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    In the midst of conflict, two characters from different books lead a similar life. Kenan, a middle age man is trying to survive the siege upon his city. Paul, a boy not old enough to understand the concept of money competing for his mother’s affection. In their lives a distant and cold character exists. When the war began in Sarajevo the men on the hills cut off the city’s water. Kenan’s elderly neighbor Mrs. Ristovski thrusted her plastic bottles towards him when he opened the door and all she

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    Matthew Davis Comparison between the range of emotions felt by the speaker in ‘Sister Maude’ and ‘Brothers’. In Both ‘Sister Maude’ and ‘Brother’ a range of language devices are used in order to portray the different emotions and the varied relationships the poem focus on. Both poems use structural elements in order to portray a certain effect on the reader and to make them feel certain emotions just based on the way the poems are structured. In ‘Sister Maude’ the enjambment between each of

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    wrong and that she just doesn’t exist, despite how hard she tries to be perfect to earn her mother’s love and approval. Even though Gabe is technically dead, he does still have a type of relationship with his sister. We talked about some of these as being the effect on an adolescent’s relationship with their siblings and their parent(s) when

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    Socioeconomic status has long been thought to correlate with a student’s academic achievement; numerous studies and research have been conducted in order to analyze this topic. Socioeconomic status (SES) is mostly defined by scientists as an individual’s income, occupation, education, and prestige in society. These elements often go together, so SES is frequently measured as a combination of an individual’s income and years of education because these are most easily quantified (Slavin, Robert E.

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    Middle school was undoubtedly the worst three years of my life. I was this awkward adolescent who just really did not want to be considered as one of the “weird” kids. I am aware that middle school is not fun for most people; it is the years dedicated to kids going through puberty, which is arguably the biggest nightmare of their lives. Although those school years between the ages of eleven and thirteen are pretty much terrible for everyone, each person handles it in a different way. In my case

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    Making A Heart Connection After reading Paul Fleischman’s (2002), “Seedfolks”, Kim demonstrated that making a heart connection with a departed loved one is possible with a strong desire and effort. The special nature of father-child relationship is unique with each child. The basic nature and responsibility of a father is to provide material and emotional needs and to protect the child from harm and/or danger. The child should feel free to verbally express him/herself with a sense of

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    lifeless crops die due to the boiling heat that I needed to take care of. As a young boy living in the rural areas of India in a middle class family everyone was taught at a young age to start working. Even though, I was the third child out of my four sibling it didn’t stop my parents from making me work out in the fields. It was tough having to do manual labor like doing field work to feeding and taking care of the animals everyday. As the roosters crow I wake up immediately and lay out my school uniform

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    Ames Sr. resolved his mind and endured the journey to see and talk to his father one last time. That’s the power of being a family, it doesn’t matter if they have contempt for each other, they would rather preserve their relationship than let it sink into hate. The relationship between John Ames and Edward Ames can be described as a war of beliefs, one being a minster and the other being an atheist. Religion is a strong topic, especially within a family of ministers and the contrast between the

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    discussing, and praying. After speaking with L.A. Reid, she also realized her dreams of performing were by herself and not with her sisters. Toni then took the offer and quickly rose to fame. Toni’s fame and professional career took a toll on her relationships, her health, and finances. While on tour, she was informed that she had no more money to apy for the production including venues, dancers, musicians, technicans, etc. This resulted for her to review her recoriding contract, which was faulty from

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    going through challenging times. But luckily I have no older siblings who could potentially gang up on me, or leaving me; making me live in a hell of my own. Due to the minimal time I spend with my father will still call or message. However, after receiving no calls nor texts I've been trying to get in contact with my father who had completely been wiped from the surface of the earth. My father and I have always had a long distance relationship and normally call and text to communicate with each other

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