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    with Joe, Biddy, and Herbert by their thoughts and actions to influence Pip in a positive way when confronted with a change of lifestyle. Joe Gargery is Pip’s father figure; his first true friend and influence in the novel. The first time Joe shows kindness to Pip is at Christmas dinner when Mr. Pumblechook and other friends of Mrs. Joe tell Pip he is an all around awful child. Joe

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    Ravine”, Vinny and Joe-Boy have a lot of character traits.I’m going to do compare and contrast. Joe-Boy and Vinny are best friends. Graham Salisbury said how Vinny isn’t rough because he doesn’t fight back, when Joe-Boy teasing him. Joe-Boy is not a nice friend to Vinny because he says to Vinny, “You’re stepping in the dead boys foot prints. When you go into the pond and you’ll touch his face.You might be the one who finds the dead body.” Vinny just scowls and winced at Joe-Boy. Joe-Boy have a lot of

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    Short Story : My Story

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    Illinois, a farmer named Joe Stanford was on his farm to pick all his crops before the winter comes. As he is picking his crops, he gets an unexpected phone call from his good friend named Sharon who lives just a couple of miles away. Joe answers the phone in no hesitation and immediately he senses the fear in Sharon’s voice as she speaks saying “ Joe I really need your help! “ I dropped my daughter off yesterday morning around 8a.m. so she can go camping with her friends for the whole day until early

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    Charles Dickens. Some of Pip’s include Joe, Jaggers, Herbert, Wemmick, and Magwitch. At first, Magwitch is an unknown character, but as the story goes on he helps Pip develop into a gentleman. Magwitch is very generous with his money towards Pip,"As I giv' you to understand just now, I'm famous for it. It was the money left me, and the gains of the first few year wot I sent home to Mr. Jaggers—all for you—when he first come arter you, agreeable to my letter." His relationship with money is

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    My Dolls Feelings

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    Everyone has Feelings My Dolls names are Joe and Dowdy. Joe is 10 years old and an outgoing boy who likes to play and make as many friends as he can. Joe also likes to ride bikes in his free time. Joe likes to wear shorts all the time and his favorite color is blue and his favorite food is pizza and nachos. Joe always wears a baseball cap of his favorite team, even when he goes to school because his mother got permission from the school so Joe could wear his cap. Dowdy she is more of a laid back

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    Who Is Joe Gargery Essay

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    has the help of benefactors that provide with all sorts of support, financial or emotional. However, Joe, his sister’s husband helps Pip by providing Pip with emotional support in his times of need despite Pip not returning this unconditional love most of the time. There is Biddy who is a best friend of Pip to read and write as well as helping Pip take care of his family. There is even Mrs. Joe who is mean and unjust to Pip, but has tough love for Pip and does raise him and his brothers. Pip’s

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    Vinny Vs. Joe-Boy

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    Is this relationship safe? Vinny and Joe-Boy are both characters in a story called “The Ravine”, they are 15 years old, best friends from Hawaii. They are going to a ravine to go swimming, and to jump off a precipice where a boy named Butchie died two weeks and one day ago. Vinny and Joe-Boy are in many ways similar, yet are still very different. I think Vinny is weak because he can’t stand up to friends, Vinny didn't want to go to the ravine because his mom told him not to. Vinny even described

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    A Short Story : A Story?

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    “He won't and if he does we’ll get weapons!” 1 week after initial and careful planning they meet at a coffee shop about a mile away from the junkyard “Hey Joe, did you cut your long silky blonde hair?” Joe exclaimed, “It's time for a new change I'd rather not spend my days in the house so I thought I’d cut my hair!” “I'm proud of you Joe!” “Alright, so what's the plan?” “Ok, so we go towards the entrance, which is here in the East, and we are trying to head Northwest because Robby was said to

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    One stormy dark night me and 3 of my friends were about to the unthinkable for a bunch of 14 year olds. My friend Dave was wearing a black shirt with a black beanie black pants and a backpack filled with things we were gonna need for what we were about to do. My other friend joe was wearing the same thing as Dave. And my other friend Zane was wearing the same thing as Dave and Joe. we all pretty much wearing the same thing. There was a reason for wearing all black. It's because their was no trespassing

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    something go terribly wrong. Joe, Simon, and Richard ascend the mountain in search of the summit. “Of rough walking and, and surrounded by by ice mountains.” Page 15. Richard stays at the base camp while Joe and Simon head out. “What time you’ll be back?” Richard asked. Page 20 Joe and Richard reach the summit of the mountain and on the descent Joe breaks his knee. They try to make it back down but they get stuck. Simon has no other choice but to cut the rope and let Joe fall. Simon continues back

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