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    “And this I did for seven long nights,” which means he watched the old man for seven nights before the murder. It wasn’t a spur of the moment decision. He was aware of his actions. He could have stopped one of the nights but continued on, thus was premeditated murder. Secondly, he took his time being quiet so as to not awaken the man. He said, “I turned the latch of his door and opened it - oh so gently!” This means, he knew what his was doing and that he had to be quiet enough not to awaken the man

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    highly dependent on technology, are playing more violent games on their phones, tablets, and also on the television. Nearly 3 million physical assaults occur in the United States, most cases happen at night and when that individual is at home. Violence affected many young children in the book Night during the Holocaust,

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    grand theft auto and also stabbed his dad in the leg with a pair of scissors. This doesn’t mean that he deserves to spend the rest of his life locked up inside of his house though. Boo is like a mockingbird kind, not seen, and quiet. Tom Robinson is also like a mockingbird, quiet, honest, and kind. Which one more resembles a mockingbird Boo or Tom? Boo was kind like a mockingbird in many different ways. One of those ways was when Boo started putting stuff in the tree for Scout and Jem(Lee 44). This is

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    Could you be able to not have sports at your school the fun friday night games and the pepper ally before when you get so hyped ? The article “ Should Schools get Rid of Sports” by Amanda Ripley is about sports in schools is a bad thing. The second article “ Sports are more Important than Everything” by Tim O'Shei is about sports are good things in school. School’s that have no sports are good;however,school should have sports. “ First, A 2012 study by the data is center found that young athletes

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    louder each night as dawn set in. Timothy Toad was the first to start his bellowing croak that sounded like a burp on steroids. Gretchen Grasshopper would join in by opening her wings and stroking them together musically to serenade her beloved friends. Carlson Cardinal would sing out, “pretty girl, pretty girl, pretty girl,” until Jack would have enough and shout out, “Shut up, shut up, shut up!” All would go silent and then within minutes the rhythmic sounds would start up again. Every night was like

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    A Clean, Well-Lighted was written by Ernest Hemingway in 1933. The story takes place takes place late at night in a café. The characters in the cafe include an old man and two waiters one young and one old. The old man is drinking and asks for more and more drinks he’s been there for a while. The younger waiter is annoyed he has to stay overnight because this old man is still here. The older waiter discusses to the younger waiter that the old man must be in despair because he tried to commit suicide

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    fortunately, they found one. Located at the corner of Harbor Blvd and First Street, the gated community is truly a diamond in the rough. The lovely fifty-five plus community is famous for its Social Clubhouse, where old people gather every Friday night to dance, play ping pong or join a pool party. It is also famous for its magnificent lake with water hyacinth covering half of the surface and swans swimming on the other half. While watering the bushes of roses and the tropical trees his wife planted

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    Paley subtly hints Shirley’s”quiet” nature that throughout the story, but as the story goes on Shirley is starting to make a name for herself. In the beginning, Shirley is repeatedly is told to be quiet, “Please Shirley be a little quiet.”, and further down. “In that place the whole street groans: Be quiet!….but steals from the happy chorus of my inside self, not a title or a jot.” Later in the story, she is opening

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    thought no one could be after him, he is the chief’s son he thought. Then one late night Aadi left with some men from his tribe to help with the hunting for food Someone had shot in bow n’ arrow Aadi wasn’t sure who it was or if they were after him but gladly if they were after him his big sister was there disguised as one of the men and pushed Aadi out of the way before the arrow had pierced him. Later that night Aadi and Berkly where talking to each other, Aadi kept asking Berkly why she was so

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    out to me is despair. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, despair means to lose all hope or confidence. In the story, the older waiter and the old deaf man somehow share a common bond of despair. Both men are of age and like to be out, late at night, alone. Asides from the story alone, the theme of the story can be brought out by the setting. The setting contributes to the story’s theme in different ways. The setting contributes to the mood of the story, to the structure of the story, and to the

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