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    Wuthering Heights is a novel written by Emily Bronte about two families living in nearby manors in the moors of England. The novel contains several characters which are clearly perceived by the reader as either positive or negative throughout the novel. Often these characters will act in a manner that is not consistent with their overall perception‚ however despite their moral ambiguity‚ subjectively the characters are never seen in a different light. In the Wuthering heights manor‚ two cousins‚

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    October 27‚1858. His family was rich and powerful at the time of his birth. Theodore Roosevelt grew up in New York City‚ the second child of four children. One of the reasons he wanted to become president was because he was reunited with his childhood sweetheart. His childhood sweetheart told him that he could do it push for what you want he wanted to do. Theodore Roosevelt was an enthusiastic powerful man. He loved to talk about his hopes and dreams for the United States. Before Theodore

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    Heathcliff and the creature: two outcast of the same kind Wuthering Heights and Frankenstein are two novels with more in common with each other than it can be seen at first glance. Written during the Victorian Era by female authors‚ they were rather scandalous for the time they were first published. Wuthering Heights’ passionate and egoistical characters shocked the society of the time: such abusive characters and improper female lead had never been seen before. Frankenstein’s dark themes and the

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    Review Sheet for Wuthering Heights 1. What techniques are used in the characterization of Heathcliff? Effects? Heathcliff is associated with evil and darkness from the beginning of the novel. "I felt his black eyes withdraw so suspiciously under their brows." (1) When Lockwood sees Heathcliff’s garden (perhaps a symbol for Heathcliff) "the earth was hard with a black frost…the air made me shiver through every limb." (6) When we see Heathcliff when he is first brought into the Earnshaw household

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    How did Adolf Hitler become so powerful? What aspects of his life before becoming chancellor may have shaped him and his beliefs‚ to strengthen him as a leader and influence his actions as the dictator of Germany? In 1909‚ Adolf Hitler was a homeless man living in Vienna. In the 1940’s‚ he killed 11 million people during the Holocaust. Hitler was born in Austria in 1889‚ just across the border from German-Bavaria. Now‚ 70 years after his death‚ he is still quite possibly the most well-known anti-Semite

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    America Becomes a World Power From its humble beginnings as a territory ruled by the British crown‚ America grew into one of the biggest major world powers. While the country started out insignificant to the greater picture‚ in just thirty short years between 1890 and 1920 America became one of the strongest world powers. This was largely through the country’s eagerness to expand across the continent and their growing economic influence due to the Industrial Revolution. From the beginning of

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    fellow men – her country. She thought her action to protect and hide the allied soldiers to be the same as tending for the sick and wounded. Edith Cavell knew very well of the consequences and by august 1915‚ only just a year after all the events; someone from Belgian found out and uncovered the truth. Her nursing school was searched at the same time as the soldiers escaped out through the back garden. Edith Cavell was calm throughout the whole search and not a

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    working with a team and as a leader‚ I try to help others achieve their goals. If I attended Villanova‚ I would make the noun community become a verb by helping others‚ accepting others‚ and leading others. First‚ at Villanova‚ I would be ready to help people when I arrived there. Compassion is one of my biggest strengths and sometimes people just need someone to listen. As a lifeguard‚ I have to always be ready to help people. I enjoy interacting with people and the daily comradery of working at

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    comfortable to lay with. In addition to making the world’s best homemade ice cream‚ she is the most loving and warm hearted person I know‚ and that is why I love her and look up to her so much. Mary Elizabeth Rickel is the most caring person anyone could ever meet. When my Grandma Cheryl‚ (my mom’s mom) died of cancer‚ my mom was only 16. My Great Grandma Rickel took care of my mom like she was her own child. Then when my mom had me at 18‚ I was an "accident" and my mom wasn’t ready to raise a kid

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    Someone that I will never forget is Clayton. Although Clayton is six years younger than I am‚ he is my best friend. I met Clayton on the school bus when I lived in Alabama. I just moved to a new town‚ so I was the new student in fifth grade. I never liked sitting in the back of the bus because it was occupied by high school students; I sure didn’t belong back there. I sat with a student who was sleeping. When we got to his school‚ I woke him up; he forgot his sweater and I put it away in my book

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