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    In the poem “There is no Frigate like a Book”‚ Emily Dickinson uses words with particular connotations to give her poem a more rich and meaningful aspect. Her belief that literature is powerful enough to allow one’s mind to distance itself from reality and its immediate surroundings is enforced in the poem throughout her use of words like “frigate” “traverse” which connate a sense of journey or adventure. Dickinson compares books to means of transportation to emphasize this idea of the power

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    The Like-Me Theory

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    This idea that others are like ourselves and are therefore relatable is a driving force in human interaction and perception of other humans. The study goes on to assert that “work on human empathy shows that adults react differently to the injury of an entity as a function of the like-me-ness of that entity” (cite). AIDS struck mainly society’s most marginalized: gay people‚ drug users‚ poor people‚ and

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    I Like Guys

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    I Like Guys The topic of homosexuality has become a constant issue throughout our society for many years. Many people believe that being gay is not acceptable for both religious and moral reasons. Because being gay is not accepted‚ many homosexuals may feel shame or guilt because of the way they live their everyday lives. This in turn can affect how the person chooses to live their life and it can also affect who the person would like to become. Growing up‚ David Sedaris struggled to find the

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    I Like It in the Bum

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    a cookie before dinner‚ and you did indeed have that cookie‚ would you lie and deny it? You probably would. If your best friend is wearing an extremely unattractive outfit‚ would you tell her she looks great even though you honestly think she looks like a walking disaster? If you knew you could get accepted at a very good university by lying on your application for admission‚ would you do it? If you could become wealthy by telling a lie‚ would you do it? If you could save a person’s life by telling

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    My Life Be Like

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    time like many other young people that life was taken away because of somebody else’s stupidity.After a while my mom got fed up with the violence around my house. That’s when my mom decided to send me here to Glenwood. I was enrolled here the summer of 2001. Im not going to lie‚ when I first came to Glenwood I was not feeling it. Plus what added to my uncertainty were the tall tales that was told to me before I came. It was a lady by the name of ms schuler who told me that Glenwood was like Hogwarts

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    LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE

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    Final Paper: Women & Relationships Esquivel showed love in a whole other aspect from life in the movie and novel “Like Water for Chocolate”. This movie and novel is about monthly installments with recipes‚ romances‚ and home remedies. Love was very powerful and changed everybody’s life‚ it kept some people around‚ made some people leave and it even made some people die. Love is something that can take over someone’s mind‚ soul and body. When two people are in love no one and nothing can get in

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    Living Like Weasels

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    ANNIE DILLARD LIVING LIKE WEASELS Together answer: "How is the Dillard essay constructed?" Do describe each of its parts. 17 paragraphs in five acts (parts) Characteristic features: explanation of meaning pages 1-2 Premonition: Wild‚ ETS story‚ talons‚ bones and death in life in death. 63 3-7 Setting -- time and place. Hollins/Murray’s Pond (Walden) sunset in suburbia! 63-64 8-11 THE ENCOUNTER; a shocking‚ world changing - view & an upsetting event! 64-65 12-14 Reflection on the loss

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    Like Water For Chocolate

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    before he left the war. Eli Fisher‚ the portrays symptoms of what is known today as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. In the story Eli Fisher says " Please‚ God‚ no more war" "he prayed as a patchwork of horrific images shot through his head". (Line 32) " Like a Holocaust survivor‚ there was no psychologist or pill that could erase what had become a part of him‚ but Eli closed his eyes‚ tasted the cold coffee and once again forced the horrors of war from his mind." (Line 104) Eli Fisher

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    Like Water for Chocolate

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    Like Water For Chocolate tells the story of Tita De La Garza‚ the youngest daughter of Mama Elena. She is protagonist of the story who strives for love‚ freedom‚ and individuality while Mama Elena is the chief-antagonist‚ who stands as the prime opposition to the fulfillment of these goals. This mother-daughter relationship is filled with difficulty from the start‚ when Tita is brought into the world too soon after her father’s sudden death. Mama Elena is the opposite of a nurturer‚ never producing

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    Thinking Like a Genius

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    Thinking like a genius Famous thinkers "Even if you’re not a genius‚ you can use the same strategies as Aristotle and Einstein to harness the power of your creative mind and better manage your future." Nine approaches to creative problem solving: Rethink! Look at problems in many different ways. Visualize! Utilize diagrams and imagery to analyze your dilemma. Produce! Genius is productive. Combine! Make novel combinations... Form! Form relationships. Opposite! Think in opposites. Metaphor/simile

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