Data Sheet – English 1 Honors Block: 1AB Date: 4/27/13 Title: A Lesson Before Dying Author: Ernest J. Gaines Genre: Historical Fiction Title Associations or Predictions: Given the title‚ A Lesson Before Dying‚ we can infer and predict that a character in the book will die. Also‚ we can predict that before they die‚ they will learn something‚ probably a valuable lesson Biographical Information about the author: Ernest J. Gaines was born in Oscar‚ Louisiana in 1933. He was born
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The Secret Life of Bees‚ by Sue Monk Kidd‚ is a story about the power of women and their ability to overcome‚ growing up and love. The protagonist‚ Lily Owens‚ lives in South Carolina with her widowed father T. Ray. When Lily was four‚ her mother died somehow‚ T. Ray blames her death on Lily. All Lily wants is her mother and to be away from her abusive dad. She is raised by an African – American nanny named Rosaleen. The day the Civil Rights Act is passed‚ Rosaleen decided to go exercise her
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In 1964‚ racism in the South was as prominent as ever. Lily Owens‚ protagonist of Sue Monk Kidd’s Secret Life of Bees‚ found herself stuck smack in the middle of it. From the beginning of the book‚ readers recognize that Lily has very few people in her life; her mother is dead‚ and Lily is the reason‚ so that leaves her with her malicious father‚ T-Ray‚ and loving maid‚ Rosaline. In the first few chapters‚ readers feel the tension grow in Sylcon‚ South Carolina‚ where they live. Tension grows between
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saw her running across the room. Running at him‚ yelling. “Leave. Her. Alone.” (Monk Kidd 7) In Sue Monk Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees‚ Deborah Owens is the most crucial character in the novel‚ which is set in South Carolina in 1964. Deborah’s choices and characteristics affect the protagonist of the novel as well as many other characters. In The Secret Life of Bees‚ it is Deborah’s value for all life‚ bravery and motherliness that influence other characters and make her the character who shapes
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In As I Lay Dying‚ author William Faulkner introduces the audience to Jewel Bundren‚ a violent and harsh bastard who is no less than a “jewel” to his mother. He is an outcast‚ a third son‚ and the product of an affair. However‚ his mother Addie‚ who has been stifled by her lackluster marriage and the conformity of the church‚ sees Jewel as a gift. She finds joy in the sin and rebellion that created her son‚ and the more Jewel sins and rebels‚ the more she feels linked to him. However‚ Jewel is much
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A World without Bees! What is causing pollinator declines in the northern hemisphere and what are the potential implications for South Africa? The world depends heavily on pollinators. Although the bee is not the only pollinator‚ pollination is the bee’s main niche‚ so without bees‚ there would be an enormous decrease in plant life. Plants that are not pollinated will not produce fruits and seeds. And would therefore cause and end of animals and human life. Albert Einstein said: “If the bee disappeared
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dumbest thing I ever did. Those bees flew out of that beehive faster than the speed of light! There were so many of them just buzzing their way toward me. As I was screaming my head off and running towards the door to get inside that voice came into my head and said “swing at the bees maybe it will kill them or hurt the bees and they will leave you alone.” Another dumb decision on my part‚ because of course I got stung like ten times in the same hand. The pain of the bees stinging you in the same hand
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kaushal_ne22@yahoo.co.in Personality.sonika@gmail.com jaspreet.14752@lpu.co.in Abstract- The Bees Algorithm is an optimization algorithm to find the optimal path solution. Bee Colony Optimization Algorithm depicts the natural behavior of real honey bees in food foraging. Honey bees use several mechanisms like waggle dance to optimally locate food sources and to search new ones. This makes them a good candidate for developing new intelligent
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The Vanishing Bees Kimberly McNeilus Jill Morstad College Writing II May 2‚ 2012 Bees are an intricate part of today’s society in the form helping to produce foods and also their contribution as insects play a valuable part in nature. There is a place‚ a southern village of Sichuan‚ China where bees no longer exist. Farmers meet every April with bamboo sticks and chicken feathers to begin pollination of their crops. This long and labor-intensive process the farmers endure is due to the lack
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DYING TO WIN: THE STRATEGIC LOGIC OF SUICIDE TERRORISM CPT WILL M. HELIXON The battle of Iraq is one victory in a war on terror that began on September the 11th‚ 2001 and still goes on. That terrible morning‚ 19 evil men‚ the shock troops of a hateful ideology‚ gave America and the civilized world a glimpse of their ambitions. They imagined‚ in the words of one terrorist‚ that September the 11th would be the beginning of the end of America. By seeking to turn our cities into killing fields
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