Pericles was born in Athens in about 495 BC to a family of wealth and position. His father‚ Xanthippus‚ was also a statesman‚ and his mother‚ Agariste‚ was a member of the politically powerful Alcmaeonid family. Pericles was one of the best known statesmen that Greece ever had. He studied under the Sophist and master of Music Damon‚ and the philosopher Anaxagoras as well as Zenon of Elea. Pericles was a very patriotic man as well as dignified and upright‚ that was why he got so much recognition
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John Proctor: A Hero or a Fool?In Arthur Miller’s famous allegorical play The Crucible ‚the main characterJohn Proctor‚ a young defiant yet respected farmer‚ shows heroic characteristicsthrough intricate situations of theocratic injustice. Set in hysteria and chaos‚the witch trials of Salem village as the trials unfold Proctor finds himself in adifficult situation in which his decision and actions decide not only his fate but thefate of many innocent people like himself. In the community‚ people
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time to be studying religion because it is so complex. Religion I believe is very important in today’s world. Being able to know many things about religion is good just because you have to understand why people are doing what they are doing. It is also important because religion is everywhere we look today and being able to understand it will help. Throughout my whole life I personally didn’t have a really good understanding of what I really believed. Everyone has many different beliefs and different
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“I was never an American. I was immediately a New Yorker.” How is Changez’s sense of identity altered over the course of the novel? Identity is as much about public perception as it is self-perception. In Mohsin Hamid’s novel The Reluctant Fundamentalist the reader is confronted with this fact in a bid to understand what it means to be American and Pakistani. The narrator Changez is unsure of who he is‚ and whilst certain personality traits remain‚ his sense of identity is changed significantly
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When I was a Certified Nursing Assist I first wanted to be a Certified Nursing Assist (CNA) at the age 16. I had to do community service for Graffiti. I was given a job as an activity assistant at a nursing home. I enjoyed it so much! The people there are so much fun to work with. The best part about it was being able to help them read the paper‚ play bingo‚ or whatever they wanted to do. Once a lady and her sister were pushing chairs down the hallway and I asked “what are you doing?” They told
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Essay: Moment I knew I was happy Being happy is one of the greatest emotions to express. It is sad how some people in this world do not experience happy moments in their life. Like someone who has depression‚ someone who is homeless with no money‚ and all the starving children around the world. Greed is a black hole for happiness. You can never fill‚ that’s why you should be happy with what you have. My happiest moment was when I met my girlfriend Marcelina this year. I’m sure it was the happiest
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Into the Wild; a fool or a hero? Chris McCandless wasn’t someone I would personally call a hero. The only thing he did was venture out into the cold winds of Alaska and made his ideas come to “life”. He left his rich life behind to go out and try to live off the land. By reading this I‚ myself am convinced that he had no idea what he was getting himself into or what he was doing. He went out there and didn’t pack enough food‚ brought the wrong kind of equipment and never let anyone know where exactly
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The day I was born By: Faris The scramble‚ the chaos‚ the disarray‚ everyone rushing to the hospital all because of me! Well‚ all that happened 18 years ago on a sunny day 28th of June 1995 at 04:20 am at Östra hospital in Gothenburg. My heart felt mother ------- gave birth to an awesome‚ wonderful‚ amazing son. My mom says that I had head full of hair and looked like a fur ball. With that‚ I was 4kg baby. My parents named me ----- after my fathers friend named --------‚ him and my father
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Management Research Work Assignment 1 Subject that I liked: Priming effects of television food advertising on eating behaviour. http://0-search.proquest.com.unicat.bangor.ac.uk/docview/614504987/14128FF51AD4D9F15DB/2?accountid=14874 Q.1) What appeals to you about the project? This project basically focuses on the effects of food advertising on consumers‚ both children and adults‚ and its effects on their eating behaviour. Obesity is one of the biggest
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April 2013 Wishing Upon A Star Have you ever had a dream‚ but you had to go on an adventure for it to come true. Pinocchio is a puppet with an amazing gift‚ yet with this gift he learns how to stray from temptation‚ but for him temptation is constantly following him everywhere he goes. Pinocchio has to also learn how to listen to his conscience‚ which happens to be a cricket‚ by the name of Jiminy. Together Jiminy follows Pinocchio trying to keep him out of trouble. On this adventure they escape from
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