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    Fires on The Plain: A Reflection Fires on the Plain is truly the most depressing‚ haunting‚ and sad story I have ever endured reading. The complete abandonment of the Japanese soldiers on the island of Leyte by the Japanese Army is revolting‚ as well as the complete disregard for each others well being among them. It becomes a battle between one another for survival. The lack of comradery among the Japanese soldiers is dumbfounding‚ and leads me to believe that it may very well have been there

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    A Doll's House

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    Reflective Statement on a Doll’s House How was your understanding of cultural and contextual (literary) considerations of the novel developed through the oral exercise? When I first started reading the play I was prepared for it to be a little backward since I had the knowledge of it been written in the 19th century and set in Norway;in which time day to day life and the culture was very closed and what it’s called now is backwards. In the beginning of the play‚ I felt really bad for Nora when

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    Nora has not always been a feminist; it is throughout the play A Doll’s House that she changes the way she reacts when interacting with others. She is introduced as a subordinate‚ submissive woman who tends to allow others to walk all over her. These "doormat" characteristics are especially prevalent beginning in Act I‚ where Nora keeps to herself and is used as a puppet by Torvald. For example‚ Nora states‚ "Yes‚ yes‚ as you wish‚ Torvald‚" in response to her husband’s orders (Ibsen‚ 111). As a

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    Haunted house      It was a beautiful day of summer. Me and my family were moving to a new house in Pennsylvania. At the first look the house seems to be very comfortable. I looked  up and saw my new bedroom‚ it was in the attic.     Delighted ‚I went to unpack my things. Since I entered in the house I had the feeling that I was not very welcome… and I`d better go. “Nevermind” (I said in my mind).. I had the impression that this house is our “heaven”…Everything was beautiful until one night…  I

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    Ideal House

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    (надежность) that’s why we say "East or West‚ home is best" (в гостях хорошо‚ а дома лучше) and the English say "My home is my castle" (мой дом – моя крепость). But what an ideal home is everybody decides for himself. My dream is to live in a detached house. The relaxed environment is really important for me and because of that I would like to live in a quiet place near a woods or a river‚ far from a city’s noise on the countryside‚ maybe in England. I would like a huge garden with stone walkway [’wɔːkweɪ]

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    The Fire Sermon Analysis

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    Sofilda Totoni March 3rd‚ 2011 Lit 216 “The Fire Sermon” Analysis. This section‚ and the longest of Elliot’s “The Waste Land”‚ depicts poor‚ gloomy‚ lethargic scenery in which the themes of lust‚ sexual ambiguity‚ moral degradation‚ spiritual melancholy‚ abound throughout the poem. The poet himself often embodies the role of ancient and mythological figures to which he alludes in order to strike the reader ’s infatuation. He continually reminds

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    Catching Fire Analysis

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    Could you pull of a guise of love in order to not only save your life but also stop an upcoming rebellion? In this astonishing book‚ Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins‚ this is exactly what Katniss and Peeta have to accomplish with the help of their close friend Haymitch. The failure of this task will lead to an epic adventure through out the land leading to an insane twist ending that nobody could have scene coming. In a post-apocalyptic version of North America known as Panem‚ this entire story

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    Of The Nation’ And ‘The Man Of The House’ Frank O ‘ Connors treatment of characters varies in both ‘The Man Of The House’ and in ‘Guests Of The Nation’. We can see how O’Connor treats different characters differently and we can see how through the use of imagery and language O’Connor’s Characters are treated very differently in both short stories. Sullivan the little boy of the house develops into the man of the house in Frank O’Connor’s ‘The Man Of The House’. In the opening lines of the story

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    The morals of one’s beliefs can change the world. The feeling of change and diversity sets the tone of hope and belief that a better day will come. The 20th Century poets set a shift for writers. Their work about identity became a popular topic; however‚ the identity to themselves‚ culture‚ and beliefs was still in the process‚ the Black Arts Movement still took a stand. The Black Arts Movement started in 1965‚ and ended in 1975. The Black Arts Movement was to enhance the minds of African Americans

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    Who would ever imagine that just a regular house nearby the city Kuldīga could contain such a surprise? I wouldn’t. So you can picture my astonishment when I first entered my classmates house and literally found myself in a zoo. The house was full with all kind of animals - I noticed two dogs‚ a lazy cat‚ a slowly moving turtle‚ a cage with several noisy birds in there‚ a cage with cutest little hamsters and other with rabbit inside. And I haven’t mentioned all pets. Oh‚ there are many families with

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