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    Looking for Alaska

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    ”Y’all smoke to enjoy it. I smoke to die.”(Said by Alaska‚ p. 44‚ l. 17). This quote matches the theme because the book is very philosophical written‚ and Alaska gives many thoughts to life and death. The quote is a foreshadowing and tells a lot about the future incident. In this book Miles Halter is the narrator. The book is written from his point of view‚ and it takes statement in his thoughts‚ which only gives Miles’ posture of things. But at the same time it invites the reader to get in touch

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    Looking Glass

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    1835-1846. Cooley‚ Charles H. Human Nature and the Social Order. New York: Scribner ’s‚ 1902. Confer pp. 183-184 for first use of the term "looking glass self". Cooley‚ Charles H. On Self and Social Organization. Ed. Schubert Hans-Joachim. Chicago: University of Chicago Press‚ 1998. ISBN 0226115097. (pp. 20-22) Cook‚ William L.‚ and Douglas‚ Emily M Hensley‚ Wayne. "A Theory of the Valenced Other: The Intersection of the Looking-Glass-Self and Social Penetration." Social Behavior and Personality: An International

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    like that. I was taught to always think of the worst thing that can happen‚ to be safe and to prevent the worst from happening. I am scared of death because I do not know what will happen after that. American’s obsession with the dark side comes from the curiosity of death. This obsession came from the first death of a human being. That was when curiosity about death and the afterlife originated. People do not know what happens after death and we are interested to find out more. Americans today come

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    Young people´s work ethic – then and now There is no doubt that good work ethics are essential to become a good employee. If you do not have good work ethics‚ then all the skills you bring to your job are of no importance. Anyway‚ is there a difference between young people´s work ethic then and now? On the outset‚ it must be considered that nowadays young people want an office with a secretary where they really do not have to do a thing. They do not want to have an exhausting job where they have

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    checkbook for not to be in the red. I have never done this in my country before. While I stay with my family‚ I don’t even think about my balance because I am youngest in my family‚ so everyone tries to take care of me very well. They think‚ I’m still young for response payments by myself. I’m kind of not being aware to spend money. I mean‚ I just buy whatever I think it is so important things to me without considering the price carefully. But it doesn’t work at here. Everything costs an arm and a leg

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    Looking at War

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    LOOKING AT WAR Photography’s view of devastation and death. by SUSAN SONTAG Issue of 2002-12-09 Posted 2005-01-03 Awareness of the suffering that accumulates in wars happening elsewhere is something constructed. Principally in the form that is registered by cameras‚ it flares up‚ is shared by many people‚ and fades from view. In contrast to a written account‚ which‚ depending on its complexity of thought‚ references‚ and vocabulary‚ is pitched at a larger or smaller readership‚ a photograph

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    journey to the United States of America‚ in hopes of beginning a new life for himself and his family. Even though her father is captured at the border of Russia and returned home‚ he managed to get to America. Once in America‚ he began work as a tailor‚ striving to earn enough money to bring his entire family to America. In the next year and a half‚ Rose’s father is finally able to get Rose and her aunt Masha to America. During the early years of Rose’s life in America‚ she experiences many obstacles

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    Looking for Alibrandi

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    Melina Marchetta’s novel‚ Looking for Alibrandi‚ explores a number of topical themes. The themes that are present are: family‚ multiculturalism and heritage. These themes are relevant to most contemporary readers‚ as they may be able to relate to them on a physical / psychological level. The family theme will include the struggles Josephine goes through with her family‚ such as her father running out on her mother‚ and the impact on Josie as her mother having a constant need to find someone to fill

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    Staying Alive in a Declining Economy Stephen Brooks Liberty University Abstract In 2007‚ the United States was officially declared to be in “recession.” Incomes had drastically reduced; prices had significantly increased; and businesses had begun to collapse. In order for businesses to stay alive in declining conditions they had to revamp their marketing strategies. They have had to adopt more focused marketing campaigns. In addition‚ companies had to streamline their hiring process to focus

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    tells the story of a deeply disturbed man’s relationship with a young girl. In the novel‚ the character of Humbert Humbert is on a constant quest to discover the perfect nymphet‚ young girls “who… reveal their true nature which is not human‚ but nymphic‚” (Nabokov 24). Humbert heightens these girls to a sexual pedestal‚ stating that he “was consumed by a hell furnace of localized lust” by the mere sight of these girls (26). This obsession does not stem from birth‚ but from a traumatizing failure to

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