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    The Color of Water by James McBride is a book that caused me to recall my life with my mother, the woman who was always there for me, my best friend and a person who I believed only cared if it was regarding my education or Buddhism. Throughout my entire life, my mom only had one idea that she drilled into my head: “Nếu bạn muốn chiến đấu với tôi, sau đó đi trước và chiến đấu với tôi. Bởi vì tất cả tôi muốn làm là giúp quý vị, con. Bạn sẽ là cái chết của tôi,” which translates to “If you want to

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    What Happened to Cass McBride by Gail Giles is the thrilling mystery of a young woman who has been captured, kept in a box underground and tortured by someone she barely knows. The book follows the point of view of Cass, Her abductor Kyle, and a detective trying to find her. The book’s main topics were bullying, fear, abuse, and cruelty. I chose to focus on hope. This book convinced me that there can be hope even in the darkest times; hope can come from helping yourself. Near the beginning of the

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    between Millennium Partners and The Ritz-Carlton. Millennium Partners owned the properties and The Ritz-Carlton was hired to operate the hotels. After only seven days of training the 400 person staff would open the doors the next morning. James McBride, the general manager, faced pressures concerning the training approach The Ritz-Carlton had established. Millennium had two primary problems with the seven day training process. First, they felt seven

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    painful reality, I created an imaginary world for myself...” (McBride 90). As has been mentioned, James formed an imaginary version of himself, not only he was not able to express himself, but also he was not free as his imaginary version was. “I’d lock myself in the bathroom and spend long hours playing with him…I’d stared at him, Make faces at him and order him around…Unlike my siblings, he had no opinions, he would listen to me” (McBride 90). Furthermore, James may perhaps shout at the boy, mistreatment

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    James Mcbride the author of the essay, Hip Hop Planet, is an African American/ Jewish writer. The discussion of hip-hop became important to the author from the rise of its popularity. The audience can mainly pertain to the older generations of people and to persuade them to listen to hip-hop. Mcbride uses his own personal stories and extensive research of hip-hop to effectively convey to his audience how hip-hop has gotten more popular and how it affects the world around him. Mcbride begins the

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    In the book Indians in Eden by Bunny McBride and Harald E. L. Prins. In chapter two it talks about the Somes family who associated with the Wabanakis who came to the area to hunt, trap, fish, and to trade with newcomers. An uncle of the Somes family established the first public house on Mt Dessert Island, the family opened many businesses.Many artists had ventured to Mount Dessert ecspecial Thomas Cole who was fascinated by the islands rugged scenery.Coles paintings where already famous enough and

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    between Millennium Partners and The Ritz-Carlton. Millennium Partners owned the properties and The Ritz-Carlton was hired to operate the hotels. After only seven days of training the 400 person staff would open the doors the next morning. James McBride, the general manager, faced pressures concerning the training approach The Ritz-Carlton had established. Millennium had two primary problems with the seven day training process. First, they felt seven days

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    where you are or who you are, that you can face racism. Rachel faced it when she was a Jew in an all white, Protestant school. James and his siblings faced racism when they were in an all-Jewish school. In the memoir, The Color of Water, by James McBride, racism is a powerful presence that can severely affect those who are victims of it. In The Color of Water, Rachel repeatedly felt the wrath of racism and prejudice. Rachel went to school in her hometown of Suffolk, Virginia. The elementary, middle

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    book, The Color of Water, chapter 22, by James McBride, James meets Aubrey Rubinstein. James finally found for what he was searching for, which was a long search for the Shilsky family. James found out that his grandmother Hudis was buried in a Long Island graveyard. James saw Dee Dee but he did not want to approach her because he knows she had been through so much. James stated that “ I could only imagine how painful that must have been…” (McBride 221). James felt his aunt sorrow and did not want

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    In the book color of water by James mcbride talks about his mother Ruth's and how she had ups and downs in her younger life till now when she is a widow and how she a has this habit of riding her bicycle through the all- black neighborhood in which James and his family lived. In “The Color of Water,” by James McBride has many themes. Each theme he is trying to get a point across and he tries to make us understand what him and his family went through as being Jewish and African American

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