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    The stories Don’t Give Up the Fight and Susan B. Anthony Dares to Vote share a common theme which is perseverance. In the story Don’t Give Up the Fight, Ava is being bullied by the boys on the track team, because she is the only girl. Susan in Susan B. Anthony Dares to Vote, shows perseverance because, she had to speak up even though she would get arrested. While both of the stories share a common theme the character’s actions are very different. The story Susan B. Anthony Dares to Vote, Susan fights

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    final passage before her tale, we can see that the ending prologue passage acts as a mirror to the final passage of the Wife of Bath’s Tale to illustrate the connections between the Wife of Bath and the old woman from her tale. Chaucer purposely leaves the audience contemplating the meaning of the colloquial fairy tale with regards to the likelihood of the reality of the Wife of Bath character actually existing to act as a warning to the males of the time period. Particularly, the passage preceding

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    Anthony Dares To Vote Anthony has a risk of going to jail or getting killed.In Making Sarah Cry Sarah will just go to the principal. The poem Making Sarah Cry has the theme of courage.For example,in the passage it says “Leave him alone you bullies,because he’s a friend of mine”.Also in the passage it said the Sarah stood up for one of her tormentors.Even though Sarah was hurt by him she still helped him when they bullied him.The evidence is supporting the claim because in the poem Making Sarah Cry

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    Pulp Fiction Themes

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         Jules always quotes this just before he kills someone. The point is that the passage refers to a system of values and meaning by which one could lead one’s life and make moral decisions. However, that system has no connection with Jules’s life and as he realizes later, the passage is actually meaningless to him.      In addition to the pop references in the film, its dialogue on language is concerned with

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    Imogen Alternate Ending

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    Kristina walked up to Imogen and handed her the necklace back and said, “Well I guess we will see you at five?” Imogen smiled and took the necklace putting it on. “Yup, see you then guys.” Imogen grabbed the bag of books and her laptop from the couch and headed outside to go to the bus stop. Imogen’s class went by very slow. The clock on the wall in the front of the stiff, plain room went by painfully slow. Imogen knew that she should be paying more attention on this, but the thought of finally knowing

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    English Commentary ‘How do you muster the strength to break your parents’ hearts?’ This passage from Deranged Marriage is about Sushila Das, the author, and her decision to not follow in the family tradition of arranged marriage and her parents’ reaction. This is one of the most important passages in the book as this is when Das decides to turn her life around and live how she wants it, hopefully with her parents blessing. Das’s intention with this piece was like her memoir to take her stand against

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    characters. It also really highlights how naïve and almost narrow minded Candide is as a character, especially where his philosophical beliefs are concerned. The use of the third person narrator really highlights the more unrealistic moments in the passage, for example: “Candide, having served with the Bulgars, performed the Bulgar drill before the general of this little force with such grace, such celerity,

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    unpopulated, the men also accept the fact that there is a very real chance that they may die. This passage delves into the same thoughts that are rushing through all of their heads, but keeping to themselves. In such a situation, all men think about how this could happen, and why. Alas, they do not have an answer, and that frustrates them. Nature cannot be explained, it simply just is. This passage supports reveals the work’s overall meaning or theme of nature’s indifference towards humans with story

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    untied my ropes. “Get up, kid.” Zane stood framed in the cave opening against a backdrop of twilight with his fists clenched. “Let’s go. And you try anything stupid, smart girl,” he warned as our flashlights made crazy shadows on the narrow mine passage walls, “and you and friends will be lunch meat.” He curled his lips and laughed. “Hey, better yet I’ll turn you into a drowned rats! We have your horses tied up in a little enclosure down by the waterhole at the end of Coyote Canyon. “If you don’t

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    as I’m looking back at my time in meditation on these two passages I know am leaning so deeply on God’s sovereignty and sustainability for the lives of my friends. Also, as I look back on these passages, I realize that God is not done using them to mold me yet. I am grateful for how Isaiah 46 helped to change my internal soundtrack and began to impact my relationships and plans over the course of my meditation in it. I found this passage harder initially to dive into because I needed to decode the

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