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    Being Gay

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    Throughout history homosexuality has been considered vulgar‚ perverse and immoral. What is truly immoral is homophobia and that it still prevails today. Firstly‚ homophobia derived from prejudice and escalated to panic. Secondly‚ homophobic attitudes are endorsed and practiced by many places of worship‚ which are hypocritical to God’s concept of the Golden Rule. Thirdly‚ the severity of homophobia has reached a point of no return‚ where the lives of many innocent have been viciously taken away. Lastly

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    worthy with respect. In terms of legality‚ hurting or killing people are guilty‚ atrocity‚ or villainy; looked from the morals‚ are also reproachful behavior. Same as animals‚ they have feeling‚ and they can feel pain‚ but the differences between human being and animals are the size and shape‚ so hurting them is also

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    Pope John Paul Ii

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    A Man Who Became Pope Karol‚ or Pope Jonh Paul II as we know him‚ was one of the most couragous men because of all the hardships he faced in his lifetime.In the movie we only saw a small portion of them because the movie stopped right as he became pope. I am sure he faced many many more while serving his term as Pope. Being from Poland‚ and being a Catholic made him a prime target for discrimination back when the Natzis were trying to eliminate many different groups of people because of their

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    Megalomaniac “Erostratus” written by Jean-Paul Sartre is a story about a character named Paul Hilbert who throughout the story develops obsession with fame. Sartre‚ “one of the great philosophical minds of the twentieth century” and “a leading proponent of existentialism” (Sartre‚ 1000) borrowed heavily‚ as the title indicates‚ from Greek mythological story of Erostratus. The author enforces the character’s personality deficiencies with the historical inspiration for Hilbert’s actions through

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    really hit home when thinking back on “Maricela” a story from the novel Seedfolks by Paul Fleishman. Maricela’s outlook on life went from being negative to positive‚ although it took time for her to realize the bigger picture her tone took a drastic turn from being suicidal and irrational to honored‚ during her pregnancy. In the beginning of Maricela’s story she is very selfish and regretful for being only six-teen years old and pregnant‚ she is worried she will no longer live a normal

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    Martin Luther King Jr’s ‘i have a dream speech Paul Keating’s Funeral Service of the Unknown Australian Soldier demonstrates this concept through his use of high modality in ‘because the war was supposed to be the war to end all wars in fact sowed the seeds of a second even more terrible war’ it is

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    Being a Woman

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    Being a Woman Contents 1. Introduction 2. “The Hymn to Demeter” vs “Odyssey 3. Homeric representation of gender roles 4. Conclusion Introduction Homer is a famous and mysterious figure in the ancient literature who made a significant contribution in the development of literature of all times. His personality and existence is the subject for numerous discussions since some specialists consider that he did not live at all but despite these arguments the importance of works‚ which are known

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    Not for Paul Fisher who lives among muck fires‚ lightning strikes‚ and sinkholes. Not to mention‚ an older brother who is violent and angry most days. Protagonist Paul Fisher must deal with negative faces including his brother Erik and his brother’s friend Arthur inside his house and outside his house in the novel Tangerine. Paul also faces many different problems in the book such as having to switch schools three times throughout the book. These are just some of the many problems Paul Fisher faces

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    relate the most to the narrator Paul Bäumer throughout the story. I chose Paul because we do share things in common‚ but because he is the narrator we are able to know and learn the most about him. With Paul narrating everything that happens‚ we are able to experience the events and his feelings towards them. As a reader‚ it allows us to feel what he feels‚ we are able to get to know him the best. Therefore‚ I feel that I am able to relate and see myself being most like Paul Bäumer. First‚ I find it easy

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    Being Tall

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    started to think about these questions I’ve been able to change the answers. I haven’t gotten any shorter or more intelligent but by actually thinking about the question I’ve been able to give the correct answer. I started to realize that I was being asked the same questions over and over around sixth grade. I wasn’t even thinking about high school back then let alone college and beyond so I still had some time to figure out the right answers to these questions. “Wow do you play basketball?” Teachers

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