Essay Prompt: In a 1-2 page character analysis‚ explain what makes Atticus such a good parent‚ using quotes and evidence from the text to back up your claims. The Most Memorial Parent In 2003‚ the American Film Institute chose Atticus Finch‚ a respectful‚ dignity attorney from To Kill a Mockingbird‚ as the greatest hero in 100 years of film history. Harper Lee published To Kill a Mockingbird in the 1960s and it immediately received huge acclaims from readers throughout the world. In the novel
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I just this day finished reading A COMPANION TO BEOWULF by my friend and classmate Ruth Johnson. It was remarkably clear‚ well written‚ concise‚ and chock full of fascinating insights and observations. Let me in particular remark on her last chapter‚ which concerned Tolkien and Beowulf. I had not heretofore been aware of how large a figure JRR Tolkien loomed in the scholarship of the epic poem BEOWULF‚ nor what a great influence his seminal essay The Monster and the Critics‚ had in turning the
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One doesn’t need a Ph.D. in theology to look around the world and realize something is desperately wrong. The existence of evil is one of the most vexing challenges a Christian--or any person‚ for that matter-- must grapple with. It’s occupied the minds of great Christian thinkers since the beginning‚ including St. Augustine (354-430). For much of his life he worked hard at a solution. Augustine’s approach was not just brilliant; it was practical. His insight is intellectually credible and emotionally
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Primary Sources - Hinduism‚ Jainism‚ and Buddhism For more background information on religions see: http://home.comcast.net/~mruland/WHAP/Notes/foundations/wreligion.htm The Aryan invasion of the subcontinent around 1‚500 B.C.E. brought with it a new religion that featured a pantheon of gods that the Aryans worshiped through ritualism and with burnt sacrifices. Over the next thousand years‚ the religion matured‚ probably incorporating some elements of Harappan theology and certainly establishing
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Equestrian Massage (Equestrian Sports Massage) Massage can improve the physical and mental health of humans in a variety of different ways. Evidence supports the fact that massage treatments have been utilized for at least 3000 years. Through many medical models‚ massage techniques have evolved and become quite varied today. Thankfully‚ humans have generously extended their treatments to their animal friends. For those animals involved in sports and in work forces‚ mainly the horses‚ massage
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In the two articles Social Change Among the Amish‚ and The McDonaldization of Society we can plainly comprehend the distinction between a Gemeinschaft and a Gesellschaft. The term Gemeinschaft what’s more‚ Gesellschaft is utilized by Ferdinand Tonnies to dissect the two noteworthy terms in the public arena. A Gemeinschaft is also called a "personal group." It is utilized to portray the conventional sort of society in which everybody knows every other person. While a Gesellschaft is what
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soon-to-be-beheaded‚ is alarmed by Meursault’s harmonious accord with deadness. He asks Meursault to call him “father‚” and in a father’s ploy to make eating peas look fun‚ he spoon-feeds him airplanes of spiritual consolidation. Even with the promise of a heavenly after dinner dessert‚ Meursault remains unimpressed. “I had little time left and didn’t want to waste it one God” (114). In the manner of the executive magistrate‚ Meursault
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chariot and engage the enemy‚ the driver would then wheel off to one side‚ ready to come sweeping in to retrieve the warrior when needed. Psychological warfare was used quite often by the Celts. They would paint their faces to look like demonic creatures to scare the enemies to get the first hit against the enemy. They would also scream while attacking enemies which also brought fear into their enemies which usually made them hesitate‚ which allowed them to get the first
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The Process of Love; Reproducing Beauty Throughout his work Plato is well known for implementing dialogue‚ typically with Socrates as the main interlocutor‚ to express his philosophical thoughts in an engaging‚ dramatic fashion. The Symposium is no different and is often considered Plato’s crowning achievement in terms of creating a harmonic interplay between drama and philosophy within his dialogue. Beyond simply presenting his ideas in an entertaining manner‚ this dialectic method of composition
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the Greeks. “Oceanus was the Titan god of the great earth-encircling river Okeanos‚ the font of all the earth ’s fresh-water: including rivers‚ wells‚ springs and rain-clouds. Oceanus was also the god who regulated the rising and setting of the heavenly bodies which were believed to emerge and descend into his watery realm at the ends of the earth. Oceanus ’ wife was Tethys‚ the nurse‚ who was
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