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    Assistan Epic Tale The empire of Assistan Priscus Nikon a half god half human who strikes fear into everyone heart whom dares tries to fight him. He ruled over billions and they all love him as a great leader and a friend to all. He has never developed any scars due to his full regeneration of his body and never beaten against because of his super strength. He was the greatest warrior this world has ever known and ever will know. His mother was a poor‚ but very a beautiful maiden whom livelihood

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    Thunder"‚ and Davis Hernendez’s "The Butterfly Effect". The short story and poem are trying to conclude that a small action can make a huge difference. In the ’’ Butterfly Effect" there is a well known quote that sais "If a butterfly flapping its wings in Bejing it can cause a hurricane off the coast off Florida".The famous quote in " A Sound Of Thunder" "Picking one leaf off agree in the past can effect the president in the future". These storys are both very much alike because‚ of the significance it represents

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    Fiction Essay Thesis and Outline Instructions   In Module/Week 3‚ you will write a 750-words (about 3–4-pages) essay that compares and contrasts two stories from the Fiction Unit.  Before you begin writing the essay‚ carefully read the guidelines for developing your paper topic that are given below.  Review the Fiction Essay Grading Rubric to see how your submission will be graded.  Gather all of your information‚ plan the direction of your essay‚ and organize your ideas by developing a one-page

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    Humanity needs government in order to thrive and progress. According to the documents that describe the Neolithic error‚ which will later be discussed in depth‚ the laws that were set up by government were there to guide the people in moral and spiritual conduct. Furthermore if it were not for the ‘social ladder’ created by government‚ there would be no aspiration for elevation which resulted in competition among the people. The government also generated the need for specialists. As the state grew

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    between Noah and the Epic of Gilgamesh The story of the flood in the Epic of Gilgamesh is a well-known parallel to the story of Noah’s ark in the Hebrew Scriptures of Genesis. The flood in both stories destroys mankind by the power of a deity. These floods drowned men‚ women‚ children‚ and some babies and infants‚ as well as eliminating all of the land animals and birds. The floods represent a new beginning for mankind as well as the gods’ or God’s anger against the humans. In the Epic of Gilgamesh‚ the

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    The Kebra Nagagt and the Epic of Sundiata are powerful and capable of generating pride because both pieces teach a lesson and have strong nationalism for each of their individual development of culture within their own countries. The Epic of Sundiata follows the character of Sundianta. He was crippled and looked down upon by others. After being exiled from Mali‚ he worked hard to become capable of walking which followed with learning to fight. His recovery from someone who was said to be incapable

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    been recording information of both the fictional and nonfictional nature. These stories speak of morals and themes that cross through many cultures. They tell tales of great battles and of natural disasters of epic proportion. One of the most commonly mentioned natural disasters in these stories tells of a great flood. Although the flood story in the Bible and the flood in the Epic of Gilgamesh are two different stories‚ they are telling the same historical event. For instance‚ in the Bible‚ there

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    There are many elements of an epic that are present in Beowulf that make Beowulf a true epic hero. In most dictionaries an epic is defined as a “long poem‚ usually one that is derived from an oral tradition‚ narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic figures or the history of a nation”. With this being true‚ the epic Beowulf also contains many more of these elements that made this poem an epic poem. Some of which are the story takes shape around a hero of unbelievable stature‚ the hero also possesses

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    attention to the point of view in which to tell their story. Determining the point of view is one of the first considerations an author makes when beginning to write. Writers choose the point of view that they believe will best convey their message. They are able to make this decision by considering: the story’s purpose‚ what the reader should become aware of and to alter the reader’s perception. Three different points of view were chosen for the stories‚ “A&P” by John Updike‚ “Where Are You Going

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    In the “Epic of Gilgamesh‚” it talked about how Gilgamesh came into the world of man and how he went about on his epic quest to find immortality and defy death. Rumors said that Gilgamesh’s being was 1/3 human and 2/3 divine. How can a person be 1/3 of anything is beyond my understanding. In the olden times‚ people believed in myths‚ legends‚ and there were gods and spiritual beings among us. They believed that Gilgamesh was created by the gods Shamash (sun god whom endowed Gilgamesh with beauty)

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