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    Since day one of my school life‚ I’ve been conforming to society based on what everyone commented on. Comments from school mates such as “How do you not have a smartphone or a Facebook?” and “Only losers sleep at 10” slowly changed my attitude and my goals until I had the same habits and possessions as everyone around me. Comments from teachers and parents such as “ You’re just a number to colleges” and “You should get a job that pays well” also affected my attitude and interests towards school

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    Joseph Lide Ms. Morris Advanced English 12 December 5‚ 2017 How Shakespeare Influenced Literature During Shakespeare’s time‚ he wrote many plays. Those plays were seen by millions and are still popular today. He has been an inspiration to many. Many uses his works to gather ideas for their works. Shakespeare has influenced literature by his works of Romeo and Juliet‚ Macbeth‚ and Julius Caesar. Shakespeare’s play‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ was an outstanding production. Many writers use this play to help

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    To Heal People from Racism Is racism in societies inevitable? Prejudice‚ discrimination‚ bigotry and sexism all are synonyms of "racism." Longman Advanced American Dictionary (2009) defines racism as "Unfair treatment of people‚ or violence against them‚ because they belong to a different race from your own‚ or the belief that different races of people have different characters and abilities‚ and that the qualities of your own race are the best" (p.1298.) People can work together to be cured from

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    Thomas C. Foster indicates in “How to Read Literature Like a Professor” that usually when a blind person shows up in a piece of literature‚ he can see into the spirit and divine world‚ and can see things that the hero of the story is unable to see. While I don’t believe love is spiritual‚ I do believe that it takes a special eye to see it. In “The Fault in Our Stars” by John Green‚ Augustus’ best friend Isaac is losing his eyesight to cancer‚ and essentially going blind. Even though Isaac is losing

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    turning point of his life. His life was definitely a result of the choice he made every time he encountered an event. The freedom of choice was the determining factor in shaping Priam’s life. Life was less about what happened to Priam and more about how he reacted to it. Priam is aware of the freedom and makes a choice to face the unknown for there can be different ends to the same story or as Priam says ‘the road my other self went down’ (68) Even Achilles is told he will die young. That is fated

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    The Shape of Things‚ written by Neil LaBute‚ discovers the deceitfulness and manipulation that symbolizes relationships. It touches the escalating relationship between Adam and Evelyn‚ who met at an art museum on a college campus. In this scene‚ Evelyn was attempting to disfigure a statue in the pursuit of making ‘true art’. Adam is as insecure and knowledgeable as Evelyn who is aggressive and devious‚ freely changes his appearance at Evelyn’s urge. As Evelyn braces her hold on Adam‚ his emotional

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    The Review of Related Literature The review of related literature is an essay that should show why your research needs to be carried out‚ how you came to choose certain methodologies and theories to work with‚ and how your work adds to the research already carried out by others. Divide your review into two main parts: 1. Introduction This is where you define or identify the general topic‚ issue‚ or area of concern‚ and let the reader understand the context of your research. Point

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    Midterm Essay How are bystanders portrayed in literature and film (use two examples)? Are they judged negatively or given a pass by the authors or directors? In the several films and books that we have reviewed up to this point in the class‚ we can see that there a many people had their own opinion concerning the Holocaust and the tragic events that took during that epic period in history. Once Hitler had achieved influential level of control over the government‚ no one could have predicted that

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    ecological changes through the Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network: science-based and policy relevant. Environ Monit Assess. 67:3-28. Parr TW‚ Sier AR‚ Battarbee RW‚ Mackay A‚ Burgess J. 2003. Detecting environmental change: science and society-perspectives on long-term research and monitoring in the 21st century. Sci Total Environ. 310 :1-8. Likens GE‚ Bormann FH. 1995. Biogeochemistry of a Forested Ecosystem. Second Edition‚ Springer-Verlag New York Inc. P. 159. Likens GE. 2001. Ecosystems:

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    The Open Boat" Sections 1-3 The story opens in the month of January with the oft-quoted line: “None of them knew the color of the sky” (Crane 57). “Them” means four individuals who are aboard a dinghy‚ having been shipwrecked: the captain with an injured arm‚ the correspondent‚ the cook‚ and Billie‚ the oiler. Except for Billie‚ the rest of the characters remain unnamed. The oiler and the correspondent row the dinghy‚ while the captain provides directions and the cook bails water out of the boat

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