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    the calendar. There should be a minimum of TWO direct quotes per theme. Then‚ explain how this text supports the noted theme. This question should be answered in 3rd person limited point of view with direct quotes cited properly in MLA format. Please see https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ for assistance with this. Freedom: Quote 1: “Sailing across the bay to the Cheniere Caminada‚ Edna felt as if she were being borne away from some anchorage which had held her fast‚ whose chains

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    anti-social person. As it stated in the story “the only thing worse than having a party that no one attends is having a party attended only by two vastly‚ deeply uninteresting people.”(John Green‚ Pg:4). This quote proves how he really didn’t have basically any friends. Miles shows in this quote how he was independent at school and really wasn’t interested in making friends. The two people that showed up really weren’t Miles friends since he said they were “deeply uninteresting people”‚ he just considered

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    ¨He was shaking me and I wished he’d stop. ¨ (pg.6) is one of the quotes from the story ¨The Outsiders¨ proving that Ponyboy who is the main character of the story‚ is more sensitive than tough. Ponyboy is raised by his brothers who are pretty tough so he is expected to be the same. The quote up above shows that Ponyboy is sensitive because he was shaking and that is a sign of sensitivity and fear. With all of the evidence from the book‚ it has proved that Ponyboy is more sensitive than tough.

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    Important Quote from Othello

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    Othello – important quotes 1.1 * Roderigo to Iago‚ saying you had my purse / As if the strings were thine * Iago: I know my price‚ I am worth no worse a place * Othello‚ described by Iago as loving his own pride and purposes * Iago describing Cassio’s skills: mere prattle‚ without practise‚ / Is all his soldiership. * Iago tells Roderigo that Othello has seen Iago fight At Rhodes‚ at Cyprus and on other grounds / Christian and heathen * Iago on serving Othello: I follow

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    Insight to Quiet American For those who haven’t read the book‚ its both an odd love story and a metaphor for American involvement in Vietnam. The hero‚ Fowler is a washed up‚ middle aged‚ English war correspondent‚ content with his opium pipe and his Vietnamese mistress‚ Phuong. His world is gradually disrupted by the arrival of an American covert operative named Pyle who is both a zealous ideologue and naïve optimists. Things get complicated when Pyle steals Phuong away from Fowler‚ yet attempts

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    Civil Disobedience My favorite quote from the first couple of paragraphs was‚“ I think we should be men first‚ and subjects after.” I believe Thoreau’s thinking behind this quote was men were treated as government’s projects‚ instead of being themselves. From this quote the reader is able to see how men had no freedom and were treated like slaves of the government. They were forced to do things the government wanted them to do‚ instead of doing things they liked to do. Thoreau also shows that

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    Fonquello Gardner 03/23/2015 Introduction to Fiction Discuss the following questions using examples/ quotes from “Tots” and “Androids” “Can a story be true‚ even if it isn’t?” Fiction is the classification for any creative informational work it is almost‚ always a narrative. From the quote “ can a story be true‚ even if it isn’t?” what comes to mind is the curiosity of what- ifs? A story can be as good as reality and reading a great story can take a reader to another world where it can actually

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    also used as a metaphor to describe the character. The word foul is relatively similar to his last name and connections can be made about the character’s actions in the book. Alden Pyle is the "quiet American" of the title. Pyle is thoughtful‚ soft-spoken‚ intellectual‚ serious‚ and idealistic. He comes from a privileged East Coast background. His father is a renowned professor of underwater erosion who has appeared on the cover of Time magazine; his mother is well respected in their community. Pyle

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    Quotes From Hi Peeps

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    Hi Peeps‚ Today’s Quote "We can all use the same words but‚ clearly will not have the same actions and meanings behind them‚ based on your intent‚ integrity and heart!" ~ Jon Barnes The Same language We all have the same capacity for language‚ but God divided us up to separate the amount of foolishness we will try to get away with. Even when you speak the same language‚ people still get wires crossed‚ half hear a message‚ or misunderstand what was being said or even seen. People still

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    Initially Paul is hesitant towards Keller’s teachings as he was patronising and never let him play‚ but as the novel progresses Paul ends up learning a lot from Keller about both piano and life. This is highlighted in the quote where Paul is expressing how much his initial feelings towards Keller will change throughout his life “Sitting here‚ setting down these first memories of Keller and checking them through‚ believing them accurate I find it hard to understand how much i came to love the

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