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    shows the best side of himself. Although‚ somewhat foolish. He knows that Miriam will not love him no matter how rich he is. So he sacrifices his happiness for hers. We see this not only in those times‚ but also in present times. People take stupid risks and give their all to someone they know they could never be with. Why? Because it’s human nature. We want what we can’t have‚ even if that means love and doing everything we can for that one person. Love brings out the softest side in the most hardened

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    wealth‚ rather than standing for its original ideals of freedom and equality. Fitzgerald brings this nightmarish world of reality to life using imagery‚ diction‚ and symbolism in order to prove to his audience that what was once perceived as an attainable goal‚ is held just out of grasp by the people that did not have to fight to reach it. Fitzgerald uses imagery while referring to Gatsby’s dock to help the reader visualize the sadness and despair that engulfed the five years of Gatsby’s life spent gazing

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    Blind Voldemort Foils

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    Voldemort (739). Voldemort goes on to say that “Dumbledore’s favorite solution‚ love‚ which he claimed conquered death though love did not stop him falling from the tower and breaking like an old waxwork” on which Rowling uses as the foil to show how blind Voldemort is (739). The

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    Color-blind Racism As I waited in line at a grocery store I noticed that the wait was unbearably long. It’s the first of the month a man snickered to me‚ confused I asked him what do you mean? He replied with people receive their welfare checks today‚ I know you are not one of them. I told him you never know what someone is going through or what their financial situation is so you can’t pass judgement. After I said that he told me to look around and see what type of people I see. I continued to

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    Helena's 'Love Is Blind'

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    felt the need to betray her best friend or put herself in danger. Symbol 2: Theme connection (Love is blind) One key theme in the story is “love is blind”. The fact that you cannot choose who you love is clearly shown by Helena’s unreciprocated love for Demetrius. In her soliloquy Helena explains‚ “Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind/And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind” (1.1.234-235). Love isn’t something you can decide. Lust is driven by attraction with the eyes and love

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    Deaf‚ Blind Triplets Sara Haynes Abstract According to the World Health Organization‚ a disability is an umbrella term‚ covering impairments‚ activity limitations‚ and participation restrictions. Impairment is a problem in body function or structure; an activity limitation is a difficulty encountered by an individual in executing a task or action; while a participation restriction is a problem experienced by an individual in involvement in life situations. (Disabilities‚

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    Symbolism on Gattaca

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    and soul to achieve a dream‚ discuss. Gattaca is a provocative science-fiction interpretation of the future of genomics. Andrew Niccol’s presents us with insight to a pessimistic view of genetic enhancement set in the "not to distant future." The film takes us through the journey of Vincent Freeman‚ and Jerome Morrow who with the value of each other’s body and soul commit and reaches astonishing feats of humanity. The triumphs of Vincent and Jerome can be seen as heroic‚ but what is it that makes

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    1. What qualities do you possess that you think will assist you in working as a BLIND leader? Leadership can be a characteristic given to certain pioneers of a specific craft; however‚ leadership can be broken down into several other qualities and traits that all make up the property of leadership. I have been fortunate to develop some key qualities that all lead to the evolution of leadership. I have been involved in theatre since I started middle school. In theatre I had to sing‚ act‚ dance‚

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    Is Justice Really Blind?

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    English 101 Mr. Young 13 October 2012 Is Justice Really Blind? The United States of America bases its whole judicial system around “blind justice” but is justice always blind? Since day one‚ justice has been portrayed as impartial. Ronald Nikkel says the U.S judicial system is represented by an elegant lady holding a set of scales in one hand and a sword in her other‚ while wearing a blindfold. She carries the balances symbolizing fairness and the sword symbolizing power and authority

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    Welfare In this discussion we were suppose to side with either the Conservative side or the Moderate side. The Conservative side had points about the welfare which best described my opinion about welfare. One the other hand the moderate view also had several points to the welfare reform. The welfare issue in the U.S. can not be handled in a similar way for everyone. There are certain cases and situations which show that welfare shouldn’t be handled in the same way for everyone. Their should be

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