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    all burn. All of a sudden, I heard a extremely loud knock at the door, it made me jump out of my seat. I walked over to the door and seen two government officials holding their badges and handed me a slip of paper. “Hello Cordelia, I am Sean and this is Steven. We are here to let you know that you must report to the address on the paper by 8AM tomorrow. There will be a car here in a few minutes to pick you up and take you to the airport. You can pack 5 items you would like to take with…

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    passed and no word. Shortly, there was a knock on the door requesting medical assistance because of my role as a first responder on the Medic Emergency Team. Arriving to the patients, I saw a familiar face. This was the face I waited for everyday for the last 7 months; it was no different this night, but things were wrong as she was covered in blood. My heart sunk, but my job had to be complete. We were taught to hold a straight face…

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    Brianna saw this light on in the living room and there was this guy fighting with this person named Lilly I stopped it by saying stop it !!. Then there was a cat named ace Howe was in the way and Lilly and this guy argued howes cat is this. That guy name is bobby. Lilly tried saying go to him but he didn't listen. He took ace. I chased him and got the cat back. Bobby came back with his friend Tony he said if you don't give back the cat then i'm taking your dog cujo. Bobbys friends took all the…

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    When I heard the words “ He has no mother. He has no skates “ I felt like shattering glass as I realized that Jerry lied to me. As I snapped out of it I told the lady what way did you see him go last. She replied “ I don't know “ I ran outside yelling his name like a crazy psychopath. As I thought of the many places he would go to I remembered he liked the pink and white bloomed laurel. As I rushed to the laurel a cool icy stroke of breeze hit me. Then I saw the yellow bright sun…

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    screams. I lay in bed thinking about what I have done to myself. My mom and dad don’t understand they try to, but after what happened no one will understand. I can explain it over a million times but I can never understand it for them. My parents, well my parents think I am better now because of my medication and therapy bull shit, they like to forget about what happened to me. They can’t forget. I can’t forget. Every time I close my eyes I see flashes of what happened and chills run up and down…

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    Have you ever had that moment in your life when the truth about something, ‘’set you free?’’ Well this book is all about that. The themes of ‘’Tangerine” by Edward Bloor is seeing and the truth. Paul faces many things in his life, which all revolves around those themes. The main character had a traumatic experience when he was young, so he completely blocked out the memory and forgot all about it. Little by little, Paul pieces his memory together. Ironically, Paul sees the truth about others,…

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    Kathleen Stewart

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    This week’s reading is basically about the ordinary affects, the term that we may hear before but not really pay attention to. The reading is very interesting that is composed by different vignettes. Many vignettes are the ordinary everyday life and very familiar for me but I have never thought differently. Author Kathleen Stewart is trying to use different vignettes to show how we can think deeply of ordinary everyday life and shift our practical knowledges of intimate experiences. Stewart…

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    clarify what was going to happen. His parents had suggested we contact the police to further investigate who was at fault. The anxiety and guilt kicked in once the cops were called. Just hearing the word “cop” put a sour taste in my mouth. No illegal activity was pursued but the authority cops had over normal day to day citizens was intimidating. My hands clenched up in nervousness, and we both waited there in complete shame as cars passed by. Passengers even looked through the windows to see…

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    The conflict begins when bruno got even more curious about Jewsjews people when the teacher mention “ Jewsjews are bad people”. Bruno becomes more involved that he wants to prove that some Jewishjewish can be friendly. After bruno discover the place what he calls a “farm” over by the window in his room, he then decides that he wants to explore it. A subplot in the film is when ralph conceals from his wife that he 's been killing a number of Jewsjews in the concentration camp. The wife 's…

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    The bunkhouse was dead silent and all eyes were on George. Not a single word was spoken. It had seemed like this silence would go on forever. It was like a ghost house in there. Finally Slim spoke up and quietly said, “Let’s give ‘em some space boys, les’ go on outside.” All of the men left the bunkhouse, all except for Candy. He went over and sat with George. He sat for a few seconds without saying anything, putting his one good hand around George. He finally spoke up and asked, “ George, Is…

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