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    Jacob Pierce History 302-001 Professor Thomason 10/30/09 The Mummy The movie flashes forward to 1925 C.E.‚ where a brother and sister team of Egyptologists enlist the help of a former Legionnaire to help them find Hamunaptra. During the course of discovering the city‚ they stumble upon the mummy of Imhotep and the Book of the Dead. After one of the main characters reads the first passage of the book‚ Imhotep returns to life. After killing the holders of his canopic jars and harvesting

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    innocent young dark-haired‚ dark-eyed outcast is obliged to trek from village to village in search of food‚ shelter‚ and companionship. Beaten and caressed‚ chastised and ignored‚ the unnamed protagonist survives the abuse inflicted by men‚ women‚ children and beasts to be reclaimed by his parents 7 years later-a cold‚ indifferent‚ and callous individual.<br><br>The protagonist’s experiences and observations demonstrate that the Holocaust was far too encompassing to be contained within the capsule

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    In the short story “The Shoemaker” written by Roch Carrier‚ there are significant symbols appear throughout the whole story. The three main symbols are the boy‚ his shoes‚ and the atomic bomb. The author represents a mini-sized world to us by using these symbols. The boy represents the innocent‚ naïve and immature characteristics like many of us today. He believes in himself‚ he thinks that it’s the shoemaker who fixed his old shoes even though his mom’s statement is different. He knows “during

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    Big Tim‚ the giant‚ phone died again. Furious he adventures up the mountain to relieve anger. Not surprising because big tim was a peaceful teenager when his phone was alive‚ but when the bald headed giants phone died and he couldn’t text or play games‚ oh the things he would do. All though nothing was as bad as what I’m about to tell you now. Walking up the giant ‚steep mountain‚ a griffon accompanied him trying to cheer him up by dancing and flying‚ but big tim didn’t care he took his anger

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    The thirteenth emoji going left to right‚ that has heart eyes and has its lips perked out is relateable to a part of the book where Jerome and Rory are kissing intensively. On page 200 it states "I started pressing my lips into his cheek - just a hint of a kiss‚.....I felt his shoulders release‚ and he made a little noise that was partly a groan‚ partly a sigh. He kissed my neck up‚ up‚ up to my ear......My body flushed itself with all the good chemicals that it takes to reserve for making out. On

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    After getting a warning from Madame Bustier about interrupting‚ the class went on. As they knew each other‚ she allowed Felix to sit with Marinette. However‚ that didn’t mean that the class’ attention was all there. They were too caught up in the fact that the formal blonde had returned. Nino and Nathanael were practically vibrating in their seats in their excitement to greet their old friend. This was not lost on Felix‚ who was fighting an eye roll at their reactions. Honestly‚ why was he friends

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    Feeling the water running down over them as she kissed him‚ her heart ached for him to be with him again and not just as the fake Mrs. Smith. Smiling she pulled away from him her breathing grew a little heavy as she let the words come from her mouth. “I am going to Harvard‚ but I’m not going without you. I tried to tell you that at the docks‚ but apparently it went way over your head. If you don’t come with me in September‚ I am not going. I will not leave you behind again.” she smiled as she kissed

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    June had always been the most lionhearted out of all us. The youngest of ten brothers‚ living life with only a deadbeat father and a penny to her name. It was no surprise that she was the one to lead us through the abandoned home on the hillside. It was hauntingly beautiful‚ this home. The roof half caved in‚ moss overtaking the sights of the windows and the breath of the walls. The door was locked‚ obviously to keep us out; the ruffians. "No matter‚" June said‚ entering instead through a hole

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    “ George!‚ George!” I could hear my own breathing. It was sharp and quick almost as if someone had just tried to strangle me. I felt a pair of hands on the back of my neck like how I’d done that day. My heart seemed like it was seconds away from bursting. “George! George!” I could hear a voice getting louder as it came closer and closer. Splash! I frantically got up as the cold water hit me. “ George‚ you were havin’ those dreams again‚” Charlie explained as he held an empty glass. I could

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    Peru: A Narrative Fiction

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    Everyday‚ people come up to me and ask my story. Everyday‚ I tell them the same thing. “I am an old man‚” I say‚ “I have no story that will interest you.” In the years since the event‚ not once have I uttered words about the shoes. Not once have I thought about the misery I had to go through. Not once have I looked through any pictures of them. Not once. But here‚ now‚ today‚ I will tell you my story. My story begins in the blistering hot sun of Peru. I had come from a small‚ almost unknown town

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