The Gift of the Magi (Remake) It was the day before Christmas when Della was walking through the shopping mall. She had recently been fired from her job at the KIA plant because she was blamed for something she did not do. She wanted to get her husband Jim something really nice for Christmas. Della looked in her pocket and pulled out some crumpled up dollar bills and coins; $3.65 to be exact. “Oh no‚” she thought‚ “What am I going to do with this?” Della looked up at the stores full of nice gifts
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Final Gifts is a fascinating book that I have read. It’s about the journey of dying. The book was written by two hospice nurses. Which I can relate too because my aunt is a hospice nurse. I know how she felt and what she goes through on a daily basis regarding hospice patients and the insight on hospice workers. The two hospice workers Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley‚ who introduced the unique way people communicate with their imminent deaths. They help people understand or help explained
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SIMPLE AND FRACTIONAL DISTILLATION *Ibale‚ I.‚ Ibanez‚ E.‚ Jao‚ E.‚ Joson‚ E.‚ Juanico‚ R. 2D Pharmacy‚ Faculty of Pharmacy‚ University of Santo Tomas Abstract Distillation is a commonly used method for separating mixtures based on differences in the conditions required to change the phase of components of the mixture. The product obtained by distillation is called the distillate. Volatility is the property of changing readily from a solid or liquid to a vapor. There are two types of
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’The Gift of the Magi’ by O. Henry and ’The Necklace’ by Guy de Maupassant are two short stories that share some similarities. Namely‚ they are both ironic. The two main characters in both also happen to be husband and wife and make sacrifices for their spouse. The husband in ’The Necklace’ is a ’thrifty clerk’ who doesn’t like to spend too much money. After implored by his wife‚ he gives her the money that he saved up for a rifle so she could buy a nice dress instead. The husband in ’The Gift
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In the short story‚ “The Gift of the Magi”‚ O. Henry uses literary devices to show us that love and sacrifice are powerful human emotions‚ that cannot be outstripped by material possessions. In the story‚ the author uses many quotes to express symbolism to help reiterate the theme‚ one of the quotes is‚ “of all who give and receive gifts‚ such as they are the wisest. Everywhere they are the wisest. They are the Magi” (O Henry 185-186). This quote applies to the theme‚ because it helps to relate their
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to their question in a matter of seconds. Although this is a great source of information‚ has the current generation become too reliant on it‚ using it as more of a crutch than a helpful resource? In my opinion‚ America has given this to us as a gift. A gift to a simpler life‚ where cars can drive themselves‚ and information can be learned by a click of a button. We’ve constantly repeated the process of improvement throughout American history. My generation has been gifted with potential
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The most valuable gift It only takes a few seconds to realize how under-appreciated the gift of life really is. I can still remember the exact moment in which I began to understand that life is the most valuable gift that I have ever been given. Never again since that moment have I forgotten how quickly that gift can be taken away. A few seconds earlier or later‚ a few inches left or right‚ or maybe just a little less luck could have changed what turned out to be a life-altering experience into
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Simple Stimulus “Habituation is a decrease in response to a stimulus after repeated presentations” (Cherry‚ 2013). For example‚ the sound of a telephone ringing may initially draw your attention‚ but as a person becomes more accustomed to the sound he or she pays less attention to the noise and the initial response becomes less. The diminished response is habituation. When I was younger I used to work in a customer service‚ call center setting. I got used to the phones ringing day in and day out
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A Gift for My Mother The story is about a ten-year-old girl named Lucy‚ whose parents are separated and doesn’t have money enough to fulfill their dreams. The father works at a garage‚ which isn’t enough for the family to live on‚ and he’s getting confronted with that all the time even though he’s giving all he have earned‚ to his family. In the start Lucy’s parents are discussing right in front of her‚ which make Lucy confused because she’s 10 years old and doesn’t yet understand what the big
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The alternative to the simple detection model is the expert model of moral perception. Roughly‚ the expert model of moral perception states that some of us non-inferentially perceive moral facts the same way experts in other areas non-inferentially perceive non-moral facts. Take wine-tasting. A well-trained sommelier can‚ through just tasting the wine‚ detect subtle nuances in flavor‚ such as the presence of certain tannins. On the other hand‚ a non-expert‚ someone who is less discerning and who
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