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    How to Achieve world peace Atomic Bombs‚ Nuclear weapons‚ graft‚ and corruption‚ crimes thirst‚ blood Name it the world has it. Nations against Nations‚ State against church‚ government against the armed forces‚ military versus the fascists‚ innocent civilians in between. Is there still a way out? In an instant‚ our lives are threatened with uncertainty our children facing bleak future. Everything seems dark ahead‚ everything is vague. But still everybody gropes for soothing words to say

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    put their entire faith in Jesus Christ our savior. He wants us to realize that we must be humble and realize that it all comes from god and that by being humble we may attain inner peace. Inner peace is what I believe we all try to attain in our lives whether we try knowingly or we may be totally oblivious. Inner peace would be when we are totally satisfied with who we are and everything around us is perfect thanks to Jesus’ teachings. A huge reason I believe we have much difficulties with the first

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    Is peace possible without war? There is an average of twenty ongoing wars in the world at any given time. Some are internal civil wars‚ others are between nations. Judging by the opinion of modern day citizen ‚ peace is an ideal and war is a tragedy. Depending on their political orientation‚ war may even be considered inexcusable under any circumstances. But what if rather than being a troublesome force‚ war is actually the father of peace. War is an indispensable part of civilization and

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    went smoothly‚ but I am grateful and humbled to see that I had achieved the goals I have set up for myself. Thanks to my very supportive family members I have checked marked on almost most of my to-do list expects being a Peace Corps volunteer. The first time I applied for the Peace Corps was right after I finished my undergraduate Studies. I was looking for my purpose. Confused and uncertain about my future. But now I would like to think my age and my educational experience has clarified if not all

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    throughout his novel‚ A Separate Peace. From the characters‚ to the setting‚ and to the situations and events‚ John Knowles carefully paints a masterpiece that is symbolic of the Bible. A Separate Peace by John Knowles is a biblical parallel in that Finny is a Christ figure‚ Devon School is symbolic of Heaven‚ and Gene’s loss of innocence is symbolic of the fall of man in the Bible’s Book of Genesis. Finny is displayed as a Christ figure throughout A Separate Peace. A Christ figure is forgiving‚ has

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    portrayed in the book of A Separate Peace through the characters of Gene and Phineas. Friendship is a common theme in the book of A Separate Peace. It causes conflict between characters and it also causes characters to change as a person throughout the book. Gene is the narrator of the book and he causes many conflicts with his best friend‚ Phineas or commonly called Finny‚ and also changes as a person throughout these conflicts. Over the course of the book A Separate Peace by John Knowles‚ Gene Forrester

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    A Separate Peace In the book A Separate Peace written by John Knowles the main character attends an all boys school. The book is set during World War One and explains how life and how the boys at the school are effected. There are two main themes in the book and they are jealousy and friendship. The two themes are actually mainly between two friends that attend Devon. The two themes show up several times throughout the entire book. The two boys both experience the to themes and both have to over

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    other. Major wars in the past Century have not been fought between two democratic nations‚ for example the wars in both Vietnam and Korea were fought against two communist dictatorships. In 1999 (Rudolph J Rummel)‚ while writing for the magazine Peace argued that a “Democracy is a general cure for political or collective violence of any kind.” He went on further to argue that a key to a Democracy is having regular elections and having multiple political parties that are competitive. With this argument

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    It’s pathetic. All of it. Not just the fact that MV cannot maintain even 10 straight days of peace; but that we have a peace policy in the first place. In the real world‚ physical assault is a free ticket to the slammer. In the real world‚ closed fists do not open minds because‚ in the real world‚ it is generally known that if words don’t change someone’s mind‚ violence won’t either. The first thing that should be taught in school is that violence only ever leads to more violence. It doesn’t solve

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    A Separate Peace ‚by John Knowles‚ is a story about Gene‚ his friend Phineas‚ and his internal conflict with himself. Knowles creates a riveting drama with this story utilizing elements of plot‚ setting‚ character‚ and theme. This paper will cover these elements and how they convey the author’s message. Separate Peace has a complex plot which starts innocently enough at Devon ‚ a boarding school‚ with a jump from a tall tree. This marks the beginning of a period of carelessness and fun‚

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