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    continues on by describing the boy as , "Like the goddess Siva in the travel books , he saw his hand jump everywhere". This makes us allude all the many things the goddess Siva did, comparing on all the many things the boy has planned to do in the summer, implying that the town is a place full pf activities and wonders.

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    Throughout the drama, Giles Corey has been characterized as a foolish person, but in this passage, Giles exhibits a more logical trait. Preceding this passage, in Act One, Giles has, “been blamed for so much” (Miller 40), that being a logical person had no purpose in his life. Consequently, Giles wasn’t the norm in the general public, and thus, didn’t give, “a hoot for public opinion” (40). This lead to Giles being, “six time in court this year” (31), since the town has come to believe that most

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    McFarland and Taking Sides have many differences and a few similarities. First, McFarland is a true story with a happy conclusion, except Taking Sides is not a true story with an ending that is not so happy. For example, McFarland is about a football coach named Coach White who was fired from his job because he hit on of his players. He then moved to a Latino/Black community and got a job to be a student teacher for the P.E. teacher. He had about four students that could run up to about 10mph and

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    Sod House Diary

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    Dear diary January 23 1856 Today we settle in the lower middle of nebraska right next to a lake. My pa said we settled here so we can get water 1. Next we worked on building a sod house. May 3 1856 Today i thought to wright in my diary. Pa said that i am going to school. I don’t want to go to school i like staying at home helping at the house. And they are not going to be a lot of kids there only like  30 percent of kid go to school. The rest of the lived on farms 2. July 4 1856 Today is

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    Janet and Geoff Benge’s Betty Greene: Wings to Serve is clearly organized and is filled with vital and relevant detail. The timeline, plot, and detail are thoroughly stated in the biography from start to finish. First, the timeline gives the details of Betty’s early life with her family and getting her education. It also gives plenty of description of her life while serving in World War Two as a WASP (Women’s Airforce Service Pilots) pilot gaining flying experience as well as her serving in the

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    INTRODUCTION Acroptilon repens (Russian Knapweed) is a noxious weed in quite a few states, including Utah and Idaho. This weed causes many different problems for farmers and ranchers because it is a pasture/range weed. There have been studies done to find the best sources of control. Many of these studies have spanned for a long time. Management practices vary by region and there is a lot of discussion about which management practice is the best for this fast spreading weed. Because there have been

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    of summer camps; I’ve never been able to complete a week without regret of going. Many could profess their love for fresh summer outdoors, disorganization, and the loudness most campers tend to carry throughout the long exhausting week, but I suppose I do now. I presume that I found the protagonist who alternated my introspective of summer camps, she was only one individual, but I reckon one representative possessed power enough to reciprocate my whole entity and purpose. I believe in summer camp

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    In chapter 3, the repeated phrase “hunted out” (or “hunt out” ) sticks out the most because the phrase is such a hard-hitting and vivid word choice. The first time I noticed the use of this phrase was on page 63, Kingston explains that her mother wanted privacy, so she “hunted out” a secret hiding place at school. In this context, the use of “hunted” makes her seem like a scavenger, trying to find her own little habitat that she could mark as her own territory. “Hunted” is deliberate, instead of

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    I became more aware of the magic of summer and what it means to truly live. The novel gave me a new perspective of thee idea that life is like summer where you’re alive and feel free, but how it sadly doesn't last forever. The novel opened me up to the idea of looking at person’s mental age instead of their physical age. The novel follows the path of Douglas, a twelve-year-old boy living in Green Town, Illinois. In the novel, Douglas strives to enjoy his summer and to live his life to its fullest

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    I Personally, I’ve always been someone who had be interested in things such as politics, the government, economics and so on so I really didn’t know if their was much more to learn, but I was sure as hell wrong throughout this whole course I was able to learn things that I never would’ve learned during my own time, which I usually dedicate a lot of time to my own private readings. So, the thing that I feel I was most interesting to learn about was that most mutual funds don’t even go ahead and beat

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