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    Long Hopes Shelter Is anyone up to adopting a donkey? Long Hopes is the answer to your donkey loving needs. Long Hopes is a non-profit global federation dedicated to sheltering and adopting out donkeys. The true mission of Long Hopes is to save and house donkeys and to put them up for adoption . Donkeys deserve a caring home as much as any animal in a Humane Society does. Many donkeys live in filthy conditions with abusive owners. The people of Long Hopes decided to step in and save abused donkeys

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    “Natures first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold...So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay”. This is a line from Robert Frost’s poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay”. In the poem gold can represent many different things like security, innocence, and hope. Robert Frost's poem ¨Nothing Gold Can Stay¨ is the link between two seemingly different novels. In The pearl and The outsiders security or gold doesnt stay. Kino is the main character in the pearl. He is a pearl diver who has found a huge pearl

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    “Intelligence will never stop being beautiful.” (Dav Voire) Intelligence: the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills. Intelligence defines who you are as a person, it is a part of you and intelligence takes place to how you connect with others. Intelligence impacts you as a person it determines what you want to be in the future and how you’ll live your life. An abundance amount of people are impacted by your intelligence level depending on what you’re doing with your life. With the power

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    As we row deeper in, everything dulls, the oars breaking the water, the wind in our sail, not a natural breath heard whatsoever. What little hope our dwindling crew had slowly being chipped away, piece by piece. Our “gracious” leader Odysseus hails us, “We’ve arrived at the island marking the entrance of Hadês.” As he says those chilling words, our hopes sink faster than the setting sun in the distance, an unnatural cold takes hold, turning our breath into that of clouds. The crew and I set to

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    their days traveling through the dark and cold landscape while trying to make their way south, which they hope will bring warmer weather and easier times. Throughout their dreadful journey, the pair deal with many terrible and heart wrenching situations that seem unbearable; but each time, the man and the boy push through by keeping their faith in hopes of having a better life. But holding on to hope in what seems to be a hopeless world proves to be difficult as they face issues such as cannibalism, a

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    the intangibles of hope, denial, and

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    ”The Diary of Anne Frank” ends with the statement, “In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.” This quote is by Anne Frank and reveals that Anne still has hope that World War II will end soon. I believe Anne asserted this on behalf of lifting everyone's spirits with hope. Also, Anne wants to stay strong and continue being positive throughout her ordeal. My final, and utmost supportive idea, is that far and wide, Anne wants to try to remain hopeful. In the next

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    Imagine, twenty five years without knowing if your family is still alive. Twenty five years you have lived away from home. Spending a majority of your life not being able to kiss your mother, nor your siblings. A Long Way Home is an autobiography based on the story of five-year-old Sheru Munshi Khan, who finds himself lost in Calcutta, the capital of India (his country of origin). Sheru had intended that he would just tag along with his brother, Guddu, as he ventured to Khandwa for his work on the

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    understands the futility of his actions, as if the entire world was acting against his efforts to impress the girl he was obsessed with; his determination is suppressed after making it so far and failing at the final step of his mission. The inciting hope that the conversation instilled in him combined with the obstacles he had to overcome, only made his failure all the more bitter, but this harsh failure is the turning point that the boy needed in order to escape the childish and naive infatuation

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    September 7, 2059 Darkness and rain clouded the sky and the eerie silence was almost suspicious for there was not even a single sound, except for the breath and footsteps of a lone figure, walking solemnly up the side of the hill. When she reached the peak, he stood still, looking out at what lay before her eyes. The raining pouring down on her but he had no umbrella nor any hooded jacket. All that he had on was a tattered black suit as he stood motionless, looking, letting the rain fall everywhere

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