.... male and female, a son came from one of his legs, and the rest of the giants descended from these people. The cow, Audhumla, came about from melting rime and as it licked the salty rime-stones, Buri was "born." Buri begat a son named Bor; with the giantess Bestla as his wife, Bor had three sons: Odin Vili, and Ve. From here, things started taking a different direction. These three sons went off and killed Ymir, and from Ymir’s blood, death came to all but one of the giants. They took Ymir’s body to Ginnungagap, and from Ymir’s blood and body parts, the physical parts of the world came about: seas, lakes, mountains, trees, and t .....

.... had all begun. He and his friends form a gang, first by writing their name in blood and second, by taking an oath that vows to never reveal their secrets to anyone. If one reveals their secrets to anyone, they would be killed and their family would be killed also. At first glance while reading this page, it would seem as though was a boy who was a killer and one with no conscience, but it is mearly describing a boy who was in the beginning of a great adventure, yet to take place. "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," takes place during a period in a young boys life, when he is trying to find out who he really is and trying to find .....

.... Weisbrot also chronicles within his book, struggle for racial equality in America, from the first sit-in at a Greensboro, North Carolina Woolworth'to the freedom rides to the 1963 March on Washington. He incorporates all the pivotal and influencial civil rights organizations of the time, inlcuding the NAACP, CORE, SNCC and SCLC, and details their actions in moving toward racial equality. He also enlists personal accounts from those involved with the movement, incluing highly-regarded leaders and student protesters, to add a more intimate perspective to the movement. Through this, he successfully demonstrates that the civil rights movemen .....

.... by having this covering on half of his face. What they really don't know is that Mr. Hooper has this veil on half of his face because he is trying to hide his secret sin. He doesn't want to look the world with his face because he doesn't want them to see him and look in his eyes and be able to tell that he is hiding something that he doesn't want anyone to know about. Even his fiancé tries to get him to remove the horrid veil and he said he would when the hour is to come. He knows that everyone else should be wearing a black veil because they are all hiding their secret sin as well. Mr. Hooper feels that his secret sin is a very evil th .....

.... or expecting any answers. This is where her destiny plays a role in her life. Since Bill picks the slip, her family is now marked. Within the marked family only they choose another slip. Tessies bad luck hits her again. She chooses the wrong slip. She turns Bills suffering into her own. Because of her destiny her life came to an end. As she stands in the circle by herself all she could say is "this isn't fair"(Jackson 302). Mrs. Hutchinson a character in the story is somewhat related to Anne Hutchinson who was a caretaker of the sick. Anne ran to the aide of people by showing them her kindness and generosity. Mrs. Hutchinson in jackso .....

.... and power. The Millimurra/Munday family were forced to live white - the Australian government tried to assimilate them by means of english education, clothing, food, and so on. It may have appeared that they were the good, doing this for the natives and civilizing them but really they were wiping out the culture the family already had and could have made them feel unsure about who they are, where they beong, but on the other hand with the Millimurra/ Munday family, it made them stronger going though all the hardship. The character’s strength as in dealing with choices can conclude how he or she will feel or express emotions wh .....

.... is fraught with constant and unexpected tragedy and loss does he realize the truth, that his perceptions of himself and of how others perceived him had been backwards his entire life. The story opens with the narrator participating in a "battle royal" prior to delivering a speech on humility, and on the progress of the Black people. These are the days during which he is still a hopeful scholar, defining himself as a "potential Booker T. Washington." At this point he is living the life that others have told him that he should live, and defines himself as he believes he is seen through their eyes, as an icon of what a Black person can achieve .....

.... journalism skills and also supports Patty when no one else will. Anton Reiker was a prisoner of war. After he escapes the POW camp he hides in the room above Patty's garage. Patty feeds and clothes Anton. Anton is kind and generous to others, but more than anything he wants to protect Patty. He is one of Patty's only supporters. Pearl Bergen is Patty's mom. She is nervous and quick to judge people, but especially Patty. She is rude and does not protect Patty from her father when he decides to beat her. FBI agent Pierce is the man who comes to question Patty before and after the death of Anton. He is a hard man and is rude to Patty during .....

.... War II, Germany made an attempt to overrun Europe. What happened when the Nazis came into power and persecuted the Jews in Germany, Austria and Poland is well known as the Holocaust. Here, human’s evil side provides one of the scariest occurrences of this century. Adolf Hitler and his Nazi counterparts conducted raids of the ghettos to locate and often exterminate any Jews they found. Although Jews are the most widely known victims of the Holocaust, they were not the only targets. When the war ended, 6 million Jews, Slavs, Gypsies, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, Communists, and others targeted by the Nazis, had died in the Holocaust. .....

.... She gave him hundreds of reasons why he was needed on the farm and not in the war. Henry knew his mother would not want him to enlist, but it was his decision to make. He dreamed of the battles of war, and of what it would be like to fight in those glorious battles. He didn^t want to stay on the farm with nothing to do, so he made his final decision to enlist. After enlisting he finds himself in a similar situation, with nothing to do. While there he becomes friends with two other soldiers, John Wilson, ^the loud soldier / ^the friend^ and Jim Conklin, ^the tall soldier^. Wilson was a loud spoken and obnoxious .....