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    Better Decisions

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    Better Decisions‚ Better Life John Updike‚ who is known for his brilliant prose style and the sensual details in his stories‚ takes everyday tasks and gives a whole new perspective to it. Like in “A&P”‚ which is a narrative from the perspective of a nineteen-year-old boy working in the checkout line. Even though Sammy is just an average boy‚ something significant happens that day at the grocery store. The story revolves around Sammy’s journey from adolescence to adulthood and his resignation from

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    plastic bags affect our ocean? Plastic bags affect our environment by getting into soil and slowly releasing toxic chemicals. Most ocean pollution starts out on land and is carried by wind and rain to the sea. Now‚ the plastic bag pollution does not only affect humans‚ it also affects animals. Plastic bag pollution affects our economy‚ costing us untold dollars spent in beach cleanups‚ tourism losses and damages to fishing and aquaculture industries. To a sea turtle‚ a floating plastic bag looks like

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    any physical pain. In this essay‚ I will explain why I believe this‚ as well as what various rabbi’s have to say on the matter. ’that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet’ In Act 2 scene ii of the famous Shakespearian play ’Romeo and Juliet’‚ Juliet murmurs from her balcony‚ explaining that names are just creations of humans for greater clarity‚ and that if a rose were to be called a stink flower‚ it would still have the same (non-existent(roses have no scent))smell.

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    Literary Analysis of “The Names” by Billy Collins In the poem “The Names” by Billy Collins many words are used to paint vivid images of themes of war and sorrow-filled family members of soldiers lost in Vietnam. In literature‚ words are all that an author has to express their feelings and memories. Sometimes words are used in their literal sense to tell a detailed story‚ however‚ in poetry words are most likely to be used metaphorically to express things that don’t often have a specific look or

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    Lost Names Essay

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    in time in an individual’s life in which their name truly becomes a part of their identity. A name is more than just a title to differentiate people; it is a part of the person. In Lost Names: Scenes from a Korean Boyhood by Richard E. Kim‚ names play a major role on the character’s identities. The absence and importance of the names in the story make the story rich with detail and identity through something as simple as the name of a character. Names are a significant factor affecting the story and

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    Have you been wondering what the whole fuss over plastic bags is about? Where many people would rather use paper bags over plastic when shopping? Everyone has different opinions on how they affect our society‚ some people say they help us out‚ and others say they are hazards to our world. Both cases have valid arguments supporting their opinions‚ and both sides have facts that people can support. I personally think that they are more work to deal with than they seem to help alleviate. The reason

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    Plant and Scientific Names

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    Catalogue of Plants – Edition II NO. DHIVEHI NAME COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME FAMILY NAME Aamanaka Castor bean Ricinus communis Euphorbiaceae 2 Aadaththodaa Malabar nut Adhatoda vasica Acanthaceae 3 Afihun Opium poppy Papaver somniferum Papaveraceae 4 Ahi / Ehi Cheese fruit / Great morinda / Indian mulberry Morinda citrifolia Rubiaceae 5 An’bihi Gamboge tree Garcinia cambogia Guttiferae 6 Akarakara Pellitory

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    better education

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    A Better Education In the 20th century there are many ways to have a great education system. Other countries have excelled in the programs that they have but the United States hasn’t caught up yet. Technology was used in a lot of the online videos. Working together and finding the problem earlier in the individual students own learning early in their school years. Others schools focus only on one subject at a time and other schools do it another way. In an article I read‚ the grades don’t do any

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    "Names Have Power"

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    the author of The Lightning Thief‚ once said‚ “Names have power.” This quote means that every name can be traced back thousands and thousands of years and the history and the meaning of the names become a part of it. With so much powerful meaning tied to the name‚ it can affect a person’s life thousands of years after the event occurred. The name can either be destructive‚ or beneficial. The story told in Romeo and Juliet is a perfect example of how names can affect a person’s life. Romeo and Juliet

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    uses the placement of his character’s names to show the nature of their relationship and where each of them is situated in contrast to the other. In Pyramus and Thisbe‚ the word order of their names clues the readers in on how they stand with each other‚ both in the relationship and positional sense. Saepe ubi cōnstiterant hinc Thisbē Pyramus illinc (often when Thisbe had stood on one side Pyramus had stood on the other (71)) Ovid uses this placement of the names to show that when the two lovers are

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