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    Imagine yourself as a 14 year old girl‚ who’s just had her best friend die from an unknown disease. Then after that‚ almost everyone starts to drop dead from this disease called the “Yellow Fever” that came back and started to infect everyone you know‚ even you. So now you’ll have to survive the Yellow Fever. “Fever 1793” by Laurie Halse Anderson” is set in philadelphia 1793‚ the Yellow Fever was a fast spreading disease. The most important plot events include the following. “Dead? Pollys dead

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    Medicine Bag Symbolism

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    Medicine Bag Essay Defining a family can be difficult because families are living‚ growing‚ changing groups of people. However our heritage and traditions can keep us connected to our past and lead us to our future. My medicine bag connects me to my mom’s side of my family. My mom helped with the medicine bag. The symbols in my medicine bag represent heritage‚ heirloom‚ a family tradition for‚ a tradition i plan to start. My first symbol is tamales to represent my heritage. Tamales

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    In this world in which we live in class distinction and status is very important. Many people idolize individuals of the upper class and will do anything to emulate them. In “The Garden Party‚” by Katherine Mansfield and “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant both authors emphasize that class determines the way of life for both the protagonist in each short story. In the short story “The Garden Party” written by Katherine Mansfield an omniscient narrator explains the life of the protagonist Laura

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    Seamus Heaney Society Wedding Photographs – Jean Arasanayagam The Garden of Love – William Blake A Worker Reads History – Bertolt Brecht Night Mail – W.H.Auden Humour Parrot –Alan Brownjohn The Pigtail – William Makepeace Thackarey Matilda –Hilaire Belloc Father William –Lewis Carroll Poems for Extra Reading –(not to be tested on) An extract from ‘Michael’ - William Wordsworth The Lamb – William Blake She Walks in Beauty – Lord Byron Bury Me In a Free Land – Frances Ellen

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    Being Ungrateful

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    Puma English 1121 March 13‚ 2012 Being Ungrateful The “Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant‚ is a story about a beautiful girl‚ named Mathilde Loisel who was born into an unfavorable family. She then got married‚ Monsieur Loisel who is a common clerk‚ who can only provide her with little things. Unhappy with her circumstances‚ Mme Loisel always felt beneath herself. So to become the person she wanted to be she borrowed a friends necklace for a party‚ she lost it‚ and then had to do everything she

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    Della and mathilde.

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    no two characters deserve to be compared more than Mathilde from “The Necklace” and Della from “Gift of the Magi”. The similarities of these two women make the reader expect similar behaviors‚ but their differences provide for their authors the necessary ingredients to make each story and theme unique. Assignment: Compare and contrast the character of Della in “Gift of the Magi” with the character of Mathilde in “The Necklace. PARAGRAPH I: Introduction Authors of different short stories often

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    On the subject of hate and different beliefs‚ I have some evidence and experience with all of that fun stuff. As I read throughout the unit‚ I found so many examples of what hate is and how many forms it takes. After reading the stories in the unit‚ I can conclude that hate is in every single one of them because it takes on forms like jealousy‚ greed‚ sadness‚ and anger. For example in the Lady and the tiger‚ it shows a lot of jealousy and a strain between two decisions. In the Lady and the Tiger

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    In “The Necklace‚” is a story in which Mathilde is the main character. She is a character with a difficult personality because of her necessity to please others‚ the way she cares about what the others say‚ the way she is selfish‚ and only thinks and cares about herself‚ and her being in padron. In the story her personality‚ and attitudes did not changed very much‚ it was only strengthened. An analysis of Mathilde’s actions‚ and attitudes show that she did not change from the beginning to the end

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    In The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant‚ forms a jealous greedy character named Madame Loisel. She decided that she couldn’t go to the party without jewels and borrowed some from a friend‚ eventually losing them thus beginning her poverty. Because of her actions she is now worse off than she was when the story started. Madame Loisel’s misfortunes are because of her own actions and not because of fate. Madame Loisel is the jealous type who thinks she should be rich when she has all she needs. “She

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    Many women in the suffrage movement contributed to achieve women’s rights today‚ but some became leaders‚ being the driving force behind the revolution. One of the most important leaders in the women’s rights movements was Susan B. Anthony. As a child‚ her family was very active in reform movements‚ working for prohibition of alcohol and the anti-slavery movement. Growing older‚ she realized that she could help make a difference in how women were treated‚ and founded the National Women’s Suffrage

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