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    “”Who controls the past‚” ran the party slogan‚ “controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.”” (Page 35) This quote comes up when Winston is thinking of the Party’s control over history and therefore‚ memory. The Party slogan is a strong example in which the Party can keep its people in the dark and psychologically make them weak because they don’t know what real history is. Throughout the story Winston has worked in the Records Department in the Outer Party and has been changing

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    THE HELP- 11th Honors Literature Brittany Brown ““Mrs. Taylor said to draw what we like about ourselves best.” I saw then a wrinkled‚ sad looking paper in her hand. I turned it over and sure enough‚ there’s my baby white girl done colored herself black. “She said black means I got a dirty‚ bad face.” She plant her face in her pillow and cried something awful.” Chap. 31‚ pg. 409 The lasting impact of early life lessons is shown in this quote. This idea was an ever-present theme in the book

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    Song: Go and catch a falling star The poem “Song: Go and catch a falling star” was written by the cherished poet‚ John Donne. In this satirical poem‚ through a series of images‚ he conveys his belief on the faithfulness‚ or rather the unfaithfulness of women. Donne’s use of diction‚ allusion‚ imagery‚ sound effects‚ and tone create a unique richness in the language of the poem‚ which make it enjoyable to read. The denotations and connotations of this poem create more depth and richness. In

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    ENGL 1301 Snow White and the Seven Bachelors Once upon a time‚ there was a King and Queen who lived far away in a castle. The happy couple was expecting a child‚ and soon the Queen gave birth to a wonderful little girl whom they named Snow White. Soon after the Queen died‚ the King married again‚ to a woman who was extremely beautiful‚ yet very vain. Every day‚ the Queen would look into her gold painted mirror and ask “Mirror‚ mirror on the wall‚ who is the fairest of them all?” The mirror

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    a. One narrative device that has occurred is symbolism. Symbolism occurs in part two of the novel through the snow. Snow is a symbol that occurs when Yolanda sees snow falling outside the window of her classroom for the first time. When Yolanda sees snow for the first time‚ it reminds her of the “flurry of chalk marks” (163) her teacher drew on the chalkboard when describing a nuclear war. When Yolanda looks back on this event as an adult‚ she says: “One morning as I sat in my desk daydreaming out

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    been done to try and get that fluffy‚ white snow to cancel your day at school. However‚ those are just myths and can not really get a snow day. Surely‚ many of you have done one of these before when you were a child. You probably wanted that call from school saying‚ "No school‚" but it takes air temperature‚ ground temperature‚ and some dust. To begin with‚ air temperature is a very most important part of the snow making process. According to‚ Snow Day! by Tabitha Walker‚ the air has to be 32

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    Hamlet Quotations Act 1   INSTRUCTIONS:  For each quote:  (a)  Identify the speaker‚ to whom it is addressed‚ and the situation‚  (b)  Explain (in detail) the significance of the quote in terms of all that apply:  themes‚ character revelation‚ plot  development‚ dramatic devices (irony‚ foreshadowing…)‚ poetic devices (simile‚ metaphor‚ alliteration…)‚ etc.  (c)  Upload to turnitin.com        EXAMPLE: “This bodes some strange eruption to our state.”  (a)​    Horatio is speaking to Marcellus; Horatio is referring to the ghost of Hamlet Sr

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    A Narrative Essay Justine Alaina R. Miranda BC 12 –Y February 4‚ 2012 No. of words: 1‚103 Falling In Love With The Philippines I have been to other places‚ over the Philippines‚ across the continent‚ and even to the other side of the globe. I fell in love with foreign countries and not of my own. But during my sembreak vacation‚ where I got the chance to see Northern Philippines‚ I fell in love with Ilocos. I fell in love with my own country. To tell you the truth‚ I wasn’t really

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    institutions in the world‚ which includes the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Solomon R Guggenheim museum in New York. In his newest solo exhibitions‚ Cai Guo Qiang’s ‘falling back to Earth’ features four installations‚ which includes two artworks inspired by the countryside of Southeast Queensland‚ where the artist visited in 2011. Falling back to Earth is the single largest artist show produced ever produced for QAGOMA‚ which introduces 3 works from the artist. The most famous artwork in this

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    Is America falling apart? Anthony Burgess “People are underpaid but they go through an act of liking their work‚ the open markets are luscious when esculent color‚ the community is more important than the stat‚ the human condition is humorously accepted.” (297) “The quality of life has nothing to do with the quantity of brand names. What matters is talk‚ family‚ cheap wine in the open air‚ the wresting of minimal sweetness out of the long-known bitterness of living.” (297) “American individualism

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