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    I really wish that you didn’t have to leave for Florida I mean I miss you Sandy. I had no option unless we were married i’m going to write this letter to you and show how much I really need you everyday. It’s been weeks and I haven’t gotten a response from Sandy, Man she really doesn’t know how anxious I am for a letter back. Work has time flying by when I get home everyday checking the mailbox usually coming home, slamming the door and hearing Pony and Darry fighting. Work ended, I came home and

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    Patria was the most religious of the sisters and always imagined herself being a nun. "Sweet Patria, always her religion was so important.” "Always?" the woman says, just the slightest challenge in her voice. "Always," (Alvarez 6). Eventually, Patria attends Inmaculada Concepcion, a Christian school, and with her religious practices, she was always involving herself in all of the religious enterprises she could. One day, Patria meets with Sor Asuncion, one of the nuns at school regarding her calling

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    I do a lot of things during summer. Almost everyday I go to the pool and hangout with friends. My friends and I go to the diving boards most of the time and play chicken. We also like to play king of the log. Which is a log the lifeguards put out then kids can play on it. We also like to play pole tag. Which is a pole in the kiddie area and you have to get to the pole without being tagged. We like to race each other down the slides. Then we switch slides because one slide is faster than the other

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    In the novel The Outsiders, the act of violence negatively affects the plot of the entire book. First, Dally's dying had an important role in altering the tone of the book negatively. For instance, the text states “Dally didn't die a hero”. He died violent and young and desperate, just like we’d know he’d die someday. [Hinton 154]” The text displays the fact that Dally risking his life just for Johnny's dying led to his dying not being remembered positively. It affects the plot by making a significant

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    Oregon, one of the many beautiful places in the winter. The snow almost looks like a painting that you would see in a museum. Winter in Oregon means hot chocolate and playing in the white, soft snow until the sun sets. Me and Lucas are just two ordinary brothers that live in Oregon. Every year they would visit their grandparents in Florida. One early morning, my mother woke me and my brother Lucas up and told us wonderful news. She told us “ Start packing guys because we are heading to Florida in

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    Outsiders Completed Essay “When a car drove up and three Socs got out, I just sat there and looked at them and took another swallow of the Pepsi. I wasn’t scared. It was the oddest feeling in the world”, ( Hinton, 170 ). In The Outsiders by S.E Hinton, Ponyboy struggles to find his true self and progresses into adulthood. Ponyboy runs from home after a fight between his brothers and gets caught in a murder case with his best friend Johnny. Ponyboy’s coming of age story tells how he matures along

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    Life Affected by Violence Is violence always the answer in a bad situation? Although the characters in The Outsiders are surrounded by violence and abuse they believe that fair fights aren’t really violent because it is just a part of growing up on the East Side. Through this analysis, it will be shown that Johnny is always surrounded by violence but also his gang. It will also be shown that nothing stops him from being himself especially when life gets hard for him and he has no one to come to

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    Sleepiness and driving is a dangerous combination. Most people are aware of the dangers of drinking and driving but don't realize that drowsy driving can be just as dangerous. Nationally, drowsy driving causes more than 100,000 crashes a year, resulting in 40,000 injuries and 1,550 deaths. NHTSA safety priority to conduct more research. Use NHTSA website and other resources to write a summary of your assigned safety priority. Include a description of the safety priority, why it is important, any

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    Majority of movies don’t follow along with the books as an example my class read “The Outsiders” was written by S.E. Hinton and the director for the movie was Francis Ford Coppola. “The Outsiders” was about seven friends that were greasers, three whom were siblings, a greaser is a person who has long greasy hair, live on south side of town, and they ain't rich kids, but one night something happened that changed everything . We ended up seeing the movie but some of the scenes were nothing alike the

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    judge someone based on their label and the reputation that label holds. Another event in the novel that develops Ponyboy’s charter is Ponyboy’s conversation with Randy. The day before the rumble, Randy pulls up in his car next to Ponyboy and Two-Bit. Randy and Ponyboy privately speak about how Randy believes the rumble, no matter the outcome, won’t change the divide between the Socials and Greasers. Ponyboy shows sympathy for Randy because of how Randy presents his situation. Randy doesn’t want to fight

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