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    A Separate Peace - War

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    A Separate Peace In his book A Separate Peace John Knowles communicates what war really is. He uses a number of complex characters in a very complicated plot in order to convey the harsh‚ sad‚ cruel‚ destructive forces of war. The Characters Gene and Finny are used as opposing forces in a struggle between that cold reality of war-that is World War II in this story-and a separate peace. A peace away from the real war and all of the terrible things that come with it. Through their relationship‚ that

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    confusion in the Kashmiri society is affecting the children’s innocent minds. Children naturally absorb the spirit of violence in the atmosphere and will soon grow to be the next generation of perpetuators of violence. Therefore the need to nurture peace in the hearts of children has arisen as urgent issues to be addressed. Education is narrowing down into the teaching of certain subject matters necessary only for passing examinations. Due to such subject- centered and examination-oriented learning

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    Uno and World Peace

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    human race was to be saved from total annihilation‚ a powerful world organisation was necessary to safeguard peace in the world. This was a noble and sane idea. On the 24th October 1945 the United Nations Organisation‚ the august world body‚ came into existence. It was welcomed by all the nations of the world. The main purpose of this world organisation is to maintain international peace and security. Its aim is to develop friendly relations among the nations of the world. This organisation is supposed

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    Peace through Service

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    PEACE THROUGH SERVICE Peace is a state of harmony characterized by the absence of violence and freedom from fear. Commonly understood by us as presence of positive and respectful culture. Service on other hand is an activity performed by an a group for benefit of individual or a group .Though both of them are quite different individually‚ but are quite interrelated as peace can be attained by service to underprivileged only .Service is rendered to those people who are socially disadvantaged‚ poor

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    Islam a Religion of Peace

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    uncontrollably violent. So‚ you have a knee-jerk reaction‚ purely defensive and purely self-protective and blurt out that you are a “peaceful religion.” And you are absolutely and one hundred percent right in saying that. For‚ Islam is all about peace and truth and justice and kindness and compassion. But that is not what your accusers and tormenters are saying. They are pointing to all the violence that is going on in different parts of the Muslim world‚ violence in which Muslims are involved

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    In A Separate Peace‚ John Knowles enlightens readers on human existence by displaying how denial allows a person to stray from reality. Numerous cases of denial overwhelm and test characters’ assurances of their own presence. Characters such as Gene Forrester and Phineas (Finny) fail to acknowledge denial‚ so that their naiveté prohibits them from identifying the truth. Eventually‚ fate causes each to face his own guilt‚ embarrassment‚ and disbelief. As the novel progresses Gene Forrester‚ the

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    How does Achebe depict Ibo culture in ‘Things Fall Apart’? Chinua Achebe’s‚ Things Fall Apart‚ is a story of a traditional village in Nigeria from inside Umuofia around the late 1800s. This novel depicts late African history and shows how the British administrative structure‚ in the form of the European Anglican Church‚ imposed its religion and trappings on the cultures of Africa‚ which they believed was uncivilized. This missionary zeal subjugated large native populations. Consequently‚ the native

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    Atomic War or Peace

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    Atomic War or Peace? Was the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan justified? Many people believe that it was very justified‚ but was it? Some reasons could have been the attack on Pearl Harbor‚ the destruction of Japans power to make war‚ also what seemed to the only answer to end war. “I wouldn’t hesitate if I had the choice. I’d wipe ‘em out. You’re gonna kill millions of innocent people‚ but at the same time we’ve never fought a war anywhere in the world where they haven’t fought and killed

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    Religion: Jihad and Peace

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    Discussion 2: “Jihad and Peace.” The words Islam and Muslim are from the same Aramaic/Semetic root‚ and the words Salām‚ Shalom‚ and Salem are all translated as “peace‚” “peace that comes from submission to God‚” “whole‚” “complete‚” “intact.” Explain why “submission” is the major theme of Islam‚ keeping in mind this history of the words’ meanings. The religion is called Islam because it offers peace and requires complete submission to the will of God. According to the Qur’an‚ there is only

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    A Separate Peace Themes

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    that think they are always better than each other. In a Separate Peace‚ John Knowles demonstrates how the boys achieve a Separate Peace through the winter carnival yet their prizes and setting are tinged with warlike images. John Knowles uses setting to prove that there is the war -like images in the winter carnival. Gene said that “The Saturday was battleship gray.” The term battleship is

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