123456789 “Look at what you’ve got and make the best of it. It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.” “We were taught to respect everyone‚ especially those who were older and wiser than we were from whom we could learn.” “Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web‚ we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.” “Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple
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The Reluctant Fundamentalist: Chapter Three Review Complete the following cloze summary by filling in the appropriate word (or words). Chapter three begins with Changez directly addressing the American again. He comments on the American’s ______________ and then describes the way Old Anarkali becomes a pedestrian-only area in the evening. He then says that when he moved to New York‚ it had felt like coming home. He gives several ____________ why he had felt so comfortable. When he was
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"Brokeback Mountain"Annie Proulx was born on August 22‚ 1935‚ in Norwich‚ Connecticut‚ into a family of farmers‚ mill workers‚ inventors‚ and artists whose ancestors had lived there for three centuries. Because of her father ’s career in textiles‚ Proulx ’s family constantly moved‚ so she lived in several states‚ including North Carolina‚ Vermont‚ Maine‚ and Rhode Island. She earned a bachelor ’s degree in history from the University of Vermont in 1969 and then went on to graduate from Concordia
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Throughout the novel Annie John‚ by Jamaica Kincaid the main protagonist constantly engages in volatile loyalties. Beginning in Antigua‚ Annie John grows up in this city‚ building a strong and powerful relationship based on trust with her mother during her childhood years. As time passes‚ Annie begins to feel the tensions between her mother and herself‚ noticing that the maternal love she used to receiving was slowly fading away. As Annie starts school‚ she turns to the creation of strong‚ yet interchangeable
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Swami Vivekananda (January 12‚ 1863 - July 4‚ 1902) was a Vedantic monk who at one time saw women as an obstacle. However on realising the highest truth he saw no distinction between sex and saw in women the presence of the Divine Mother. Swami Vivekananda worked effortlessly to try and uplift the plight of women‚ in particular Indian Women. These are few of the collection of his thoughts on women. ~ Soul has no sex‚ it is neither male nor female. It is only in the body that sex exists‚ and
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This week I had the good fortune of viewing one of the greatest films of the late 1970s‚ the 1979 film Manhattan‚ directed by Woody Allen. A film I would consider to be one of his greatest works. The film takes place in‚ obviously‚ New York‚ especially on the island of Manhattan. While most people would say this is merely the setting of the film‚ a more astute film viewer would realize that the story of film is a reflection of the city itself‚ a romantic city of light and darkness. If you are
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The Story of Annie Moore‚ The First Immigrant at Ellis Island On December in 1891. Annie Moore standing in line with her two brothers. They were all waiting to get aboard on the SS Nevada‚ Which it was the ship that took them all from Ireland to NY. Annie was really really upset and sad. She could not believe they were leaving their old home and people they loved behind. There were a lot questions going through her big mind. She know that she had to get on to the ship. Though she was sad about
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The relationship between the mother and daughter in Annie John is dynamic. The relationship in the beginning of the novel is positive and respected‚ but throughout the book Annie fights the idea that she and her mother are separate and different people. By the end of the book Annie realizes and accepts the idea and that it is true. In the second chapter‚ Annie says‚ "My mother and I often took a bath together. Sometimes it was just a plain bath‚ which did not take very long. Other times it was a
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Remember nobody’s feelings are more important than your own. So‚ take time to love yourself. Dont devote any time to thinking of painful memories fron your past; you cant drive well while lookin’ in the rear-view mirror. I love him not for the way he dances with my angels‚ but for the way the sound of his name can silence my demons She’s just a girl‚ and she’s on fire Hotter than a fantasy‚ lonely like a highway She’s living in a world‚ and it’s on fire filled with anarchy‚ but she knows
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* “They had a choice‚ all of them. They could have followed in the footsteps of good men like my father‚ or President Truman. Decent men‚ who believed in a day’s work for a day’s pay. Instead they followed the droppings of lechers and communists and didn’t realize that the tail led over a precipice until it was too late. Don’t tell me they didn’t have a choice.” –Rorschach 1.1 * “because there is good and there is evil‚ and evil must be punished. Even in the face of Armageddon I shall not compromise
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