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    one should be cautious of how loud his or her voice is because one could consequently lose his or her voice as well as break the glass around them. This idea of the importance of personal freedom is often explored in literature. In the film "Dead Poet’s Society‚" Peter Weir makes powerful use of character development to suggest that one may take extreme measures to express his or her personal freedom‚ or one may maintain a sense of reality when expressing his or her personal freedom. Todd Anderson

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    In "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles‚ it is evident that Finny and Leper undergo the most traumatic experiences from the Class of 1943. Through these experiences‚ both characters lose much of their innocence and naivety. Finny‚ upon learning of the existence of the war and Gene’s moment of hatred‚ learns to accept realities and perceive the world as it is‚ not as the perfect childlike image he wants it to be. However‚ when Leper enlists in the army‚ he quickly begins to have hallucinations because

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    Marque Mcduffy August 30‚ 2012 Mr. Mancini RELA 8B Do Now The favorite thing to eat is pizza at night. That’s my favorite thing to eat because at night I’m always hungry and be having taste for some pizza. Therefore‚ pizza can fill you up and it can’t. It can fill you up because you can eat about how many you want. It can’t fill you up because if you eat one slice of pizza and everybody else in your house hole or more have to get a slice of pizza. That one slice of pizza isn’t

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    John Knowles novel‚ A Separate Peace‚ portrays wars on three distinct levels. These levels could be described as outer‚ inner‚ and world. There is a very good definition of these wars at the closing of the novel which shows us the levels: ’I could never agree with either of them. It would have been comfortable‚ but I could not believe it. Because it seemed clear that wars were not made by generations and their special stupidities‚ but that wars were made instead by something ignorant in the

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    A separate rye

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    xjxjssjakskskfjjdndbd d d d snsnjdjdjdjdjdjdjdjsjsjjsjsjsjdndbd d d d bdbdndndndjd c. I I I h H g hushed. Chaises. Consists a dksjsjdbd. Dksjsjdbd. D dksjsjdbd. D desis d dnidbd d d d Knowles’ Separate Peace Essays: The Theme of A Separate Peace - The Theme of A Separate Peace The persistent theme of A Separate Peace is the deterioration of a complex friendship. The bond between two boys (Finny and Gene) becomes tested and attacked‚ as the reader observes a seemingly utopian relationship fall into decadence

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    to the works of a group of English poets of the seventeenth century who wrote poetry in dramatic and conversational in rhythm in tone‚ intriguing and complex in theme and idea. Metaphysical poetry is also rich in striking and unusual imagery chosen from philosophy‚ theology‚ the arts‚ crafts and sciences. Metaphysical poems were also known as lyrical poems which are brief but intense meditations‚ characterized by striking use of wit‚ irony and wordplay. The poets used fresh and sophisticated approach

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    The idea that appearances can be deceptive but necessary is reflected in 20th century context. George Orwell’s novel‚ ‘1984’ and the film‚ ‘Dead Poet’s Society’‚ directed by Peter Weir (1989)‚ reveal that society was fearful of rising ideologies after the bomb. The two texts highlight that while propaganda and conformity are societal issues‚ it is necessary to be critical of totalitarianism‚ tradition and allow appearances to be deceptive. Appearances can be deceptive when influenced by propaganda;

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    John Montague and Seamus Heaney are two of the most well known Irish poets who both deal with death in different and similar ways in a variety of their poems. Two poems that relate to the theme of death are The Locket by John Montague and The Strand at Lough Beg by Seamus Heaney. Neither title gives an obvious hint of the theme however The Strand at Lough Beg tells us the specific location of the poem making the events more real whilst The Locket suggests something romantic‚ quaint and precious

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    “cutting word”—poets writing haiku in English or other Western languages often use a dash or an ellipsis to indicate the break or cut between the linked images. Haiku poems first appeared in Japan 700 years ago‚ but the form did not migrate into Western poetry until the 19th century‚ after Japan’s harbors were opened to European and American trade and travel‚ when several anthologies of haiku were translated into English and French. In the early years of the 20th century the Imagist poets adopted the

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    14. Friedman’s book focuses on three social forces that are accelerating and buffeting individuals and community What are these three social forces and how do they relate to the POET model? Which concept (letter) does he not examine? According to the movie Growthbusters‚ why is it problematic to address the three and leave the fourth alone? In the book‚ Thank You for Being Late: An Optimists Guide for Thriving in the Age of Accelerations‚ the author‚ Thomas Friedman‚ explains throughout his book

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