... Will they become begrudged spinsters dependent on some in-law? The alternative is marriage. Laura becomes uncomfortable. Didn't Laura ever like a boy? Amanda wants to know. Once, in high school, a boy named Jim, says Laura. He used to call her Blue Roses after she recovered from an attack of pleurosis. Six years ago he ... appear as the nickname and symbol for the Rose character in her happiest (though most painful in their ultimate outcome) moments: those in which the one boy she ever cared for pays her some regard. SCENE 3 The words "After the fiasco--" appear on the screen as the scene...

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... the top of our lungs as the car flashes by. "That was intense." Back to the house, but distracted by the stars in the sky shortly. Inside sitting in the kitchen I hear the music coming from the Fantasia movie that's playing in the living room. Next thing I know, the floor drops out and I'm flying in the air. I grab the seat of ... him tonight. I would be upset too if he came into town and I didn't get to see him right away. Besides, you guys are just going to go to sleep, right?" "Boy, Chad sure is sensitive isn't he," my mom interrupts. I change the subject and then say, "Yeah" and "A-...

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... fellow fan. Second Prototype The second prototypical individual is a man named Richard. He is forty-five years old and lives in the suburbs of Chicago. Ever since he was a young boy he can remember watching the Chicago Bears play football. When growing up, he and his father use to watch the games together on Sunday afternoon while his mother was in ... the kitchen cooking. Year after year Richard and his father watched football together on every Sunday. Watching these games was a family tradition that each generation had in common with the other. No ... ...

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... the children, his mother provided most of the affection for the children. His mother had eight other children to care for and therefore she often went to work in the kitchen of white people. This left little time for her to spend with her first born, James. His stepfather was a strict disciplinarian who showed James little love. During the time that ... . Rebelling against his household responsibilities, he soon moved to Greenwich Village and began to write a novel. He supported himself by performing a variety of odd jobs: handyman, porter, elevator operator, office boy, factory, worker,...

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• Grade Level: High School