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    In Flannery O’Connor’s short story "Good Country People" Flannery shows and teaches us‚ you cannot judge a book by its cover‚ not even a bible. Though Hulga seems as if she has a heart as cold as ice‚ you learn how vulnerable she is. You also encounter a character named Manley Pointer. Who puts on a facade of being a good country boy‚ and a Christian who sells bibles. Symbolism plays a major role in the way that these characters are seen through out the story and how they perceive themselves.

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    with the nature‚ especially if you live in a city. While there are people that interact with the nature every day because of their rural location. The short poem “Traveling through the Dark” by William Stafford‚ is about a person that encounter a dead deer in the road in the middle of the night. In the story‚ the narrator have to decide if he would save the unborn deer or just throw the mom deer to the river to save other people that might suffer an accident by encountering the dead body. In the

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    Shug Avery gave her the strength she needed to value herself as a women‚ sister and mother. Celie grows up as a kept woman unable to blossom. Her roll in life was to cook‚ clean and shave Mr. and let him climb on top of her and do his business. Through the format of letters and a diary‚ Walker reveals the transformation of a mentally‚ religious‚ abused black girl into a self-determining‚ independent and‚ strong black women. “You better not never tell nobody but God. It’d kill your mommy” (Walker)

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    Professor Sargent Poetry 165W December 18‚ 2009 {draw:frame} “Traveling Through the Dark”: William Stafford In the poem‚ “Traveling Through the Dark”‚ William Stafford uses alliteration‚ imagery and natural speech in order to convey the disheartening emotions that come with being forced to make a life threatening decision. He orders the images in his tale to allow our minds and emotions with his as he works his way through making a choice; man or nature. The poem lacks a regular meter making appear

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    Where Good Ideas Come from

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    Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation (Book Review) Bill recently read Steven Johnson’s book‚ "Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation"‚ and found it useful as a way to think about the kinds of environments that foster creative collaboration and innovation. I picked up Steven Johnson’s book‚ Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation‚ with a little bit of skepticism. Lots of books have been written about innovation – what it is

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    article “Why Failure Is Good For Success” Pauline Estrem talks about why failure is good for success. She believes failure is often good for success because it makes people stay focused and overcome failure. The “sweetest victory is the one that’s most difficult” (Estrem‚2016‚Para.1). With that being said you have to try hard to succeed and can’t be afraid to take risk in your life. To become successful you will have to take many risk in your life but in the end it will be rewarding. Failure is a large

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    Gilgamesh and Wisdom

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    Wisdom Most people define wisdom as knowledge of what is true joined with just judgement. In order to understand The Epic of Gilgamesh‚ it is vital to realize how the people of that time perceived wisdom. Throughout this novel‚ we learn many lessons from King Gilgamesh. In my opinion‚ he advises us to become aware of what we are passionate about in life‚ and to establish the proper way to live it out. Gilgamesh was transformed from a selfish King into discovering the wisdom necessary to strike

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    The Komagata Maru Step 2: Who was involved in this incident? Why had people decide to leave their home countries and come to Canada? Why were the people on the ship only the ones to not get a visa that easily (the race)? How could have the people on the ship come into Canada? How many people were on the ship? When did this happen? Step 3: Laws became more strict and discriminating At the time Canada needed people to fertilize the western farmland‚ but they preferred those from the US‚ Britain

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    To me what she is saying is that another way for society to tell people about the safety of HIV‚ and this way is through religion. In her passage she says that religion obscures the truth‚ so whatever these kids learn will be whatever the religion says and these kids will have to follow and that could be abstinence till you get married. She then goes on to say that “religious dogma crushes our efforts to translate good data into good HIV prevention.” (P188‚ Pisani) In the book it goes on to say that

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    Wisdom Psalms

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    No clear-cut characteristics of wisdom Psalms have been charted out. However‚ some scholars offer identifying suggestions with regard to style‚ content and context or life-setting. As we have said‚ wisdom features are found in many of the psalms in the psalter. However‚ the wisdom psalms share certain components in style‚ content and context. These typical characteristics (style‚ content and context or life-setting) have been identified primarily by R. K. Johnston. 1. With regard to style: The use

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