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    have shaped their identity. Mary Gordon puts these sentiments to paper in her writing’ More Than Just a Shrine: Paying Homage to the Ghosts of Ellis Island’‚ an essay reflecting on her ’search for self’ through exploration of her ancestors’ immigration to the US. She tells us‚ for example‚ "The minute I set foot upon the island I could feel all that it stood for: insecurity‚ obedience‚ anxiety‚ dehumanization‚ the terrified and careful deference of the displaced" (Gordon 409). Gordon’s ability to

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    <center><b>By close reference to "More Than Just The Disease"‚ show what feelings you have for Neil in the course of the story. What lessons do you suppose he has learned by the end of it?</b></center> <br> <br>In the story‚ "More than Just the Disease"‚ Neil who was away from home for a holiday with the Middleton family experienced and learned much. The best part was how Neil managed to take the first step of overcoming his shyness‚ not to "suffer from more than just the disease". <br> <br>At the start

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    More than just the disease Choose a novel or short story which deals with an important human issue: for example‚ poverty‚ war‚ family conflict‚ injustice‚ or any other issue you regard as important More Than Just the Disease by Bernard MacLaverty is a short story which deals with the themes of class distinction‚ rights of passage and a person suffering mentally which effects the characters in the short story. There is conflict between the two main characters Neil and his mum. This short story

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    More Than just Riding

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    Nathan Buttle Mr. Koenig CP English 10 Sept. 9 2013 More than Just Riding Before I rode motocross‚ I thought you just get on the bike and twist the throttle. One year ago‚ I got my first dirt bike for my birthday. In the beginning‚ I just rode on simple trails down the street at my friend CJ’s house. My friend Brett invited me to go to a motocross track one day and I decided to try it out. I didn’t think anything of it‚ until after one lap I had to pull off the track because I was exhausted

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    More Than Just a Disease

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    MORE THAN JUST A DISEASE Plot Focuses on a young boy‚ Neil who has a skin condition called psoriasis. This disease makes Neil feel insecure and his mother’s attitude towards him also does not help‚ she is almost ashamed of her sons condition and this makes Neil feel that he has hide the fact that he has psoriasis. Neil feels the pressure when he goes to stay with his friend Michael and his family‚ and faces situations where people may find out about his condition. These experiences help mature

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    More Than Just "Brownies"

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    LenNee’ Kimbell Professor O’Roark ENGL 210-103 13 March 2014 More than just “Brownies” “Brownies‚” by ZZ Packer is about a Brownie troop of fourth-grade African American girls from suburban Atlanta‚ Georgia‚ who go to summer camp. (Gale) At the camp‚ they have an altercation with another troop called troop 909 which were all white girls. They believed that one of the white girls addressed them with a racial insult by calling one of them the “N” word. Apparently they feel offended and seek revenge

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    Sarah Mills WE ARE MORE THAN JUST A GRADE: We all have different thought processes and skills‚ so why are we individuals all tested by the same means? Society tries to change us to fit into their puzzle called life‚ when we should be changing the picture. This is the same society that tells us abortions is wrong yet looks down on teenage parents. This society also sells products to promote healthy skin and hair‚ yet the women on the package have hair extensions‚ fake nails‚ and are photo shopped

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    More than Just a Game People often consider football as just a game or sport‚ but to others it’s not just a game or sport. Football has changed my life in many different ways. For the first time in my life‚ I was able to understand the concepts of life when joined the Independence High Football Team. It showed how I use to be an outsider to actually feeling part of something. I now have a totally different outlook on life. When I enrolled into Independence High School I would considered myself

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    Raymond Mejico Mejico 1 Mr. Schmidt AP English 3‚ Period 2 17 April 2012 More Than Just a Children’s Story Gulliver’s Travels took Europe by storm as it circulated through the general public. The story captivated the imaginative minds of both children and adults as it detailed a man’s journey through many fantasy worlds‚ containing tiny dwarves‚ intimidating giants‚ floating islands‚ and talking horses. Although the story entertained countless families‚ Swift had a larger

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    Rabbi Sadman June 9th‚ 2013 Professor Crawford English 101 More Than Just a Dead Moth Annie Dillard wrote an essay‚ “Death of a Moth‚” which is from her book‚ Holy the Firm. Dillard’s essay‚ “Death of a Moth‚” starts off with the author talking about a couple of dead moths behind her toilet in her bathroom. Then Dillard starts reminiscing about an encounter she had with a moth on a camping trip she took by herself in Virginia. While Dillard was reading a book‚ a moth flew into her tent and

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