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William Blake's The Chimney Sweeper

In , Blake takes on the persona of a young chimney sweeper to tell a tale that is quite straightforward, yet ironic and sad at the same time. The voice of the poem is that of a young boy, characterized by the lines, "And my father sold me while yet my tongue/ Could scarcely cry weep weep weep ...

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Child Protecetive Services

Child Protective Services For 30 years, advocates, program administrators, and politicians have joined to encourage even more reports of suspected child abuse and neglect. Their efforts have been successful, with about three million cases of suspected child abuse having been reported in 1993. ...

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To Kill A Mockingbird: Scout

In To Kill A Mockingbird Scout is a young girl and daughter of a respected lawyer named Atticus. With her older brother Jem, she enjoys participating in many activities which are mainly masculine ones. Without a mother to teach her the ways of a woman, she lives as a tomboy (much to the ...

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Plato And Confucious

Platos ideal regime achieves justice by controlling individuals and their desires by setting down a compact to not tolerate injustice or suffering. By setting down laws and compacts and to name what the law commands lawful and just.(Bloom,359a) Plato believed that even individuals who practice ...

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Interview With An Alien

Ida Kannenberg, an elderly lady, lives in Hillsboro, Oregon, where she and her husband own and operate a successful antique shop. Although she is now nearly [eighty], she continues to travel all over the world searching out and buying antiques for their shop. She is highly energetic, ...

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Four Virtues Of Perseverance, Patience, Loyalty, And Appreciation

As I thought about points that I would want to better in myself, it became more clear that to accomplish most of them I would first need to have perseverance. After I could establish perseverance, I then would be able to better myself in patients, loyalty, and appreciation. These four virtues, ...

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Personal Writing: A Schoolyard Lesson

"Get up, get up you have school today," my mother blurted out, as I fell out of bed. I stood up and waddled to the bathroom. Looking into the mirror I smiled to myself; I knew today was going to be just fine. My family and I had just moved from Guatemala, and today was to be my first day at ...

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Of Mice And Men

, by John Steinbeck, is a story which shows how weak the human trait of loyalty can be if put through the test of time. It shows how people can turn on their family, best friend, and even their life-long companions if they are presented with the opportunity for advancement in life. This novel ...

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Abortion: A Controversial Subject

Abortion is a very controversial subject that has been continually argued over for the past few years and probably many years to come. The main controversy is should abortion be legalized? First before we get into the many sides of abortion we must first define abortion. Abortion is the ...

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Tupac Shakur's Last Album: Makaveli

Makaveli was Tupac Shakur’s last album that he recorded and put out before his tragic shooting and death. The album was released after his death and in the same year as his highly successful double album, All Eyez on Me. The album goes along with his others in the fact that Tupac takes his life ...

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Anorexia Nervosa

is refereed to as the self-starvation syndrome. The patients of this disease manifest themselves in an extreme aversion to food and can cause psychological, endocrine and gynecological problems. It affects both male and female, but most of the patients are adolescent girls, with symptoms ...

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Emerson 3

The relatively obscure release of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s first book, Nature, in 1836, gave few clues to the celebrity and influence which would later be enjoyed by its author. The piece was originally published anonymously but did mark the beginning of Emerson’s future role of mentor, ...

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Eli Whitney

By 1790 slavery was on the decline in America. Apart from tobacco, rice, and a special strain of cotton that could be grown only in very few places, the South really had no money crop to export. Tobacco was a land waster, depleting the soil within very few years. Land was so cheap that tobacco ...

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Birdhouse

As Beverly and her mother and father wait patiently at the Greyhound Bus Station. She hated waiting for the bus, it always seemed as if it forever. All around her she could smell the stench of burning rubber. Apparently Beverly had been invited to spend the summer with her mother’s cousin ...

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Memoirs Of The Geisha

1) Plot: This exotic fable is about a young, innocent girl named Chiyo (9 years old in 1929) who lives in a poor fishing village in Yoroido with her older sister Satsu, her father and sick mother. Since Chiyo’s mother is going to die soon and her father can’t do much to support their ...

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Poetry 2

but to be ignored. To lose the person you love so much to another who doesn't care at all. To have someone you care so about so much throw a party... and not tell you about it. When your favorite person on earth neglects to invite you to his graduation. To have people think that you don't ...

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Personal Identity

8th March, 1997 Dear Diary Today in class we had a brief discussion of what personal identity is. I didn't get a chance to speak out my thoughts and opinions so I felt like to share it with you. Personal identity is what I see myself as, positively or negatively. It could ...

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Humor In Wonderland

Fairy tales were often distrusted in the nineteenth century and Alice in Wonderland was no exception. Many people have pondered whether their children would be able to distinguish the fictitious would of Wonderland from the reality of the real world (Avery 321). Alice in Wonderland has proven ...

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Love And Communication Bringing Together Huck Finn< Ethan Frome And Jay Gatsby

Huckleberry Finn, The Great Gatsby, and Ethan Frome were books written by three different authors and may have seemed completely different. The main characters of these books, Huck Finn, Ethan Frome, and Jay Gatsby, appeared to be three distinct persons, but in one aspect or another came ...

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Huck Finn Grows Up

Many changes violently shook America shortly after the Civil War. The nation was seeing things that it had never seen before, its entire economic philosophy was turned upside down. Huge multi-million dollar trusts were emerging, coming to dominate business. Companies like Rockefeller’s ...

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