meanings fire takes on in this final chapter are right v. wrong, birth, negativity, and…

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    The book I read was Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. The main character, Tally, changes greatly throughout the book. The story starts off with her sneaking into New Pretty Town, where all the new pretties stay after their surgery. She runs into another ugly there. Her name is Shay, but she doesn’t have the usual mindset that all uglies have. She doesn’t see why becoming a pretty is so wonderful. She just wants to stay who she is. Tally, on the other hand, has always wanted to become a pretty ever…

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