(Hinton, 57) Instead, it is Rusty's best friend Steve and his brother who treats the wound and offer compassion. ... Rusty's life also lacks a maternal influence, as his mother abandoned her husband and two sons while Rusty and his brother were infants. ... Rusty regards Motorcycle Boy as a friend instead of a brother: "He was the coolest person in the world. Even if he hadn't been my brother he would have been the coolest person in the world." ... For instance, when Motorcycle Boy decides to take his brother into town, Rusty convinces Steve to sneak out and finally agrees to a...

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Our curfew wasn't really ever a big deal with my brother and me. ... My brother and I would moan and groan for days until our parents would go and meet their parents. ... I went from the bus stop to Robert's house one day while my older brother walked home. ... She had six other brothers and sisters. ... He had rules and curfews similar to my brother, sister, and me. ...

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Once upon a time, a little girl lived in a tiny white house with her mom, dad, and older brother. ... While she grew up, she found friends who remained with her from elementary school to junior year of high school. ... When my dad finally left my tiny white house, my mom took care of my older brother and me. ... It was so sudden and unexpected that neither my brother nor I saw it coming until our mom introduced him to us as our stepfather. ... When he gained my brother's trust and love, we truly became a family though they were not the only family I had. ...

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The feeling of home was nowhere to be found in that house that afternoon. ... I gazed out the window and found that my mother's car was still not parked in its usual spot. ... My brother and sister jumped off the couch and greeted him at the door with a hug as usual. ... My brother and sister walked back into the living room and packed up their backpacks. ... My brother, sister, and I all put on our jackets and shoes and started out the door behind him. ...

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Then, my aunt and uncle had found out and had immediately gotten a license to foster the four of us. ... And the first few months of it were, I couldn't have been happier living with my new family with my three siblings and the two new brothers I had that were previously my cousins. ... But the worst part is he never got mad at my brother Nathaniel. ... He very often took his anger out on my two brothers, Joey and Dillen, and me, but not often on my two sisters, Brittnie and Kourtney. And there was not a single memory I have of him every laying a hand on my younger brother, Nathaniel. ...

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I had never heard of this event before and as soon as I found out what the event was for it immediately peaked my interest and I wanted to go. ... The girl later found out the truth, but also discovered that she was not the only baby in her biological mothers womb. She had a brother named Jonathon. ... I could never imagine losing my brother, Mike, because words can't even describe how much he means to me. ... This really hit me hard, because before my brother Mike was born, my adoption parents found out that after I was born I had major heart problems which resulted in staying in the is...

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I was so surprised to see my mom and aunt waiting by the door with my brother Tim. ... I knew something still was not right, I don't know if my brother was feeling it too, but I know I sure was. ... That day has to be the worst day I've ever experienced, the day I found out my father died. ... He picked my brother and I up from school in his old beat up red and white retro looking mini van. ... My brother and I were asked to write him letters, I am not sure why. ...

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As she reached the bottom of the stairs, she turned to her right and moved silently to her brother's bedroom where she figured he lay asleep in his bed. ... "David,"" she whispered as she looked up at her brother's 5'8- figure in the shadows. ... With that, Sam climbed the stairs, following her brother. ... She gave her brother, who was obviously in shock, a quick glance before running into her room and slamming the door behind her. ... Why an eleven-year-old needs that much make-up is a mystery to her She just shrugged and dug around in the drawer until she found her hair drye...

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Todd's brother, who attended Welton Academy prior to Todd, was a valedictorian and a national merit scholar. Todd feels that he could never live up to his brother's potential because his father spent most of his time with his brother, leaving Todd behind. ... This made Todd isolated from his feelings and his opinions because the only one who was getting importance in his family was his brother. ... Another personality trait found commonly in boys with controlling fathers is misbehavior. ...

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She goes to visit her mom and dad one day at their house he found out something tragic had happened. ... The part of the story that really confused me was how the father was acting when he found out his wife was dead. ... I actually know someone that came home one day from work and saw his own brother hanging from a tree in their front yard. ... After it was all over I found out that there was a reason that he killed himself, which was, because his girlfriend broke up with him. ...

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She goes to visit her mom and dad one day at their house he found out something tragic had happened. ... The part of the story that really confused me was how the father was acting when he found out his wife was dead. ... I actually know someone that came home one day from work and saw his own brother hanging from a tree in their front yard. ... After it was all over I found out that there was a reason that he killed himself, which was, because his girlfriend broke up with him. ...

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After observing I found many things. I found that Joe had become very aggressive. ... I have also noted that it seems that she feels as though it may be her responsibility to watch out for and take care of her little brother. ... They found academic deficits among them, lagging behind children from two parent families. ... This was found to be true of only preschool children and even though the development of masculine sex roles is slowed it is not long-term. ...

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Born as Marguerite Johnson, Maya Angelou her brother, Bailey Johnson was born in Long Beach, California. ... Bailey, Maya's older brother, was loyal, good looking, intelligent, and playful. ... Maya was then taken to the hospital for Bailey and their mother had found her stained panties under the bed and fears that she sick. ...

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I began to ask her questions back after back, "Scott and Brian aren't my real brothers?... I took a deep breath and opened up the box where I found a picture of my biological mom and dad, and a stack of holiday and birthday cards that were about six inches high. ... " As Sharon and I were going through the baby book I found out a lot about my family, my grandparents moved from Greece, my mom writes poetry and my dad does wood work and he is looking to go back to college. ...

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I can't imagine living with twelve brothers and sisters and getting along! ... He found that two were faster. ... He found that one was faster, because with two he cut himself so many times it took him twice as much time to cover up the cuts. ...

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James appreciated every penny and found himself trying to earn as much money as he possibly could. ... I personally feel sorry for Jamie, as I am too an older brother. ... As soon as his younger brother, Edmund, was born, Jamie lost time with his mother. ...

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One day he found out that his high school sweetheart was pregnant, he then got married to her during the summer after their senior year in high school, and the two moved together from Boise, Idaho, to Cambridge, Mass where their son was born. ... Throughout this series this young man named Ben lets his big brother move in and Ben asks what could be better than my two best buds living in the same house as me; I got my best friend and my big bro. ...

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Mom soon found him sick in a hospital bed, with the doctors" heads bent down low with pity. ... My father's brother was a guy who stole any things that had a value, and sold it in the black market. ...

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Rebel Without A Cause, released in 1955, is a film that sympathetically portrays the rebellious, misunderstood, American middle-class youth. The story provides a full, but stylized look at the world of the conformist mid-1950s. Critics of the 1950's industry in America have claimed that it is ideolo...

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There she was the lonesome girl all alone in her bedroom, she was a girl of eighteen years old with no brothers or sisters to talk to. ... The police and forensics were around, and were looking for clues, but they found a box of tablets, which were half emptied. ...

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When I found out that I was going to write a paper on my family and our culture, it never struck me that I would be looking into their past. ... The night he arrived he found shelter with other immigrants in a two bedroom home with nearly fifteen men. ... When my sisters found out that I was being so rude and so stupid they quickly snapped that out of me. ...

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We all have to face problems in as kids, but facing those problems as a "miserable Irish Catholic" is the worst way (McCourt 11). Take everything you have right now, throw it away and multiply how horrible that is by three and you will have a slight chance of what it was like for Frank McCourt as he...

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