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    Everyone loves waking up at eight in the morning to go to an auction, particularly a college student whose classes don 't begin until noon, right? Wrong, especially one who has never been to an auction, let alone woken up at eight in the morning since mid August. That morning, I was unaware of my ability to learn so much about the microscopic Eastern Shore from a hoarder 's garage on steroids. Surprisingly, it 's possible for a place that only holds eight percent of Maryland 's population to be hectic

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    Stephen King’s It, and believed it. As teens, they watched Pretty Woman, Kill Bill, Austin Powers and believed it. Now, the only thing that stands between their current miserable existence and their Little House on the Prairie dreams is one “Fat Bastard” named Frederick Bells. Dispensing

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    While reading the semi-autobiographical, Bastard Out of Carolina, by Dorothy Allison, I was stunned by the explicit nature of the novel. We were introduced to a young narrator and protagonist named, Ruth Anne “Bone” Boatwright. Bone's family, like that of the author, experienced a impoverished life, all the while she tried to find her place in a society that had literally labeled her “illegitimate.” Merriam-Webster defines illegitimate as being: (1) not recognized as lawful offspring; specifically:

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    the formation of identity, such as class, ethnicity, and social norms, familial influence is the most evidenced factor in Dorothy Allison 's Bastard out of Carolina. The core identity of the main character and narrator of the book, Bone, is largely influenced through the slow breaking of the maternal bond and the horrid abuse by Daddy Glen. When Bastard out of Carolina first begins Bone is narrating the story; however, the book is not yet seen from her viewpoint, but rather from varied perspectives

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    times imitated but never duplicated. What makes the group able to blend such a wide varity of topics into its music is the diversity and ability of its members. The group consists of the Rza, Genius, Method Man, Inspectah Deck, U God, Old Dirty Bastard, Masta Killah, Reakwon and Ghost Face Killah. Each member brings their own style to the

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    Oh yeah, they had a bunch of announcements that came out last month. They 're doing like ninety films this year. But according to all the statistics, I was amazed to see that they had grown by like thirty percent last year when other networks were losing viewers. It used to not be cool to admit that you watch

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    All I wanted when I was little was to have beautiful long hair. All of my dolls had hair down to their waist , and I longed to have hair like them. Unfortunately for me, my hair did not grow very fast… at all. I was practically bald until I was three; and my hair was only about to my chin when I was ready to start kindergarten. So there I was, on my first day at Foreign Language Academy. I was in Señora Vargas’s Kindergarten class holding on to my mom, dreading the moment she would have to leave

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    Why do you want to be a Diamond Darling and what past experiences qualify you to become a member of this organization? As a transfer student to Texas A&M, I knew I wanted to get involved and join an organization to enhance to experience of my time in college. I looked into many different groups and stumbled upon Diamond Darlings by complete accident. After seeing what they do for both the baseball team and growing as friends, I knew it was somewhere I wanted to be. I grew up in a small town that

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    clearly cheering them on to continue. Their partner says a funny line and they choke up because they can not come up with a way to respond. Somewhere behind them, someone says freeze. They both freeze. The person who hesitated to responded gets tagged out. Then the new person starts a new scene in a completely different place. This is Drama Club. Drama Club is a club people enjoy because of, the people, the activities, and the things that come in addition to the club. To begin with, the people in

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    secrets start to come out and the truth may be the reason of them losing each other. Character Descriptions Willa: Curious “ I had been watching the boys for weeks go up into that tree house from my front yard at the cottage. I’d wanted to know what was up there. My curiosity had given me my first real friends.” (4) Brady: sweet “I wasn’t sure how I liked my cousin warning me not to hurt someone. I wasn’t that guy. What do you think I’m going to do her? The question came out annoyed because I was

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