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    Every summer my family spends most of our days at my grandfather, Jiddoo’s, beach house on Minot beach. I’ve been going since I was a baby and I always heard stories of my cousins, aunts and uncles talking about how they kayak “around the glades” and after hearing so many stories about it, I didn’t have a clear idea of what it meant. By the time I was around 10, I came to realize it meant kayaking 4.5 miles from the beach, around a peninsula known as “The Glades” by the Minot community, or “first

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    placing humor throughout the story in the right places. Little bit’s and pieces are used to lighten the mood of events that are transpiring. Humor placed in the right spot helps make the story more realistic and fun to read. Humor can be found anywhere you just have to look, even in the worst of times. Their are countless forms of Humor placed throughout the story, but I am narrowing it down to my favorite three that I felt truly showed Lee’s sense of humor. The time Jem lost his pants while sneaking around

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    seemed like typical high school guys and all their friends, family, and even their parents were surprised when they found out it was them that carried out the massacre. Dylan’s and Eric’s parents both thought they were happy and they enjoyed life, but on the inside, Dylan was miserable and Eric thought he was better than everyone else in the world. They were both intelligent and had bright futures but, thought they were superior and demonstrated something that showed that, the Columbine

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    values. When the term family comes to my mind, I think about the friends and relatives that have unconditional love for me. Over the years as I have gotten older, I have noticed who has been there for me in every step of the way and who hasn’t. The ones who have always supported me has been family. My parents have been my tremendous supporters and have sacrificed everything for me. They are the reason why I want

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    Sethe Character

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    is around the time Paul D. begins really contemplating his new and old life around Sweet Home and at the current house at 124. The list of names that appears here are all memorable characters, senses, objects, and even the chicken, Mister, from his past. Some of these especially memorable things include Sethe, the sight of butter, and of course his so called “tobacco tin” lodged in his chest. Of course, Sethe is very memorable for Paul D. because of his current relationship and attraction to her,

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    this line, Lines 18-19 (“Captain Smith, this might soon be your fate too through your rashness and unadvisedness.”). The words ‘rashness’ and ‘unadvisedness’ emphasizes the foolhardiness that the English settlers might encounter if they pursue the life of force, belittlement, and unappreciativeness that they practice. It creates an image about their consequences of actions, and just how exactly they can be described. Other words would not have made the same alarming impact upon the settlers.

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    First Child Narrative

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    When I had my first child it was the most memorable event of my life. When I found out he was a boy, I was so excited for my due date.The time had finally come, the wait was almost over. On December 31,2007,I arrived at the hospital early in the morning. The nurse informed me that I was only dilated 4 centimeters.The doctors were trying to send me home but I refused to go. I was determined to have my son that day. Instead I decided to walk around the whole entire hospital, until in an effort to dilate

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    Honor Society Application

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    I made my decision to attend Bishop State Community College after high school because it was important to my parents and myself to have a great transition from high school to college at a gradual pace; with the goal of eventually transferring to an university. I was extremely focus on finding a career that match my passion in the areas of sciences and the years I would like to spend on my education. I never gave a thought about looking into honor societies at my college. In fact, I did not think

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    his experience in full detail of when he was taken from his home to when he was liberated by the American soldiers. In Night written by Elie Wiesel the argument presented is inhumanity, the behavior that the Nazis acted upon was inhumane. In the event when Moishe the beadle returned home after escaping the gestapo, he told Elie and the town people his experience, he told them this,“Infants were tossed into the air and used as targets for the machine guns”(Wiesel 6). Moishe told the people of the

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    Moments in a person’s life, or decisions made by one’s self and people around them can impact the course of their future. Like author and life coach Tony Robbins once quoted “It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.” (BrainyQuotes.com 1). Janet McNaughton´s dystopian novel The Secret Under My Skin is an excellent portrayal of how moments in one’s life can lead them in their journey. The novel, shows how the protagonist of the novel, Blake Raintree, is changed drastically as

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