Homer: His parents own a farm down the road from Ellie's. ... He likes to play pranks on people such as pouring a line of solvent across the road and lighting it just as a car came close or stealing ladders from the workmen so that they couldn't get off the roof. ... Chapter 3 1) In this chapter the group arrive in the place called Hell and set up camp. ... Chapter 10 1) Ellie describes Robyn as a "bloody hero". ... Chapter 11 1) Where does Ellie's sense of fear come from? ...

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The opening chapter describes the lives of farm owners dealing with the drought in Oklahoma along with a dust storm. ... In chapter three, some symbolism is noticed in a turtle that has great difficulty crossing the highway, foreshadowing the journey in the next chapter. After meeting Jim Casy in chapter four, they finally reach the Joad farm that has been deserted and damaged. ... Highway 66 is the main road to California and is filled with migrants, or in other words, "a path of people in flight (128)." ... At sundown on the first day of travel, the Joads turn off the road to camp for th...

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As the story progresses, chapter by chapter, the ties between the environment and to the representation of the characters in the novel become more apparent. ... In chapter one, the overriding theme of the relationship of people and its environment is slightly furthered in this chapter. ... (Chapter II, pg. 26) which he envisioned to be written on each tablet. ... Chapter 4 follows up on the preceding chapters by furthering the discussion of the entrapment the environment has on Ethan. ... The wet roads slow down his delivery, and chance circumstances make it difficult to find the glue. ...

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They talk about how the turtle attempts to cross the road, and he is nearly crushed twice by passing motorists, and is flung off the road by a motorist who tried to squash the turtle in its tracks. ... The turtle struggles to cross the street while looking in the eyes of failure from the motorists who tried to knock him off the road and the motorist who succeeded in knocking him off the road. ... (Steinbeck) We see many examples of this, and one is in chapter 15 at the truck station. ... Then we look at chapter 17 and we see the person at the car dump giv...

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They talk about how the turtle attempts to cross the road, and he is nearly crushed twice by passing motorists, and is flung off the road by a motorist who tried to squash the turtle in its tracks. ... The turtle struggles to cross the street while looking in the eyes of failure from the motorists who tried to knock him off the road and the motorist who succeeded in knocking him off the road. ... (Steinbeck) We see many examples of this, and one is in chapter 15 at the truck station. ... Then we look at chapter 17 and we see the person at the car dump giv...

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Steinbeck describes how the dust bowl developed and pushed the farmers out of the western plains states in the first few chapters of the book. ... The "Okies- from the dust bowl became the prey of others along the road to California. ... People along the road to California saw the "Okies- as poor, migrant beggars and thieves. ... In chapter 13, the family dog gets run over by a car, an event that foreshadows the death of Grandpa Joad. ... The Joad family was just one of many that lost family members along the road. ...

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The attic is described by Jane as being "black as a vault" (chapter 11, page 122) and the leading passageway as "narrow, low, and dim" (chapter 11, page 122). ... The laugh which Jane hears is described by Jane as being "a curious laugh; distinct, formal, mirthless" (chapter 11, page 122). ... (chapter 19, page 222). ... Bronte leaves the reader ill at ease with Jane's closing comment; "the gay tones set my heart at ease" (chapter 19, page 230). ... Upon the fire having been extinguished, Rochester resolves to "pay a visit to the third storey" (chapter 15, page 170). ...

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In the chapter The Mother we are introduced to the main character Nnu Ego. ... In chapter two, The Mother's Mother, the book goes back in time. ... Ego considers her self a failed mother hence the title of the chapter. ... Chapter 9- Mother's investment Summary: In this chapter Nnu and Oshia become very sick. ... Chapter 16- A Mother of clever Children Summary: Oshia was going off t...

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Table of Contents Dedication 1 Abstract 2 Chapter 1: An Introduction to Cohabiting Gay Couples 3 Chapter 2: The Application of Society's Perception of Gays 6 Chapter 3: The Society's Perception of Cohabitating Couples 14 References 15 ...

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American history, as we know it today, is made up of many different chapters. Some of these chapters are noble, and some are regretful. ... One of the dark chapters of American history is the period of slavery. ... From this group, few people stood out that were responsible for closing this dark chapter of history. ... Throughout the 1850's she became one of the Underground Road's most active conductor by making repeated journeys into slave territory, and leading over 300 other fugitives, including her parents, to freedom. ...

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In the next three chapters the human past is examined from a scientific viewpoint. ... It is notable to mention that he brings up the immense journey of man at the end of this chapter. ... At the end of the chapter he recalls a story when he is detained by peon soldier. ... The vagaries of the road may have a meaning, however; it is thus we torture ourselves." ... The final chapter is "The Secret of Life" examines the idea of the secret of life. ...

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He also told Black Elk that the north-south road is the Red road and is "the road of good " (BES, p.23) while the east-west road is the Black road, which is a "fearful road, a road of troubles and of war" (BES, p.23). He says that Black Elk will walk with power on both roads and "will have the power to destroy a people's foes" (BES, p.23). The fifth Grandfather reveals to Black Elk that he will be a relative to all birds and the sixth Grandfather, symbolic of Black Elk as an old man, tells him that as he walks the Black road, "all the nations that have roots or legs or wings shall fear [h...

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The combination of the two disastrous events led to more than 450,000 people who would eventually be forced to take the road in search of employment. ... In chapter fourteen, in one of the intercalary chapters the narrator asserts that humans are "unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe... Both texts are written with intercalary chapters. ... Battle Hymn of the Republic The Grapes of Wrath is structured in three parts: the time at the origin of their journey, in the midst of a heavy drought; the time on the road; and the time in California where the novel ends. ...

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In Chapter One, Patty Duke remembers having panic attacks as a small child. ... During this time, John was unable to work in Hollywood due to a writer's strike, so he, Patty, their five children, and Patty's mother went on the road, acting out dramas in small theaters across America. ... This chapter also discusses what researchers have found with respect to the environment and genetics. ... " In later chapters, Patty discusses how she felt that lithium was a miracle drug. She even titles one of the chapters, "My Little Beige Pill....

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Chapter two tells us about the Navahos. ... Chapter six brings upon Red Cloud and his peace treaties. He later found that the Americans were planning on building roads through there land. ... Chapter 8 is about Donehogawa. ... In chapter 18 we find out that ...

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Graduation is the end of high school and the beginning of a new chapter. ... " Aunty said, "Congratulation's honey" I respond, "Thank you so much aunty" However, it hits about 4:30 pm and Aunty says, "You ready to get this show on the road?... All I'm thinking in my head is that "This is the end of my high school chapter!... It was an incredible experience to attend because I just felt like now I start a new chapter in my life. ...

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A thirteen-chapter set of regulations, the code covered topics from the environment of battle to the use of spies. ... There is not a clearer example of how a leader of an army is the same as the leaders of a corporation than as described in rule I,x: "By method and discipline are to be understood the marshalling of the army and its subdivisions, the graduation of ranks among officers, the maintenance of roads by which supplies may reach the army, and the control of the military expenditure." ... By observing only seven considerations from one chapter of the "Art of War" we can see the absolu...

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The path, from my reading, symbolizes the road that the Reverend must now take to free himself from the guilt which has accompanied him for seven long years. ... Though the road consists of more obstacles, Hester prepares Dimmesdale for it during their conversation, which allows him to cover the path with the ease that he does in this passage. ... Whatever he does, whether he goes on the scaffold and professes his sin, or moves to England with Hester and Pearl, this relationship can not work because in so many ways, Dimmesdale rejects the Scarlet Letter, in both human and supernatural forms,...

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Without the shot, it would be very difficult to place the drama, as the roads and scenery around them: industrial areas, highway toll points, the usual roadway scene, symbolising ordinary life, look much like any other part of America. ... There is no special lighting: they are taken as from a moving car on a bumpy road. ... He starts "chapter one" several times, each time from a different angle, which allows the audience to gain an insight into many varying sides of the city, as seen by someone who clearly loves it. ...

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He would make us memorize "The Road Not Taken" and "Stopping by the Woods on a snowy Evening", then make us recall both poems word for word in front of the class and we would get points taken off for reciting even one word incorrectly. Back then, I almost hated Caves for making us memorize those stupid poems and then stand up in front of my fellow classmates filled to the brim with nerve-racking anxiety to recite the passages in a shaky voice, "two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both, And be one traveler, long I stood, And looked down one...

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While driving Frank failed to make a curve and went of the side of the road hitting a bicyclist. ... Later on he found out that the man was still alive when he abandoned him on the side of the road and later on died. ... The driver may be intoxicated and shouldn't be on the road. ... The videos are presented by local Chapter members and they incorporate the true-life stories of actual impaired driving victims. ...

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States have taken a number of different roads, one road that was taken was in the State of Maine was to prevent the approval of sexual orientation to be added to the affirmative action listing of reason one cannot be discriminated upon. ... In the State of Vermont Title Fifteen, "Domestic Relations," Chapter 23, "Civil Unions" this section of the state statues is what directs what is considered "marriage," common law marriages, and divorce statutes. ... The definition of a: ""Civil Union" means that two eligible persons have established a relationship pursuant to this chapter, and may receiv...

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The Master comes up with a contract to discipline Gulliver (slave) and for his freedom: " 3rd, The said Man-Mountain shall confine his walks to our principal high roads, and not offer to walk or lie down in a meadow or field of corn. 4th, As he walks the said roads, he shall take the utmost care not to trample upon the bodies of any of our loving subjects, their horses, or carriages, nor take any of our said subjects into his hands, without their own consent. 5th, If an express require extraordinary dispatch, the Man-Mountain shall be obliged to carry in his pocket the messenger and horse a si...

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He was walking down a road when he meets a trucker at a roadside restaurant. Even though the trucker has a sticker to discourage hitchhikers, he gives Tom a lift to the road where his family, the Joads, lives. While walking down the road, Tom meets up with Jim Casy, the preacher that baptized him. ... While driving down the road the Joads notice some hostility towards Okies, or farmers who left Oklahoma. ...

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In the next chapters, it tells about how used-car salesmen are cheating families that are going to California. ... In this chapter, the Joad's have travelled for a day and decided to camp on the side of the road when they meet the Wilson's, whose car has broke down. ...

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