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    Someone could ask me what me‚ “What does being an American mean to you?” Well up until now I haven’t put much thought to it. I don’t know much about being an American‚ what I do know is we have rights. As Americans we don’t have monarchy. We’re a free country; we have the choice to be able to vote for who we want running‚ not our lives but our country. To be an American is the greatest thing in the world to most

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    Discuss the ways in which the proles are presented as being different to Winston and the people he works with. What might be the advantages of being a prole? One particular way the Proles are presented as being different to Winston and the people he works with is that they are written as not being well-educated‚ if educated at all. An example of this would be ‘ “Nex’‚ please!” yelled the white-aproned prole’ (page 58). By shortening words‚ Orwell has portrayed the proles as simpler and less intelligent

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    Raihaan Essop THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING HONEST | Being HonestIt is common for people to dislike NOT having wealth‚ position and all the fancy trappings that show the world we are successful. Let’s be honest how many of us think that being a Pop Singer like???? or a Diva like Lady Gaga is so cool. Think of it - all the trappings that come with being a highly paid Pop Star‚ designer clothes‚ cars‚ house in Beverly Hills. Can you imagine it? How awesomeGreat huh! I know I will get myself at least

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    I failed to report to my appointed place of duty at the proper time. I accidentally turned off my alarm clock instead of hitting the snooze button‚ which I usually do. This does not excuse anything‚ but it is the reason. There are many reasons why being on time is important‚ both inside and outside of the military. Failing to be at a place you are supposed to be at the right time can cause so many problems‚ including losing your job‚ receiving counseling statements‚ having to write ridiculously long

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    Individuality Being an individual is important‚ individaulity is being able to do things for yourself and being able to think for yourself. Do you have something you love to do? Or do you love it because a friend or family member loves it? Are you an individual? Or do you listen to everything your friends tell you to do? Do you have your own persionaltiy? Are we ultimately robbed of the opportunity to be an individual because we are always moving in a group? Students are always hanging with

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    MY BEING ADOLESCENT I don’t know if this is something to be happy about‚ or something to be depressed about‚ but I am currently standing perilously in the extremely thin boundary line separating two personalities. Confused? Well then‚ let us start from the very beginning! Everything —living and nonliving‚ big and small‚ perceptible and not — passes through countless series of stages; each juncture is extremely momentous in its own part‚ so skipping is impossible. Life does not favor anything

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    The Perks of Being a Wallflower For my independent reading assignment I chose the book ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’. Reading this book it made me feel like high school was some kind of amazing adventure. I liked this book because the characters were realistic and unique. I would recommend this book to anyone who needs to re-think the adventure of life‚ to anyone who needs inspiration‚ or just someone who needs a piece of mind. I personally enjoyed reading this book for many reasons.

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    violating the rights of others. Sociopathy is formally known as antisocial personality disorder. A sociopath is someone with little to no conscience. Although‚ the cause for being a sociopath is still unknown‚ sociopaths usually have early life traumatic situations that play into their disorder. Another belief that plays into someone being a sociopath is genetic‚ it is thought that sociopathy is passed down from parents to childeen. Sociopaths are not capable of loving someone‚ having true relationships

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    should I discuss on my essay or which topic should I perform the phenomenological method on. Initially I would’ve gone with something that I cannot take away from myself without changing who I am or my identity. I thought of how I could never stop being a sister to my siblings‚ or how I could never stop fighting for what I believe in‚ as I’m a very vocal person when it comes to my beliefs. I also thought about my passion for reading books‚ how it’s a form of escape for me and how I can’t imagine a

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    Importance of Being Earnest‚ to be “Earnest” is to be “honest‚ and “truthful”. Which was what the protagonist and main character Jack Worthing used to slip away from responsibilities he had to face. Oscar Wilde used the name earnest but the characters act completely different from it. It’s a pun on the word earnest‚ when the title is the importance of being earnest but they

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