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    If WW3 were to happen right now and you were drafted‚ would you want to fight as an individual or as a team? Teamwork is a valuable skill‚ perhaps even more important than individual technical skill. Top Gun shows the development of a fighter pilot as he makes this realization. Fighter pilot Pete “Maverick” Mitchell is one of the best at what he does‚ flying jets. Correspondingly‚ he has a big ego‚ disrespect for rules and authority‚ and extreme cockiness. These faults cause him to question what

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    of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold‚ it would be a merrier world.” (J.R.R. Tolkien‚ The Hobbit) Many people think that if greed was non-existent‚ then the world would be a much better place. Greed is a big piece in “A Christmas Carol”. There are many versions to compare and contrast‚ but the script of the drama and the movie from 1984 were what was chosen. In the drama (the script) by Charles Dickens‚ there are four ghosts that visit Mr. Ebeneezer Scrooge‚ the

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    visits‚ scrooge notices he needs to be nicer to those around him and gives some of his money to charity and tries to mend what he broke. The Department of Theatre Arts at the University of Wisconsin- La Crosse recently put on the play‚ A Christmas Carol‚ directed by Mary Leonard. Many things go into getting a play this popular ready for the December showings. Costumes‚ lighting‚ and sound design are only a few things needed to make sure the play runs perfectly.

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    The story “A Christmas Carol” is Dickens way of showing the divide between the rich and poor of London and the consequences it has on the people. By 1776 over 16‚000 individual men‚ women and children were housed in one of the eighty workhouses in metropolitan London; between 1 per cent and 2 per cent of the population of London. Workhouses‚ institutions in which the poor were housed‚ fed and set to work‚ had by this time become the most common form of relief available to Londoners . Ebenezer Scrooge

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    During the book “ The Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens‚ the theme is be kind to your fellow man. When the First Spirit visited Scrooge‚ Scrooge told him this: “There was a boy singing a Christmas Carol at my door last night. I should like to have given him something: that’s all.” Scrooge started feeling bad already that he had treated his fellow man in the wrong way. When the second Spirit took Scrooge to his nephew’s house they were paying a yes or no question game‚ Scrooge was playing too but

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    we can do anything. Superheroes represent qualities that we should all attempt to embody. What Captain America truly represents can be interpreted in many ways‚ but there are messages being conveyed. The authors of “Captain America: The First Avengers” use rhetoric to express the social ideology that being a hero is not exactly how strong you are‚ but what values and morals you live your life by. Captain America was created through a technological experiment on the capabilities of the human body.

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    “To what extent was the Federal Government responsible for improving the status of black people in the USA in the years 1945 - 1964?” Most People would presume that the Federal Government of the USA would have done the most for Civil Rights‚ as they are in charge and run all of the States in America. However this is wrong as most of the Presidents did not pass Civil Rights Acts straight away‚ in fact it took them at least a year into the Presidency to even attempt to pass an act through

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    Why do you want to be a captain? What unique strengths would you bring to this role? I want to be a captain because I want to help our team and the people on it strive as dancers. Some people on the team have not danced before so I would love to help those girls see how fun dance is‚ and help everyone grow as dancers. One unique strength I would bring to this team is my helpful critics. If I see a dancer’s toe not pointed or and arm positioned past its point I will let the dancer know and encourage

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    ‘Generosity is not just about the giving of money’. How is this idea explored in a Christmas carol? Charles Dickens’ allegorical tale ‘A Christmas Carol’‚ explores ideas about generosity‚ and explains the idea that generosity can be understood in ways that do not involve the giving of money. The stories used by Dickens to exemplify this idea are mostly about the generosity of spirit shown by people who are unable to give money; the poor‚ the burdened and the children. Dicken’s position seems to

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    A Christmas Carol was a very iconic book‚ that inspired many movies‚ including a very popular animated version made by Disney. The book was written in a Victorian era‚ a time period where stories with ghosts existed‚ but were not very popular. This book was by far one of the most successful book that had ghosts as some of the main characters. This is just one of the reason that the ghosts that visited Ebenezer Scrooge are significant. The ghost of Christmas Past was very energetic and optimistic

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