knock-knock-knock *kno— The heavy wooden sword was knocked out from the soldier’s clammy grasp and landed with a soft thud on the padded floors. The sound of grunts and sword clashing bounced off the spacious walls in the Crownsguard Training hall. Standing by the entrance was Clarus Amicitia‚ the king’s own shield‚ and Gladiolus‚ his son‚ in admist all the sparring matches‚ they were going over security measures for the signing of the peace treaty between the august Lucis and the industrialized
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"DAAAAAD!"‚ screamed a tiny Papyrus. Sluggishly‚ Sans came out of his room‚ being woken up rudely by Papyrus’ sudden loud voice. Then again..Gaster did move Papyrus’ bedroom just a few feet by Sans’ room in case Papy need something. Yelling again‚ Papyrus‚ door wide open because he was afraid of the dark would consume him in the middle of the night‚ sat upright in his bed once Sans shuffled in‚ and leaning against the door frame. "What’s up‚ kiddo?"‚ Sans yawned as he rubbed his eyes. Blinking
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“Authria‚ I’ll tell you one more time to bring me the sulfur before I put you on a library ban!” I jolted from my bookish stupor‚ quickly hiding my newest book under my bed. I knew from experience that the Headmaster didn’t make empty threats‚ and I don’t know if I could handle having nothing to read in the upcoming weeks. Samhain was approaching‚ and it was going to be pretty dull. I still wasn’t allowed to help with the annual Ritual of Revival‚ in which the Headmaster contacted the worshipped
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The Role of God in the Meditations Descartes’ Meditations revolve around presenting the reader with arguments regarding existence. In his first meditation‚ he elucidates the idea that he was raised with numerous false beliefs‚ all of which he believes should be thrown out in order to reach a certain truth. A new foundation is brought about‚ as opposed to that of medieval times. The world that we apprehend through the sense‚ since senses lend themselves to doubt‚ is out of the window. The
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the beginning lines of the short story‚ Happy Endings‚ written by Margaret Atwood. Most stories have developed settings‚ characters and established plots. However‚ Happy Endings is structured in a unique way that makes it stand out among others. After reading Happy Endings several times‚ it is obvious the story was written to expose a heartfelt message that would encourage the reader to think about his or her life. The tone of voice in Happy Endings was different than what I was used to‚ but overall
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This paper will conduct a critical discourse analysis on North American media coverage of the World Indigenous Games. Jiwani and Young (2006) offer a helpful framework for a methodical approach to exploring Indigenous representations in media. In their article on the missing and murdered women of Vancouver’s Eastside‚ they studied 128 newspaper articles over the course of five years in order to uncover patterns on how Indigenous people are framed in the media. The article clearly states that the
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Juliana Tabor Professor Webb Introduction to Philosophy 4/1/13 Descartes: Meditations 3 In Descartes’s Meditations III‚ the Meditator describes his idea of God as "a substance that is infinite‚ eternal‚ immutable‚ independent‚ supremely intelligent‚ supremely powerful‚ and which created both myself and everything else."(70) Thus‚ due to his opinion in regards to the idea of God‚ the Meditator views God containing a far more objective reality than a formal one. Due to the idea that of God
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“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light”‚ Plato said. Studying knowledge is something philosophers have been doing for as long as philosophy has been around. People always see just a part of things around the world. They need an open mind to understand more deep and wise into the world. It’s one of those perennial topics that philosophy has been refining since before the time of Plato. The discipline is known as epistemology
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can be defined by the dominant discourses in society‚ such as gender and sexuality. Michael Foucault’s definition of discourse is more than just the ways of thinking and producing meaning through communication. The notion of discourse defined by Foucault have become closely associated with power and knowledge (Miller‚ 1990). Dominant discourse demonstrates how reality has been socially constructed. They can be found in many forms of media and communication. Discourses become dominant because they are
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Brooke McInerney 3/25/12 6th hour The ending of 1984 Winston and Julia were on their way out of town for another night where they get lost in their love with each other. All they wanted to do was get away and be together without being watched or having the chance of getting caught. They have been getting away more and more often lately. Every day they become more and more in love with each other. They were finding new and exciting places to go away to and different things to do with each
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