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    It was just another morning in the bustling town of New York, with the sky gray and dark, with homeless people on the sidewalk, hobbling to wherever they needed to. And there was William Troy, the son of a famous investor, strolling the street aimlessly, pondering on the disappearance of his father. He was a 15-year old male, with sunken blue eyes and a long, curved nose. He had long strides and was 5 feet 9 inches; capable of running a mile in 6 minutes. His hair was blonde, with a sliver of black

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    Women have never been treated equally, and during the time of Ancient Greece and Rome was no exception. During “The Fall of Troy” once the Greeks had taken over and burned the city to the ground, many women appeared to be helpless and alone. “All that was left of Troy was a band of helpless captive women, whose husbands were dead, whose children had been taken from them. They were waiting for their masters to carry them overseas to slavery” (Hamilton 208). Women during this time were meant to raise

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    discovered the hardship of the people, and how much fear they live in. This is what influenced him to create portraits of people using vivid colours and intense brush strokes. One of Ben Quilty’s most famous artworks is his depiction of Troy Park. In this painting, a man, Troy Park, fills three quarters of the picture. Swirls of colour and frantic brush strokes are seen on his face and torso. Part of the swirls move in from the left side of picture to form part of his face. Ben Quilty is known for painting

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    Wouldn't it be crazy if you had a group of friends that had special powers and used them to fight bad people? Well in Michael Vey: Hunt For Jade Dragon by Richard Paul Evans, This is not crazy, it's normal for Michael and his friends. Michael is on a mission to get Jade Dragon, which is a little girl, out of the starxource plant. But the reason they have to get her out is because she knows how to make more elgen. But the thing is, Hatch wants to use the elgen, which are glows, for bad. Hatch wants

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    What Is Artemis Good

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    Once upon a time, there was a girl name Artemis. Artemis is really good at using a sword. Everyday after school, she would get better and better at using a sword. Artemis started using a sword when her sister and her father had joined a bad league after their mother had passed away. Both her sister and father persuaded Artemis to join their league, but Artemis never insisted to join the team because she thought that she was too weak to fight. Artemis was never like her father and sister after that

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    Troy Chapter 2 Summary

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    Chapter Two Summary When news of Magellan’s planned voyage reaches King Manuel, he becomes alarmed. Fearing the possibility of a successful Spanish voyage and the loss of Portuguese naval secrets, he sends the Portuguese ambassador Alvaro de Costa to find Magellan. Although de Costa says the king will reconsider the request for an expedition, this promise has a dark undertone. If Magellan and Faleiro refuse to come back to Portugal, de Costa warns that they will lose all their honor, that their family

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    Crowds of people were frantically running in every direction. What had just happened was not expected and had definitely never taken place before. Troy University’s Homecoming Weekend in the past years had never encountered violence on this level. There was maybe a fight here and there, but never gunshots. I had never been so scared in my life. Troy University Homecoming 2016 had officially been ruined after this night. That weekend began like any other homecoming weekend. It was filled with fraternity

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    Troye Sivan, who told us, "My youth is yours," has inadvertently snapped the wittiest, most erotic gay selfie of the Millennium. As clever as anything Mapplethorpe shot, this picture, which freezes Sivan's narcissistic youth in a moment of self-inspection and perhaps even admiration, makes good on his popular lyric, even if he now pleads with the internet to wipe it from memory. But the internet never forgets a pretty anus. The selfie is satire and sincere breakthrough, a reimagining of narcissistic

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    Odysseus had many adventures throughout his life, but the most important one were the ones between Troy and Ithaca. During these adventures, three important theories explained the myths of Odysseus’s encounters. The theory of social charter theory, feminism and ritual theory can all be related to some of the outrageous adventures that Odysseus had to go through. While Odysseus and his men were fighting off a one eyed Cyclops, Cyclops ate his men one by one. This made Odysseus come up with a plan

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    ceiling, and that context is what is depicted in the play “Fences” as the characters experience their own barriers, and the fires kindled as they attempt to cope with them. Some people use fences to keep worlds divided, and live two different lives. Troy Maxson is a prime example of a person who wanted a life that was adaptable to his situation, and his character is the centerpiece that all of the other relationships in “Fences” gather around (SparkNotes). His home was his foundation, and

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