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    Land of the Lost

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    The main character in the short story “Land of the Lost” written by Steward O’Nan‚ is an elder woman. Throughout the entire short story we do not get to know her name or a description of how she looks. She works as a cashier at a BI-LO and lives alone with her German shepherd Ollie‚ her two sons moved out shortly after their parents got a divorce. Even though we do not get a lot to know about her looks‚ we get a lot of knowledge on her way of thinking and her mental state. Even though she is mentally

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    lost property

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    the statement/quote using evidence from the text “Lost Property” by James Moloney. 1. “Like many Australian families‚ Josh’s family is a group of individuals held together by fragile relationships.” OR 2. “Moloney explores the theme of transition in his award winning novel ‘Lost Property’. The author focuses on the journey from boyhood to manhood and the self-discovery that this involves.” OR 3. “James Moloney’s novel for young adults‚ “Lost Property” tackles not only the question of spiritual

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    Lost Treasure

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    AP Language Arts Essay Lost Treasure There are a countless number of times when I heard that everyone should appreciate what they have. I never listened. I was young and naïve and now know that I should have listened. A person never knows what they have until they have lost it. They don’t know how valuable it is until it is out of their grasp. I have lost a lot of things I considered valuable‚ mostly material things that I could always replace. The person I lost is the most valuable but

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    Lost boys

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    Lost boys I have chosen to write a feminist analysis of the short story “Lost boys”. “Lost boys” is a feminist short story written by Deborah Moggach. A feminist analysis of a text focus on the way men and woman are portrayed and the overall message‚ which I am going to deal with in this following analysis of “Lost boys”. The short story “Lost boys” is about a couple and their relationship to the narrator’s mother-in-law‚ Lily. The story starts in “in-medias-res”‚ which I can see because the

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    The Lost Girl

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    The Lost Girl Everyday‚ someone tortures themselves relentlessly; although they may or may not truly believe their anguish to be self-inflicted. Some‚ superb pretenders (even to themselves)‚ consider themselves perfectly fine‚ and erect an elaborate façade of not having a care in the world. Others can distinguish that they are not okay‚ but meet difficulty in voicing their concerns. Loved ones who recognize their struggles‚ often do nothing. It seems that in most cases‚ people are fearful because

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    Paradise Lost

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    Paradise Lost‚ written by John Milton‚ describes the fall of man within the Garden of Eden in a highly descriptive form compared to a contemporary Biblical form. The book begins with Satan’s revolt against Gods rule in heaven and his cast into hell. The book ends with the fall of man due to negligence to obey Gods commands‚ which leads to Adam and Eve’s departure from Eden and inevitably causes the rest of mankind to live in sin after her decision. In Book IV of Paradise Lost‚ Eve states “My author

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    The Lost Beautifulness

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    Diana Tello ENH 285 Englehart 22 Febuary 2012 Journal Entry #5: Anzia Yezierska’s “The Lost Beautifulness” Anzia Yezierska’s short story “The Lost Beautifulness‚” is the portrayal of the common immigrant during the 1920’s in search of the “American dream.” The main character Hanneh Hayyeh is “tired of living like a pig‚” so she does whatever it takes to fulfill her place in living this dream. Mrs. Hayyeh even idolizes her son and takes much pride in the fact that he’s in the army‚ fighting

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    The Lost Generation

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    The Lost Generation writers were separated from American society‚ not only in geographically‚ but also in their style of writing and subjects they chose to write about. These authors were shaped by World War I. They wrote about what they had experienced during the war‚ and some of them had even served time in the military themselves. Although they were unhappy with American culture‚ the writers were involved in changing their country’s style of writing‚ from Victorian to modern. Writhers known as

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    The Lost Boys

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    biblical proportions”(Corbett‚ 2001). These refugees were dubbed “The Lost Boy” due to the many similarities they had with the Peter Pan’s followers in the story Neverland. Like the fictional characters in the story‚ most of these boys‚ whose ages were all below 18‚ had no parents due to being orphaned by the civil war. As I continue discussing this particular migration case‚ I will talk about what led to the move of these “Lost Boys” in order for you to gain a better understanding of their predicament

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    Paradise Lost

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    	Looking at John Milton’s Paradise Lost‚ we can see that there are the two ideas of damnation and salvation through reconciliation present in the characters of Satan and Adam & Eve‚ respectively. It is Satan’s sin of pride that first causes him to fall from God’s grace and into the bowels of hell. This same pride is also what keeps him from being able to be reconciled to God‚ and instead‚ leads him to buy into his own idea of saving himself. With Adam & Eve‚ we see that although they

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