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    Percy Chapter Summaries

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    The brave Percy snaps off a horn of the beasts and defeats him with it. The Minotaur bursts which are very similar to what happened to Mrs. Dodds in the museum. Percy drags Grover over to a nearby farmhouse. When he wakes up, a girl is standing over him talking about the summer solstice. When everyone is awake, Grover thanks Percy for saving him by rewarding him with the Minotaur's horn. They come to the reality that Percy's mother is gone; Grover feels

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    asleep. Once the intruder came into the house they beat her husband’s brains out with an ax. Mrs. Hossack said she didn’t see or hear anything until after the attacker had fled. The couple’s five children, who were in their bedrooms in the family’s farmhouse, also heard nothing. The dog didn’t even bark. later, she told investigators that she awoke when she heard a sound of two boards banging together. She jumped out of bed to investigate but all she saw was a flash of light down the hall. She became

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    I watched the 1940 movie The Grapes of Wrath directed by John Ford. The writer or screenplay of the movie is Nunnally Johnson. He writes about the struggle the migrants face for survival for the Joads. Even after facing hardship they learn to live happily and maintain human dignity. The cinematographer for the movie is Gregg Toland. The movie was shot in black and white with lighting using a candle or low light. I believe Gregg did a great job in showing the rural life in the 30’s. From what I remember

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    When dealing with incident cases having evidence it the most important part. Without evidence the justice system would not convict a suspect who is accused of committing a crime. There is an old saying amount law enforcement officer, “A case is only as strong as it evidence”. If a person views the definition of the word evidence, that person’s would find out that evidence, meaning, “The body of facts or information which can indicate whether a belief or proposition is valid or true.” (Forensic Science

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    Compare and Contrast Essay The Scream, an artwork of Edvard Munch is also known as The Scream of nature, Edvard Munch was Norwegian artist who is known for a single image, he was one of the most prolific, innovative, and influential figures in modern art. (Temkin). He loved painting and he was known for referencing to his painting as his children and he did not want to be separated from them in any way. One of his famous act works was The Scream, the art work is seen as a representation of modern

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    Maus is a graphic novel about a survivor of the holocaust. The author depicts in the graphic novel what his father told him about his experience in the holocaust. It is written about the events of the holocaust. The story begins when the author goes to his father’s house to interview him about his memories of the holocaust. He was jotting down notes so that he could make a book about his father’s life. His father, Vladek, begins by depicting all the atrocities that he encountered during the holocaust

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    shows they did many things to help the Allies and the Jews. Also, many Polish families used their houses to be safe houses for many escaped Jewish people. It shows this in chapter 49 of the resistance book after they escape Warsaw and drive to a “Farmhouse on a quiet hill.” (Nielsen 370) This is just one example of a family having a safe house, but there are many more in the story and real life. This mainly shows that many families risked their lives to keep fugitive Jews safe. Finally, Poland was

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    Once More to the Lake For many people there is a sweet scent, an inviting image, the familiar sound of laughter that bring them back to a place full of childhood images. In “Once More to the Lake”, author E.B. White longs to bring his audience back to one of the most memorable places in his childhood, a camp on a lake in Maine, starting in about 1904. He shows the reader how he feels he has replaced his own father and is playing the same role he played nearly forty years earlier. White directs

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    In this passage from Last Child in the Woods, Richard Louv puts a strong emphasis on the increasingly distant relationship between people and nature. Louv uses specific examples to support his argument, as well as imagery, sarcasm and an appeal to ethos and pathos. By using these rhetorical strategies, Louv appeals to his readers and convinces them of his argument. The author uses 3 main examples to support his point, the first being genetic mutation. Louv references an experiment performed at the

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    and be alone with their thoughts. Trifles is one of the most well-known works of Susan Glaspell. This one act play begins the day after the murder of John Wright. Throughout the play, we get a glimpse into his wife’s isolated life within their farmhouse. Mrs. Wright’s isolation, imposed by her husband, made her long for communication. When she finally received some form of company, in the form of a canary, John Wright took it away from her just like he had

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