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    Game” by Orson Scott Card, Ender “the third” is supposed to be the balance between two extreme personalities, one being very altruistic,compassionate attributed to his sister Valentine,and the other being very cruel and heartless attributed to his brother Peter. By the end of the novel Ender's personality is more like Valentine. This is shown by the empathy he always shows towards others,and how he constantly reasses his character to make sure he doesn’t take on the attributes of Peter. Ender

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    Jimmy Valentine watched Ben Prince get into his horse and buggy and disappear into the sunset never to be heard from again in this town. Jimmy turned around and looked at Annabel Adams. She glared at him with fury in her eyes. She lifted up her hand and made a single movement. Jimmy felt a stinging, hot sensation on the side of his cheek. He touched it. “How could you lie to me, Ralph! Jimmy! Whatever your name is!”, Annabel’s dad walked over to her and whispered something in her ear after she was

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    the relationship between the model and the retired judge and explain what it is about. I found the relationship between the model, Valentine, and the retired judge, Joseph Kern, to be complex. When Kern is first introduced, their relationship seems hostile and as if they cannot stand each other for too long since their worlds are so different. As Valentine visits and sees how he listens to others’ conversations on the phone, she reveals how she essentially thinks people are wonderful and is

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    In the film Valentine’s Day, directed by Garry Marshall, it focuses on intimate interpersonal relationships on Valentine’s Day. Valentine’s Day is celebrated on the fourteenth of February every year and although Valentine’s Day isn’t a national holiday, it is celebrated worldwide. Knapp’s developmental model is portrayed by many of the couples seen in the film. In this film, age plays a role in the movie to present the differences in how they show the intimacy of their relationships. The Johari

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    Love in Valentine and The Flea Through a close analysis of language, structure and theme, compare and contrast the poets' attitude to love in Valentine and The Flea. The poem "The Flea" is about a man trying to cunningly argue a woman into bed. John Donne's "The Flea" was a metaphysical poem, written most probably, to entertain an audience of men; this was called a coterie, which was a group of like-minded individuals who cleverly wrote for each other's amusement. This poem was written

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    “Father, where is my mother?” whispered his son. “She is gone,” Valentine Morgenstern replied. Jonathan Morgenstern was Valentine’s son, and Valentine kept careful track of him. Every move, every reaction, every punch was recorded with precision. His experiment needed data, and data he was going to create. Valentine possessed an air of fierceness, one that none could replicate. Valentine Morgenstern was to be feared, even though he didn’t reveal it when he initially met people. “Where did

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    of 1942 a business man in Florida found himself facing charges for advertising his business using paper flyers. The Supreme Court did not consider whether or not commercial speech deserved First Amendment protection unit the Valentine v. Chrestensen case.(pg. 229) In Valentine v. Chrestensen, “The respondent, a citizen of Florida, owns a former United States Navy submarine which he exhibits for profit. In 1940 he brought it to New York City and moored it at a State pier in the East River. He prepared

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    effects of decomposition, concerns of premature burial, the reanimation of the dead, and mourning. Many of his works are generally considered part of the dark romanticism genre, a literary reaction to transcendentalism which Poe strongly disliked.“A Valentine” has a different view about what he typically writes about. I choose this poem because Poe has find out his riddle within the text. As we are reading this piece, we can see what Poe feels towards the person he wrote it for, which is different from

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    A lot of people think that Jimmy Valentine is in no way innocent. Unfortunately, he robbed numerous banks, ran from the police, and lied. But Jimmy also saved a girl’s life and planned to get rid of his tools. Thankfully, he doesn't crack safes anymore. He is planning to make an honest living and become a better person. So, Jimmy Valentine should stay free; he is innocent. The first reason Jimmy Valentine should stay free is that he stopped robbing. It is amazingly clear for the reader to tell

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    a lot of changes in people's lives. In this, there are three things about love, perseverance, and just plain boredom. In the story “A Retrieved Reformation,” Jimmy Valentine is in prison for cracking safes. “Stop cracking safes and live straight.” He met a girl and wanted to make a change; her name was Annabel Addams. “Jimmy Valentine looked into her eyes, forgot who he was, and became another man.” He got a nice job and was friends with everybody.” He later got engaged and was about to marry her

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