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    Symbolism In Siddhartha

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    In Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse‚ the preference of experience over teaching is demonstrated through the usage of characterization and symbolism‚ persuading readers to not seek teachings‚ but rather to derive wisdom through personal experience. Hesse uses characterization to reveal traits and wisdoms that the characters derive from teachings and experiences. If we are to be taught about somebody else’s experience‚ we may understand the general situation‚ but we will never understand the emotions behind

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    Buddha & Siddhartha

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    Buddhism: Major global "religion" with complex system of beliefs. -The Four Noble Truths -The Noble Eightfold Path -Karma- if you live a good life‚ good things will happen to you and vise versa. -Cycle of Rebirth Siddhartha Gautama: -Founder of Buddhism - Lived 566 (?) - 480 (?) B.C.E. - Son of Indian warrior/king -Privileged but bored - Wandered in search of understanding Suffering: - Lay at the end of all existence - Based on interaction with an old man‚ an ill man‚ a

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    References: Anderson‚ M. & Anderson‚ K. 2003. Text Types in English 1. South Yarra‚ Victoria: MacMillan Education Australia. Biber‚ D. & Conrad‚ S. 2009. Register‚ Genre‚ and Style. New York: Cambridge University Press. Hartono‚ R. 2005. Genre-Based Writing. Semarang: Semarang State University Knapp‚ P. & Watkins‚ M. 2005. Genre‚ Text‚ Grammar: Technologies for Teaching

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    Eating Disorder

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    Essay 11.04.2013 Eating Disorders It seems like every little girl dreams of becoming a model. They want to be thin and pretty like the models they see on television and in magazines. Often the desire becomes an obsession and young girls see "thinness" as being a needed characteristic. For many girls‚ the teenage years are spent trying to acquire this look. Females are trying diets and are exercising like it is a competition to see who can lose the most weight the quickest. The obsession of

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    Australian Food

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    PHYSIOLOGICAL: Your body needs food for energy and functioning. The feeling of hunger can be triggered by the smell‚ sight or discussion of food. Every individual has a particular nutritional requirements. The physical appearance of food plays a major role in our food choices. RELIGIOUS PRACTICES: Derived from a persons belief system or religious systems which shapes their attitude.

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    get rid of everything that makes them female; a pear shaped body and curves (Keresey). Many eating disorder specialists agree that chronic dieting is a direct consequence of the social pressure on American females to achieve a nearly impossible thinness. Women are taught from childhood to judge the worth of their bodies looking at an emaciated standard of beauty‚ which the media has been blamed for upholding and possibly even creating (Schneider). To explore the broader context of this controversial

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    Ultra Thin Women

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    perfected by personal trainers‚ personal make-up artists‚ designers to dress them daily and the wonders of editing and photoshop. “Standards of beauty have in fact become harder and harder to attain‚ particularly for women. The current media ideal of thinness for women is achievable by less than 5% of the female population” (Fox). The media regularly pushes the idea that life would be better and if one loses weight. They use phrases that infer that losing weight will get you attention from the opposite

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    citáty "People use idioms to make their language richer and more colorful and to convey subtle shades of meaning or intention. Idioms are used often to replace a literal word or expression‚ and many times the idiom better describes the full nuance of meaning. Idioms and idiomatic expressions can be more precise than the literal words‚ often using fewer words but saying more. For example‚ the expression it runs in the family is shorter and more succinct than saying that a physical or personality

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    Bulimia Nervosa Outline

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    Anorexia Nervosa vs. Bulimia Nervosa Outline I. INTRODUCTION A. Background Information 1. Do you feel that your weight is normal? Are you constantly trying to lose weight but just end up eating without control? Or do you weigh every single day and your mood depends on the numbers? When we focus too much attention on our bodies‚ these preoccupations can possibly severely affect our well-being‚ relationships and personal lives. 2. It is without any doubt that cases

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    How Social Psychology has helped us to develop a better understanding of the interaction between women’s Body Image and Media Beauty-Ideals Much of the reports reviewed agree that there is a link between body image dissatisfaction and the influence of the media’s portrayal of beauty ideals (Engeln-Maddox‚ 2005) (Groesz‚ Levine & Murnen‚ 2002) (Tiggemann‚ 2003). The extent and direction of this link is unclear as much of the research provides conflicting results. Is simple exposure enough

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