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    In the novel, “A Hope in the Unseen” written by Ron Suskind explains the journey of Cedric Jennings from the Inner City to the Ivy League. Throughout his journey Cedric Jennings has had to navigate many challenges first at Ballou High School, then MIT in the summer, and finally at Brown University. During his High school career at Ballou he received many backlash from his peers because of his devotion to his studies. In Ballou High School, “the school’s dropout/transfer rate at nearly 50 percent

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    and Similes their goal is to create an image in the reader's head, because if they didn’t it would be dull, and boring. In the story “The Lemon Tree Billiard House” Cedric Yamanaka uses similes, and descriptive adjectives to describe, mood, settings, and the characters in the story. In the story “The Lemon Tree Billiards House” Cedric Yamanaka used descriptive adjectives to express the setting, mood, and characters. In the story the author used descriptive adjectives to describe Locust Cordero by

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    Either Cedric could claim for damages as a priorly victim stating that the the defendant could have foreseen that the incident which caused the fire alarm to go off could have given Cedric personal injury, whether it is physical or mentally injury does not matter. But, most likely Cedric wouldn't be able to sue as a primary victim based on the decision in Rothwell v Chemical & Insulating Co Ltd (2007)

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    neighborhoods are often categorized by where they're located. Their location may give the neighborhood a label such as the ghetto. However a neighborhoods location will never change a similarity it might have with another. In A Hope in the Unseen Cedric grows up in a neighborhood located in Washington D.C., while I grew up in Kansas City. These are two completely different places, 16 hours away, but my neighborhood as well as Cedric's will always share similarities and differences not by their label

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    Ravenflame. Truly, that piece of blood and black woodwork was marvelous. She couldn’t even begin to imagine where Captain Blackblaze had gotten the coin to purchase such a vessel. Then again, with his prestigious reputation, anything was possible, and Cedric was more than likely the underlying cause of Captain Blackblaze’s tyrannical success along the seas. And for one so young, maybe not yet twenty-two, the title of Eastern Pirate Lord was practically unheard of in Haeronian history. At least… Not since

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    Alex grew up mostly in Olathe, Kansas after his family moved from California when his dad took a job at the Federal Aviation Administration as an air traffic controller. He graduated from Olathe Northwest High School. He went on to play baseball at Mid-America Nazarene University. After one year of college, he decided to enlist in the United States Army. Alex is focused on his family. He has been married for two years and they have a son who is one year old named Noah. He enjoys sports and

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    “Education is learning what you didn’t know you didn’t know.” –George Boas. Education will make you aware of effects that you never even thought of before. In the novel A Hope in the Unseen by Ron Suskind, a young boy named Cedric Jennings has many experiences during his years of school. Throughout Cedric’s years in school he discovers many aspects that he never knew he would gain knowledge of or even need. At the begging of the novel the students at Frank W. Ballou Senior High are introduced in

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    college. The main character in the novel A Hope in the Unseen by Ron Suskind, Cedric Jennings, lives in a troubling neighborhood and attends a high school where the dropout rate is high. People who try to live in both the world you used to live in and the new world you are living in the present it's impossible, because the world you used to live in was the world that sorta prepared you for your present lifestyle in college. Cedric jennings

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    Local members live in their homes or apartments. Others are escapees, like you, who stayed to fight rather than use an escape line to a neutral country. They live in safe-houses.” Cedric opened a door off the main hallway. “Here is your room. There are two cots and chamber pots. The jugs contain water for washing in the basin and towels are hanging on the wall. Fresh water to drink is in the canteens. Help yourself to food from the

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    1. Ivanhoe is chivalrous, where Brian de Bois-Guilbert is far from it. Ivanhoe treats women right, like human beings not things. Brian de Bois-Guilbert treats women like they are just things, like a cat enjoys playing with a toy, when you are done “playing” with it you throw it away. Brian de Bois-Guilbert is a templar, but he is far from being a saint.* Brian de Bois-Guilbert tries to get Rebecca to be his wife, but kidnapping your perhaps future wife is not going to make her like you. He

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