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As the soot of years cascaded out of it like a dirty river...

Soot: Black substance consisting of amorphous carbon

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"In the old days they used to send little boys up to clean chimneys like that," he said. "They got stuck sometimes."

Chidlren's bodies were often deformed. They didn't live past middle age. The last child in England to die was George Brewster.

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"You did that on purpose, didn't you?" said the boy. "Is that your 'game'--make me think your dead, scare the life out of me? Well, it's not bloody funny!"

This book is based in England. Should have figured considering the author lives there.

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She was the only person in the whole room looking at the camera.

These endings are really bad, not gonna lie

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She'd been caught in the moment of turning around, and her face was so frightened---eyes wide, mouth open--just like the old lady in the album.

Maybe the old lady wasn't "crazy" she knew she was being followed like Sammie.

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Was that what her mom had meant about not being right in the head--was that what being ill in your head looked like?

Maybe her grandma wasn't ill? idk

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"In each one the girl's face was turned toward the camera, and she looked so frightened.

Who could've put those images in the photo album?

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"To how quickly the time goes," the man said, suddenly all brightness and smiles. "Seems to go quicker, though, if you're having a chat, doesn't it? But it's always the same..."

This man gives me the creeps.

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The boy followed him.

Oh that's frightening.

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And they were still counting.

This is probably what happened w/ other babysitters.

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Page 98

"And we can open our eye really wide."

"We" that's obviously not a habit. This kid is weird.

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"The fridge was full of food--plates and saucers covered in plastic film, fruit and meat still in its packaging--but how long it had all been there, there was no saying. All of it was rotten and moldy.

I have a feeling the kids aren't actually kids but instead fully grown adults

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They looked at each other again.

These children are quite foolish

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...It had been on her paper route when she used to do one--but she didn't know the actual house at all.

The characters in the stories he tells are so oblivious

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And as he began to speak, the world around the boy seemed to shift again.

Its almost as if Sam becomes apart of the stories himself.

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“Not that many," the man said. "Besides, I was waiting for you to get off."

The old man knew he was coming?

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It was just like the smell of meat in the butcher's shop.

I don't understand the ending of this story.

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The whole thing stank like the canal.

He can't get rid of the coin...interesting.

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"Your Lucky Day."

This story's catchphrase I'm guessing.

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"So---it's been in a smash," said Frank.

Car accident. That's why Sam feels the way he does.

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She didn't see the shabbiness of it either---didn't see the wrongness of it all.

They're oblivious to the problem (that isn't a good sign.)

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"Rock and roll, Sam," said his dad.

Quite the old timer I see.

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The boy said it louder than he'd meant to.

The old man knows he is lying. It's quite obvious he is.

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...and in the dark of her little room, the bedside light clicked on.

This ending wasn't as bad as the first story.

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It looked all wrong---like a photograph of the yard, not the real thing.

So like a flash bang?

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"What the--"

The old man reminds me of the grandpa in the visit.

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"Ssshh...ssshh...," she whispered, over and over again, rocking hi in her arms until finally, he made no sound at all.

The ending is kind of bad. Did he die? Was it meant to leave us on a cliffhanger?

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It was someone else completely

I am guessing it is the witch right now

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"She was so nice about Niall. She loves little children--"

I wonder why

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She felt sick.

I would too if I smelled that. Old candles were made out of stearin/tallow/and beeswax

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"...Hangman's noose snuffed out my light, burn little candle nice and bright..."

Again, she is foolish.

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She couldn't believe her disappointment. There were four candles in the box, that was all.

Candles had great significance to witches back in the day. She is foolish for even touching them.

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“You see, love?" her mom had said, smiling. "You see?"

People usually fake how they feel often as a coping mechanism.

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“Got a little brother, do you?" he asked.

This old man knows a lot about him. I don't think he is just guessing.

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“It’s not a station,” he said brightly. “It’s a Permanent Way Post. You’re on a Permanent Way Post.”

This sounds a little sketchy.

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CHOICE BOOK: the wrong train by Jeremy de Quidt

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Just took my Noredink English 9 final. I got a 46/50.

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NON-FICTION STORY TEN
Title: "Quietest place on Earth" finds purpose in healing humans
Main point: This place wants to "reset the brains" of their visitors.
Surprising concept: People found that their bodies became quite loud

“....many visitors found that their own bodies become quite noisy.”

Questions: None

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NON-FICTION STORY NINE
Title: More sharks than usual in Socal, yet fewer in San Francisco
Main point: There are more sharks in Southern California
Surprising concept: Warm water and more food is making the sharks go to SoCal.

“..Warmer water and abundant food is making the California coast much more invidint to sharks than it normally is this time of year. ”

Questions: None

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NON-FICTION STORY EIGHT
Title: How can you tell if your cat is happy and likes you?
Main point: Cats display their liking to their owners differently
Surprising concept: If we watch the way they act we can figure out how they feel

“Cats can't tell us how they're feeling, but if we observe their behavior closely we can work out a lot.”

Questions: None

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NON-FICTION STORY SEVEN
Title: What is pain and what is happening when we feel it?
Main point: Pain is the result of the brain evaluating information
Surprising concept: Pain is a protective mechanism

“...We now think of pain as a complex and highly sophisticated protective mechanism.”

Questions: None

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NON-FICTION STORY SIX
Title: Is it possible to create zero waste?
Main point: Sustainability means meeting our needs today without compromising the needs of the future generations
Surprising concept: Nature does not create waste—an organisms waste is another’s resource

“…Nature does not create waste because one organism’s waste is another organism’s resource…”

Questions: None

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NON-FICTION STORY FIVE
Title: Trump revokes Obama’s race-based college admissions guidance
Main point: Trump administration does not want colleges to consider a student’s race when considering them as a student
Surprising concept: Advice has now been reversed

“…departs from the position of the Obama administration…allowed schools to consider race in admissions decisions…advice has now been reversed.”

Questions: None

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NON-FICTION STORY FOUR
Title: 2018 elections add wider spectrum of representation to Congress
Main point: New lawmakers taking office in January will be the most diverse Congress ever.
Surprising concept: Congress will include many people with different backgrounds

“…First time…Native American congresswomen are headed to the House of Representatives….two Muslim congresswomen,….two black women from MA and CT….”

Questions: None

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NON-FICTION STORY THREE
Title: Social. Media creates casual bonds between politicians and their voters
Main point: Politicians are becoming closer to their voters by social media
Surprising concept: They often livestream and answer any questions voters may have

“…Ocasio-Cortez’s live streams…[taking] a laid back approach.”

Questions: None

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NON-FICTION STORY TWO
Title: Barack Obama’s Election Night Victory Speech
Main point: President Obama’s election night speech

Surprising concept: Defeated Senator John McCain—making him the first black president in US history.

“…On Nov. 4, 2008, 69.4 million Americans voted for Barack Obama as president, helping him defeat Senator John McCain.”

Questions: None

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NON-FICTION STORY ONE
Title: Women across the US are running for office in record numbers
Main point: “A record number of women are running for the US house, senate, and state legislatures this year. More than any other election in US history.”
Surprising concept: inspired by women-motivated movements (which is great)

“…as the #MeToo movement exploded and Women’s March anniversary rallies were planned…the record was shattered again with more than 25,000 women signing up online to learn about running for office.”

Questions: None

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Something I wish I knew more of is the sun

photographed by lensmen, and prized by philosophers

It’s often an appreciated piece of art, yet we know little to none

O such delight it brings to astronomers

Such delight it brings to those never fased

I know it may bring sadness upon those dismal

And by others I mean those who weren’t ever amazed

You see, my dad hated the sun; he saw it as abysmal

He hated the way it gleamed as daylight had started

My father was a night owl—both he and my mother

“Porque, hija, tú no entendería. I can’t explain it to one so kind-hearted.”

And so I left it at that, not caring to discover

not caring to understand what he meant was never my concern

I just wish I had found out before I knew he would never return

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There is my sonnet. Only a few more things left for this course.

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sonnet process: I finished it already. it is pretty sad but hopefully that isn't dwelled too much upon.

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sonnet process: I fixed it. I don't think 'mother' and 'discover' rhyme all too well but I can't think of anything else.

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Sonnet process: I realized I messed up. I need to change a few words

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Sonnet process: I used an old word: repugn.

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Sonnet process: I wrote it in my notes and I am now transferring it to my paper

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Sonnet process: I wrote my sonnet in 25 minutes...I'm not sure it's good

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Sonnet process: I actually formed a sentence that makes sense: "Porque, hija, tú no entendería." The girl in my story's father is bilingual. I think it's a nice twist

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Sonnet process: I might add a part in spanish. Me gusta la clase de español. Jajaja. One of my childhood friends is fluent in spanish, I only know a few things because of her

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Sonnet process: I chose to write a story based off the sun. It's a fictional story but I think it might go well.

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Elizabethan Era Prezi:
https://prezi.com/view/kgPX3OeNMraKpokc7vNn/

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FINISHED THE BOOK 10/21/2018

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Page 174: "Look here--this isn't Mr. Gatsby. Mr Gatsby's dead." I just googled how Mr. G died. It says he was murdered by George Wilson.

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Page 170: "...the holocaust was complete." I do not understand his use of the word holocaust.

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Page 160: "...pervaded with a melancholy beauty." So she was sad...but beautiful while she was.

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Page 153: Overall chapter 6: Daisy doesn't seem to be in love with Gatsby as much as he is with her....that's sad.

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Page 149: "...tears were overflowing down his face." I haven't cried like this since I was like 6 .

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Page 147: "It was a yellow car." Gatsby's car.

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Page 146: "expostulation; it was a minute before I could see anything...." expostulation: expression of protest--not a rant--lengthy.

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Update: Myrtle died

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Page 143: "So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight." This sounds like foreshadowing.

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Page 142: Paragraph 2: I don't understand why Tom is so upset about this. Isn't he cheating as well?

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Page 137:  "She's never loved you. She loves me." I believe Daisy has Tom at ONE point.

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Page 135: "Yea--ea--ea" This reminds me of an excited child.

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Page 133: "The thing to do is to forget about the heat." I remember one time during the summer. our AC broke. That was absolutely horrid.

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Page 127: "Her voice is full of money." To have a voice full of money conveys a voice full of privilege.

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Page 118: "...and what I had almost remembered was uncommunicable forever." I believe this is a link to Nick's kiss w/ Jordan. Not sure though.

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Page 117: "...the incarnation was complete." Incarnation obtains powerful religious resonance--suggesting a transformation of a god into the form a body.

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Page 114: "...under the old euphemisms..." A euphemism is where you use one word as a subsitute for a more offensive word.

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Page 110: "Tom was evidently perturbed..." Tom was upset here.

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Page 106: "...provided for such contingencies by reposing more and more trust..." to be contingent is when you have dependence on an event that isn't certain.

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Page 106: "turned up as James Gatz's destiny in Little Girl Bay." Gatsby was only 17 here.

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Page 105: paragraph 2: "I've picked up that although his ambitions gave him great desires, it was often filled w/ false hopes. Ultimately saying, Gatsby was so detached w/ reality which made him try so hard to impress other.s.

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Page 104: "...vulgar and meretricious beauty." Something that is "meretriciously beautiful" is something that has attraction but no real value/integrity.

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Page 103: "underground pipeline to Canada" was a bootlegging scandal involving alcohol (Sent through an underground pipeline from Canada)

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Page 102: Overall Chapter 5: It's interesting to know how Gatsby feels towards the end of this chapter. Like, if he has nothing to work towards, why doesn't he find something new?

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Page 101: "It was the hour of a profound human change and excitement was generating on the air." This is probably an indication of the excitement shared between the 2 (D + G)

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Page 100: "When Klipspringer had played "The Love Nest" he turned around on the bench....: The significance of this song in this chapter is that The Love Next represents Daisy's hesitancy to leave her secure marriage with Tom for a relationship w/ Gatsby

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Page 99: "...and there was a pink and golden billow of foamy clouds above the sea." This text reminded me of a summer day I had in 2014. I was 10 then.

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Page 97- paragraph 4: nick is describing Gatsby-- his determination/feelings after waiting to meet w/ Daisy. The statement "running down like an over-wound clock" shows he's breaking down in nervousness.

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"...every vestige of embarrasment was gone." every indication of embarassment was gone

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Page 93: "...so I stared at it, like Kant at his church steeple..." Immanuel Kant was an 18th century German philosopher who was known for gazing at a church steeple while thinking.

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Page 91: "...siting frightened but graceful on the edge of a stiff chair. " Stiff chairs are the worst.

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Page 90: "The exhilarating ripple of her voice was a wild tonic in the rain." The way Fitz wrote this was perfect. I could picture how it might've sounded.

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Overall Chapter 4: Gatsby's past is interesting

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Page 85: "There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired." Everyone falls into one of these categories. I believe I am either the pursuing or tire. Not sure.

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Page 83: "I'm the Sheik of Araby, Your love belons to me. At night when you're asleep, Into your tent I'll creep." This song is by the Beatles. When did this story take place?

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Page 81: "'Say 'Daisy's change' her mine!'" Daisy never wanted to marry Tom in the first place (??)

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Page 75: "The juxtaposition of these two remarks..." Juxtaposition - The fact of 2 things being seein or placed close together w/ contrasting effect