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    Cosette: A Little Girl

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    imagine yourself getting tortured by people you don’t really know. Having to work day and night till your mistress tells you to stop. Having no other cloth ‚but rags to wear. Well what if you  were to know that there’s a girl thats been through  all that and more. This Young girl is named Cosette. She was very young  when her mother gave her to another family. “I would have wanted to know my mother and her reasons to why she gave me away.”     The family that Cosette was given to were known as the Thenardiers

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    Technology has become more and more important to human’s life. Therefore‚ advance in technology has tremendous changes on today’s world. Today I will speak about the effects of these changes‚ focusing on positive and negative sides. Technology impacts today’s world positively by two main ways. First‚ it makes life more convenient and easier. With the help of technology‚ many works for example household chores can be done by modern technology. Therefore‚ time is saved thanks to the help of machines

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    they should look and act. Children are influenced daily by television‚ Internet and video games‚ friends‚ and even the toys they play with. Boys grow up wanting to be like the superheroes and G.I. Joe figures they play with; girls look to their Barbies and dolls to see how society mandates teens and young adults to be. Bratz dolls are also among those Barbie-type toys that girls are looking up to these days. Bratz dolls are similar to Barbie in form; however‚ Bratz are more fashionable and “hip”

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    Both Sylvia Plath and Penelope Lively explore situations that evoke the primal fear in all of us. They use various images and different symbols to explore these fears through neurosis‚ nightmares and hallucinations. “The blue capes all dissolved and vanished”‚ just like their childhood’s innocence. The whole dreamy fantasy world of the two main characters (Sandra‚ from ‘The Darkness Out there’ and the little girl from ‘Superman and Paula Brown’s New Snowsuit’) burnt into ashes by the antagonist.

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    The Little Match Girl

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    THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL -Hans Christian Andersen- Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) is a Danish author‚ fairy tale writer‚ and poet noted for his children’s stories. Although during his lifetime he was acclaimed for having delighted children worldwide‚ his stories were always meant for adults as well. His poetry and stories have been translated into more than 150 languages. They have inspired motion pictures‚ plays‚ ballets and animated films. However‚ fairy tales

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    The Lesson

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    Rights Movement‚ Toni Cade Bambara’s short story "The Lesson" tells the story of a young African-American girl named Sylvia and the important life lesson that she learns one day while on a trip to a toy store in New York. Her neighbor‚ Miss Moore‚ brings Sylvia and a group of her friends to F.A.O. Schwarz and while there‚ they come face to face with the injustices they face because of their backgrounds. Miss Moore does this to teach them a lesson‚ one that she feels that they need to learn in order

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    A Positive Approach Towards the Future The issue of mandatory school uniforms has taken on several debates over the past decade; it is believed that this issue will plague public schools for decades to come. Students who wear uniforms feel a sense of being superior with their fellow classmates. This feeling of being part of a group boosts morale and individual confidence‚ thus leading to higher grades. Children will be more focused in a uniform classroom. There is no more distraction as to what

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    It is definitely no secret that positive thinking can make you happier. It seems like such a simple concept‚ yet it is not an easy thing for people to embrace. There are many benefits to being an optimist. For one‚ it leads to allowing oneself to be open to new ideas and ways of thinking‚ therefore broadening your thought process. This‚ in turn‚ can lead to being more outgoing and social. There are also numerous benefits for our health from being a happier person. They can range from healthier‚

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    Four Little Girls

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    Courtney 4 Little Girls Ballad of Birmingham is a 1965 poem written by Dudley Randall. It was written in response to the 1963 bombing at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham‚ Alabama. The poem depicts a young girl who wanted to go to the Freedom March instead of playing outside. The mother of the child refused to allow her to go to the Freedom March because it was too dangerous‚ instead sending her to church. There was a loud explosion heard everywhere‚ the mother was scared and worry

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    customers from the same culture to be comfortable to do business with them. From the higher level C.F.O to the vice president of the company everyone is from the same culture. It is positive fact for the customers from the same culture to feel comfortable to communicate and have safety when doing business‚ but there are many negative effects of not having diversity in a workplace. When your doing business in a multicultural country‚ it is not viable to stick to doing business only with one culture‚ as the

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