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    Living in Tooth Ville

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    lot of natural resources so we are not like rural areas. We also don’t have that much apartment building like they do in urban areas, Tooth Ville isn’t really busy that much maybe only twice in a week. Tooth Ville has different kinds of houses; we have detached houses near the north west of Tooth Ville, there are apartment buildings near the east of Tooth Ville, and some townhouses near the north of Tooth Ville surrounding a park. Tooth Ville has one main highway that connects to the roads which connects

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    Tiny Homes have sparked a revolution called “The Tiny House Movement.” The Tiny House Movement classifies a tiny home as a “typical American home is around 2,600 square feet, whereas the typical small or tiny house is between 100 and 400 square feet.” (The Tiny Life, 2015) Materialism can be a dark cloud that's over your head for your entire life to working from paycheck after paycheck for your desires. Therefore tiny housing can help you live a rather simple lifestyle that is free of materialism

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    The House on Mango Street uses three vignettes to state that innocence shelters children from the extreme truth of the adult world. To begin, in “The First Job”, an older man unexpectedly forces himself on Esperanza: “I thought I would because he was so old and just as I was about to put my lips on his cheek, he grabs my face with both hands and kisses me hard on the mouth and doesn’t let go” (Cisneros 55). Esperanza’s innocence allowed her to kiss an old man on the cheek for his birthday because

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    which in the summer were covered with greasy strips of cheese cloth to keep out the varmints that feasted on Maycomb's refuse.” This description of the iron and the shape of house make the house seem more like a cabin and it tells us a little bit about the Ewells. Through this example we deduce that the Ewells care very little if not at all about the appearance of their home and its appearance. Lee also adds “What passed for a fence was bits of tree limbs, broomsticks and tool shafts, all tipped with

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    Upton Sinclair mainly focuses on the issue of capitalism, he illustrates the injustice by showing the harsh living condition of the workers in Packingtown. When Ona and Jurgis take a tour around Packingtown, they are shocked to the filthy areas of meatpacking, but still Jurgis tells Ona, “tomorrow I will get a job ... and then we can get a place of our own” (Sinclair 16). This quote shows how determined Jurgis is to start a decent life in the filthy city of Packingtown. He gets a job sweeping slaughtered

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    Slender: A Short Story

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    set against a backdrop of greenish tinged bald cypress trees, the yellow paint color gave it the appearance of being a peaceful, serene home. It was tall and elegant- its intricate ironwork along the balcony and lower porches, reminded Thomas of houses he had seen in New Orleans. He was thinking of renting it as a temporary residence for him and Allie to live in while they were in Charleston. He was still hesitant about taking her with him on his frequent outings where here-lately he had to slip

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    The Size Of A Tiny House

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    and tiny houses. Reality TV shows including Tiny House Hunting, Tiny House Building, Tiny House Nation, and Tiny House, Big Living, have brought national attention to the movement. A typical tiny house falls between 100 and 400 square feet. The tiny house movement is one possible solution for individual financial and environmental concerns. Most tiny homeowners also cite a simpler lifestyle as a main factor for choosing to “live tiny.” One of the greatest benefits of living in a tiny house is the

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    A seemingly ordinary young boy named Herman Mudgett was wandering the woods that surrounded Gilmanton, New Hampshire, when he discovered a house. He had not come across it before, so he decided to explore what was inside. The door was already open, and the condition of outside convinced him that no one was living in it. Herman first noticed an upstairs landing that overlooked most of the common area. The home looked as if no one had ever occupied it; the walls were white, but looked grey due to the

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    Slender Monologue

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    set against a backdrop of greenish tinged bald cypress trees, the yellow paint color gave it the appearance of being a peaceful, serene home. It was tall and elegant- its intricate ironwork along the balcony and lower porches, reminded Thomas of houses he had seen in New Orleans. He was thinking of renting it as a temporary residence for him and Allie to live in while they were in Charleston. He was still hesitant about taking her with him on his frequent outings where lately he had to slip out

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    So you want to go to my house? Let me tell you how to get there. The first step to getting home is to turn north straight out of the high school. Next, you drive along this curve till you get to the first right turn onto the 280th road. You stay on this highway till you get to the decrepit house with the large lawn, stick pile out front, and the fencing company sign. The green Brantford Covenant Church sign should help you also. Keep going east on 7th Road past the collapsed barn that is as

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