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    exciting and scary journey. He learns that in life people can be cruel to those that are different‚ that being smart is overated and that intelligence alone is not enough to make someone happy. Through the course of his experience of first being mentally retarded and then becoming a genius Charlie learns some good lessons about life. One of the key lessons Charlie learns through the course of the novel is that people can be cruel to others that are different. Charlie is treated poorly by most

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    Examine the character of Malvolio in Act II Scene 3. How does he change in Act III Scene 3? Twelfth Night is a Shakespearean comedy that was first performed on the epiphany. It was not given a proper name as Shakespeare said to call it ‘What You Will’. Twelfth Night explores the key themes of unrequited love‚ mistaken identity‚ madness and revenge. This analysis will focus on the character of Malvolio‚ who is at the centre of the play’s sub plot‚ intended to lighten the mood in the play. We will

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    house. Chapter 2 What do the children learn about Uncle Andrew in Chap. 2? In Chapter 2‚ the children learn that Uncle Andrew has been preforming secret experiments in his attic. What kind of a person is he? He is a magician‚ and very cruel and deceptive to his experiment subjects (Polly and an unspecified number of Guinea pigs). How would you describe his character? He doesn’t have a very good character. Chapter 3 How is the Wood between the Worlds like the tunnel in the attic

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    Why Is Animal Testing Bad

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    This is not a joke! Animal testing is just plain out cruel and really bad for animals. the scientists that are doing all of this testing on animals are forcing animals to drink or eat what the “experiment” needs just by doing this process‚ animals go through complete torture‚ just to finish for that one experiment and to make sure that this product works and to be honest animal testing doesn’t really work say doctor Dr.Elias‚ but here we are still dealing with this problem with testing on these poor

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    Maria In Twelfth Night

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    It takes one to know one. Maria and I are similar in many ways. Maria would not dream of betraying Olivia and knows her intimately. Maria is strong-willed and does what she thinks needs to be done. I contain the same determination and resolve that Maria does. I am loyal to my friends in the same way as Maria‚ and I value the lives of my friends over my own. Maria has an inherent belief in the aristocracy surrounding her. Comparable to Maria’s belief in the authority figures of her time‚ I believe

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    John M. Murry describes Twelfth Night as having a ’silvery undertone of sadness’ - this view is held by other critics alike. Kiernan Ryan states how "the spectre of death haunts the romantic protagonists’ lives and loves from the start." This can be seen right from the beginning of the play with Orsino’s speech. He describes love as a kind of illness which is ’killing’ him in a sense; "The appetite may sicken and so die." This in itself gives the play a melancholy atmosphere right from the start

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    Gulliver’s Travels‚ they both use satire to express their profound observations. They have some similarities; such as they both criticize the human weakness. They also have many differences between them. In "Candide"‚ Voltarie offers sad themes by jokes and criticism. The story itself presents a distinctive outlook on life through author’s satiric tone. Candide’s experiences reveal to us that the world is a terrible place. Human beings are born to suffer in this world. On the other hand‚ Swift has

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    face of adversity. When asked about someone who I consider to exude leadership‚ the name John Scott immediately comes to my mind. Six months ago‚ if you had asked me who he was I would have no idea and many others wouldn’t either. But because of a cruel joke‚ the unknown NHL bruiser playing for the Arizona Coyotes became the center of attention at the All-Star tournament. Hockey

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    question people ask each other is “Why are people cruel to each other?” In John Steinbeck’s novel‚ Of Mice and Men‚ there are many incidents of cruelty. Cruelty appeared in the book when George yells at the mentally handicapped Lennie in the beginning of the book. This trend of cruelty continues throughout the book. Characters that were notably cruel in the book are Curley‚ Curley’s wife‚ and George. The three things that motivate people to be cruel in the book are: when people feel they are powerless

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    killed Charles I to get more powerful. Under Cromwell’s rule‚ people feared him because he was cruel and strict. He banned the things that are now allowed and were in Charles II’s reign:  Eating turkey on Christmas day  Dancing  Going to theatres  Watching bear baiting  Working on Sundays Source F explains that Cromwell shut many inns and theatres. He also cancelled Christmas and gave cruel punishments to boys who were just playing football. In 1649‚ Cromwell and his army invaded Drogheda

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