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    The Grave Cacek

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    In P.D. Cacek’s short story “The Grave”, Elizabeth, the protagonist, resents bad mothers and their cruel treatment towards their children because Elizabeth is a bad mother. In the start of the story, Elizabeth notices a forgotten grave and immediately jumps to the conclusion that the grave belongs to a bad mother. As time passes, she tries to find reasons to disprove her statement but fails. As she gets home, the reader is introduced to Elizabeth’s mother, and this relationship illustrates the tension

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    done by legendary heroes in our time working the graves. We dug countless Graves and he told

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    Grave Of The Fireflies

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    Grave of the Fireflies is arguably the darkest and saddest Studio Ghibli movie. It takes place during World War II and follows the sibling duo, Seita and Setsuko, a 14 year-old and his 3 year old sister. Throughout the film, we see the siblings struggle to survive. From watching their town burned, their mother horrifically burned and eventual death, their struggle with hunger and abuse, leading to Setsuko's and Seita's eventual heartbreaking deaths. It's overall message of anti-war is told to the

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    Grave Roaring

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    Although now uncommon to man, grave robbing was “well paying” side business job for struggling middle class men. Grave robbing was not a justifiable profession to have, even in Charles Dickens time period, and was more than often undisclosed. “ Al-ways rusty! His fingers is al-ways rusty! Where does my father get all that iron rust from? He don’t get no iron rust here!” (Dickens, 57). In essence, Jerry Cruncher's wife and child had no idea of the double life he was living. Jerry Cruncher’s occupation

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    skeletons found to date. The discovery initiated scholarly and public debate of the legal and ethical implications of anthropological study of Native American human remains. The Kennewick Man controversy has called into question the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)’s ability to balance tribal, museum, and archaeological interest in ancient human remains. Kennewick Man was found on July 28, 1996 below Lake Wallula, a section of the Columbia River, in Washington. As the

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    Robert Graves Naked

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    Individuals happen to utilize the words "stripped and "naked" to state to a similar thing or angle. Then again, Robert Graves gets this colossal and strange misjudging in his ballad "The Naked and the Nude." Although both words signify "without garments or no garments," Graves comprehends them and clarifies them both contrastingly about their implications and how they influence the way that individuals translate each word in view of their importance. He sees that "stripped" means the body alone,

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    mind? Aside from a growing group of animation enthusiasts many may recall the antics of bugs bunny, Saturday morning cartoons, and with its growing popularity, anime. This isn’t a children’s movie, it’s a devastating war film, with no happy ending - Grave of the Fireflies is is set during the World War II, when the US was firebombing Japan in a desperate attempt to end the war, based on a true story, the whole story is told through our main character, Seita’s perspective as he attempts, and fails, to

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    Graves Disease Analysis

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    Graves’ disease is autoimmune that effects the thyroid in front of the neck. This thyroid creates T3 and T4 which helps regulate how the body uses energy. We have a small gland called pituitary in the brain that helps the thyroid regulate the hormone level properly. With grave’s disease the immune system creates antibodies that act like TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) which than makes the thyroid to create more hormones than what the body needs to have. This is called hyperthyroidism. Graves’

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    Flowers For Your Grave

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     In “Flowers for Your Grave,” Detective Beckett took pictures of the crime scene as opposed to Holmes, who did not take pictures.  They took things from the crime scene for DNA testing. However, Holmes does not have this type of technology to aid him in solving mysteries and crimes.  The detective has a medical examiner whereas Holmes can infer how the person was killed based on clues that are given.  The police simplistically arrested the first person who had a common link to the crime without

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    usually known for its “flamboyant and outlandish” animation (Yegulalp). However, Grave of the Fireflies, despite being a popular Anime, exhibits emotional themes and portrays realistic events and themes that reflects its time period (Ebert). Grave of the Fireflies was released in 1988 as a double-feature film in conjunction with Hayao Miyazaki’s My Neighbor Totoro (Toyama). Each film has contrasting qualities; Takahata’s Grave of the Fireflies deals with realistic and emotionally devastating themes, whereas

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