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    Uneven Roads Chapter 8 opens up with how difficult it would be to see a racial or ethnic group make any type of progress without identifying themselves as a group and aligning themselves together in order to achieve their shared interests. In other words‚ people gravitate towards certain group identities based on their race‚ ethnicity or gender. A very interesting point highlighted in the book and provided by political psychologists and sociologists‚ Henri Tajfel‚ John Turner‚ and Michael Hogg is

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    Deadly Unna Point Summary

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    “Deadly Unna” Winter: Chapter 1 pp. 3 - 6  Gary is excited about his team getting in the grand final.  Explanation: Why Coach Robertson is nicknamed Arks.  Describes the difference between Ark’s way of playing football and the Nungas’ way.  Four days before the grand final Gary has to play ruck because the team’s key player Carol Cockatoo is over age. Chapter 2 pp. 8 - 9  Gary is afraid of looking like a ‘gutless wonder’ in front of everyone in the town. Chapter 5 pp. 21- 3‚ 26 - 30

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    The Forening Book Summary

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    Setting: The setting of this book is in Minnesota along the Mississippi River where the Forening live. It’s a town for Tyrlles and after Wendy gets taken with Finn that’s where they are taken too. They get taken from a small town not mentioned. The Forening is a gated community only tyrlles‚ trackers and Manskligs live there. It’s a small community. Plot: In the plot basically its Wendy finding out she has a real family and she’s been living with a fake family. Throughout the book she finds out she’s a

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    Tom Fletcher – OTL611 Genesis Reading and Summary Statements The Creation Event: Genesis 1.1 – 2.24 This is a narrative of the Creation account. I note the obvious theme of “blessing” in 2.3 where “God blessed the seventh day…” I also see an indirect theme of blessing throughout the creation drama as The Lord God sees what he has created as “good” (1.4‚ 10. 12‚ 18‚ 21‚ 25‚ 31). There looks to be a poetic genre where God creates woman from man (2.23). This leads into another encounter of blessing

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    The Road

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    To what extent do you agree with this view? The Road written by Cormac McCarthy is a post-apocalyptic novel about a man and a boy travelling down across what seems to be a bleak and dull land. In this book‚ we see a world that seems to have a bleak and dark future without a lot of hope. Land is somehow destroyed‚ perhaps by a natural cause. The cycle of seasons has been completely altered and there is a lack of civilisation. Although the book is constantly depressing and dark‚ there are moments

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    The Road

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    Research (Genre) ‘The Road’ is categorized as a post-apocalyptic fiction style novel. As stated in an article written from a student at Princeton University; Post-apocalyptic fiction is a sub genre of science fiction that is set in a world or civilization after either a nuclear war‚ plaque‚ comet/rogue planet strike‚ or some other general disaster. Usually post-apocalyptic fiction novels take place immediately after the catastrophe; the author focuses on the travails or psychology of survivors.

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    Summary Of The Book Syria

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    In the book Syria by Patricia K‚ Kummer there are many main ideas in the book. One main Idea in the book Syria is the history of Syria. One example that shows that the book talks about The history is “ Early Sea people came across the mediterranean Sea and landed on Syria’s beaches.” This example shows how Syria was first found and discovered by people. This also showed and explained how the first people came and discovered the world. Another part in the book talks about their culture and religious

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    Book Of Mormon Summary

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    The Book of Mormon‚ presented as the translation of a recovered‚ ancient text‚ chronicles the history of a people who‚ while originating in the traditionally recognizable near eastern biblical landscape‚ journeyed to‚ and settled in America. It is traditionally read as a wholly religious text I approach this work as a piece of literature‚ and the imaginative work of Joseph Smith as its single author‚ in so doing I hope to explore his use of the device of first-person narration as it appears in “The

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    finds out the Frau Hermann (The Mayor ) has a library to where she can come over whenever the laundry needs to be done. But when Mrs. Hermann can’t afford the laundry anymore‚ Liesel gets furious and asks Rudy (Her best friend) to help her steal the books from her library. Later on Max‚ a boy who Papa promised his mother that he’ll look over him while they are gone. Mama and Papa let max stay with them‚ and he lives in the basement. The Nazi’s go to the Hubermann’s house for use of protection for the

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    Leadership Book Summary

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    The leadership book I chose was “ When Teams Work Best: 6‚000 Team Members and Leaders Tell What it Takes to Succeed” by Frank Lafasto and Carl Larson. Frank Lafasto and Carl Larson observed 6‚000 team members and leaders to teach individuals functional and dysfunctional ways of leadership. In the prologue‚ Lafasto and Larson discuss the Five Dynamics of Working Together. This includes team member‚ team relationships‚ team problem solving‚ team leadership‚ and organization environment. These are

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