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    Persuasive Essay By: Brittney Wilcox Everybody likes doing nice things for other people. Especially after-ward when they get to see a big smile on that persons face. A lot of celebrities like to help people as well. Most of them are very well respected. John Cena happens to be one of those people. Would you like to know a few of the many reasons John Cena is well respected? One reason John Cena is well respected is the tremendous amount of support he shows for the troops. For the past few years

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    that day‚some were in it‚some had family in it. On that very day at 8 a.m Pearl Harbor was attacked. Ships went under the water as the poor souls swam for their lives. Airplanes crashed into loved ones homes and their work places. The poor American people were running for shelter when most were shot and killed or very badly wounded. The attack went on for two hours from 8 a.m to 10a.m. The soldiers‚ the people of pearl Harbor and people just visiting had to hopefully survive the attack. Most

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    Mother’s Only Treasure Pearl is a major character in the novel because she impacts everyone’s decisions in the book in some way. Though she is young throughout most of the novel‚ she acts older than most of the adults. With being the product of a sin‚ Pearl has to deal with a lot. She defends herself and her mother from the cruel remarks of the town. Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the character‚ Pearl‚ as a symbol for a hint of happiness in the sadness and regret of a sin. Pearl‚ throughout the novel

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    Brendan Murch 11/5/10 English II John Proctor Tragic Hero Essay In The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ John Proctor is a tragic hero. A tragic hero is defined as a person who is good and decent‚ yet he has a tragic flaw which leads to his downfall. In The Crucible‚ John Proctor is a highly respected farmer whose tragic flaw is pride. John Proctor plays a crucial role in Salem when the townspeople were being falsely accused and hanged as witches by a group of teenage girls. One of these girls

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    Victims of Love One of the generalities most often noted about Victims of Love is that we are impatient‚ incomplete‚ and unsatisfied once we discover what love is and that is possible for anyone to have. We complain when we want it‚ yet take it for granted when it’s ours. We say we cannot stand to live with our lovers‚ yet we proclaim it is unbearable to live without them. We claim to be strong and fearless‚ but in the face of love we fall weak to our knees with open arms reaching for all it has

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    My Trip to the National Steinbeck Center It was a gloomy‚ wintry Tuesday morning‚ and the rain seemed to be striking the ground like a hail of arrows. Unfortunately‚ this was the day my mom and I had decided to visit the National Steinbeck Center‚ a museum in Old Town Salinas dedicated to the Nobel Prize winning American author‚ John Steinbeck. Steinbeck grew up in Salinas‚ and wrote powerful‚ enthralling books‚ such as East of Eden‚ based on his experiences there. He is known for his meaningful

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    The role of Pearl in the Scarlet Letter This essay will be analysing the significance of the selected passage as well as emphasizing how this passage helps give the reader a more vivid insight to the lives of the protagonists of the Scarlet Letter as well as developing the plot further. The passage‚ taken from Chapter 16‚ “A Forest Walk‚” is illustrative of the role Pearl plays in the text. It is also an insight on the significance of the scarlet letter as a symbol. Pearl is aware of things that

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    invisible power greater than he: nature. Both being incredibly competent writers‚ Steinbeck and Hemmingway acknowledged this relationship and used it as fuel for their stories‚ portraying nature as both an antagonist and a protagonist. Though these two authors had indeed used nature for similar purposes‚ each had projected their own thoughts of the many possibilities of nature. Immediately recognizable in Steinbeck’s The Pearl is the undying cruelty of nature. Sending a small‚ yet extremely deadly soldier

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    John Steinbeck is the author of the book “The Pearl.” He uses the Indian legend of the “Pearl of the World” for a basis of his story. The main legend begins with the discovery of the pearl and its effect it has on a young Indian boy‚ thus introduces us to Kino. John Steinbeck describes the life Kino lived before the discovery of the pearl and contrast effects it has on him and his family. The pearl is symbolic of all the power to deceive‚ to corrupt and to destroy. It shows the greed of the

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    Explore how Steinbeck presents and develops the character of Crooks‚ in the novel ‘Of Mice and Men’ In the novella ‘Of Mice and Men’ written by John Steinbeck‚ the author presents and develops the character ‘Crooks – The stable buck’ to highlight one of the major themes of Racism and Discrimination in the novella which was a problem that troubled American Society in the 1930’s‚ during the great depression. Steinbeck explores the character Crooks by examining the nature and effects of the racism

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