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    allegory for Thoreau. The spider is able to create the world he wants to live in‚ with the only limitations being the capacity of it’s imagination. Thoreau compares his idea to the spider using it as an allegory to explain his ideas of life and his aspired to be a non-conformist. Only a non-conformist‚ with his own dreams and imagination‚ not deterred by society‚ can truly peruse life how he wants to live it. He idealizes the spider; its image of the world is purely its own. In Walden‚ Thoreau compares

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    Around the beleaguered Four Courts the heavy guns roared. Here and there through the city‚ machine guns and rifles broke the silence of the night‚ spasmodically‚ like dogs barking on lone farms. Republicans and Free Staters were waging civil war.” 3. What is the theme? How do the final lines of the story influence the meaning or theme of the story? My opinion is that the theme would be: violence is not worth your time and it is very unnecessary; and division. “the sniper turned over the dead body

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    home‚ she received her usual greeting from Emerson. “Hello cat.” She rubbed his ears and found her usual place on the couch. For the longest time she’d gone on and on to Emerson about how she’d kill to go on a date with Azazel. “Can you believe it Emerson?” She walked to the kitchen and poured the puffball some food and filled his water. “I‚ Ruby Bennett‚ am going on a date with Azazel von Trip. A.K.A the hottest guy in the entire universe.” Emerson meowed at her as if to respond with “Could

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    fourth sentence to midway through the paragraph‚ the viewpoint is in second person. When Emerson writes‚ “To believe in your own thought‚ to believe what is true for you…” (Emerson‚ 132) it seems as though he is speaking to an individual across the table almost in a one on one conversation. His use of the word “your” and “you” is very direct within the context. With the words chosen‚ it seems as though Emerson is directing a talk to specific person. As the paragraph reads on‚ his point of view switches

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    Community Henry David Thoreau goes to the woods to live away from duties and to live a life of leisure. He moves far away from any method of communication‚ such as the post office. He wishes to live independently and self-sufficiently. The quote “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately‚ to front only the essential facts of life…and not‚ when I came to die‚ discover that I had not lived.” He summarizes his reasons for living in the woods in this quote. Thoreau wants to live deliberately;

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    4918-339-7 Lelani van Blerk BPT1501 Semester 1 Assignment 03 Unique Number: 280583 4918-339-7 Lelani van Blerk BPT1501 Semester 1 Assignment 03 Closing Date: 28 February 2014 Unique Number: 280583 P. O. Box 236 St. Lucia Estuary 3936 -1- 4918-339-7 Lelani van Blerk BPT1501 Semester 1 Assignment 03 Unique Number: 280583 Index Question 1............................................................ 3 1.1. “Barriers to learning in South African higher education” Mind Map: .....................

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    Grammar: Exam 03

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    1 (Worth 3 points) Read the following sentence.  Some speakers decide to omit details that do not support their claims. Using the context‚ the word "omit" means  elaborate on  touch on  leave out  simplify Points earned on this question: 3 Question 2 (Worth 3 points) Select the word that best completes the sentence: Poe’s stories are often read on Halloween because they _______________ a scary mood.  evoke  forsake  elicit  invoke Points earned on this question: 3 Question 3 (Worth 3 points)

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    Exercise 1: Cell Transport Mechanisms and Permeability: Activity 3: Simulating Osmotic Pressure Lab Report Pre-lab Quiz Results You scored 75% by answering 3 out of 4 questions correctly. 1. Which of the following is true of osmosis? You correctly answered: c. It is a type of diffusion. 2. Which of the following occurs when a hypertonic solution is added to cells? You correctly answered: d. The cells shrink. 3. The variable that affects osmotic pressure is You correctly answered: a. the concentration

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    “Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.” (Emerson) This self-reliance poem is explaining how learning on your own and should not follow others paths‚ but rather chooses your own. If you always rely on people you will fall behind in life. In the book Walden by Henry David Thoreau there was a quote stating “I did not wish to live what was not life” (Thoreau)‚ also “when I came to die‚ I discovered I had not lived ” (Thoreau). These quote implied that he went on with life‚ he did not

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    Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. It’s not what you LOOK at that matters‚ it’s what you SEE. If a man does not keep pace with his companions‚ perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears‚ however measured or far away. As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth‚ so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path‚ we walk again and again. To make a deep mental

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