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    Berry or hallelujah Pick your poison tell me what you doin’ Everybody gon’ respect the shooter But the one in front of the gun lives forever And I been hustlin’ all day‚ this a way‚ that a way Through canals and alleyways‚ just to say Money trees is the perfect place for shade and that’s just how I feel‚ now‚ now A dollar might just fuck your main bitch that’s just how I feel‚ now A dollar might‚ say fuck them niggas that you came with that’s just how I feel‚ now A dollar might‚ just make

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    “The Night of a Thousand Suicides” by Teruhiko Asada is a fiction that shows the pressure and expectations of the Japanese society placed on its soldiers forcing them to commit acts of suicide then to come home as coward. Because of the peoples dedication to the Emperor and their belief in him as a living God they fallowed him blindly. The Japanese Emperor expected his military to bring him total victory through the war and failure was only meet with death. In 1940 the Japanese War Department

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    A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini takes place in Afghanistan‚ from the mid 1960’s to early 2000’s. It follows the life of Mariam‚ the illegitimate child of a rich businessman. A child bride‚ she is abused by her husband‚ and eventually attempts to flee her city‚ Kabul‚ during the Civil War and the regime of the Taliban. While the events of A Thousand Splendid Suns are not relatable to many people living in countries such as the United States and Canada‚ readers are able to connect the

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    Oppression Taslima Nasrin once said: “Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy‚ human rights‚ and freedom of expression.” This quote also applies to a book called a thousand splendid suns by Khaled hosseini and Deepa Metha’s Film Water. A thousand splendid suns in a book about two women in Afghanistan with an abusive husband. They struggle for survival and for their human rights that have been overlooked by the Taliban and a patriarchal society. Water is a movie about

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    The term “respect” is completely redefined in A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. This is a heart wrenching tale of two courageous Afghan women‚ both entering adulthood already accustomed to the neglect and degrading treatment practiced in their society. The two share an immensely difficult relationship with an older man‚ and receive scar after wretched scar‚ all piling on to one long and agonizing life. The older woman‚ Mariam‚ is who we meet first in the book. Readers accompany her through

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    On January 25‚ 1964‚ Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight founded “Blue Ribbon Sports.” Mr. Bowerman and Mr. Knight officially changed the name of their company “Blue Ribbon Sports”‚ to Nike‚ Inc. on May 30‚ 1971. It started out as the two of them selling running shoes from a Japanese manufacturer out of the back of their van. They would park their van outside of track meets and try to sell their running shoes to the athletes. Nike is now headquartered in Beaverton‚ Oregon. To think that Nike came

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    1. Trees save energy and money. Just three trees strategically planted around your home can cut your air conditioning bill in half. 2. Trees save tax payers. Trees in a city slow storm water runoff and reduce the need for storm sewers. Tree shade also helps cool municipal buildings‚ lowering electricity bills. 3. Trees cool our cities. Urban "heat islands" are directly related to massive tree-cutting for development. 4. Trees clean our water and air. From low level ozone in our cities

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    A Thousand Splendid Suns Theme Poverty Most of Afghanistan is overwhelmed in poverty. Many people live in dirt floored huts and have very limited resources. Only the rich in this country have all of the westernized luxuries available to them such as cars‚ well built homes‚ servants‚ etc. Mariam has suffered from a life of poverty at the beginning of the story. After Rasheed’s store burns down‚ he and his family suffer the obstacles of poverty. They had to sell everything they had in order to

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    Housman are great poets they describe nature in different ways. In order to imply a connection between nature and the human mind‚ Wordsworth uses the technique of identification and comparison whereas A.E. Housman does the opposite in “Loveliest of Trees”. Wordsworth has beliefs about man’s relationship face with nature and believes that nature is a teacher and nurtures you. In “Daffodils” the speaker reminisces about a past experience in which he seen a multitudes of “Daffodils” swaying in the breeze

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    Beloved‚ Toni Morrison uses trees to symbolize comfort‚ protection and peace. Morrison uses trees throughout Beloved to emphasize the serenity that the natural world offers. Many black characters‚ and some white and Native American characters‚ refer to trees as offering calm‚ healing and escape‚ thus conveying Morrison’s message that trees bring peace. Besides using the novel’s characters to convey her message‚ Morrison herself displays and shows the good and calmness that trees represent in the tree imagery

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