The company he created is called TOMs, short for Tomorrow's Shoes, and he got the idea while Vacationing in Argentina in 2006. ... It was right when those two observations came together in his head that he got the idea for TOMs, which is for every alpargata he could sell in America (and eventually across the globe), he would give away another one to a Argentinian child in need. ... In Blake's case, the story was very simple; Many kids in Argentina don't have shoes, but if you buy a pair of alpargatas from TOMs, they will donate a free pair to a child in need. ... Chapter 4 is al...

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He is an only child, like Lee, and is really into drugs and alcohol, both of which he was well known for at school. ... Like Ellie she is an only child, and like Lee she can play the piano. ... Robyn is also an only child, and is very quiet and religious. ... Corrie is an only child and finds comfort in the arms of Kevin and the words of Ellie. ... This could almost be called sibling rivalry. ...

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For a while now I've been going through a long thought process wondering not "What is man? " but "What am I?- and where I belong in the garden maze known as life. My philosophy on all the topics that we've had in this course and those that I've experienced in my life are rather optimistic, hypocritical, and skeptical. I believe that human life is valued less than it should be, that it does have a meaning. ...

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