Every Day, month after month, Josalie would run to her mailbox everyday after school. Every time she would feel the same wave of disappointment when she discovered there was not letter there to greet her. She wondered if maybe she had made Emilia so mad that she decided to never write back. But Josalie knew Emilia well enough to know that she was quick to forgive. Josalie and her parents feared that Emilia had been taken by the Green Police. After a year, Josalie finally accepted what she thought
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this field concentrates on the “incontestable” belief that “this [is] the best of all possible worlds” and everything in it was “made for the best purpose” (20). Using the word, “incontestable”, foreshadows one of Professor Pangloss’ idiosyncrasies that no one will be able to change his mindset and he will always look away from other’s beliefs- even if they are more plausible. The author’s amplification on the adjective, “best”, further exaggerates this character’s tendency to remain blind to the non-optimistic
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Helen Burns is a crucial part of the novel in influencing Jane’s perception on religion. Although Jane is only ten years old and the concept of turning the other cheek is hard to grasp, Helen Burns, her pious friend at Lowood, keeps Jane level-headed and discusses faith with Jane. Helen informs Jane that she should "read the New Testament, and observe what Christ says, and how he acts," (116). If a reader has any basic knowledge of the New Testament, it suddenly becomes very clear that Helen Burns
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Project 1: Chapter 1: The front page of the magazine relates to the book because on the front cover is a picture of a fish with a flat head. In the book, Neil Shubin talks about how in the Arctic he first saw the skeleton of a fish with a flat head, this led him to believe it would explain the early stages of the human skull, neck and potentially the limbs. This flat headed fish called the Tiktaalik was an important find because it showcased the transition between fish and land animals (specifically
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Because David Haydn-Jones was a long-term guest star on season twelve of Supernatural where he portrayed the incomparable Mr. Ketch, I found myself thrust into a new community of fans as well as a steady stream of splendid actors with whom I was previously unfamiliar. Due to David's unwavering support for his fellow actors, I "discovered" Chelsea Gill, an actress of whom he spoke very highly. Recently, she agreed to answer a few questions about her career as well as her various experiences within
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Brian Doyle, author of Mink River, is clearly a proponent of the idea that life is messy and chaotic, and he demonstrates this in his work. He does so by ignoring traditional organizational laws. For example, at the end of Part II, Doyle jumps from character to character, encompassing every single one in the town of Neawanaka, all within a page and a half. He speaks of the way the rain falls on everyone in the town, “On Grace on her knees in the mud by her father’s grave in the southeast corner of
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One of the important scenes in The Sword of Summer, by Rick Riordan, was when Magnus met Hel on the Bunker Hill. In this scene, the author allowed us to see who Magnus really was inside. Also, Rick Riordan showed us what Magnus valued and wanted the most. After the journey in Jotunheim, Magnus ended up on the Bunker Hill when Hel summoned Magnus with her power. As the daughter of Loki, the goddess of Death, Hel, was willing to help her dad to accomplish his evil goal of destroying everything
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“The people of Somalia just do not have a voice. They are to me the most forgotten people in the world.”- K’naan. K’naan is a musician who raps for a cause. He makes songs himself but also does collaborations with others to make songs with a powerful meaning. This piece of writing will inform you about his childhood, his profession, and lastly some of his biggest successes. Let’s start off with his childhood, K’naan’s birth name is Kienan Abdi Warsame. His name means “traveller” in Arabic. He
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In the first seven chapters of Where am I Wearing?, we are introduced to the author Kelsey Timmerman. Timmerman is from Ohio and is an Anthropology major with a minor in geology, his education in those fields persuaded him to meet people from other countries and as well question where his clothing is from. Timmerman is on a mission, he is on the search of the factory that made his favorite pair of underwear. He travels all the way to Bangladesh to find answers of where the factory may be located
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Solaris Seethes is a science fiction adventure about a spacecraft called "Solaris" which has been adapted to possess artificial intelligence, and it's adventures with the novel's heroine, Rynah. Rynah's home planet, Lanyr, has been destroyed and she and Solaris begin a quest to restore order to the planetary system to which Lanyr belongs. The premise of the novel is that there are crystals hidden in the universe which must be recovered in order to recreate the geothermal balance required to maintain
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