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    A night that consist of breathless air and past a dark ravine is where a séance sets its place. Where a Galileo clock and a Sioux Arrowhead was the focus. A woman named Jade in her mid 30's, and her best friend Autumn. Each with their own best friend dolls to share with each other neither one, were fully aware of what they are about to cause. "Are you ready Jade? 'Yes Autumn I am ready, then let it begin." Hand to hand Autumn and Jade begin; 'Guardian of the east we

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    The high quality text that we chose to work with was The Korean Cinderella written by Shirley Climo and illustrated by Ruth Heller. Shirley climo has ventured to many places learning about different culture and writing classic tales through the story lenses of different cultures. Ruth Heller is a wonderful illustrator. All her drawings for the books she’s illustrated are colorful and vibrant. She has also illustrated for a few of Shirley Climo’s books besides this one. Before illustrating this book

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    in their homes. Therefore, freedom is entirely removed as the government is always spying in their citizens, through Newspeak and also through other sources such as Thoughtcrime. Thoughtcrime included anything that the Thought police and the Big Brother thought was illegal. Basically anything that created individuality

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    “It is quite possible,” wrote Orwell in January 1939, “that we are descending in to an age in which two and two will make five when the leader says so.” (CEJL, I, 376) The following year, he wrote this passage on totalitarian “thought control”: It not only forbids you to express – even to think – certain thoughts, but it dictates what you shall think, it creates an ideology for you, it tries to govern your emotional life as well as setting up a code of conduct

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    George Orwell’s 1949 novel, 1984, depicts a dystopian future dominated by an all-controlling authoritarian government and with it a very powerful message about socialism, authoritarianism, and class hierarchy. The book is organized in such a fashion that focuses little on plot, character development, or dialogue, but instead uses the story and setting as a gateway to the underlying political commentary on the function and absolutism of government and the balance and interaction between social classes

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    Fair Use Tale Summary

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    Faden’s video “Fair(y) Use Tale” is not exceeding copyright as Disney has seem to argue. Faden’s video is meant to educate young kids on the rules of copyright laws. I strongly agree with his method of teaching the rules because as kids you get bored really easy with this video they can see something they are familiar with so they are not as bored. The fair use laws says that you can use a proportion of someone’s work , in this case Dinsey for educate,news reporting , criticism, and research. This

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    Folklore are many stories that are passed down for many generations that include Legends, Myths, and Fairy Tale. Legends are a traditional story that were about historical events that has been changed to something that did not happen. Myths are traditional stories about early history, they often have supernatural beings. Fairy Tales are stories that have magical and imaginary creatures and lands, they are mostly told to children. A British Folklore is based on England traditions. Some stories can

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    Love In 1984

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    In the novel 1984, George Orwell sets up a dystopia that reveals basic human qualities occur even when the people are brainwashed out of the,. This story takes place in an alternate society where life is radically different than what the world is today. The government has an extreme control on its people, brain washing them and suppressing every aspect of human connection. The citizens are taught to think that all information from the government is true even when it is blatantly obvious it isn’t

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    unpresentable. The three most powerful “states” were Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia, who fight in various configurations for power in a war which governments, in common sense spend resources to maintain the populations morale and nationalism. The Big Brother is the chief of the state Oceania, and he has almost a godly position in the society. He is the chairman in a part, the only one with their motto clear as water – “War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength.” The book addresses the ever

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    The Verdimillious Charm is a great multipurpose charm. While it isn't the best self defense charm, it will work in a pinch. While saying the incantation, pronounced as vur-duh-MILL-ee-us, and using a forward slashing motion ending on the target you will send out a torrent of green sparks that will engulf your target. Now it will only produce a slight stinging sensation, and almost immediately after you should send out another spell that would be more effective, like a disarming charm, or a stunning

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