He spent so many years away from home fighting for his people and himself, to come home and find his friends trying to covet his wife. ... I found this quote on a website about Vietnam vets and the question asks to the vet was: What was the worst thing about Vietnam? ... By far, this was the worse thing about being in Nam for me. I can forget about the bugs, the rats, the physical wounds and the VC - but being betrayed by your own country, hurt more than any thing else. ... (Homer 495) This example of Odysseus outburst of emotions and criminal act is how I can imagine some of the soldie...

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She wasn't very welcoming to them also and seemed to have a lot of things to say about them. ... This shows that the owner did not welcome immigrants coming into America and thought that believing they would achieve something was nonsense. ... When coming to America, Rose had hoped that she would be able to become prosperous and richer, but because of gender she wasn't able to. ... Moscovitz had discovered that Rose was only living with her sister, he had decided to take use of her because he believed that no one would worry about her. ... This quote shows the suffering Rose felt w...

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Hinton (a young adult fictional novel) is a 16 year old boy who comes from a broken home and is abused. ... The quote "Last month in Sacremento, a 15-year old Yuba City youth who reportedly claimed he was mimicking a TV program about little girls who rob a bank was given a 26 years- life prison term.2 talks about a child who DID plan his murder. ... Johnny never even thought about killing that Soc, but the Soc had thought about killing Johnny, because he had jumped Johnny before. ... In the quote, "Johnny was scared to death. ... In the quote, "He wasn't scared either. ...

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I loved getting her groomed and coming back with hair bows, which you insisted on buying her cute outfits. ... I want to use the quote "How are you makin' it" from Fifth Avenue, Uptown because that's what people really asked me when I told them that being a veterinarian is what I wanted to do in life. ... You filled yourself up on penny candy on the way home, and now you're not hungry". I used this quote from "Silk Parachute" because when I thought about giving up on my dream to become a vet, my mom was always my backbone and made me peruse it. ...

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• Grade Level: High School