social differences. I am convinced that sport can be at the long-term service of peace” HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco In Ancient Greece‚ a series of competitions were held every four years between representatives of several city-states and kingdoms of Ancient Greece. The Olympics allowed the Greeks to set aside conflict and war‚ to celebrate friendship and unity‚ to experience peace through sports. This promise of peace is The Olympic Truce‚ an ancient tradition‚ believed to have started in 776
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"Inner Peace"‚ that was the lesson the Panda had learnt in its last Adventure in kung-Fu Panda Part 2. Inner Peace means that the body is in a state of peace from inside‚ so it can concentrate on the outer attacks. I liked the idea‚ not because that many don’t have any inner peace‚ but that when the panda had that Inner Peace‚ it could control the external environment‚ and defend itself from the Powers that had destroyed a whole town. Although the Most Common Quote that said: " The best way
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We were asked to read the story “Marriage Is a Private Affair” written by Chinua Achebe. The story was about a young man from Ibo‚ Nnaemeka‚ who was from the Igbo/Ibo tribe and who was now living in the city of Lagos. Nmaemeka who went home to talk to his father about a girl named Nene whom he was deeply in love with. Okeke‚ his father‚ refuses to accept Nene as his son’s wife in the future. In fact‚ Okeke has chosen a wife for Nmaemeka who was Ugoye Nweke. Ugoye was a girl who Okeke believes to
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Peace and Quiet I like the saying: “The grass is always greener on the other side.” To me‚ it means that we tend to believe that life in places different from our town is for some reasons better. Considering this‚ I have tried to be content with the town where I resided throughout my life – a regular city in the center of the United States. However‚ due to various situations which would take too much time to describe here‚ I started to think about changing my life and moving to another area. I have
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of the laureates of Nobel Peace Prize 2010. A month ago‚ North Korea bombed South Korea‚ creating even more barriers between the two countries‚ leaving the world in further fear of the North Korean nuclear weapons. All these events were caused by humans but little was done to relieve the stringent relationship among countries. Undesirable qualities such as distrust‚ gree and ego are apparent‚ leading to even more unneccessary disasters. This is precisely why world peace plays an important role in
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novel‚ I always do some biographical research on the author and what influenced him to write his/her piece. I also do research on the historical information about the time of publication and the influence on the work. According to research‚ Chinua Achebe was born in Nigeria on November 16‚ 1930. While in college he studied theology and history‚ which influenced him to develop interest in indigenous Nigerian cultures. In his novel Things Fall Apart‚ which takes place in the 1890s’‚ portrays the fray
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’Marriage is a private affair’ – by Chinua Achebe ‘Marriage is a private affair’ is a short story written by Chinua Achebe‚ in the year 1952. The story takes place in Lagos in Nigeria in the 1950ies. The most important point in this story is the cultural and religious differences between Nene and Nnaemeka’s families. Therefor the main theme of the text is the clash between two cultures. The text is also dealing with other subthemes such as‚ love‚ arranged marriage‚ father and son relationship (Nnaemeka’s
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Green-eyed Friendship In John Knowles novel‚ A Separate Peace‚ Knowles proves through an adolescent relationship‚ that in order to have a reliable friendship‚ one must accept another completely‚ revealing that jealousy can not co-excist within a friendship. Jealousy plays a major role in the deterioration of the relationship between Gene and Finny. Gene has a growing jealousy towards his bestfriend Phineas. Because Finny always “gets away with everything” and can be whoever he wants
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As famous rapper Eminem once said‚ are you calling me‚ are you trying to get through. Are you reaching out for me‚ I’m reaching out for you. In John Knowles’ fictional novel A Separate Peace‚ the lives of three young men‚ Gene Forrester‚ Elwin “Leper” Lepellier‚ and Phineas‚ are shaped and constructed by the world war that is happening along side them. In their final year at the Devon school‚ the reality of the war becomes astonishingly more apparent when their detached unity is fragmentized. Each
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Autumn Bartlett A Separate Peace One of the main focuses in the novel A Separate Peace is the friendship of Gene Forrester and Phineas. One would assume that two completely opposite people wouldn’t have such a strong relationship. They both have different views of the world. Where one would find strength the other finds weakness. With having two opposing personalities as the main characters‚ it’s easy for the reader to identify with one more than the other. It also gives
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