Response Paper 1 In many cultures people used stories as a way of passing down their customs‚ beliefs‚ and to teach their children life lessons. People of ancient Mesopotamia were one of the many civilizations that used stories to explain their way of life and customs. Mesopotamian theology offers a vision of the afterlife that is not optimistic. They believed death was inevitable; even Gilgamesh who was two-thirds god and one-third human was mortal. Enlil of the mountain stated in the Epic of
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5.03 Faulkner Emily Grierson- Emily is the main character of the story. She is a chore for the town‚ but a very hopeful character until her father died and lover left. She is now a recluse that never comes out for anything‚ but has her servant to do for her. Colonel Sartoris- Colonel Sartoris is the former mayor of the land. He remitts Emily’s taxes to compensate for her father’s death. He dies‚ and this causes people to come to Emily’s house to confront her for her taxes. Tobe- Tobe is Emily’s
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“AAHHHH!” Aelius screamed as he charged at the opposing army. His heavy bronze chest plate banged against his stomach‚ knocking the wind out Aelius. The too-large helmet crashed the side of his head‚ leaving a bruise under his thick dark-brown hair. Aelius’s knees gave out‚ he buckled at the weight of his heavy armour and gear. Everything went black. Aelius awoke with a throbbing pain in his head‚ his gaze flickered down he noticed many blue and purple bruises almost covering almost the entirety
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Another example of Charlie being happy was that he was thankful for the chance he got. Charlie wrote to Miss Kinnian saying‚ "If you ever reed this Miss Kinnian dont be sorry for me Im glad I got a second chanse to be smart becaus I lerned a lot of things that I never even new were in this world and Im grateful that I saw it all for a littel bit." (page 21‚ paragraph 217). This shows that Charlie was thankful for the operation even when everything eventually faded away. Although at the end Charlie
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1. Jonas dreams about sledding down the hill‚ again and again‚ he always wakes up as he is approaching a destination. Upon waking up Jonas is left with the impression there was a welcoming destination he was progressing towards. 2. Jonas attempts to transmit memories to Asher and Lilly because he wants them to view life the way he does‚ he feels it’s unfair he can see such a beautiful world and they see a dull black and white clone world. 3. The giver sometimes sends Jonas away without a training
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1. “No greater grief than to remember days of joy when misery at hand.” - Marcos Aurelius Explanation: There is no major anguish for a man than to remember his days of joy in the midst of his suffering. In Marcos Aurelius quote reflect to me because I suffer more pains remembering joyful days of my life in time of my sadness. This I always feel when I’m alone nursing every failures in my life. 2. “While I murmur no again heaven nor cavil at men‚ while I stoop
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It has been a week. A week since it happened. A week since I was taken from Sangwoo. A week since I defied him. A week. Everyone keeps telling me all these things. How strong I am. How Sangwoo was a horrible person and it isn’t my fault. How they believe in me to get better and how they believe in me to eventually have a life. But they don’t know. I’m an awful person. I tell them that I killed someone and how I stalked sangwoo and how I walked into it and how I was kind and loving to sangwoo‚ I
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1. "Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren’t so different. We saw the same sunset."-Chapter 3‚ Pg. 41 2. In my opinion this quote in question # 1 is the most important in the entire book. This quote is said by Ponyboy and Cherry Valance on multiple occasions. Many would argue that the quote Johnny makes in his deathbed is more important but that is simply not true. He says “Stay gold‚ Ponyboy. Stay gold..." his quote is also significant but it is a very close second to the quote
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Wanlu Jiang Rea 010 AC3 1. Summary First‚ the part - one of the story tells about Blima. She is smart and known as the beat child. She works at bakery with aunt and she embarrassed about chest. Blima is guilty about her baby brother who was dropped by her and died at 6. Then it tells about Blima’s vanity that she thinks she is not pretty like her sister‚ Adele‚ even though her mother says she looks most like herself. Lastly‚ the story tells about Grandfather’s death and Blima’s loosing shoes.
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Previously‚ he might have taken risky shortcuts there and back‚ but now‚ he had so much to live for and would exercise caution. The horizon paled‚ and Taran knew he had to get moving. He and Ero agreed they would leave at first light. Taran needed time to dress‚ toss a few final items into his traveling satchel‚ and say goodbye to his mother. Veerah would want to see him off‚ but he would allow her to sleep until then. After a quick wash‚ packing‚ and dressing‚ he wandered into the main room and
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