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    How Does Jem Mature

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    Throughout the story‚ as Jem grows up‚ he learns many life lessons as he encounters a variety of events. These lessons made him mature as a better individual gradually. One significant lesson that Jem learned as part of growing was during the encounter with Mrs Dubose. Mrs Dubose stated that Atticus was "not only a Finch waiting on tables but one in the courthouse lawing for niggers"‚ assessing the Finch’s family mental hygiene and insulting Atticus‚ which caused Jem to be infuriated. Although Atticus

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    How Does The Giver Change

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    The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ is a story about searching for missing pieces in their lives. Jonas‚ the main character‚ changes into a dynamic person. In The Giver by Lois Lowry the main character Jonas changes into a more vigorous‚ outgoing character. Jonas changes from close-minded to an open-minded thinker. First‚ all Jonas knows is uniformity‚ but when he starts his training he gets memories of emotions‚ for example joy when he was sledding down the snowy hill‚ he starts to act and think differently

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    The European Romantic movement focused on creativity and originality with an emphasis on nature.  This was far from the previous Enlightenment movement. That drilled in a logical answer for every possible phenomena. Romantics wanted to view the world as a miracle and appreciate it’s beauty. They  didn’t feel the need to over rationalize everything. The spokesman of the Romantic movement was the artist. Artist used painting‚ theatre‚ poetry and such as methods to spread this new ideology. One piece

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    a cockroach. However‚ this is not the only change that can be seen in Metamorphosis. Gregor’s parents and sister also experience change on a more emotional level rather than physical‚ which is what Gregor experienced. The reader can see a shift in how Gregor’s family care for and perceive him. Gregor’s father‚ sister‚ and mother all act one way towards Gregor in the beginning of Metamorphosis‚ but then their behavior changes as the novella progresses. Gregor provides all the financial support for

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    How Does Okonkwo Change

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    Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know(Pama Chodorn).Nothing ever went away for Okonkwo until he learned a lesson from what he did. Okonkwo refused to change which caused change to him. Befor the western influence Okonkwo was known for being very powerful‚ stronged willed‚ and the leader of his clan. This shows us that Okonkwo was very much unstoppable. “Okonkwo was not afraid of war. He was a man of action‚ a man of war. Unlike his father he could stand the look the blood

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    Goldilocks is a young‚ beautiful‚ yet stubborn woman. She was known as one of the most wanted fugitives in the Land of Stories‚ but her whole life changes and she becomes a new person. In the novel The Land of Stories by‚ Chris Colfer‚ Goldilocks changes in many ways. It was mostly the people in her life that helped her mature‚ become more patient and grow into a new person. Meeting the Bailey twins‚ marrying Jack and having her son Hero influenced her life greatly. Goldilocks was always on the

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    How Does Free Will Exist

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    I think that free will do exists‚ but not in the way we all think. The article states that “defining free will is complicated‚”(Marcelo Gleiser) and I agree very much. “An operational definition is that free will is the ability to make one’s own choices‚”(Marcelo Gleiser) which I also agree but there was one subject that got my attention and was my biggest take away. The article talks about are brain thinking to do something unconsciously. I have heard of something called mentalism which is a subject

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    How Does California Exist

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    graffiti‚ it has California pizza‚ sunshine‚ movie stars‚ Hollywood‚ wine and movie stars. However‚ how do we know‚ that that all exist? The answer is not very easy. Everyone of us knows something about California. Maybe he has heard of California on the radio‚ has watched films about it on TV or has read something in the newspaper. There are many ways of finding out something about California. But how do we know if this is true? Maybe the news is wrong‚ maybe the radio is telling us something to make

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    Faith and religion. With so many religion and ways to view faith‚ it is difficult to see how we should understand them. This essay will compare two different ways to view religion in the form of analyzing two works. First‚ Bertrand Russell’s Why I am not a Christian explains straight forward way of thinking where if reason fails‚ then it cannot be. Terry Eagleton’s Reason‚ Faith and Revolution views religion and faith in more spiritual way. He explains that faith is deeper than reason. Both of these

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    How Does Glfloat Shape

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    #include "stdafx.h" #include "windows.h" #include "glut.h" #include "gl/GL.h" #include "gl/Glu.h" GLfloat spe_x = 1.0f; GLfloat spe_y = 1.0f; GLfloat spe_z = 1.0f; GLfloat spe_a = 1.0f; GLfloat wall_1 = 1.0f; GLfloat translate_x = 0.6f; GLfloat translate_y = 0.38f; GLfloat translate_z = 0.5f; float jack_radius = 0.1; bool isTrue = false; bool isTrue_r = false; GLfloat rot = 90.0; // Wall void wall(double thickness) { // draw thin wall with top xz-plane‚ corner at origin glPushMatrix();

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