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    dances and ways of the People. Then, the Spanish and Black Robes came and everything changed. The Spanish were very brutal to the People, but the had also introduced new plants for cultivation, such as watermelon. The People eventually outlawed the garden seeds in order to reject their new ways. Like the story itself, this was true. The People had rejected new influences in order to continue their regular cultural lives. The peace was not settled, so Pope drove out the Spanish settlers in the Pueblo

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    Writing everything down is one way people can clearly get their thoughts out. It is the way people can edit what they want to say before they say it and make sure it is perfect before the public can witness it. We see it all the time in newspapers and magazines, ink and paper is the safest way to say something that not everyone will want to hear. Writing is a tool that many famous authors use to paint a bigger picture and shed light on some major issues. One of these major issues is the stereotyping

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    To start with, Mary Lennox is introduced as a bitter and bratty young girl who lacks the love she needs. Moving forward, in the beginning scene, Mary narrates her feelings about her parents, saying, “My parents always thought about themselves, never about me.” Mary told the viewers her main conflict, which also relates to the other dynamic characters. Focused on Mary, however, this is mainly caused by Mary’s history growing up and how she was treated by her parents. Joylessly, Mary was disregarded

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    Susan Sowerby

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    Susan Sowerby is a minor character in The Secret Garden. She is the mother of twelve children, including Mary Lennox’s good friend, Dickon, and her maid named Martha. Susan is a loving and good-hearted mother and person, providing insight to help put her children on the right path for life. Her good parenting is portrayed through her children, Dickon and Martha, who are both kindred and mature children who show good judgement by providing for their family and helping out in whatever way they can

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    Designing your garden is most likely a personal statement of style. What one person likes may not be what another likes. For instance, some people like their gardens to be neat and tidy, while others love the adventure of winding paths and exotic plants. Formal, semi-formal, and informal are the three variations on the style for a garden. To properly design your garden, however, you will need to have the basic Garden tools, and perhaps a few extras depending on the look you are going for. You can

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    that these firms generate would want to be kept secret. Companies gain strategic competitive edges from keeping their intellectual property a secret. Disclosing their trade secrets would result in other companies following suit and copying their ideas. The hemp industry is no different, as one can see the specific instances of intellectual property that these hemp firms fight for. Many companies have their own secret extraction methods or secret ingredient lists that are something competitors

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    Thought of Pure Evil Imagine having to hide a secret for many years, only to realize that it will soon be revealed. The Possibility of Evil is a short story written by Shirley Jackson. When an old lady goes to her local post office to deliver the secret letters she has been writing for years, she accidently drops a letter and her covert is revealed. Miss Strangeworth seems like the kindest lady in town, but after one of neighbors discovers her secret, the entire village realizes that Miss Strangeworth

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    Sheep By Valerie Hobbs

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    I am Yeung Pik Ting from 5M. My book is Sheep by Valerie Hobbs. I am going to do task 3 – A gift for a character. I would like to give Luke, the owner of Jack a house with a big garden. I think this will be the most suitable and the best gift for both Luke and Jack. Luke is a homeless kid and he was living in the Good Shepherd house for boys. However, he didn’t like the house and he didn’t have a sense of belonging in the Good Shepherd house for boys. He didn’t have his own home so he could not provide

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    By presenting this problem, Burnett tends to reflect reality. Through Mary’s story, she is criticizing the behaviour of English mothers in India. She points out that British wives in India are often described as being far from domestic ideals by both ignoring their children and failing to properly supervise the servants who look after them. Burnett was daring enough to tackle Mary’s mother unaccepted behaviour and hints at infidelity. Many assume that it is hot weather that drives those wives to

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    naturally kind to his own social class as they stick together to work towards an advance of their position in society. This theme is demonstrated by the community of Hooverville, the donation for the sake of the deceased child’s grave, and the Secret Gardens. This theme is prominent throughout, but is especially visible in chapter nineteen of the novel. Additionally, the theme is exemplified by the key symbol, “grapes of wrath,” introduced in chapter twenty-five. As mentioned previously, the theme

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