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    fabulous wildlife sanctuaries and national parks‚ which makes this country a nature lover’s paradise. The wildlife sanctuaries in India are home to around two thousand different species of birds‚ 3500 species of mammals‚ nearly 30000 different kinds of insects and more than 15000 varieties of plants. Travelers from all across the globe come to India to take a look at its rich wildlife and natural vegetation. There are as many as 80 national parks and over 441 wildlife sanctuaries in India‚ covering

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    classes‚ so him standing on top of the hill is both a literal and metaphorical statement of how he doesn’t belong there. By being physically separated from the rest of the students‚ Salinger is saying right away that Holden is different‚ that he’s an outcast. Holden Caulfield has severe depression‚ and he seems to recognize this within himself. He doesn’t know that there are things he can do to help himself. This in itself is extremely isolating‚ and can make one feel disenfranchised. Holden is feeling

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    Whether it be shy‚ outgoing‚ etc‚ teachers can affect the personalities of their students in a positive way. Lynda Barry’s “The Sanctuary of School”‚ the article “Teacher’s Care‚” and Mike Fox’s‚ “What Are the Qualities of a Good Teacher?” all support this statement. A quote from “The Sanctuary of School” states‚ “She believed in the natural healing power of painting and drawing for troubled children...and drawing came to mean everything to me.” This quote from

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    In Lynda Barry’s essay “The Sanctuary of School” she talks about how her school taught her how to “build a life preserver that she could carry home”. This statement at first glance seems extremely ambiguous but if you look at it carefully it is only slightly ambiguous While this statement is ambiguous I believe it means that school taught her how to find or make something good in her hectic life that helped make life worth living and that she was able to take her love of drawing home and even do

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    descriptive essay Written by‚ Ashley Wylie Do you ever wonder why certain places mean so much to certain people? When I think of my bedroom‚ I realize why some people are touchy about who goes in their room or who has been touching things in their home‚ it is because those things are important to them and may have some meaning. Places like my bedroom are places where we can relax and be comfortable and I think that is why it is important to people‚ because we can be ourselves

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    Morality Among the "Outcasts of Poker Flat" As Mr. John Oakhurst‚ gambler‚ stepped into the main street of Poker Flat on the morning of the twenty third of November‚ 1850‚ he was conscious of a change in its moral atmosphere from the preceding night. Two or three men‚ conversing earnestly together‚ ceased as he approached‚ and exchanged significant glances. There was a Sabbath lull in the air‚ which‚ in a settlement unused to Sabbath influences‚ looked ominous. Mr. Oakhurst’s calm handsome face

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    original and "keep it real" to survive the physical and mental fatigue life throws at them and also that everything will always be real and we must be in touch with our minds to harvest the realness. Bret Harte tells of a story where a group is outcast into the world to fend for themselves during the winter season. After they have been exiled and are outside the city

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    whether people are different or just outcasts. In many books as well‚ a character ends up being an outcast or a unique‚ different person as a whole. When are we outcasts and when are we just ‘different’ from the rest of the world? S.E. Hinton’s book The Outsiders represents this interesting situation where some people belong in the path of the status quo while others seem to stand out more than they fit in. Throughout the book‚ characters are shunned for being outcasts‚ honored for being unique‚ or even

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    In “The Sanctuary Of School‚” the author‚ Lynda Barry narrate her history how she grew up been depressed in a unstable family and a broken home affected economically‚ with parents that might not realize if they ever were gone. She and her brother were invisible due to the lack of love and appreciation at their own home. They were neglected in many ways that if they were to snick out of home at night no body would even notice them‚ as if they were worthless that not even their own parents would even

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    “The Outcasts of Poker Flat” is an unfortunate tale involving the death of several exiled outcasts by many different means. The actions of two of the people in the group ultimately led to the death of two young girls‚ known as Piney and “The Duchess‚” by starvation. “Mother Shipton” another female in the group‚ also died by starvation after giving her food to the younger girls so that they may survive. Starvation was the cause of three of the four deaths in the story‚ as the fourth death was the

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