Journal 1 – The Gift of the Magi By: Mariyam Meefau Rasheed Student ID: 004T5414 This is a story about a married couple set in the Christmas time in the early 20th century. The story talks about foolish and impulsive sacrifices made by a young couple with a very little amount of money. They make these sacrifices to buy Christmas presents for each another. The Young couple‚ Jim and Della‚ were very poor. The author does not give much insight on their past‚ but describes them just enough to know
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The dominant theme of Edward II is the theme of many of Marlowe’s (and Shakespeare’s) histories: the will to power and ultimately‚ the corruption inherent in power. Edward isn’t murdered because of his affection for Gaveston. Rather‚ it is because in bestowing such extravagant favors on Gaveston‚ a commoner‚ he is subverting the ‘natural’ order of his position‚ neglecting both his kingdom and his family. He comes to realize that Gaveston wrongs him and he confesses in Act V‚Scene III- “O
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6 William Stallings Copyright 2006 Supplement to Cryptography and Network Security‚ Fourth Edition Prentice Hall 2006 ISBN: 0-13-187316-4 http://williamstallings.com/Crypto/Crypto4e.html 8/5/05 Simplified DES‚ developed by Professor Edward Schaefer of Santa Clara University [SCHA96]‚ is an educational rather than a secure encryption algorithm. It has similar properties and structure to DES with much smaller parameters. The reader might find it useful to work through an example by
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Life is a Gift Everyone has a right to his/her own life. No matter what it is‚ your life that you live everyday is your choice‚ and you have made all the decisions for yourself everyday. This is why I believe when it comes time for is to be over‚ that it should not be somebody else to decide weather or not it should keep going‚ or for it to end. Abortion for example is wrong‚ in my opinion‚ and should not be legal. Everything happens for a reason. That baby was meant to be born‚ and now one
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One often finds that standing up and working in favor of the greater good usually results in negative consequences. Edward Snowden encountered this crossroad while working as a technical contractor for the NSA and the CIA. While working at the NSA’s Oahu office‚ Snowden began noticing various government policies and techniques that the NSA was using in order to spy on American citizens. Through phone calls and internet use‚ information was gathered about various citizens without their consent. After
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THE ULTIMATE GIFT The film touches on many points that ‚ in my opinion ‚ are vital for us to lead a fulfilling life ‚ based on the effort and thanks for all the goods that we have. I like how it makes you see that the gift of work for example‚ helps us to value things ‚ realizing what it actually costs ‚ and get to have some power and learn to despise not waste anything‚ small or "insignificant " it is for us‚ we can get through honest work . I can also see that when you work for something and
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The lack of imagery and metaphor in O. Henry’s short story “The Gift of Magi” make the few Bible allusions stand out. In the last paragraph O. Henry compares Jim and Della to the three wise men that came to give gifts to Jesus on the first Christmas. Also in the exposition of the story there are another two Biblical allusions. Della’s hair is written to be so beautiful that her hair would depreciate The Queen of Sheba’s jewels and gifts. And Jim’s golden watch would have made King Solomon pluck his
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Imagine‚ if you will‚ a gift. I’d like for you to picture in your mind. It’s not too big. About the size of a golf ball. So in vision what it looks like all wrapped up. But before I show you what’s inside‚ I will tell you that’s going to do incredible things for you. It will bring all of your family together‚ you will feel loved and appreciated like never before. And reconnect friends and acquaintances you haven’t heart from in years. Adoration and admiration will overwhelm
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Mr. Mears Mr. Mears is the young Priest who accompanied Kezia on her journey to meet the man she was arranged to marry‚ Mr. Hathaway. Mr. Mears was shy and kept to himself. "She looked at the preacher and saw how young and helpless he looked so far from his native Yorkshire and how ill-clad for this bitter trans-Atlantic weather and she spoke up." Mr. and Mrs. Barclay Kezia was an orphan house keeper to Mr and Mrs Barclay. They were wealthy however‚ they portrayed themselves to be much more
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Presents . Another word that synonym to it is gift . Have you ever gave a present to someone ? Have you ever received presents ? Well ‚ you must be . Because a person that never gave or received presents ‚ her life maybe is a dull one . Let’s talk about giving presents first . Why do you gave presents ? There must be a reason why you give a presents to somebody . I myself will not simply give a present to somebody for no reason . There are several reasons of giving presents . First ‚ to celebrate
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