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    novel‚ The Poisonwood Bible Kingolver uses biblical allusions to provide an in-depth analysis of a story‚ character‚ etc. For example‚ towards the beginning of the novel‚ Leah says that her "father was as tall as Goliath and pure of heart as David" (Kingsolver 49). After conducting research I found out that David was born in Bethlehem‚ and youngest son of Jesse at the age of 18. I don’t believe it to be a coincidence that Nathan was also born in Bethlehem‚ Georgia. When David was young he was a Shepherd;

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    where materialism has never been so advertised. The past hundred of years have shown the evolution of the American dream. It has gone from simply living a stress free and sustainable life to having the aspirations of buying a house‚ making good money‚ and the opportunity of upward social mobility. American society preaches that everybody has equal opportunity to achieve the American dream. Although this claim is widespread among the American society and even the government‚ it is unfortunately false

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    INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATION PROJECT DUE: 3.35.2012 Topic: Dreams Attention Getter: It’s midnight and your car broke down right outside of town. Your cell phone is out of range and you have to get home. You grab a flashlight from the trunk and decide to walk to the nearest gas station just a couple miles down the road. There is a very dense nightshade ahead and with every step you seem to get further and further into the eerie darkness. The flashlight starts to go dim and you remember the extra

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    Dream Summaries Day Dreaming: When your imagination carries you away. Daydreaming is a classified level of consciousness between sleep and wakefulness. False Awakening Dreams: You dream that you wake up and your day starts‚ but then you actually wake up. Lucid Dreaming: Where you realize you are dreaming during your dream‚ and then have the ability to control your dream and what happens inside of it. Nightmares: A nightmare is a disturbing dream that causes you to wake up feeling anxious and

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    have a dream… that one day I’ll be able to look up in the sky and be able to say that our country has finally found it’s purpose on this planet. I have high hopes for this nation and I want to see these hopes fulfilled in my lifetime. I would like to see a day when nobody anywhere is harmed emotionally or physically by racism‚ violence‚ or drugs. I want to see a day when nobody comes running to me because somebody or something has hurt them and ruined their day. I have a dream… that one day we will

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    Dream By: FY All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. I believe every child is born a dreamer‚ from the moment we enter this world our mind wanders off in every direction. The thoughts created in our mind unconsciously creates us‚ as humans who differ from one another. For I have dreamed on and on‚ gone through thousands of dreams. Yet I realized that life is not unlimited‚ physically as well as our mentally we are not immortal and have a certain duration

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    Dear Director of the Dream Understanding Institute‚ I hope that my information I have come up with will be help to you guys at the Dream Understanding Institute. Dreams can be classified into three types; there are the nightmares‚ the realistic dreams‚ and the fairytale dreams. Each dream can be divided into parts just like a story. There is the main plot‚ with the exposition‚ then the rising action followed by the climax‚ falling action‚ and ending in the resolution‚ unless you wake up in the

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    Reflection – Why we dream. Dream is a very interesting phenomenon that occurs every time we sleep or at least once at a time. Till now‚ dream remains enigma for us about its capability to be virtually shown to the other person. Scientists discoveries up till today has bring up our exitement to study more about our dream. Me myself‚ has been a little bit enthusiatic after watching the potential‚ importance and benefits that dream can do throughout the documentary. Rem sleep was

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    "Dreams are the touchstones of our characters."- Henry David Thoreau Dreams have fascinated philosophers for thousands of years‚ but only recently have dreams been subjected to empirical research and concentrated scientific study. Chances are that you’ve often found yourself puzzling over the mysterious content of a dream‚ or perhaps you’ve wondered why you dream at all. What is a dream? A dream can include any of the images‚ thoughts and emotions that are experienced during sleep. Dreams can

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    Dreams By Sabina Malik Department of English Qurtaba University of Science & IT Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow. By Langston Hughes Dreams are successions of images‚ ideas‚ emotions‚ and sensations that occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. The purpose and meaning of the things happen in dreams are not understood

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