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    <title>The Great Gilly Hopkins Group at eNotes</title>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the novel, "The Great Gilly Hopkins," Gilly decides that she will get...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In the novel, "The Great Gilly Hopkins," Gilly decides that she will get together enough money to run away.  She is wanting to go find her mother and she needs to get to California.  She originally thinks of getting Agnes to help her steal money, but then she decides to get William Ernest to help her steal.  The problem is that up until this time she had been mean to the little boy. 
Gilly decides to make friends with William Ernest so...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Mrs. Trotter warned Gilly not to be mean to William Ernest because he...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Mrs. Trotter warned Gilly not to be mean to William Ernest because he was smaller, shy, and appeared more fragile than Gilly.  He was younger than Gilly, and she could be both sharp spoken and aggressive. Gilly insults the TV show William Ernest is watching, and Trotter thinks she is calling W.E. rretarded. Mrs. Trotter told Gilly she would not tolerate anyone making William Ernest's life being any rougher than it had already been.  She...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 8 Dec 2009 09:17:09 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the chapter "One Way Ticket," Gilly has finally stolen enough money...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In the chapter "One Way Ticket," Gilly has finally stolen enough money to run away to California to find her mother.  However, Gilly gets caught and is taken to the police department and Mrs. Trotter is called as is Ms. Miriam Ellis.  Ms. Ellis is a case worker for the Department of Children Services.  She visits Mrs. Trotter and tells her that they will take Gilly and place her somewhere else. 
In the next chapter, page 113, Mrs. Trotter...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 7 Dec 2009 17:28:37 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Who is the woman that tries to take Gilly away after a long time at the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Who is the woman that tries to take Gilly away after a long time at the Trotter's house in The Great Gilly Hopkins?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:43:13 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The setting is the place where the story takes place.
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        <description><![CDATA[The setting is the place where the story takes place.
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        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:37:39 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[what is the setting]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[what is the setting]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:57:50 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The most significant turning point in Gilly Hopkins life was when after...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The most significant turning point in Gilly Hopkins life was when after she was moved to Virginia and her experiences with Mr. Randolph and Miss Harris that make her change her perceptions about blacks and dwell deeply into his racist feelings, feeling shameful for judging people based on their skin colors. Her foster mother also bring about a big impact to her life, as she had witnessed her whole-hearted concern towards another fostered child...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 08:01:04 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Explain why Mrs.Trotter got angry with Gilly concerning William Ernest...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Explain why Mrs.Trotter got angry with Gilly concerning William Ernest in the book "The Great Gilly Hopkins?"]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:56:05 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Internal conflicts take place within the main character's mind. When...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Internal conflicts take place within the main character's mind. When faced with a dilemma, for example, which choice should he/she make? Whatever the conflict is in the story, the main character will have to make some kind of decision or choice. Those are internal conflicts.
External conflicts take place between
**the main character and another character,
**the main character and something in nature (such as a storm or other natural...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:32:58 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Waht are some of Gilly's Internat And External conflicts?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Waht are some of Gilly's Internat And External conflicts?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 9 Sep 2009 16:53:18 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[A Guide for Using The Great Gilly Hopkins in the Classroom]]></title>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why did Gilly wacth television with William Ernest and make a paper...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Why did Gilly wacth television with William Ernest and make a paper airplane for him?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 1 Mar 2009 17:12:35 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I would say that there are many small turning points in the text but I...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I would say that there are many small turning points in the text but I think overall Gilly is portrayed as an angry, abusive child gradually transformed by the love and stability she experiences while living at Trotter's.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 6 Feb 2007 12:01:58 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the turning point in The Great Gilly Hopkins?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is the turning point in The Great Gilly Hopkins?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 5 Feb 2007 10:16:32 PST</pubDate>
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