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    at a summer camp in Prescott, Arizona called Box Canyon Boys Camp. This setting is important and adds meaning to the story because if it did not take place at the summer camp none of the main characters would have met each other, and the book would take place somewhere else. There are six main characters in the book, John Cotton, who is a 16 year counselor at the camp who is the leader of the group. Gerald Goodenow, who is a 14 year old boy who has a lot of emotional problems, when he was 4 his father

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    but her first lover is pretty rich, but the identical personality of hers is she doesn’t look on the outside aspect of a boy, which is usually said as a common positive attitude of a good women, but she depends on the valuables she saw on that boy. And of course, the boy fell in love with the girl because she’s attractive. But one time, there is a richer boy that came to the life of that girl and like Atalio’s story, she left the first boy and goes with the other boy which is wealthier than the first

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    Witchcraft for Sale, Doris Lessing expresses three major messages. In the story No Witchcraft for Sale, Doris Lessing expresses the white culture blind to the Native’s culture as a message. Gideon, the black servant, worked for a rich white family. They had a young boy in which Gideon gave him the nickname “Little Yellow Head”. African’s were always seen as slaves that worked for the whites, and seen as nothing more. The culture of the African’s was never acknowledged until Gideon made a bold decision

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    The media starts conditioning with our youth by the use of superheroes to sports. Boys are conditioned to think that being physically aggressive with another boy is normal. Or that being successful with work and being rich will likely make you successful with women. Girls are taught to find this as normal and to be an attractive quality in a partner. This is portrayed from movies such as Iron Man. Where Tony Stark who can be credited with being sophisticated but at the same token is a millionaire

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    plays in this relationship as he describes a scene that leads to his own coming of age. Unlike many of his other poems, which reveal the ability to experience and access nature in an innocent state, "Nutting" depicts Wordsworth's inability as a young boy to fully appreciate nature, causing him to destroy it. Addressing a young girl, most likely his sister, he writes to poem as a warning of what happens within oneself when one does not fully appreciate nature. In his youth, the speaker is too excited

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    four-inched platform shoes detailed with rhinestones. She could have done without the feathers at the corner of her eyes or her gold and glitter dark eyeliner makeup with matching lipstick. Actually, it complimented what she had on perfectly. “Hey, Rich Lady!” yelled an extremely angry woman, as she stormed through the French doors and out onto the veranda. “What is it that I hear about my girl had hooked up with this no name generic kid from an unimportant family? Who does this ragamuffin think he

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    The boys ask their father if his business will be like their Uncle Charley’s.  Willy responds by saying that he’ll be, “Bigger than Uncle Charley!  Because Charley is not- liked.  He’s liked, but he’s not- well liked.”  From this example, it becomes evident

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    wife , obedient daughter. in contrast to boys and men, who were defiantly free from such

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    keep everyone in their place. Whatever the case, William Golding’s Lord of the Flies takes that idea and warps it into a story following a set of young boys facing their inner savagery. As time progresses through the novel most of the boys shift back into their natural state of savagery while few still remain on the side of civilization. Through the rich symbolism of the pig head and Jack, Golding shows that savagery is at the heart of mankind and it bubbles to the surface when society loses its influence

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    William became known as ‘cookie’, being the main cook, who would normally have that handle, didn’t like being called by that title. He preferred his own name, Mr. Goodsby. Mr. Goodsby was an elderly gentleman with a large white mustache that curled up on each side, and a little plump, but it never affected his agility when it came to setting up, and breaking down camp. “Follow me, Cookie.” Mr. Goodsby ordered his young intern. “Today we begin your training, and you will, whether you like it

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