The NBA is a growing professional basketball league‚ and has 30 different teams. All of the teams have differences and similarities. Others‚ however‚ look very similar from the outside‚ but in reality‚ they are completely different. Although the Lakers and Clippers are both located in Los Angeles and they share the same arena‚ the differences between the two prove how much better the Lakers are. Although the Lakers and Clippers share some common traits‚ they also are completely different. Both teams
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In Zeffirelli’s and luhrmann’s individual movies on the Shakespearean play of Romeo and Juliet‚ they show a great deal of focus on the theme of conflict‚ which had occurred mainly between the two rivals of the play‚ the Montagues and the Capulets. Although the movies are based on the same play‚ they differ quite a lot. Zeffirelli’s version of Romeo and Juliet was set in the 1600s‚ which was accurate for the play. For luhrmann’s version‚ he set the movie in the modern era which inevitably causes
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Beowulf and Gilgamesh are both unique epics in their own ways‚ yet share a connection. Gilgamesh‚ a long narrative poem written over five thousand years ago from Mesopotamia‚ now present day Iraq‚ is among the earliest known works of literature. Regardless‚ of losing over a thousand words from its ancient text‚ it is still a great story about the protagonist‚ Gilgamesh king of Uruk. Beowulf‚ written in Old English sometime before the tenth century A.D.‚ describes the adventures of a great Scandinavian
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One can find many similar recurring themes in the novels Siddhartha‚ by Herman Hesse‚ and Perfume‚ by Patrick Suskind. Both authors use an aspect of nature as a symbol‚ the river. Since the time of the ancient Chinese‚ Pharaohs‚ Romans and Greeks‚ people have believed that the flow of the river represents the flow in one ’s life. They use the river to symbolise peoples ’ existence. In both books‚ the river portrays spiritual aspects that tell the characters ’ life stories‚ whether they take place
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Characterization is the process of an author developing a character’s qualities or personality by describing him or her in a fictional story. In the short story “ The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell‚ Sanger Rainsford‚ a hunter‚ is trying to keep himself alive on Ship Trap Island‚ where a nefarious man named General Zaroff is hunting him for sport. Rainsford and Zaroff the two men going toe-to-toe are shown through characterization that they contrast and compare from each other. The two characters
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A French philosopher and writer‚ Voltaire‚ wrote the novella Candide in the late 17th Century. Candide is a dark comedy describing many atrocities and dark events throughout the life of the eternal optimist‚ Candide‚ the main character. A similar masterpiece‚ Tartuffe‚ was written in the 17th century by Moliere as a satirical display of religious hypocrisy. Tartuffe is a production of vice and virtue that involves a witty and brusque family that idolizes a single religious figure who tries to insinuate
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On the 7th of November 2012 Barack Obama delivered his presidential victory speech in his hometown of Chicago. This is a critical commentary of that speech. Barack’s aim apart from thanking voters was to deliver the message that through working together‚ they could drive America forward. The mood was more subdued than the jubilant one of 2008 which carried a similar message of unity. The uplifting tone present four years earlier whilst not replaced‚ was just a little more sombre. It could be argued
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The Libya‚ Obama and the Just War Theory There is no doubt that philosophy can be applied to everything from politics‚ to government‚ to our personal relationships. In today’s world‚ however‚ it is difficult to simplify everything into theoretical whims of Cicero‚ Plato‚ and Kant. The Libya‚ Obama and the Just War Theory is a blog post written by a man under the alias “Doctor Cleveland.” Cleveland provides us with a prime example of an archaic theory being used to justify decisions made in a complex
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At first glance Joshua seems to just be a story of the Israelites and the settling of the Promised Land‚ however‚ there may also be a prophetic vision of God’s plan for Salvation of His people. The book of Joshua shows the difference between living a life‚ like Moses‚ under the Law of the Old Testament and under the freedom‚ which came from Jesus Christ‚ as Joshua did. One could certainly make a strong case that Joshua 1-6 can be looked at as a metaphor of Jesus Christ and man’s salvation through
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Compare and Contrast of Adam and Eve and Equality 7-2521 In the novel Anthem‚ Equality 7-2521’s circumstance of rebellion create similarities and differences to the story of Adam and Eve in the Bible. Adam and Eve’s sin can be compared to Equality 7-2521’s sins. Adam and Eve break one and only rule in the Garden of Eden by eating the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. God gives Adam and Eve a permission to eat any fruit in the Garden of Eden except for the fruit from the tree
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