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The Tie That Binds (novel)

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Kent Haruf's novel The Tie That Binds (1984), is the fictitious story of 80-year-old Edith Goodnough of Holt County, Colorado, as told to an unnamed inquirer on a Sunday afternoon in the spring of 1977 by her 50-year-old neighbour, a farmer called Sanders Roscoe. [1]

12 relations: Academic honor code, Colorado, Duty, Free will, Homestead Acts, Humour, Indictment, Infant, Iowa, Kent Haruf, Narration, 1984 in literature.

Academic honor code

An academic honor code or honor system is a set of rules or ethical principles governing an academic community based on ideals that define what constitutes honorable behaviour within that community.

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Colorado

Colorado is a state of the United States encompassing most of the southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains.

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Duty

A duty (from "due" meaning "that which is owing"; deu, did, past participle of devoir; debere, debitum, whence "debt") is a commitment or expectation to perform some action in general or if certain circumstances arise.

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Free will

Free will is the ability to choose between different possible courses of action unimpeded.

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Homestead Acts

The Homestead Acts were several United States federal laws under which an applicant, upon the satisfaction of certain conditions, could acquire ownership of land, typically called a "homestead.” In all, more than 270 million acres of public land, or nearly 10% of the total area of the U.S., was transferred to 1.6 million homesteaders; most of the homesteads were west of the Mississippi River.

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Humour

Humour (British English) or humor (American English; see spelling differences) is the tendency of experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement.

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Indictment

An indictment is a formal accusation that a person has committed a crime.

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Infant

An infant (from the Latin word infans, meaning "unable to speak" or "speechless") is the more formal or specialised synonym for "baby", the very young offspring of a human.

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Iowa

Iowa is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri and Big Sioux rivers to the west.

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Kent Haruf

Alan Kent Haruf (February 24, 1943 – November 30, 2014) was an American novelist.

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Narration

Narration is the use of a written or spoken commentary to convey a story to an audience.

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1984 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1984.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tie_That_Binds_(novel)

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