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    War. Summary A ten year old boy named Felix is living in an orphanage in Poland in 1942.  Felix finds a carrot in his soup and thinks it is a sign that his parents are coming back to get him.  The Nazis come to the orphanage to burn the books in the library. Mother Minka tells Felix that Sister Elwira put the carrot in his soup out of sympathy for him and that his parents are not coming to get him. Felix decides to leave the orphanage. He wants to hide the books in his parents bookshop so that the

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    1) The weak relationship between Amir and Baba as well as the events influenced by this relationship‚ demonstrates the necessity of a fatherly figure in one’s life 2) No real connection weak relationship Baba is frustrated that Amir isn’t more like him “He’s always buried in those books or shuffling around the house like he’s lost in some dream…I wasn’t like that.’ Baba sounded frustrated‚ almost angry” Baba is emotionally distant from Amir because he feels there’s no real connection between

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    be seen as well as his parents getting out of the car with his younger sister. Sammy asks his great grandmother about her life. INT – ORPHANAGE BEDROOM – 1944 The camera is now in a dark room with 6 beds in it but only one person‚ 5 year old Mirabella who is sitting on the

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    Chlorine kid is 35.45 years old. Chlorine kid never ages after his incident from getting his powers‚ so‚ he’s technically only 4 years old. Chlorine kid got his powers after swimming in a swimming pool with too much chlorine and this is how it happened. Just that morning before chlorine kids parents took him swimming the manager of the pool refilled the pool with chlorine‚ while he was doing that the chlorine bucket slipped out of his hands and the chlorine overflowed the pool because of how much

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    going to be happy when you cannot even make a life? Perhaps‚ money is not everything and we cannot buy everything with money‚ but money increases our life chances. I wish I had a lot of money so that I have the chance to help my family‚ build an orphanage and help in saving the mother earth. My family especially my parents‚ had been my backbone. They worked so hard to give me good education‚ comfortable life‚ and to cater all my needs leaving them with tonnes of debt. If only I have much money‚

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    not - they’re on a Misson from God! The movie begins with Jake (John Belushi) getting out of prison‚ and going back to the orphanage where he was raised with his brother‚ Elwood (Dan Aykroyd). There they find out that the church‚ which has been paying the Orphanages’ dues‚ has decided to retire the place and not pay the yearly tax assessment‚ which will result in the orphanage being closed. After a little divine inspiration in the form of a singing‚ dancing preacher‚ Jake and Elwood decide that the

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    Florence Nightingale- A Pioneer in Human Healthcare and in the Idea of Orphanages Florence Nightingale was born into a wealthy British family at the Villa Colombaia in Florence‚ Italy. She was inspired by what she thought to be a divine calling. At the age of 17 at Embley Park‚ Nightingale made a commitment to nursing and human healthcare. This decision demonstrated strong will on her part in that she was willing to go beyond normality. It had constituted a rebellion against the expected role for

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    I cannot imagine the heart-breaking anguish three-year-old Robbie experienced as he realized that his mother had left him in care in an American orphanage. With no determined or date of return‚ his mother drifted in and out of his life as he struggled to grasp hold of any sense of normality‚ security‚ or love. Though some form of stability was provided by regular visits from his maternal grandmother and a caring housemother‚ the deep emotional wounds left by parental abandonment led to feelings

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    Slide 1 I want to begin with one question. Are we truly Americans? Slide 2 You call yourself patriotic for celebrating Independence Day‚ for obeying the laws‚ for driving within the speed limit. We call ourselves a “Developed Society”. Yet when our setting foundation is in crumbles. We just sit back and shrug “not my problem”. Slides 3-6 523‚000 orphans are in America alone 153‚000‚000 worldwide are classified as orphans. Every day 5‚760 more children worldwide become orphans. Slide 7

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    encountered many experiences‚ there is one that I will never forget. After long hours of working in the community‚ we ended the day by visiting a boys’ orphanage for mentally and physically disabled. Upon arrival‚ the kids were lined up at the gate waving and smiling at us ready to give us hugs even though they did not know us at all. While at the orphanage‚ a man outside was selling cakes and we decided to buy some for the boys.

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