Last of all, the film discusses how the natural history of New Zealand carries on to this day and is visible by the constant eruptions and activities of volcanoes, and also shifts of the Pacific plate and Indian-Australian plate meet at a fault line going through New Zealand. ... The bush cricket averages to about inches in leg span and is covered with thorns in its armored body. The males also using the thorns on its legs as weapons when fighting other males for a female. ... Kiwi's are born with very strong legs which they use for defense. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

"You're not going to get lung cancer, are you?... Jerry would probably go as far as saying that she is pure evil. ... He would be sitting defensively, with his legs crossed, as Jerry points out: "The way you cross your legs, perhaps?... I think that he knew that he was going to kill himself before he even met Peter. He may not have known when exactly he was going to die, or how exactly he was going to die, but he knew. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

She "couldn't go back" to the school because she wanted to avoid the consequences of getting sick in front of everyone (1413). ... When Amanda confronts Laura about not attending her business classes, Laura unconsciously goes over to the Victrola and begins playing. ... Although Tom is not going to the movies, it is a simple excuse for him to avoid the reality of his frustrating life. ... I go," referring to his everyday routine and his job at the warehouse (1417). ... Amanda instructs Laura to think of her leg as a way to "cultivate other things" (1415). ...

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• Grade Level: High School

She studied Herpetology (the study of reptiles) in high school and had hopes to become good enough to go on an expedition. ... Instead of going down to a shelter like she was told, she went onto the roof to take pictures. ... While she was in Korea on another assignment, she noticed a dull ache on her left arm and leg. ... In the summer of 1971 she fell, cracking three ribs, and had to go to the hospital. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

She also claimed they made her eat "slop" and wash dishes and go straight to bed on her birthday. Obviously the orphanage never had a cake made of wood or made her wash dishes and go straight to bed. ... While she eyes men and turns her body various angles to make her legs or breasts to appear more prominate. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Instead of going insane from the traumas of war, however, he turns to drugs to ease his discomfort. ... At the beginning of the novel, Eva cuts off her leg by placing it in front of a train so she can collect the insurance and take care of the very child whom she later murders as well as his siblings. ...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School