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    Cremation Urns

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    With a cremation urn you are able to store the cremation ashes in a container of your choice that will fit your taste. Cremation urns come in vase‚ wood‚ marble‚ photo‚ bronze‚ and many other materials and formats. Some people prefer to release the cremation ashes in a particular location of importance to the family. Such as a favorite lake‚ garden‚ ocean‚ etc. This is a wonderful method of allowing closer for

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    CHAPTER 2 1. Why does the Valley of Ashes exist in this novel? Who is T. J. Eckleburg‚ and why is he here? -to show how there is an area of poverty‚ even though there are two luxurious cities surrounding this area called the Valley of Ashes -it may represent the image that may be hidden in the West and East Eggs -T. J. Eckleburg seems to be of somebody in the higher class -He is here to represent God; “look out of no face..from a pair of enormous yellow spectacles which pass over a non-existent

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    Anne Bradstreet Tone

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    fire‚ Bradstreet is quick to ask God for assistance in this time of need‚ and “not to leave [her] succourless.” (10). Yet as she examines the situation further‚ the speaker begins to lament the loss of her possessions‚ describing‚ “pleasant things in ashes lie / And them behold no more shall I.” (27-28). Struggling with her love for worldly objects‚ Bradstreet yet again reassures herself that “all’s vanity” and perseus her faith in God again towards the end of the poem. These various changes in tone

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    In her article‚ Why don’t he like my hair?‚ Bertram D. Ashe adds on to the message that Toni Morrison is trying to communicate. She writes‚ “don’t be a fool with your hair.... no man likes a bald-headed woman”‚ and the first part of that really stands out to me. The reason for that is how can one be a fool

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    The Struggles in 'Stones'

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    The Struggles in "Stones" Life is full of struggles and obstacles that all individuals are faced with and must overcome. Whether emotional or physical‚ experiences and encounters shape a person’s personality and point of view on life. People who are put through more difficult situations can become either more grateful‚ thankful and want to achieve more out of life or they can eventually become depressed and discouraged about their situation in life. Either way‚ we must all try to overcome the

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    in his now-deceased mother’s apartment. He attempts to move on but is held back by his inability to decide on how to dispose of his mothers cremains. Meanwhile‚ he continues to get high off of her leftover morphine‚ until he eventually combines her ashes with the morphine and shoots them into his veins. Before doing so‚ he hears on the radio “our culture is afraid of death‚ and considers it something we must wage battle against.” It’s Tessa‚ his mother’s pain specialist‚ and she continues: “I say‚

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    Choiceless Choices

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    price which was often collected in the most horrendous and incomprehensible ways. In the movies Out of Ashes directed by Joseph Sargent‚ The Grey Zone directed by Tim Blake Nelson‚ and Europa Europa directed by Agnieszka Holland we are shown how three different groups/individuals performed unspeakable tasks in order to survive and to help others to survive just a little bit longer. Out of Ashes is a story based on the life of Dr. Giselle Pearl‚ a gynecologist who was sent to the Auschwitz extermination

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    tHE GREAT GATS

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    In the driving statistics published in 2012‚ New York State Department of Motor Vehicles discovered that there were 1‚082 fatal car crashes (“Summary of Motor Vehicle Crashes”). Due to reckless driving‚ preventable car crashes are becoming more inevitable. Most reckless drivers don’t usually pay attention to what their actions may consequence as. Similar to many reckless New York drivers‚ the wealthy in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald kill the dreams and the people who harbor the American

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    Sustaining Employee Performance HRM 300 Sustaining Employee Performance Huffman Trucking is constantly re-evaluations its employee policies and always looking for better ways to serve employees and customers alike. Re-evaluating key positions within the company such as the Operational Analyst‚ and Truck Driver positions in order to sustain employee performance in these areas‚ are just some examples on how the company constantly strives to continue to be successful now and in the future. The following

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    Gatsby

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    The Not So Great Gatsby The novel The Great Gatsby has always been one of my favorites. Fitzgerald does a magnificent job incorporating the ideals and customs of the 1920s and how they pertained in the lives of the characters in the novel. In The Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald attempts to convey the portrayal of the decline of the American Dream in the decline of morals through the way the characters Daisy‚ Gatsby‚ and Tom go about living their everyday lives. A great way that Fitzgerald evidences

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