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    1. What does Gilgamesh search for in his life and why? 2. In what ways does the story in Gilgamesh parallel the story in the Old Testament in the Bible? Gilgamesh searches for immortality in his life. He sees immortality as a meaning to peace‚ meaning and joy in his life. After the death of his friend Enkidu‚ Gilgamesh suffers a lot for 7 days and thinks the only way to get peace is the eternal life. Since he is man for one third and god for two thirds Gilgamesh wants the status of the gods to

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    there mission when they come in the forest to locate one of Gems of Deltora. She’s like Katniss Everdeen from Hunger Games. But more savage and aggressive. The story is about the land of Deltora which is over taken by the shadow lord. The only way to bring the land back to its normal state and to get the Shadow Lord to leave is to unite all Gems of Deltora onto the belt‚ and a person of each of the tribes of Deltora. Lief‚ Barda and Jasmine are on a mission to go around the land locating and

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    Hester’s Redemption Being saved from sin. Proving that you are worthy. Redemption. Hester Prynne has a life full of redeeming herself. In fact‚ her daughter Pearl‚ and the scarlet letter are connected together‚ because they both redeem Hester. Pearl is one of the main reasons that Hester has to wear the letter “A.” Consequently‚ Hester was named an adulterer in the act of her having her child. Although‚ Pearl is a product of sin‚ she helps redeem Hester. Even though Pearl is named a “witch child”

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    Shawshank Redemption Themes

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    Shawshank Redemption I. Character: Generally‚ in a conventional film‚ the principle character will possess these qualities: * We identify with him or her * They engage us. I want to be clear here that we do not necessarily have to like the principle character‚ but we do have to be engaged by the character; perhaps curiosity is enough. However‚ in almost every conventional film‚ the film tries to make the principle character likable. It accomplishes this through any number of ways: •The

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    Stroehlein 1 Sean Stroehlein Professor Craigan 10/22/12 How to Play Hide and Seek Hide and seek is a fun game to play if you are a kid that loves to run around you’re your friends or even just a parent that loves to run around with your kids. Everyone who plays hide and seek loves the game‚ can always have the best time‚ and creates the best memories with the friends and family. Hide and seek requires very little to play and takes no time to set up. The first thing you need before you

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    characters. The genre of “How Jack went to seek his fortune” is a fairytale. I don’t feel this story will fit into any of the other genres. 2. What is the exposition of the story? Summarize it in your own words and provide an example of the text. The exposition in this story would be Jack making the decision to go out and seek his fortune and when he actually set out to accomplish that decision. At the beginning of the fairytale Jack has decided he will seek his fortune and take the necessary action

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    Path to Redemption Many people believe that there are different paths to life and redemption. Today people are divided into social classes‚ which change the methods of forgiveness with superficial methods such as money‚ however‚ in reality the guilt remains with the wrongdoings they have committed and people cannot let go of their guilt. A person’s past cannot be erased‚ and the mistakes cannot be undone however through constant charitable acts there can be a different way to reach redemption

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    betrayal and redemption are brought up various times. These factors help readers understand and study the different relationships these characters have with one another. The father-son relationship that Amir and Baba had was different than the ideal relationship people would see in today’s society. Readers learn how Amir always felt envious towards Baba’s appearance and wanted to find a way to please him. When living in America‚ Baba and Amir create a stronger bond with one another. When Amir goes to

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    Amir and Baba’s relationship changes throughout the novel. The novel starts out with Amir doing whatever he could to win his father’s attention‚ which includes betraying his best friend‚ Hassan. He betrayed Hassan for his father’s full attention. He then earns it when Hassan and Ali move out and Baba and Amir move to America. Here are the examples. 1. Amir and Baba’s relationship is fake. Amir is pretending to be someone he is not by pretending to enjoy the soccer games Baba always takes him to

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    What Ways Sound Works

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    SOUND WORKS: The different ways that sound works is by a wave called the longitudinal wave. Like it said in source 1 "The longitudinal wave is a wave that travels in a single direction which means how loud the sound is and the pitch of the sound will vary and will depend on the amount of energy that was sent out as the wave was released’’ . so when the longitudinal wave is released it goes to the brain so that the brain can translate it and tell you what it is.Another way sound works is by hearing

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