“A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself‚” (Joseph Campbell). According to Dictionary.com a hero is a person noted for courageous acts or nobillty of character. On the contrary‚ my definition of a hero is an individual with a humongous soul who wants to make a difference in the world. There are many examples of a heroes in our modern day society. For instance‚ a hero can be the brave‚ courageous‚ and valiant men and women that serve in our military. A hero
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Hope Hope is a term that is used in everyday life but it is not defined very clearly. The definition term of hope is a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen. When someone hopes for a certain situation‚ they have a belief in it and have a idea on how the situation turns out either a positive outcome or a negative outcome. Hope is the one element that keeps people faith in society today. Many things have been accomplish because of hope‚ people resort to hope when they have
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ENC 1101 The Definition of an American An American is defined by The Oxford Dictionary as “a native or citizen of the United States.” An American can be many things; with the extensive amount of opportunities that are available to not only the native citizens‚ but also the immigrants and their families. In his farewell address‚ Ronald Reagan spoke of John Winthrop when he said America was like “a shining city on
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A wife is a married woman; woman who has a husband; a man’s partner in marriage. (Oxford Dictionary) Is this surface definition of “wife” in actuality means to the husband and also the wife herself? Every married man wishes to have a good wife. Many people advice the new bride to be a good wife to her husband. But what are the makings of a good wife? Many women don’t know about it. But most of these qualities of a good wife are already ingrained in a woman and the rest can be developed. Good wife
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world on fire‚ a desire to strive for excellence‚ to exceed expectations that are spread out before you. To some it is a warm embrace‚ others‚ a drive to better themselves‚ but the true meaning of passion can be interpreted in different ways. The definition of passion is any powerful or compelling emotion. Some of these emotions can include love‚ joy‚ hatred‚ or anger. Passion has its way of pushing us one of two ways: to great success or to failure. Either way‚ passion plays a key role in the lives
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dream come true. Some people say love is once-in-a lifetime thing and others believe that after one love comes another. The more you think about what love is the more you get closer to the true meaning of this feeling- the more you realize that the definition of love is probably your own‚ unique and sincere truth about love. Love can be defined as a strong liking for someone or something. Love is affectionate feelings for different people including husband‚ wife‚ children‚ friends‚ co-workers‚ and God
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devil‚ supernatural‚ demons‚ and murderers to describe this word. But really‚ there is way more to the word than most people think. The word “evil” has very interesting path‚ forms‚ and synonyms that go with the it. This is what evil really is. The definition of evil is profound immorality wickedness‚ and depravity‚ especially when regarded as a supernatural force. This is the noun version of the word there is also the adjective form which means‚ profoundly immoral and malevolent. People disregard the
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While Merriam -Webster dictionary defines beauty as “the quality or aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that gives pleasure to the senses or pleasurably exalts the mind or spirit”‚ I believe there is more to beauty than Merriam-Webster’s definition. A person having beauty is more than a quality that others can see on someone—it is something they can hardly see in themselves. As Kahlil Gibran said‚ “beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.” The term beauty is derived from
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monster in the form of aliens. The word monster derives from the old French word monstre which in the 13th century was a term to describe a “disfigured person”. Over hundreds of year this word has taken many meanings. In my case the definition of my monster is the fifth definition in the Oxford English dictionary‚”A person of repulsively unnatural character‚ or exhibiting such extreme cruelty as to appear in human; a monstrous example of evil‚ a vice‚etc.” This relates to my monster because in my case my
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for stupidity in society. Just as commonly‚ stupidity can be denied and termed as ignorance. To say that these words are one in the same is ignorance in and of its self‚ that is if one is uninformed of the true definitions of either word. When one has been informed of the correct definition and still uses the term out of context well‚ that is an example of stupidity. For many reasons these two words have two vastly different meanings which
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