... , she wasn't very wealthy and couldn't afford to buy a new dress for the special occasion. Landon was scared to show up with Jamie because she wasn't very popular or liked, everyone considered her as the weird one... she was the outcast. The day of the dance Landon helped decorate the gym and he also had to be at Jamie's a half an hour early so Hegbert could talk ... he was seen in overalls and a T-shirt. Hegbert asked some weird and ridiculous questions about his future and stuff. Soon, but not soon enough for Landon, they wereoff to the dance, something the two of them had both been lo...

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• Grade Level: High School

... in a period of three months (Hopkins, p.59). He took LSD or smoked marijuana, or both, virtually on a daily basis, while scribbling poetry in a notebook (Hopkins, p.59). These poems eventually became songs. Jim ran into a friend from school, Ray Manzarek. Jim said he had been writing poems and Ray asked him to sing one (Hopkins, p.60). When he had finished Ray said ... had always sought self-definition. This search was marked first by constant attention seeking as a child. When he still could not feel his own existence, he then looked to others for the reactions and responses he needed ...

• Word Count: 3338
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... after her husband becomes permanently disabled. Her new love interest voices concern about her ability to have a career and be a good mother. The following conversation reveals that Kate's career is an issue for the couple. Steel states: ..suddenly looked at her seriously , as he held her gently in his arms. "I don't want you to ... a very bleak outlook on life. She had lost a breast, and she could still lose her life. She was disfigured now, and for the next six months she was going to be desperately ill on chemo. She would very probably lose her hair and just as possibly be permanantly ...

• Word Count: 4014
• Approx Pages: 16
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• Grade Level: High School