Summary: Chapters 1-13 - The narrator and protagonist Offred lives in the Republic of Gilead‚ a totalitarian government who controls everything - There is a flashback to Offred’s past which outlines her conditions as a handmaid - Narrator‚ named Offred describes how women lived in the time - Forbidden to talk to each other - Learned to read each other’s lips - Laps around the former football field - Armed guards called Angel’s patrol the outside - Scene changes from the past to the present - “Nicer”
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Safety Tips for Using Household Electrical Appliances Electric Heater Do not use an electric heater fitted with a 2-pin plug. Check for damage before use. Do not use an electric heater near any combustible materials. Keep children away from an electric heater. Avoid using portable electric heater inside a bathroom. Induction Cooker Switch off an induction cooker if its surface is cracked. Switch off an induction cooker by its control switch after use. Ensure good ventilation for
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After Aunt Harriet runs away from Waknuk‚ she peacefully rides down the road cradling her dear baby Laia‚ as she hears a loud thump and the horses cries and glances over to where Joseph is standing holding arrows‚ just as Aunt Harriet starts to scream an arrow goes through the side of her chest. Aunt Harriet knew her life had come to an end for her‚ but not to her baby. She quickly tosses her baby to a big soft bush to her left. That was the end for Aunt Harriet‚ but just maybe‚ her baby had a chance
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The title of the book introduces one of the main characters‚ Digory‚ who is the nephew of Mr. Andrew Ketterly‚ a minor magician. The story begins in London during the summer of 1900 where two children‚ Digory Kirke and Polly Plummer who live in a row of connected houses‚ meet while playing in their gardens and decide to travel through the passages in the attic to get into a vacant house and explore it. In place of discovering an abandoned house‚ the children find themselves to have appeared into
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MING (10) got into a serious accident and looses his sense of hearing. Because of the accident‚ Ming has to attend a school for children with special needs and starts to avoid his friends because he is afraid that his friends know he is deaf and dumb. Young Ming has to fight with extreme loneliness since then. 19-years-old Ming gets falsely accused of being a peeping Tom. While the girl’s brothers threaten him‚ MING’S MOTHER comes out to ask what’s happening. After listening to the girl’s accusation
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The caseworker at the foster care tells Bud and his friend‚ Bugs at breakfast that they found new foster homes for them. When the boys groan the caseworker tells them‚ although the nation is in depression‚ they are lucky to have foster families. Bud gets mistreated by his new foster brother named Todd. Todd shoves a pencil up in Bud’s nose‚ and claims that he got the pencil further in his nose than any other child before. As a reason‚ Bud runs away or as he says he is "on the lam." Bud wants
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This is a summary of the 13 chapters of a history of Belize by Assad Shoman. It entails tables‚ maps and boxes‚ acknowledgments‚ foreword‚ introduction‚ map of Belize‚ then the thirteen chapters‚ notes‚ bibliography and index. It has 323 pages‚ 13 pictures‚ 16 tables‚ 3 maps‚ and 3 boxes. Assad shoman’s engaging about the social‚ political and economic history of Belize compelling relates the rich history of the peoples of Belize to the present condition in which the country finds itself. He scrutinizes
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Everything Happens For a Reason Both The Odyssey by Homer and Oedipus Rex by Sophocles‚ were based in the context of ancient Greek culture but each was written during different time periods. The Gods played an enormously influential role in the lives of the Ancient Greeks. The Odyssey was written during the Greek Heroic Age (1500-1100 B.C.E.) and Oedipus Rex was estimated to be written around the 430s B.C.E. during the Age of Pericles when Athens was at its height of political and cultural power
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Rise and fall of Islam Intro Arab followers of Muhammad surged from the Arabian Peninsula to create the first global civilization Quickly conquered all of the middle east‚ Greece‚ Egypt‚ and Persia. This conquering spread ideas and trade‚ facilitating global diffusion Birth of Islam The Arabian peninsula was filled with bedoin societies and people. The bedoin were a hunter- gather tribe Although some groups did herd camels and others participated in agriculture‚ showing how diverse this society
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Chapter 4 What happens when Chris/ Alex drives the Datsun into the Lake Mead National Recreation Area? A flash flood comes and floods the engine of his Datsun. He is frustrated‚ and in his frustration he kills the battery trying to get it restarted. Rather than go to the local authorities (He decides he shouldn’t due to his expired registration and license) he abandons the car with a note saying anyone who can get it out can have it. What do his parents think? Alex’s parents are very
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