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    Basketball When was basketball ever more than just shooting a ball into a hoop? You have to go through the rules,the positions, and the ways of scoring. It takes lots of practice to play. It can also be a mental sport. Basketball is a physical sport, it has many rules,positions,and finding ways to score. Here are some of the rules,fouls,and violation a player can receive. A rule that every basketball team has to obey is to have five people on the court while playing.There are six different

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    In Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw, the governess’ mental status is not known for certain. Throughout the novel, the reader is led to wonder if the specters she sees are real or fabricated by her own mind. This has sparked a lot of debate on the issue of the governess’s sanity and continues to be a controversial topic in the literary community. However, the governess is found to be insane through the points of her chronic stress, her obsession over Miles and Flora, and the lack of evidence behind

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    The Monster within the Monster The Monster was not born ravaging into the evils of this impulsive realm. Victor Frankenstein laboriously created him as a gem of life in longevity. By Victor’s fault of neglect, evil prevailed. Where the fault lies is in the interpretation of the first moments of Dr. Frankenstein’s unsightly creation’s emerging into life. Dr. Frankenstein expected his creation to be beautiful, as he “had selected his features as beautiful” (Shelley 51). Though once he sees his creation

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    way they went by the newspaper shop and saw in huge bold letters, “WANTED JESSE JAMES.” As they had done time and time before Terrence went in and knocked over a

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    Literary Analysis of Frankenstein Most would agree that advancing in science and making new discoveries is important to society. Usually making a scientific discovery is something that can benefit everybody and provide new knowledge that was previously unknown. Although in Frankenstein, the book uncovers how there can be negative to an experiment, and you need to be ready for whatever the result is. Frankenstein is a scientist who experiments with creating life. He originally had thought that there

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    Many aspects of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and Frankenstein parallel each other. Zen’s narrator and Victor Frankenstein are both arguably insane, considering the fact that Zen’s narrator was diagnosed with schizophrenia, and the fact that Victor was able to ignore the ethics of his experiments well enough to forge ahead with creating a new human being. Additionally, Victor and Phaedrus and, to a lesser extent, the narrator, are all extremely driven to achieve their goals. The most

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    declare to be unconstitutional” (Judicial Review). Robert Yates wrote Brutus No. 11 and 12 questioning the power of judicial review within the judicial branch from the perspective of an anti-federalist (Gillman 57-58, 2013). Alexander Hamilton and James Madison responded to Yates anti-federalist claims with the federalist papers specifically, in Federalist No. 78,

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    Ender Wiggins Book Report

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    The main character in this book, Ender Wiggins, has a difficult life since the age of only six years old. He is the third child to Mrs. and Mr. Wiggins. This is unheard of because in this world they only allow a maximum of two children per household. Because the International Fleet allowed his parents to give birth to Ender, he is seen as property of them. They are in charge of deciding how he will live his life. At the age of six, Ender has been chosen by the authority that he will soon become the

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    Batgirl Research Papers

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    Batman and The Batgirl Bonanza Review Another day and another DC Universe inspired slot game has hit the shelves. This time around Batman’s female counterpart joins the famous duo from Gotham City, as The Batgirl makes her very first online slots appearance. Developed by Playtech, Batman and The Batgirl Bonanza is a 5 reel, 60-payline online slots release that has comic book action at its very core. The game is only boosted by the addition of several bonus features, including re-spins and the chance

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    Adventure Time has been nominated for various awards, including best children’s show. I believe this to be the wrong award. Adventure Time is not suitable for young children because of the copious amounts of body horror, stereotypes and recklessness. While discussing these points I will also be comparing the series to another award winning children’s show: Steven Universe. Adventure Time is full of body horror, in the episode ‘The Suitor’ Broko morphs into a mutated boy because he was ‘willing to

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