For each substance, one or two tests clearly identified it as being unique from the other substances. What were those tests for each of the white powders? Each of the white powders had tests that were the identifying factors. In the case of salt, the identifying test was the crystal shape test as salt was the only substance with fine but smooth crystals. The salt could also be identified as the substance that did not react with any of the liquids given. Baking soda on the other hand could be recognized
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The December Man Report [First produced in 2006, The December Man has, for the most part, received high praise from audiences and critics alike, touted by Playwrights Canada as a “searing drama on courage, heroism, and despair that explores the long private shadow that public violence casts.” Since its debut, The December Man has been awarded the prestigious Governor General's Literary Award for Drama (2007) and the CAA Carol Bolt Award (2008).] 1 [The story unfolds backwards, beginning at the end
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The Glass Castle is a descriptive memoir written from the perspective of Jeannette Walls. As she eventually finds success as a writer, Jeanette recounts her dreadful childhood she faces raised by eccentric and egotistical parents. Rex and Mary, her parents, are very non-functional because of their drinking habits. Mom and Dad are very energetic people who push their kids, learing how to nurture themselves by feeding, clothing, and protecting one another. Jeannette Walls applies the lesson of self-discipline
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In The Glass Menagerie, The Great Gatsby, and Hamlet many characters were betrayed leading to distrust, tragedy, and death. In The Glass Menagerie the father betrays the family. Tom wants to leave but he doesn’t want to betray Laura, he just couldn’t stand his mother anymore. He is old enough to leave, but he had to take care of the family. He didn’t want his life in the factory he wanted adventure he wanted more, so he left. He got what he wanted, but never could leave behind Laura. I think that
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The Glass Castle: Resilience “The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.” –Robert Jordan This quote demonstrates how, in human culture, we must be flexible to change and hardship considering, rather, embracing its certain unavoidability. As a living organism, one is bound to the natural tendency to make mistakes; consequently, one is susceptible to the associated consequence of his/her actions. Concerning the above quote by author Robert
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Diana Benavidez Mrs. Donato-Jennings English 10 November 1, 2015 The Glass Castle In Jeannette Walls’s novel The Glass Castle, it shows the reader that even when you're growing up with hardships it doesn’t mean that one can’t grow up to be successful. She shows her readers this by writing a memoir which is The Glass Castle. She retells the stories of her life growing up with her three siblings and parents. After reading the story one would think that the Wall’s children wouldn’t have
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Rose Mary and Rex Wall’s free-spirited way of life regularly caused tension in their everyday lives, and more importantly in their relationships with their children. While reading The Glass Castle it’s clear that the pairs parenting leaves a lot to be desired. They both seem to refuse to see how their addiction to an adventurous lifestyle may impede their children. Despite their faults, the two do manage to impart some meaningful lessons to their children along the way. But the lessons they teach
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currently reading The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls. I believe that the author chose this title because it had some sort of significance to her. This reason could be something simple to see, or something much deeper. When the author was young, her father said that he would build the family a castle made of glass. “When dad wasn’t telling us about all the amazing things he had already done, he was telling us about all wondrous things he was going to do. Like build the Glass Castle.” (pg.25) As
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Everybody has read at least one book that has impacted them one way or another and certainly The Glass Castle was not an exception. As a matter of fact, from the beginning, The Glass Castle captures everyone and every sentence we read makes everyone want to read another one.The main character along her whole family all go through very tough and challenging physical, social, and inner obstacles that they must overcome to survive. This is a book that can impact a person’s life because everyone can
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The Glass Castle is a novel that vividly describes the dysfunction of the Walls family. The stories that are described are told by Jeannette Walls who is also the author of the book. In the book, Jeannette describes her life from the age of three years old to adulthood. She tells numerous stories of how her and her family were nomads, and how she managed to escape poverty and become a member of societies middle class. The family lived from city to city and state to state for short periods of time
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