Summary In The Outsiders‚ by S.E. Hinton‚ Ponyboy and Johnny kills a teenager by stabbing him in the back and are forced to run away from the police to an abandoned church. This all starts in Chapter 1 when Socs jump Ponyboy when he comes back from the movie theater. They cut and bruise him up a lot‚ but before they can do serious damage‚ the gang of Greasers that he belongs to come running just in time to help Ponyboy. Soda gets worried when he sees the injuries‚ but Darry yells at Ponyboy
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Summary of “Saved by the Kindness of Virtual Stranger” In this article entitled “Saved by the Kindness of a Virtual Stranger”‚ the writer describes his wife benefited from unexpected gift which change her life. He found out that her wife would need a kidney transplant within two years‚ so he tried to search of new medicine that helps her. The doctors explained that her best opportunity to regain her health was to receive a living kidney. The challenge was to find a healthy donor with same blood
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Chapter 1: Cards laid on the table In Chapter 1 we are introduced to our narrator and also one of the main characters‚ Nick Caraway. He talks about his morals and thoughts about who Gatsby is. He gives us a summary of his life so far; talking about his ancestors and everything up to his life now. Then he talks about moving to West Egg where he originally wanted to learn all about the bond business. Nick is also not like most of the people on West Egg mostly because of the connections he has on
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OF MICE AND MEN Chapter 1 Setting : It is a hot Thursday‚ late in the afternoon. The characters are four miles south of Soledad. They stop right by the Salinas River‚ a beautiful river in rural California surrounded by woods that have a warn path through them that runs to the river from the ranches and farms. There is a giant sycamore near them with a horizontal limb worn smooth by men who have sat on it‚ and under it is the ash pile of many fires. It is a very peaceful and heavenly setting.
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Chapter I When Mr. Hiram B. Otis‚ the American Minister‚ bought Canterville Chase‚ every one told him he was doing a very foolish thing‚ as there was no doubt at all that the place was haunted. Indeed‚ Lord Canterville himself‚ who was a man of the most punctilious honour‚ had felt it his duty to mention the fact to Mr. Otis when they came to discuss terms. ’We have not cared to live in the place ourselves‚’ said Lord Canterville‚ ’since my grand-aunt‚ the Dowager Duchess of Bolton‚ was frightened
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chapters 1-6‚ Part 1 Chapter One Chapter one introduces the reader to the main character‚ Raphael Fernandez. Raphael‚ a fourteen year old dumpsite boy narrates this part of the story and it entails many interesting ideas about the Behala dumpsite. Raphael and his best friend Gardo spend their days searching the endless amounts of rubbish that cover acres of land. They live knee deep in trash along with many others‚ including children. We find out
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Karla Beasley Period 3 January 11‚ 2013 Chapter 1 summary In chapter one‚ Dave Ramsey covers a lot of material. Mainly highlighting good saving habits and what to do with your money. By introducing the baby steps‚ Ramsey allows his viewers to set a plan for their money. Step one‚ putting 500- 1‚000 dollars in an emergency fund (depending on their outcome). Step two‚ pay off all debt. Step three‚ three to six months expenses in savings. Step 4‚ invest 15% of household income to IRA and pre-tax
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Flatland Chapter 1-2 Brief Summary By Samson Cantor Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott is a mathematical parody about imagining the entire world as a two dimensional plane. The book is a clever way of thinking about life in only two dimensions‚ where there is only length and width but not height. Flatland is a nation where everybody is a shape whose only perception is lines. Abbott allows the reader to understand this concept by imagining a penny being placed on a table. Looking down on the penny‚ the
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A Separate Peace Summaries Chapter 1 - Gene goes to revisit the high school that he attending during World War II. Gene then arrives at the tree that made him come back to the school which makes him think about Finny and the time when they became best friends. He recalls how he and Finny were the only ones who jumped into the river from the tree and how they were friends because they could match each other. Chapter 2 - Finny informs Gene that there was a bombing in Central Europe. A teacher comes
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Gladwell’s answer to this question is in the summary at the end of chapter 1 – the Law of the Few‚ the Stickiness Factor and the Power of Context. Since the Stickiness factor and the Power of Context are discussed in chapters 3 and 4‚ I’ll not be considering those topics to discuss about why some ideas get passed on. Law of the Few: What will be Gladwell answer to the below question? If 100 people can complete a task in 10 days‚ how many people will it take to complete 80% of the task in 10 days
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