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    THE POWER OF DREAMS What makes that difference between you and Bill Gates??? What made difference between Mark Zukerberg and his friends??? Think for a while… Do you got it??? Its not their ability to do things‚but its their dare to dreams and their commitment to achieve their dreams.Most of the people in the world are doing things blindly and they don’t even know the purpose of their living‚infact most of them don’t know what they even want. But all these guys are not lagging in their ability

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    Atticus Finch In part one of the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ Atticus‚ the father of two young children‚ Jem and Scout‚ teaches his children many important lessons. Atticus teaches his children to not be prejudice towards other people. The children kind of already know that they shouldn’t judge people by the color of their skin from their black housekeeper‚ Calpurnia‚ who they love and appreciate. But when their Dad takes the case of Tom Robinson‚ people around town start calling him

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    American Dream John Steinbeck‚ author of many classic American novels‚ greatly influenced modern American literature. Steinbeck often referred to the Salinas Valley of California in his writing. He often referred to the settlers and the adversities they had faced during the migration to the Salinas Valley area. With novels such as Of Mice And Men and The Grapes Of Wrath‚ Steinbeck explained the harsh reality of the severe hardships the settlers faced to accomplish the American Dream. These novels

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    Steinbeck shows us how Lennie sees the world‚ perceives events‚ and how he reflects on something. His mind uses things he cherishes‚ to comprehend. Since the very beginning I always thought Lennie was incapable of apprehending what goes on. That doesn’t seem like the case now. Lennie is intelligent enough to see the damage and trouble he has caused. To interpret his thoughts‚ his mind creates hallucinations of his Aunt Clara and of a Rabbit. The mirage of Aunt Clara speaking in his voice is a way

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    discovers that it leads to a world that is an alternate version of her life only with a slight difference- everything is the way she wants it to be. Everyone there has buttons for eyes and Coraline’s “Other Mother” invites her to stay forever in this dream world with one catch‚ she had to let her sew buttons on her eyes. Coraline quickly realizes that you should be careful what you wish for‚ and sees the real side of this alternate universe. It is one big trick to lure her in so that the Other Mother

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    Kafka’s Cautionary Balance Between Loyalty and Total Devotion Typically‚ loyalty is seen as a worthy quality to have; everyone wants to have loyal spouses and friends‚ and betrayal is usually not an ideal situation. However‚ total devotion is much more extreme than this‚ and is detrimental to oneself. Kafka reveals that while loyalty is not necessarily a negative thing‚ total devotion is what ultimately causes the sacrifice of one’s own purpose. Loyalty to one’s family is perhaps one of

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    Americans want to find a sense of belonging and independence. John Steinbeck shows the reader these ideas throughout the novel Of Mice and Men. This also is a goal that everyone in the world can relate too. In the novel‚ George and Lennie share this dream through their hopes of owning land and enjoying freedoms that they have not experienced before. Although they share this dream together‚ both view it very differently. George is the only one who thinks about what owning land could actually mean

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    hero of the novel‚ Oskar Schindler‚ is complicated because he seems to be at once virtuous and immoral. Schindler is married but keeps house with his German mistress and maintains a long affair with his Polish secretary. He is outgoing and generous but has even greater personal indulgences‚ including good cigars and cognac. He excels in profiting from shady dealings‚ procuring goods from the black market and bribing officials‚ through which he saves his

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    How Does Steinbeck hint and trouble to come later in the novel in Chapters One and Two of Of Mice and Men? On several occasions throughout Chapters One and Two in the book of Of Mice and Men‚ the author- John Steinbeck- hints at trouble to come. Whether it’s Lennie and his animalistic characteristics or George and his short temper‚ some how there is an alarming sense of trouble to come. The character of Lennie‚ who is viewed as an outcast due to his appearance and small mind‚ fails to know

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    How does Steinbeck present Slim from the extract? Slim‚ on his first appearance‚ is described as moving with a “majesty only achieved by royalty or master craftsmen”. With this descriptive phrase‚ Steinbeck immediately establishes Slim as someone who is confident in himself that is admired by others. To move like majesty‚ it requires one to move with graceful fluency without seeming effort. This is a man who is comfortable in his own persona. Continuing with the comparison to royalty‚ Steinbeck

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