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    between the main character, Leonard Mead, and the other characters. He shows the people in the society doing nothing but watching television. On lines eighty and eighty-one Bradbury states, “Ill-lit by television light, where the people sat like the dead.” Ray Bradbury also uses characterization by the way he describes the main character, Leonard Mead, to be the kind of pen who enjoys nature and fresh air. “Mr. Mead would walk for hours and miles and not return to his home until midnight,” explained

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    1. When you take a take a walk, is it merely to get somewhere? Or do you ever walk just to “get away” from it all? • I walk to clear my head • I enjoy walking and running • Sometimes I running helps me problem solve 2. What questions do you have about what life will be like in year 2053? Write them down. • How does the world look? • Did any species go extinct? • What is the human population count? 3. How much TV do you watch each day, on average? How much time do you spend looking at a screen

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    The Importance of Individualism in Self-Reliance and Dead Poets Society “Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness” (370). In Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson, it is shown that each person must make their own decisions in life and learn to think for themselves. The individual must form his or her own opinions on what is good and bad; following society solely because that is

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    My Social Norm Project

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    For my social norm project, I chose to relax in a strange location. Initially I had planned to lie down on a beach towel next to a stop sign but, I changed my mind and decided to lie next to a walking path so that it would be easier to observe people’s reactions. The location that I chose was next to the walking path behind the Dairy Queen in downtown Brighton specifically the place where the path branches off to a boardwalk over the mill pond. I placed my beach towel right next to a sign that detailed

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    We Have To Go ? October 29,1929 The Great Depression. I clung to mother’s hand. I was only 6 years old at the time, but I can remember every detail of our lives. My father lost his job and couldn’t get it back to provide for his family. As we are walking outside I wondered to myself which one of us are they going to sell first was it me? “Listen girls” mama said. “I know this is a rough time for all of us, but just know we love all of you girls. But, me and your father have decided to sell you girls

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    Igorot Tribe Analysis

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    He is dead. My grandpa is dead and he has been stinking up the house for a week. He was a part of the Igorot tribe and this is how he wanted to go. He died about a week and a half ago during the night, we found him in the morning. The family doctor looked into why and how he died. He said it was just old age. It make since, my grandpa was 98. The Igorot people have a special tradition when dyeing. We placed him in front of our main door on a wooden Sangadil and wrapped him in rattan and vines. Then

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    Off to africa. First off let's get things straight i'm dead at first I thought I wasn't dead then I looked in a mirror .Now i just ride along with the monsters of the night we decided to take a trip to africa. That's where our story begins. One day while we were just chilling.We were inside a church and we decided to go and see the world.So we hopped on a plane we stole it.Keep that on the low. We just trusted our guts. We ended up in africa.It was full of things i have never before.I saw a

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    The pedestrian The pedestrians meaning of its short story would be that everyone's society is different than one another. Some examples that would prove this character in this society lives in a rural area, tv has just been discoverable and also people are distracted by other things. Something that affects the story would be the time period it was written which was 1951 which sends out a message to the reader. The reason this story stood out to me was that it sent a message to me that

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    with a dark grey sky. After walking for hours we saw a brown gate, looking at each other we walked towards it, was it a way out? We rushed towards it but out of nowhere a lightning strike hit the door and everything turned dark, in front of this was the terrible beastie, it was shaped human but a mouth a wolf, there was gunshot in it but however it seemed fined we turned but we were surrounded, a man with one eye and claw marks on his body, the man looking at dead at the wolf controlling him and

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    fate. (Rewording of MA) The scarlet ibis and Doodle motivate themselves to do more than expected and overcome the odds. They exhaust themselves, but still keep pushing. (m1MA) Aunt Nicey foreshadows Doodle's fate by stating, "Dead birds is bad luck... Specially red dead birds!" (Hurst 5). (m2MA) The scarlet bird means danger is coming Doodle’s way. (Rewording of MB) The ibis and Doodle accomplish a lot with motivation, but end with the same destiny. (m1MB) When the ibis dies, “Its long, graceful

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