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    The terrible event that happened to Patty in “Agreeable” by Jonathan Franzen left her broken. This appalling action that occurred helped her grow and mature.With the help from the coach she moves out from the dark into the light. The Progression that Patty goes through shows several coming of age features. Patty is a very intelligent person is able to recognize what happened isn't the end, she uses her experience to grow in her athletics. This willingness to not let what happened to her define

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    story takes place during World War II. The book is mainly about a girl named Patty that has a love at first sight thing with a German prisoner named Anton Rieker. This book is a fictional romance book; because the events that happen in the story are not true, and the story is mainly about their romance. The story takes place in Jenkinsville Arkansas, where nothing much happens until two German prison camps are opened. Patty is a missfit because she is more of a tomboy and her mom doesn't like her

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    Massachusetts law, John Smith and Patty Jones were engaged. John Smith proposed to Patty Jones on February 14th, 2014. Upon proposal, John presented Patty with a 2-carat diamond engagement ring. Three months ago from now, John Smith caught Patty Jones having an affair with Brian Wilkinson. Brian Wilkinson is a best friend with John Smith. John called off the engagement. John demanded that Patty return the engagement ring. Patty refused to return the engagement ring. Patty claims that it was a “gift”

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    face on the other. She was tough as well but was famous for her red and black plaid flannel, if it wasn't on her it was tied around her hips and she wasn't one for jewelry, usually just rubbery bracelets with bands she liked on them. Mei and Patty were part of a gang called Purgatory. Purgatory was usually seen as a violent street gang, but Purgatory existed for a totally different reason than being violent. The truth was that they hunted down rogue vampires. Vampires usually traveled in packs

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    were whipped out. I think the writer of this play wanted to display this scene as a normal thing. For example, all of the other secretaries besides Patty were completely comfortable with doing such an out of the box thing. The meaning of this scene would have to be that the ladies at one point were all just like Patty and were

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    1. Patty Rocklage There are many psychotherapists in Massachusetts, and Patty Rocklage is one of the licensed ones. Patty, who is 66 year old, has been helping families, individuals, and couples, for over 20 years in the Boston area. She has a robust experience in psychotherapy, having graduated with a PhD in Psychology in 1981, from University of South California. She is considered to have a warm reception that draws clients to her office to her services. 2. Gifting Massachusetts Institute of

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    a high school athlete named Patty, who experiences an incident that forces her onto a journey to become an adult. Patty uses this experience to evolve as a person and eventually overcome the trauma to become stronger and more assertive within society. A traumatic experience can be the perfect catalyst for a young person to test their maturity and react in a healthy manner that will progress their journey into adulthood. After being assaulted at a school party, Patty begins her maturation period

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    People define us by what we do and what they see. People in the Buckman family realize patty is very intelligent for her age that she is a example of direct definition because of how everyone else see’s patty. Patty’s father Nathan gives her positive direct definitions by telling her your smart, and encouraging her in a positive way to learn all the time. Because of Nathan always encouraging patty to learn her interpersonal communication is well rounded and intelligent. One character that

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    theme of coming of age. Features Franzen includes is that Patty endures suffering and challenges, and finds truthfulness in herself and others, that all tie up to find a place in the world that expresses coming of age. Patty suffers a traumatic experience that forces her to grow up. Throughout the story she endures suffering and challenges that drive her to her coming of age experience. After the night when Ethan Post assaulted her, Patty feels that it was “the most wretched hour of her life” (6)

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    looked down upon to fall in love with someone considered an enemy. In this scene, Patty is telling Edna Louise, one of Patty’s friends, about someone she is getting to know and love, named Anton. Edna seems to enjoy talking about how Patty describes him, asking many questions and making inferences. However, Patty makes the mistake of telling Edna that he is a German POW(Prisoner Of War), in which Edna replies in a way Patty did not anticipate for. “‘And your mother’s going to let you go out with him?’

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