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    • The subject in W.S. Merwin’s poem “Odysseus” feels comfortable only at sea‚ and‚ because such a notion is atypical‚ he cannot articulate or understand where his true home actually is. o At peace at sea: “patience / He has wedded to” o Numerous islands‚ but “one to call ‘home’‚” even though he Merwin never specifies which island Odysseus really calls home  “which … / Was the one he kept sailing home to?” • W.S. Merwin’s speaker in “Odysseus” is concerned about his romantic interests. “Wedded”

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    Adoption over all is a wonderful option‚ but there are two distinct types a family should think about before going through with the process. Open adoption includes contact between the adoptive family and the birth parents. Closed adoption legally seals all records and cuts off contact between the two families (source 2). Closed adoption is also known as “traditional”. The birthparents and adoptive parents have no contact and there is little to no information exchange. Then‚ after the adoption has

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    ★ ♡ ツ JODOH ITU RAHSIA ALLAH ★ ♡ ツ Sekuat mana kita setia‚ Sehebat mana kita merancang‚ Selama mana kita menunggu‚ Sekeras mana ki ANUGERAH SANGGAR SANJUNG 2012 I KATEGORI PENERBITAN JURNAL                     1    SENARAI JURNAL BAGI ANUG ERAH SANGGAR SANJUNG 2012 (KATEGORI PENERBITAN JURNAL) No.  Nama Jurnal  ISSN  Faktor Impak  1  AAPG BULLETIN  0149‐1423  1.831  2  AAPS JOURNAL  1550‐7416  5.086  3  ABSTRACT AND APPLIED ANALYSIS  1085‐3375  1.318  4  ACADEMIC MEDICINE  1040‐2446 

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    emotions and is a quiet call for help. There are times when there is nothing to say‚ so silence fills in the missing pieces. Jonathan Safran Foer evidently demonstrates the power of silence in chapter 12 of his book Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by making Oskar’s grandmother’s chapters spaced out‚ showing her feeling of emptiness‚ and repeating certain words‚ which create broken chains of thought that indicate the way her brain scatters in traumatic times. Throughout the book thus far‚ Oskar’s

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    complete with the "halo - like" hat confirm his amish background. The use of medium angle camera shots and camera tracking ensures that the viewer explores the unfamiliar territory of the Philadelphia train station from Samuel’s perspective. Close ups and extreme close ups of Samuels facial expressions convey the fascination and bewilderment as he is confronted with foreign objects such as the water bubbler but also allow the viewer to share the initial happiness (smiles) as he falsely thinks the Jewish

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    The Death of Reality and the Reality of Death Death is never easy. Afterall it is the only sure thing anyone will ever do. Yet how one dies is determined by how they live. One who lives their life to the fullest will be content and open to death‚ while one whose life has been empty will fear it; but what if the difference between full and empty was not so easily differentiated? What if reality and falsehood were the same? This idea is contemplated in both Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and

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    This extract from Charlotte Bronte ’s ’Jane Eyre ’ presents a pinnacle moment within the relationship between Jane and Rochester; particularly the spiritual equality that Jane establishes between them in her frank confession‚ thus transcending from his subordinate. While focussing on the this confrontation of Rochester‚ this essay shall consider the extracts place within a chapter whereby nature heavily symbolises Jane ’s true feelings and eventually undercuts the otherwise positive outlook by the

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    Malibu: 90s child dreams for sale Malibu‚ whose name alone beckons nostalgia‚ has finally closed after 35 years of speeding around the track and hustling coins. The “Gypsy Castle” was home to birthday parties‚ PGA qualifiers‚ boat races‚ arcade competition‚ batting cage sessions‚ cart racing‚ and lots of fun. The Palace Entertainment company opened many tracks including that at Malibu around the nation‚ in an effort to promote the Indy 500. Despite a depressing and out of date vibe‚ it seemed

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    A Dip in the Poole Bill Pronzini I was sitting in a large comfortable leather armchair in the lobby of the Hotel Poole‚ leafing through a magazine‚ when the young woman in the dark weed suit picked Andrew J. Stuyvesant’s pocket. She did it very cleverly Stuyvesant--a silver-haired old gentleman who carries a walking stick and is worth fifteen or twenty million dollars-had just stepped out of one of the elevators in front of me. The young woman appeared from the direction of

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    S.O.S. note) that went unread until it was too late‚ is an example of irony. Also ironic: McCandless‚ who encountered no one during the four months between his entrance into the bush and his death there of starvation‚ is discovered not by one fellow trekker but by five — all within days of McCandless’s death. Chapter 3 This chapter begins to explore the character of Christopher McCandless in depth. Far from being a stereotypical slacker‚ he was hard-working‚ according to Wayne Westerberg. The

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