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    Massachusetts General Hospital was little more than a large house on a hill in the back bay of Boston, which is exactly where it's stayed since years past when Dr. James Jackson and Dr. John Collins Warren founded it in 1811. Yet, I was brought here was to visit my nephew John Patrick who had fallen ill. The hospital entranceway is stuffy and the air has an undertone of bleach and Windex. The walls are stain glass or a plain white while being covered with various health posters. The pictures on…

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    But what are you going to do when you catch me? Silence above the sandstone. He sounded silly to himself. He lowered himself down the rock. What are you going to do?" Ralph paused to look at me. “All I wanted. was to just go home!” The twins looked at each other, then at a panicked Ralph, and they were robbed of any knowledge of what to do, say, or even think. “That’s all I wanted, that’s all I fought for, was for all of us to be okay, for all of us to be rescued, and all of us to be back…

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    Mary Maloney didn't know this at the time, she was so used to darkness that she was blinded by the light. When officer Noonan finally noticed it was Mary Maloney, he said “ OH MY GOD, Mary are you alright,…

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    sheltered Huckleberry Finn and could be considered to be the only true father figure in his life, in contrast to his actual Pap, that often “used to always whale [Huck] when he was sober and could get his hands on [him]” (Twain, 11). Despite being in perilous danger, Jim took Hucklebery Finn under his wing and vowed to protect him from harm. When they stumbled across the boy’s dead father, he told Huck “doan’ look at his face” (Twain, 50) to protect him from the traumatizing experience of seeing…

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    Black blood spouted onto the grass. The vision ended with the mardoc ripping Scar apart. The mardoc shook its head and focused on the crystal again, while Scar returned to purring. “Why fight? When you know you will fail. You always fail.” Scar growled. “Maybe the crystal isn’t a good focus for you after all.” “You saw?” The mardoc shrunk into a ball. It would not kill Scar. Never, please never. “Of course I saw.” Scar tapped a claw between its eyes. “I do not have white-eyes. I am not a shaman.…

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    Bob Dylan Research Papers

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    In the first stanza, he addressed the need for peace and cease fire that the people have been wanting. The lines that say “how many seas must a white dove sail / Before she sleeps in the sand?” (3-4) are a reference to Noah and the flood in the Bible. The white dove landing is a sign of hope, a sign that signals a new beginning. This is followed by the lines “how many times must the cannon balls fly / Before they are forever banned?” (5-6). This presents…

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    Introduction: (technique = claim/support) “Despite everything, no one can dictate who you are to other people.” -Prince ( http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2016/04/21/best-prince-quotes-no-one-can-dictate-who-you-are/ ). First and foremost, Prince was an influential singer, songwriter, musician AND actor. Similarly, he still influences the present day. This is because he had won awards for his music and starred in notable films. Prince also had a musical childhood, received praise for his songs and…

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    A Christmas Carol Critique

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    the Charles Dicken’s classic. It was until the show was over that I realized my previous interpretation was completely senseless, with little to no opinion deriving beyond the script. As I dove into the performance in the Joan C, Edwards playhouse, I made personal connections that I had never made before when watching other adaptions of A Christmas Carol, in particular Scrooge (1970), my father’s favorite. Every detail of this performance aided in my overwhelming positive review, asserting this…

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    with breast cancer, kind of a weird thought since she is a doctor. Her being OCD this was not good, I remember hearing her complain about how “dirty” she felt carrying around a tumor all the time she seemed more relieved than the rest of the family when the surgeons finally got that thing out. I also remember the nights she was under the knife and I was stuck at my aunt's house where the only thing I could do was sit, wait, pray, and repeat till the moon replaced the sun and slowly everybody…

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    Therefore, when he finally speaks in front of Nurse Ratched this song would play light in the background, until it hit the melody, in which the whole scene would freeze and the cameras would focus on both their reactions in a very dramatic manner. What a Wonderful…

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