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    The Great Gatsby shows several iconic scenes of characters coming together for one underlying purpose: to forget. Have we considered to ask why beautiful luxuries and tempting vices fill nearly every page of this novel? Why are the stunning homes‚ expensive liquors‚ and divine meals imperative? The opulence of these scenes is not just for the sole reason to impress--these are the distractions by which each Nick‚ Gatsby‚ Jordan‚ and Tom use to forget their suppressing responsibilities. Even Daisy

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    Forgiveness and Freedom We always observe in our lives a struggle between society‚ its norms‚ strong influences and natural inner peace. It’s worth understanding that our nature should guide our destinies and only after that we will truly understand the word freedom and we will see its power in action. In “The Scarlet Letter” and “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” we see how authors portray the moments of standing of person as a part of nature but not as a part of society. It gives hope and chance

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    The Reading Lesson ‘The Reading Lesson’ by Richard Murphy is about how education is harder to understand for some people‚ with the theme of education and nature. I will be discussing how Murphy conveys the emotion of dissatisfaction and to what extent he is successful in deepening our understanding of it throughout the poem. The title of the poem itself has a double meaning as ‘The Reading Lesson’ is about a boy who is reluctant to be taught reading and the teacher has learnt a lesson: you

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    The world is filled with many forms of cruelty. One of these forms is bullying‚ no matter the side of bullying one has experienced it is something most people can relate to. In her essay‚ White Lies‚ Erin Murphy explores the effects bullying can have within in a person. The mother in Murphy’s essay should not have participated in helping her daughter lie her way out of bullying. Although the mother’s intentions were good‚ she is ultimately hurting her daughter in teaching her to pay her way out of

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    Ye Ji Jung Mrs. Cunningham English 12 11 November Forgiveness Martin Luther King once quoted‚ “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” Quote is a word based on one’s thought through experience: it is not made up with fabrication to make a parade. Therefore‚ Martin Luther King wrote this quote that love is the acme to redeem the wrong based on his enlightenment through

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    The ultimate desire for Beckett‚ Jim Hansen remarks is ‘to transcend the body and enter a zone where conscious itself partakes of a flux of forms’ . Moreover‚ in his novel Murphy‚ Beckett attempts to articulate the inner workings of Murphy’s mind by subduing coping mechanisms of the body as well as the spaces that contain it . The novel recalls the life of an Irish expatriate male who lives in London and is excessively preoccupied with his own conscious whilst avoiding the demands of his body .

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    The Native Americans resentment of the English has been building up since the 1600’s. In 1675-1678 the Native Americans tried to drive out the English settlers for the last time. A sequence of events leads to an outbreak called‚ The King Philips War‚ led by a Pokunoket chief named Metacom. The war lead to a decline in many Native American tribes and suffered more oppression in the hands of the English settlers. Since the founding of Jamestown in 1607 the relationship between the English colonist

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    Reinhold Niebuhr once said “Forgiveness is the final form of love.” When someone wrongs a person how would they feel? In the novel A Parchment of Leaves by Silas House a Cherokee girl named Vine marries an Irish man named Saul. Saul’s brother Aaron who vine saved when he was bitten by a snake ends up liking Vine which turns into an obsession. Throughout the book Aaron becomes increasingly obsessed with Vine to the point that he asks her to run away with him and while drunk rapes her. This leads to

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    Intervention Studies on Forgiveness Daulphinia Glover Liberty University Summary In the journal article titled “Intervention Studies on Forgiveness” by Thomas W. Baskin and Robert D. Enright is a meta-analysis study on interventions that are conducted to determine if the interventions that are being utilized are effective when it comes to forgiveness. In the early case studies it was “suggested that forgiveness might be helpful for people who have experienced deep emotional

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    OC Person‚ Darius J. 3 June 2012 Audie Murphy: To Hell and Back Book Report Lt. Audie L. Murphy’s name stands as one of the most prominent in American military history. He was a figurehead of leadership and the epitome of the seven Army Values (Loyalty‚ Duty‚ Respect‚ Selfless Service‚ Honor‚ Integrity and Personal Courage). He was a model for every soldier to follow‚ one that overcame every odd that was ever against him and rose to conquer every challenge. In his personal memoir “To

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