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    Erdrich Commentary

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    In The Red Convertible Louise Erdrich uses the foreshadowing and the symbolism of boots and water to show the death of Stephan and the car as a symbol of the loss of a lifelong brotherhood in the last 40 lines. Louise Erdrich uses the symbol of boots to show the weight of the PTSD from war in Stephan’s life to the point where he was alive‚ he was truly not living a healthy life because he was weighted down by the war and his experiences this is shown when he first arrived home and would not leave

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    Commentary Essay

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    HIV became known in 1983‚ it was then that scientist and the government became interested in knowing where this epidemic originated from and how. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a lot like other viruses‚ including those that cause the common cold‚ but it is important to know that over time‚ your immune system will become weak as the severity of HIV increases. What HIV does is attack your T cells‚ which help your body fight infections‚ it them takes over them to make its own. A person will only

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    Selfish Desires

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    Why do people act upon their selfish desires when it will negatively affect others? When people want something they justify that it is their right to have it and therefore can do what it takes to get it. This is a fact that is shown in the play of Macbeth many times and often explains the horrible actions of some of the characters. He says: “If chance will have me king‚ why‚ chance may crown me without my stir.” This shows that he now knows of his potential to be king which means that he will

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    The Achievement of Desire

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    Richard Rodriguez’s “The Achievement of Desire” A middle class Spanish boy from Sacramento‚ who calls himself the “scholarship boy”‚ overcame a whirlwind of emotions‚ decision and regrets in trying to become an educated man. He looked to his teachers as his parent figures‚ mimicking and idolizing them. To him education was imitation. He became very puzzling to his family because he wanted to change who he was by trying to cover all trace of his Spanish heritage and soon even lost his accent. He

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    “Life is short‚ have an affair” is the slogan for the website AshleyMadison‚ which is an extramarital dating site established in 2001. The business‚ AshleyMadison‚ connects married users to secretly have an affair through this social networking service and claims itself as “the most successful website for finding cheating partners”(Avid Dating Life Inc. ). The website has rapidly grown in popularity in the last couple years‚ reaching an anonymous user base of 16‚350‚000 people recently. However‚

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    1604 commentary

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    1604 Document After reading the document from the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre‚ please consider the following question: How is the setting of Othello significant‚ and how would a Jacobean audience feel about this play? Make references to Act 1 as well‚ if you feel you can incorporate some lines from the play to substantiate your claim. If you quote do cite correctly (I.i.24-73). Consider how Shakespeare begins the play – time‚ setting‚ who gets the first words‚ how Othello is developed

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    In addition‚ another character that Wharton uses to show the conflict between social duty and individual desire is May Wellan. From the beginning to the end of the novel‚ May Welland’s behavior always proves that she follows the society‚ as “In New York’s eyes‚ May is the “Nice Girl”‚ the Angel and Diana of public statuary. Seen from the male club box‚ everything about her signals purity - an “innocence” which licenses her appeal and guarantees the survival of the family” (Bell 30). In the beginning

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    Case Commentary

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    University College Cork Review www.ucc.ie Case commentary provided on: Do Something-He’s About to Snap by Eileen Roche Big Shoes to Fill by Michael Beer Bob’s Meltdown by Nicholas G. Carr We Googled You by Diane Coutu When Steve Becomes Stephanie by Loren Gary and Brian Elliot Moonlighter by Bronwyn Fryer Micromanager by Bronwyn Fryer All the Wrong Moves by David A. Garvin Riding the Celtic Tiger by Eileen Roche The Best of Intentions by John Humphreys Steve Carmody Human

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    A Street Car Name Desire

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    Evading Loneliness In A Streetcar Named Desire‚ the author Tennessee Williams chooses to depict the downfall of Blanche through her desire to evade loneliness. Throughout the text‚ Blanche faces loneliness‚ yet she cannot fill her desire. After the loss of her family estate referred to as‚ Belle Reve‚ is officially rendered without family. Having lost her wealth and all her family‚ she develops the inability to be honest with anyone interested in her. Blanches true desire to evade loneliness causes

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    Social Commentary on Physical Attractiveness in Charles Dickens’ Bleak House Across cultures and across time‚ surface beauty has been idealized and integrated into societies to the extent to which it is almost necessary to determine one’s societal rank or role. In many cases‚ those who are considered more beautiful are given luxuries that those who are less fortunate are kept from. In a time when both looks and money ruled the social scene‚ Charles Dickens in his novel Bleak House makes an opposing

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