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    A family of four were living on the second floor of a building in Leeward. During a normal Saturday night, the father and daughter who was just 14 years old went to a party. The mother and baby were left alone in the apartment. As the mother was in the yellow tile kitchen with a spoon in her hand and the small baby in the large white bed, there was a loud hysterical scream in the air. The mom jumped up and rushed towards the square shaped

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    1924. But, perhaps one of the most controversial plays—and maybe the greatest known of the era—is Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, a tale of one woman’s destruction due to Southern society’s changing moral values. The destruction of the Old Southern society around the main character, Blanche DuBois, causes her to go insane and she cannot stand the low morals that the New South is carrying in its baggage. Because of his Southern roots, Tennessee Williams’ past is able to shine through

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    A Strong Looks Better Naked

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    10. Strong looks better naked Naked: A spy operating without cover or backup "Ew, they 're naked" someone whispered as I slowly whispered. "That 's not gross, they 're hot" another voice whispered. "Hey, that 's my brother you 're talking about" the first voice spoke again. "Shut up both of you, my baby girl is trying to sleep" I heard Blake say. I opened my eyes and saw Eliza and Haleigh staring at us. I pulled the blanket over me, feeling exposed. I looked at Blake, smiling softly when I saw

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    traumatized into silence about seeing Sarah return to the apartment to find her dead brother. Edouard had nightmares and would never forget what he had witnessed. As Julia read Edouard a letter from Genevieve to Gaspard’s family about Sarah, her life, and her now joining the DuFaure family “He sounded like he was crying, but he appeared to be doing everything he could to make me think he wasn’t” (195). Seeing Sarah return to the apartment to find her brothers dead body locked away had been a defining

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    stated she got video of the male pulling the female at 31st ST SE and O ST SE. Before I arrived, dispatch advised Navarro stated she spoke to two males at 30th ST SE and O ST SE, who told her they saw the male and female go inside the Windsor Park Apartments. Dispatch advised Navarro also added

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    The Key Game By Ida Fink

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    place at some point during the Second World War. The author, Ida Fink, introduces the reader to a small Jewish family consisting of a wife, husband, and their three year old son. They live in a small apartment which she describes as poor, urban, and gloomy. The situation with the war can be shown with the frequent changes in apartments. The purpose of the story is in a “game” made by the parents to prepare the child for his reaction in case the Germans ever come knocking at the door. The author introduces

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    only ordinary” (Hitchcock). This scene reveals that Jeff does have feelings for Lisa, but he views himself as unworthy for someone of her stature. Others respect her success and willingness to go the extra mile, but for someone who sees the world the old fashioned way Lisa could be a woman ahead of her time. Jefferies spends his bed-ridden days peeping in on his neighbors Ms. Torso and Miss Lonelyheart. The audience watches as Miss Lonelyheart pieces together a romantic dinner for two and pretended

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    David Berkowitz Essay

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         In 1971, he suffered another psychological blow when his father decided to remarry. David now had a stepmother and a 25 year old step sister. This is when he joined the army. He enlisted because he wanted to “die for a cause”. The Vietnam War was going on at the time, and he said he was “fanatically patriotic”. But he eventually got stationed in Korea and hadn’t seen any combat

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    school, Cally volunteered to do the sponsored silence fundraiser, where she would be silent for one school day. After that day she decided to remain silent, because no one listens to her anyway. Then, Cally, her brother, and father moved to a new apartment. Cally’s father

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    Adams was very upset about moving to the White House because it was not finished. She must have been very spoiled when she was little, because she would not have complained just because it was not finished. “ There is not a single apartment finished.” The apartments were the rooms in the White House that Adams was talking about being not finished. She was complaining about how none of the “conveniences” are put together or are

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