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    Natida Nivsnanda MACS 100 I believe the message of Black-ish’s “The Gift of Hunger” is that it is easy to lead a life of ignorance if you are absent from struggles. In the episode‚ Rainbow and Dre Johnson have given their four children a very fortunate‚ privileged life. But they soon realize that their children are spoiled when Dre takes his family to an inexpensive restaurant and all they do is whine and complain‚ expressing no gratitude. At home‚ Rainbow and Dre come up with a plan to put

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    The Nile River Herodotus‚ a well-known Greek Historian‚ Called Egypt: ‘The Gift of The Nile.’ If it was not for the existence of the Nile River‚ Egypt would have been miles of barren sand with no future. The Nile played such an important role in the development of the Ancient Egyptian civilization that the history of Egypt and the Nile cannot be separated. The Nile is 6650 km long and 2.8 km wide. This makes it the longest river in the world. It has a very large catchment area of more than

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    Legacies are not for today‚ however they start today. Each day of life is a brand new opportunity to impact the life of another being. The Gift of Years (pages 215-222) by Joan Chittister is a surprisingly‚ interesting read about aging gracefully and spiritually. The insert supports my own thoughts and beliefs more than rejects them. Through the reading‚ I was checking myself. How will my loved ones remember me? Would I be thought of as someone who touched their lives in a positive way? Did I have

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    ‘A Gift’ by Rahila Gupta‚ is a short story about a two homosexuals‚ which traces fragments of the feelings and emotions of a chaste and somewhat intellectual relationship between two women‚ one being the dominant partner and the other the submissive one. She uses a vast variety of figures of speech‚ such as alliterations‚ metaphors and similes to describe the platonic relationship between two women. As we read through this short prose‚ we learn that the author is seeking attention and grabbing

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    this is something that will just get you started. if you what to make the intro bit better. basically define what belonging is. HOPE IT HELPS In the book ‘the simple gift’ belonging to a group or to anyone has been a struggle to this one young person ‘Billy’‚ this young boy had left home as his father didn’t not support him in anything he did we are able to see this throughout a flashback billy has “when billy was ten years old he was playing soccer in the back yard practicing for the game but

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    estimated 20 percent more water than is now available will be needed to supply the needs of the three billion additional human beings who will be alive by 2025” (Geddes). Recently the drought issue is becoming worse. In the article‚ “The Ocean’s Greatest Gift” by Kurt Stehling‚ he claims the world should use the nearby ocean to solve the drought problem. From a broader perspective‚ John Geddes‚ author of the article‚ “Water Wars‚” state water can also be considered a commodity‚ the same as goods for trading

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    makes them happy to make their partners happy. This proves that money doesn’t buy happiness because by showing that the characters are willing to give up their happiness to make someone else happy. One example of money doesn’t buy happiness in “ The Gift of the Magi” is “ Take yer hat off let’s have a sight at the looks

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    To a significant degree‚ The Simple Gift written by Steven Herrick describes a number of events along a pathway of personal growth for the three main characters in this story‚ which are Billy‚ Old Bill and Caitlin. In this story Billy originally comes from an unacceptable town from a n abusive drunken‚ violent father. He disliked his school and had no mother‚ love‚ education and a proper home. Old Bill is a lonely‚ homeless‚ alcoholic man that lives in a carriage. Due to the death of his wife and

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    In each of the stories stated there is quite a predicament. In O.Henry’s “The Gift of the Magi” Della and Jim are both faced with a contradiction: they need to buy each other a Christmas present but do not have the money to do so. Both end up making sacrifices and it turns out that the presents that they got each other were for the sacrifices that they made. In Guy de Maupassant’s “The Necklace” Mathilde and Loisel also faced with a contradiction: they have lost a necklace that Mathilde borrowed

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    Life is a gift from God to appreciate and live out as best we can. It should be given great importance and be treasured with all our might. Life also brings about question marks‚ for example whether abortion and euthanasia are acceptable‚ what they actually are‚ and if killing in self defence is acceptable. Abortion is the premature termination of a pregnancy‚ resulting in the death of the foetus (the baby inside the mother’s womb). Abortion and contraception are NOT the same. Contraception simply

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