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    friends who will make extreme sacrifices. Martorell uses different elements of art such as space‚ lining‚ and color‚ and different principles of design‚ such as movement‚ to take us through the vivid painting. The legend is said to start off to take place in a small city in Libya named Silene. He met a hermit who told him that the town was being ravaged by a dragon with a tail that is as long as fifty feet. To satisfy the dragon‚ the people of Silene would sacrifice two sheep a day. If the sheep

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    The Gift of the Magi (Thematic Analysis) Theme 1: Gifts given don’t matter‚ the love does James and Della were happy of the other’s love and company even after realizing that the biggest sacrifice they has made became futile. The love and the affection were still there. While some see gifts as only a matter of material and money‚ “The Gift of the Magi” suggests that gifts that are given don’t matter as much as the love behind them does‚ because gifts are a sign of love between people O’Henry

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    Mesoamerica: The Aztecs Cindy Santos Anthropology 3700 Cindy Santos Professor Hession Anthropology 3700 May 20‚ 2013 The Aztecs who should be called Mexica‚ are one of the most important and famous civilizations of Mesoamerica. In the Postclassic period they reched Central Mexico and established their capital there. In a few centuries they managed to control almost all Mexico through an extended period. The Aztecs were a very successful

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    suspense that builds up the tension. And why you suppose? Well‚ in this story the "lottery" there wasn’t any winning of money or a gift‚ this story was about a sacrifice the people of the village did to get good luck on their crops and harvest of the year. Yes‚ I know strange right? There are culture and traditions behind this sacrifice. Well‚ the next paragraphs will be about how the author made suspense as well with the pacing of events throughout the story. I first want to talk about the pacing

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    his duty for which he is being paid. A person can never be a Hero without Sacrifice. Apart from Sacrifice there must be certain qualities in a person that are considered to be heroic and makes him a hero. The qualities are honesty to pursue justice‚ patience and dedication to pursue goals‚ courage to face adversity‚ trustworthy for faith and conduct‚ endurance to tolerate pain in hardship. A hero should be willing to sacrifice their own life for greater good. He must have the ability to focus towards

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    Lieutenant Jimmy Cross convinced himself that his thoughts of Martha distracted him to a point where he led his own men astray‚ resulting in Lavender’s sudden death. Cross doesn’t want men to perish because of his own incompetence and recklessness‚ so he sacrifices the one thing loved – Martha‚ for the sake of his troops. Cross emerges from a man obsessed about returning home to his beloved Martha‚ to a man who sacrificed his own desires for the well being of others. “He would accept the blame for what had

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    John Smith Professor Edgar Allen Comp-Lit 121 14 November 2013 Essay 2 The theme of sacrifice is shown a lot in a few particular stories that I have read this past month. One of them being The Ones who Walk Away from Omelas. Another one being A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings. I saw that these two stories supported the theme of sacrifice in many different ways. They supported the theme through character interactions‚ imagery‚ and certain quotes expressed throughout each story. Imagery in

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    people just maybe want to have a good job‚ and a good family. Individuals will go through all sorts of things just to get what they want. Without knowing‚ some people sacrifice something in order to achieve the happiness they sought for. The short film‚ Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along-Blog suggests that an individual can inadvertently sacrifice something in order to achieve their own happiness. Happiness to every person is different. Each person desires something completely different from another individual

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    The Gift of the Magi

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    Gift of the Magi By: Mariyam Meefau Rasheed Student ID: 004T5414 This is a story about a married couple set in the Christmas time in the early 20th century. The story talks about foolish and impulsive sacrifices made by a young couple with a very little amount of money. They make these sacrifices to buy Christmas presents for each another. The Young couple‚ Jim and Della‚ were very poor. The author does not give much insight on their past‚ but describes them just enough to know that they have fallen

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    give her up to sacrifice. Lastly‚ she also a person who easily to give up where she never fight for her life to run away or hide herself but choose to accept the fact that she is the chosen one and ready to be sacrifice. The supporting character would be Labong’O. He is the chief of Luo. He has 5 wives and 20 children‚ among all Oganda is his daughter. He is the bravest man and a great leader of the village. He always holds his promise to the village where he promised would sacrifice himself or his

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