In only one year of his life, Little Tree learns about prejudice, violence and death. ... Take the smaller and the slower and then the deer will grow stronger and always give you meat. ... Little Tree will, one day, grow into a "Big Tree,"" lucky to have a great heritage and family who truly cares for him. ... Little Tree also learns right from wrong. ... He talks to the oak tree, watches the clouds, the sun and the Dog Star. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Gaines' Short Story, "Just Like A Tree" "Ernest J. ... The narration of "Just like a Tree," shifts from one character to another. ... Although Chuckkie is a child, and not experienced enough to guide the mule, Emile allows him to explore, and gives him a chance to perform a "manly" duty. ... Yet she walks through those mud puddles, in the rainstorm in order to give Aunt Fe a gift and say goodbye. ... The character of the community is illuminated in many ways in "Just like a Tree." ...

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The Kapok Tree is worshiped in the Beng village. Without this tree, there can be no sexual mating. ... With its enormous flying buttress roots providing natural benches and the bright, spreading leaves on its tall trunk giving a wide circle of shade...Not only that, but I noticed that trials, dances, and even sacrifices were held under that enormous tree. ... e tree bear so much social and symbolic weight?" ... The Beng term po gbali translates as "giver of things" and the alternative term ba gbali as the "giver of the earth," but she followed common usage among West African's anthropolog...

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But, the oak tree that stood beside the pond was my very own sanctuary. ... I even gave the tree a precious gift when I was five years old. Maybe, the tree took a precious gift from me is a better way of saying it. ... It let me down that once but somehow the tree was always there for me. ... There was always a better chance that Dad would give in and surprise me with some candy versus when Mom went. ...

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One time, on a rainy day, he made an authentic missal out of stove pipes for my younger cousins and he also built us a tree house. ... He has a golf cart that he got for a present a couple of years ago, and he lets us drive it around even though he probably shouldn't, but the point is, he trusts us until we give him a reason not to, unlike most people who will play it safe and keep their belongings to themselves. ... I"m sure he didn't want to take us everywhere he did just so we had something to do when we got bored, and I"m sure he didn't have his heart set on building us a t...

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Where the red fern grows By Trevor Conlow Where the "Red the Red Fern grows" By Wilson Rawls is a tale of unending courage, and an undisputed love for a boy and his dog. Billy is a young boy who lives near the Ozark mountains. He has a loving mother, a hard working father, and three little siste...

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These birds have spawn from an enchanted tree, that was planted on Cinderella's, dead mother's, grave. ... The fairy godmother, for example, was used to give Cinderella a motherly figure, since her mother was never shown. ... Grimm's story almost revolves around the mother's death, which ties in the birds and the and magical tree (Taylor). ...

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"(6) During the house fire, Dee stood underneath the gum tree watching the house burn to the ground not attempting to rescue her mother or Maggie, while her mom rescued Maggie. ... "(10) She walked over to the corner to the butter churn and told Mama she wanted the top of the churn, which Uncle Buddy whittled out of a tree. ... "(13) Although, Maggie and Dee have much envy and awe towards each other, they are willing to give up many items to avoid an argument. ...

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When a mother gives birth to her child it is the ultimate bonding experience. When a mother gives her child up for adoption, it is a self sacrificing act for the child's best interests, but a painless one. ... Every time a teacher assigns a family tree, or a report on one's family history, adopted child would feel lost. ... Today parents who choose to give their child for adoption have the option of "open adoption". ...

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A day out from the results Anh was told by his father 'Give it a crack and see what happens. ... Unfortunately Anh didn't get the class captain gig but his family made sure they still celebrated largely for 'giving it a go'. The tree paragraphs provided highlight the pain and suffering that Anh went through from childhood to being an adult. ...

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His name gives the idea of death or warning. ... The description she gives of the trees suggests that evil can have a mystical or angelic appearance. "The trees were full of silver-white sunlight and the meanest of them sparkled" (O'Connor 421). ...

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Emily's mother, Maria, died at a young age just 9 months after giving birth to Emily's sister, Anne. ... The stative verb "rue" conveys the message that both Mr Earnshaw and Mrs Earnshaw regret giving birth to Catherine. ... The opening quatrain deals with the harshness of the storm outside as the ash-tree's "terrible whips" lash against the side of the house. ... This image worsens with the sibilant alliteration "shrieked and slashed" which describes the movement of the tree out in the violent wind. ... This gives the impression of an uneasy fami...

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Summary - This is the story of two families who have been neighbours for a long time. The first family is the Kellers; Mr Joe Keller, his wife Kate and their two sons Larry and Chris. The neighbouring family is the Deevers; Steve Deever, his wife, his son George and his daughter Ann. The ...

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Now, she works full time at the Dollar Tree getting minimum wage. ... Sometimes we don't get a long with a professor or a student and many of us tend to just give up and never come back to face that situation. ...

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History has always called upon the unselfish to give their greatest gifts to the cause. ... It also gives a forum to those who wish to debate the morality of what the soldiers are doing that puts their lives in danger. ... Do the civilians gossip about the tragedy of it all and give uninformed opinions just to add drama to their lives? ... Like cutting the roots from under a tree. ...

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"My father charged you in his will to give me good education," he stormed at his eldest brother Oliver, "but you have trained me like a peasant, obscuring and hiding from me all gentleman-like qualities!" ... He wrote verses about her beauty and virtues and pinned them up on trees in the forest. ... They talked and in the end Rosalind decided to test Orlando and said that "he" would like to meet the young man who "haunts the forest abuses our young plants with carving "Rosalind" on their barks If I could meet that fancy monger, I would give him some good counsel- to "cure" him. ...

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Troy cannot understand how the "white " man can allow his brother to defend their country and almost lose his life but will not even give him a chance to play baseball. ... There is a baseball made of rags hanging from a nearby tree with a baseball bat leaning against it. ... But they can relate to what it feels like to love someone who it seems doesn't love you back, or to give everything you have but get nothing in return and even to hope, wish, and dream for the unknown but to be veered away from it because of other, maybe more important obligations. ...

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As she is watching, a bolt of lightening strikes a chinaberry tree, and sends her stumbling backwards, right into the mans arms. ... The storm had no intentions of destroying families, perhaps it only wished to give first love a second glimpse at what once was, but is no longer. Maybe it simply wanted to give them a taste of what could have been in order to reassure them that what they have now is truly the better of the two. ...

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The second stanza gives the reader the feeling that Aunt Jennifer has had a confining and oppressive marriage. ... She is giving the tigers the traits that she would like to have. The tigers "prance" and "pace in chivalric certainty" and "do not fear the men beneath the tree". ...

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Henrik Ibsen wrote A Doll's House, a dramatic play, in 1879.The play takes place in a Norwegian town. The Helmers are a middle-class family. Torvald and Nora have been married for eight years and have three children. Nora and Torvald appear to have everything they need, but in reality their marriage...

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From the start of the play Nora seems to be immature, asking her "father-like-husband" for money several times, and then wanting to hang money wrapped in "gilt paper" on the Christmas tree, like a small child wanting to hang a color ornament. ... Torvald can be blamed because of his lack of trust in Nora-not giving her any duties-and because of his parent nature-denying her the right to eat certain foods and his constant usage of pet names. ... As Nora's husband treated her in her post marriage life, it seems the father did the same in Nora's youth-never giving her any respon...

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According to Al-Hibri, even when she traces her family tree only the names of male members of the family are written, as if the women don't exist. In her view the role of a woman is perceived in this kind of society by the gender she gives birth to. ... Cheryl Benard highlights how the importance of having a son in the Afghani society is, when women are punished for giving birth to a daughter. Benard in her book writes that when a woman gives birth to a baby girl, not one comes to collect her and the baby; this is because the family and husband are angry with the woman for giving birth ...

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Relationships The purpose of this paper is to discuss two stories that concern relationships amongst family members. The first story is about a father and daughter and the second story is about a great aunt and her niece. In the first story the father had an obsession with vans, but I really do...

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During the whole journey the sight of a rock, an agreeable bit of landscape or a tree noticed by the wayside stamped on my mind a melancholy impress, which I cannot describe. ... He will die "no, I won't get out Oh, very well, but give up my child, my child...

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What Was Dee's Reason For Returning Home? Alice Walker's, Everyday Use (For Your Grandmama), was about a black mother and her two daughters named Dee and Maggie. Between the sisters, it seemed Dee was the selfish one, and as a result, received whatever she desired. Since she was more educated ...

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• Grade Level: High School