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    The “Hard Rock” was a main inmate in the poem. The name of Hard Rock is based on a hard nut to crack because he was the only one inmate who never submitted and gave a lot of troubles to officers. The Hard Rock was treated really badly and punished as warning to other inmates in the hospital. Why he was treated so badly is because not only he never submitted to officers; there might be that he was a black person. While the Hard Rock was treated badly, other inmates were very submissive to officers

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    The Movie Oliver

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    up with. xx​ OLIVER Lets be sure we're consistent with our characterization of Oliver. We open the movie with Oliver as a super genius, science fair loving boy, but for the remainder of the movie he barely does anything science or tech related. Is Oliver a kid genius, or did he just stumble upon a fluke? Lets look

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    Vernon Tull is a fairly wealthy countryman who is friends with the Bundrens, often hiring the older boys to do odd jobs for him. He is characterized as a helpful, kind man. Some characters think Tull is very benevolent, always offering help to the family and assisting them whenever they are in trouble, or in a state of distress. The family, however, is not always appreciative, as sometimes the family refuses to acknowledge their need for succor. Tull knows the family really does need the assistance

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    In the novel The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis, Kenny has a curiosity of why Byron treats people so rudely. Kenny treats people better than Byron by, sharing his lunch with a boy named Rufus and Rufus’ brother, Cody. Another reason Kenny treats people better is, Kenny does not like to see people getting beat up, he just walks away. Also, L.J. (Kenny’s “friend”) started stealing from Kenny but, he kept playing with him. Kenny treats people better than Byron because, he

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    Dearest Mother, The food here isn't up to much, but I did receive your package and oh my it was delightful. Thank you dearly. How are you and Norman doing at home? I know that myself and my brothers are doing just fine, aside from healing injures. I do know do much of their field as I am still learning but I know Harry, as a recovering dispatch rider, is doing well. He has healed from his leg wound but they are considering rendering him invalid as he will never have the same movement back required

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    Oliver is an orphan born in a town poorhouse, it is even in this poor house in which he lives the earliest years of his life. After a series of traumatic events is it that Oliver holds to London where he unfortunately ends up in the middle of London's infamous villain to hold. Where are trying to teach Oliver to become a pickpocket, but without result. Oliver is much too honest and kind-hearted to be initiated on the criminal path

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    disappointment. After it was revealed Rene (Rick Gonzalez) was willing to testify against Oliver (Stephen Amell) being the Green Arrow, he was axed from the team while Curtis (Echo Kellum) and Dinah (Juliana Harkavy) quit the team as they felt they couldn’t trust the original Team Arrow. Recap - ‘Irreconcilable Differences’ After their shotgun wedding alongside close friends Barry (Grant Gustin) and Iris (Candice Patton), Oliver and Felicity (Emily Best Rickards) finally got the chance to celebrate their marriage

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    Alice from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Oliver from Oliver Twist represent the characteristic Victorian children who are naturally good and appeal to the sentiments of the reader when facing difficult situations that aid in finding who they are. The children are required to decide between two conflicting ideas such as childhood and adulthood in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and even good versus evil in Oliver Twist while they search to find where they belong in the natural order of society

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    Question 1: Oliver, how did you feel when you began work at the workhouse and later on for Mr. Sowerberry? Were the other boys treating you equally? Answer 1: At the workhouse, nobody treated me with respect, it might have been because of my backstory. I feel like I was very unlucky and nobody respected me. My good heart and spirit kept me alive in this time of isolation and misery. Question 2: Why did you become so shocked when Charley and Jack picked a strangers pocket? What did you think of Fagin’s

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    Bill Sikes is a barbarous burglar and Fagin’s partner in crime. He is portrayed as a rough brutal man who enjoys having control over others. Bill Sikes is abusive, aggressive and is likely to have sudden heated episodes. He owns a dog named Bull’s eye which he treats poorly, and at some point, tries to drown. He is ferocious and seems to be very impassive, as he doesn’t care whether he hurts someone. His girlfriend Nancy tolerates his abusive and violent behaviour towards her. I definitely dislike

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