Essay Draft- Discuss how the novel Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone by J.K. Rowling teaches us important moral and social lessons. Novels aren’t just a source of entertainment‚ they also contain important social and moral lessons. This can be seen in the novel Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone by J.K Rowling through the journey of Harry Potter and his friends in their first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. During this time they have to work together to defeat Voldemort
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Maria loved music and would play Chopin and Beethoven on the piano in the evening. This inspired Sergei from a young age. Sergei mastered violin‚ piano‚ and cello. When Sergei was seven he learned how to play chess. Which stayed a passion of his until death. He even played against world chess champions and won several exhibition matches. When sergei father died he no longer received financial support but by this time he could support himself with his musical abilities. Sergei lived in Ukraine‚ Russia
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somebody else‚ and in Through the Looking Glass she loses her identity all together when she forgets her name. Each book features game equipment as characters; in Alice in Wonderland there are living playing cards‚ in Through the Looking Glass‚ chess pieces. Both books feature kings and queens as well as talking animals and fabulous creatures. And both feature the March Hare and the Hatter‚ although in the second book‚ the spelling of their names has been changed. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
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Video games are no different than any other sport. Video games arguably require more practice time‚ requires skills‚ and are very competitive. Statistics show that about 67% of US households‚ and half a billion around the world play at least one hour‚ and most of them are between ages of 18 – 49(1‚ 2). If people are willing to spend most of their time‚ learning the concepts and practicing on a regular basis‚ why must we not consider it a sport? Video games should be considered a sport. Professional
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Smithers: a Small Man In Lord Dunsany’s “The Two Bottles of Relish” (1932)‚ Smithers‚ a relish salesman‚ partners with Linley‚ an intelligent gentleman from Oxford to solve the murder of the young Nancy Elth. After Smithers has discovered clues from the murder scene in Unge‚ he must rely on Linley because he cannot solve the case. Smithers’ self – deprecation‚ ignorance‚ and lack of creativity prevent him from solving the case. Smithers’ is extremely hard on himself. His self – deprecation hinders
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1. Theme: Throughout the novel‚ Orwell made it plain that the major theme of the novel was the power of the Party‚ however‚ in Part 3‚ Orwell used torture as a minor theme‚ and that minor theme was used to convey the major theme. Evidence of that is found on page 266 when characters Winston and O’Brien discussed the fact that one proclaims his power over another by making the other suffer. For example‚ once in captivity‚ Winton and other prisoners were starved‚ as witnessed on pages 225 and 235
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With the flow of immigrants from foreign countries constantly entering the United States‚ ideas and pieces of their culture have been brought with them and integrated into mainstream culture. However‚ especially with more recent waves of immigration‚ some pieces of their culture remain uniquely their own and sometimes cannot be directly translated into English and American culture. In The Joy Luck Club‚ the concept of “joy luck” remains untranslatable from mother to daughter‚ from Chinese culture
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Military‚ Expert Systems‚ Robotics and Natural Language Processing. This paper deals with latest advances that have occurred in the field of games playing. The best computer chess programs are now capable of beating humans. In May 1997‚ an IBM super-computer called Deep Blue defeated world chess champion Gary Kasparov in a chess match. Today‚ the hottest area of Artificial Intelligence is neural networks‚ which are proving successful in a number of disciplines such as voice recognition and natural
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one-in-a-million thing. You’ve got it - or you don’t. Well‚ folks‚ it’s not so simple. For one thing‚ you do not possess a natural gift for a certain job‚ because targeted natural gifts don’t exist. (Sorry‚ Warren.) You are not a born CEO or investor or chess grandmaster. You will achieve greatness only through an enormous amount of hard work over many years. And not just any hard work‚ but work of a particular type that’s demanding and painful. CEN_boy_golf.03.jpg Born Winner? Golf champ Tiger Woods
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In Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass‚ Alice a seven year old girl‚ falls down a rabbit hole and enters wonderland; a place full of nonsense and puns‚ which Carroll aptly uses to illustrate several points about life. Alice begins her journey at a tea party hosted by the March Hare‚ and Mad Hatter whom murdered Time‚ but seems to understand time very well; followed by her summons to join the Queen of Hearts in a game or croquet‚ nearly resulting in her death
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