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Dialogue

"How was school today Ellie?" My mom asks as I get in the car. "Fine," I say tired as always. "Did anything happen today? Anything important?" She says as if she knows something. "Not really. Except I had a French test," I say distantly because my phone is distracting me. "Well, how did it go?" "It was alright, I studied so hard for it. I think I made an A," I say still distracted by my phone. "Good." We drive the rest of the car ride in silence because my mom has nothing to say, and I am too distracted to say anything. "Home already," I mumble to myself, not noticing how short one car ride could be. "What was that?" My mom asks. "Nothing," I say annoyed. "Ellie start your homework soon! You need to go to bed by 10:00," says my mom knowing by the time I finished homework and lollygagging on my phone, it will already be 11:00. "Mom but I am so tired, can't I ...
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A + P

One of my favorite short stories was A+P. Although I had a hard time with understanding Sammy's point of view on things, it was still interesting to see what guys think of girls sometimes. The first time I read through to annotate I read very quickly, yet I understood most things. I had to read A+P  a second time slowly to truly understand what was going on in the story. What made this short story so interesting, was seeing what Sammy thought about the girls. I did not like how he wondered if girls just had a little buzz in their head or if they actually had brains. Although he did stand up for the girls, he still talked poorly about them. I think Sammy is a bit girl crazy because he quit his job because his boss did not allow the girls to come in just with their swimsuits. Overall, I enjoyed the short story A+P.
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Research Update

For the past couple of weeks I have been researching specific sources for my research paper that is due in a couple of weeks. I chose "Hitler's Rise to Power" and I have found it easy but challenging at the same time. Hitler is such a mysterious, yet widley known person which is why, I think, this process is the way it is. Looking up Hitler's and his rise to power can be difficult because people still wonder how he was able to rise to power in a legal, democratic way. He is mysterious because he has done so meany thing and had so many followers, and no one stopped him. Although it is difficult sometimes, it is also easy becuse Hitler is such a widley known person and has committed so many bad deeds. Therefor, this process has been difficult yet easy at the same time.
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