Even after Grandma and Grandpa Joad's death, she kept the family together. ... After he returns, Tom and Ma start to discuss California. ... The night before they leave, they decide to let Casy come with them. ... After this, the Joads meet Ivy and Sairy Wilson, and after a spell of debating, they decide that traveling together would suit both families best. ... Unfortunately, Grandma has been dead before the check. ...

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Before I go to bed, I check every lock in house. ... After only a few months of dating, I walked over to her house. Before her house came into view I could smell the smoke. ... After all this he was forced to move back in with his father. ... After the loss of his son, my grandfather lost his will to live. ...

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The night before departing, Jim Casy asks if he can travel with the Joads, so a family meeting is then held, where they decide to let him come along. ... Granpa becomes even sicker and dies while in the Wilson's sheltered tent after suffering a stroke. ... That's when Floyd strikes a cop after being accused of breaking into a used car lot. ... After spending a month in the Weedpatch camp, the Joad men have not been able to find a job. ... After Tom's little sister, Ruthie informs neighborhood children that her brother has killed a man before, it is agreed Tom must go far awa...

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In the opening of the book it gives us a feel of how New Orleans and both families are before the storm hits. ... After the death and mistakes after her first son, Lucy wanted to change so she decided to keep Wesley. ... The day before the storm hit SJ spent his day preparing for the storm by putting up plywood at homes of residents. ... After retrieving the boat, SJ uses it to get Lucy to dry land, but also to rescue others who were stranded. ... Before she ended up in Missouri, the bus that she traveled on was turned down by two other facilities that were already full with refugees. ...

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Soon after this encounter Abadgi senior wife became ill and died. ... This after Nnaife went off to sea after his former employers the Meers left to go off to fight Hitler. ... But after they where feed properly they were fine. ... Nnu hears news that her father is dying and he wants to see her before he dies. ... Before coming home Nnaife gets a new wife on is only sixteen. ...

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After a year of their marriage, they left Mexico and came to the United States. ... But other than that there was not much there to do with spirituality that they did not do before. ... They've learned to handle difficult situations more appropriately than before. ... Marriage is not so easy, so make sure you are ready for it before jumping in." ... Many believe that after saying "I do" that is it and there is nothing else to do. ...

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After Philomene becomes a teenager, the story shifts to tell her story. ... Emily is born in 1861, right before the emancipation of the slaves. ... She wanted to find out more about Emily and the women that came before her. ... I first read Cane River two years ago after my mother recommended it. ... After finishing the book, I am sad that my glimpse into the lives of these women is over. ...

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Even after they had left home she continued to try and divert them from their coarse. ... When the day arrives for the family to depart on their road trip, instead of arguing, the grandmother climbs in the car before anyone else, just as June Star predicts. ... After driving down the road a while, the family passes a cotton field with five or six graves right in the middle of it. ... After eating at Red Sammy's, they continue their journey to Florida. ... O"Connor continues to throw hints of the family's fate after Pitty Sing causes Bailey to flip the car. ...

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This makes his father say something he's never said before. ... Before Dee seemed to hate her sister. After the house where both of the girls and her mother used to be live before. ... Right after his voice brakes and looks at his dad standing in the crowd. ... After leaving for so long with her mother she deserved those quilts. ...

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I've never had to deal with death before. ... Every evening after his death there was a rosary at our house. ... One morning before the rosary my grandma wasn't feeling well. ... After that, they put her into a room and the doctor came to see her. ... I could have told you that before I even came into the room to see her....

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DREW BARRYMORE Woman of the year for Teen Magazine, Drew Barrymore had a future in acting before she was even born. ... Drew's parent's had divorced before Drew was even born. ... After they got through lying and getting away with it, they felt pretty good about themselves. ... She loved the feeling of getting drunk; it was the after feeling that she did not like. ... My parents had gotten divorced before I was born. ...

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Unlike many other religions, Catholics receive communion every week, bless themselves with holy water and before and after they pray, kneel while praying, have confession, and sometimes pray to the Virgin Mary or a particular saint. ... In the Italian naming tradition, the first son is named after the paternal grandfather. The second son is named after the maternal grandfather. The first daughter is named after the paternal grandmother and the second daughter named after the maternal grandmother. Children born after this are named after a favorite aunt or uncle. ...

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After the proposal has been accepted, the groom's family goes to the bride's home and has a small ceremony of acceptance. ... One week before the start of the ceremonies, a separate ceremony is held at the bride's house called the Ubton. ... Before the groom enters the building or area where the ceremony is being held, the sisters of the bride stop the groom and demand money. ... After the mother, the guests congratulate and greet the newly weds and dinner is served. ... Before the bride enters the groom's house some people wash her feet in milk or sacrifice a chicken or a ...

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During the marriage, or before, they, typically speaking, have children. ... After the parents get a divorce, there are effects that the children might experience. ... "A quarter of children whose parents divorce before they reach 18 turn to alcohol, a survey shows.... Teachers become considered with their students when they see behaviorally changes, which usually take place after a divorce. ... But after getting help, there are still problems that will be present through their life. ...

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Sweeny used to be Derek's professor back when he was still in school and before his racism really took hold. ... After their father's death, Danny looked up to Derek, who in trying to remember and honor his father began to repeat and portray characteristics that his father had. ... He shows him love and truths, so that he might be able to change the direction his life is going before it's too late. ... It takes him a while to understand that the Derek he knew before isn't the same as the one who came out. ... A few days after Derek gets out, and the morning after their big...

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As Bane explains, some of the female-headed households, who are in poverty, were already in poverty before the family structure was broken. ... People do not know to the full extent the woman has to suffer after divorce. ... After the break up they have to find a decent job to support themselves. ... The father is most likely not to help the mother and the children after he leaves the family. ... Most of the time the father leaves because he has lost his job and at times the family is already in poverty before the father leaves. ...

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These are questions that can only be answered after careful analysis of said tales of "true love," and after putting them into a context outside of "happily ever after." ... Cinderella paused for only a moment before giving her wish. ... Soon Cinderella had to leave before the Prince had a chance to even speak to her. ... Finally after what seemed like forever, he came upon the house of Cinderella. ... And apart, they lived happily ever after. ...

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Before the story begins, O"Connor provides the reader with an epigraph. ... After driving down the road a while, the family passes a cotton field with five or six graves right in the middle of it. ... After eating at Red Sammy's, they continue their journey to Florida. ... O"Connor continues to throw hints of the family's fate in front of the reader after Pitty Sing causes Bailey to flip the car. As theygather themselves back together after the accident, instead of being frightened, the children begin to joke and play about their situation. ...

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Before the story begins, O"Connor provides the reader with an epigraph. ... After driving down the road a while, the family passes a cotton field with five or six graves right in the middle of it. ... After eating at Red Sammy's, they continue their journey to Florida. ... O"Connor continues to throw hints of the family's fate in front of the reader after Pitty Sing causes Bailey to flip the car. As they gather themselves back together after the accident, instead of being frightened, the children begin to joke and play about their situation. ...

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Part 3- Babushka After a long train ride, I arrive in Zalesie where I see Babushka for the first time in many years. ... Part 5- Montréal and Rockville After a plan ride to Sweden and a long boat ride to Halifax , we arrived at the large city of Montréal. ... He was very upset but invited me and my family to celebrate Chanukah at his house before we left . ... After a morning of lessons I made my way to the lunch where I met my first new friend Miriam. ... After a few months my father decided to buy a deli , where Miriam and I worked after school and on weekends. ...

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Two years later, shortly after my fourth birthday, she married a man named Joey. ... The summer after my family moved, I went to visit my mother before I had to go back home to Lake Village, Arkansas, and begin my junior year of high school. ... The characteristics that I lacked before the downfall of my bond with my mother are now present and visible in my everyday life. ... Lilly wouldn't eat her food even after my father told her several times to. After the third time, he lost his temper and yelled at my sister. ...

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They divorced nearly two years into their marriage, only months before Aileen was born. ... After paying her debt to society in Michigan, Aileen decided to head south to Florida. ... After the divorce, her temper surfaced again. ... A third victim was discovered just before they identified the body of David Spears. ... Aileen opted for the death penalty, although she would sit in prison for almost a decade before she would die by lethal injection. ...

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After the death of her parents, she attended the St. ... After having a few more dates, Edna and Robert declare their love for one another. ... After returning to her "pigeon house- Edna finds a note in place of Robert, he has left her and will not be returning because he loves her so much. ... Before her process of rebirth, Edna imagined pretty-little pictures to go along with the music she heard, now she does not see merely pictures anymore, the music makes her feel new emotions and become even more in touch with herself. ... As stated before, the music now makes Edna feel this shows pr...

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Before I went to grab his hand, he started breathing harder and harder as if he knew it was me. ... My brother told me that our father had passed away a few hours after we left the hospital the night before. ... My life had changed immediately after my brother told me the bad news. ... After the funeral and burial, the whole family met up at my father's house. ... As we walked through the house, I felt closer to my father because I had never been in his house ever before. ...

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A Legacy Like John White The odor of incense is a smell that everyone has probably smelt before. ... As I knelt before him I tried to pray to God and talk to my grandfather but I couldn't concentrate. ... However, after about a half an hour without meeting anyone, three young women approached me. ... He knew all the waitresses, cooks, owners and their families, and they knew exactly what he wanted before he ordered. ... He had arrived there two days after the infamous D-Day invasion on VE Day. ...

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