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    Adventure Time Plot

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    Jake Suit The episode starts with Finn wearing Jake as the "Jakesuit‚" smashing around the Tree Fort and letting BMO attack him as hard as it can‚ not realizing that he is causing Jake pain. Finn then jumps off the roof and lands crotch first on a fence‚ causing Jake to spit out Finn. BMO comes outside and hits Jake one last time before the screen goes black and the scene goes to Finn playing BMO on the couch. Jake has a red lower body as he limps onto the couch to lie down. As Jake recovers‚ he

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    Two of the main characters‚ Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley‚ are absolutely no exception to this stereotype. The novel is narrated by Jake Barnes‚ and opens in Paris during the 1920’s. Jake Barnes is an expatriate who has moved to Paris to pursue journalism‚ and Lady Brett Ashley is a twice divorced woman who is legendary throughout the novel for her sexual exploits. Brett is a ruthless “man-eater” who goes through men just as quickly as she can find them‚ and Jake is a love-struck puppy who is

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    Laila's Short Story

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    all night to build her new house. After it was built‚ she went out to find some food. She brought back berries and bread she found. While she was eating‚ Jake‚ her friend came to visit her. When he entered‚ he asked “What happened to your old house?” Laila replied‚ “It fell

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    sense‚ the steer represents the main character‚ Jake Barnes‚ but there are far more intricate similarities. In essence‚ the steer embodies Jake Barnes as an emasculated being who attempts to pacify his peers and is wounded by them in the process. One of the first significant details Hemingway reluctantly divulges to his reader is that Jake is impotent due to an accident in the war. This is our most obvious connection between the steer metaphor and Jake Barnes‚ as steers are castrated before being

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    A Weird Encounter

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    playing Diablo III after work when‚ all of a sudden‚ there was a loud noise from outside. A man named Jake had driven his truck off off the road and onto two other cars‚ totaling all three of them. “I have to get out of here‚” Jake said with a scared shaky voice. “The sun is after me. It is trying to kill me!” he shouted out. Before the crash‚ Jake had begun to speed faster and faster. Jake fell into a trance and just stared at the sun while driving; everything else around him became dark. He

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    Jake‚ on the other hand‚ is also a rather thoughtful character‚ but mostly to his friends. Jake knows that if Cohn accompanies the group to Spain‚ it would be hard for Robert to keep sane‚ as Brett would probably (and would) go off with Mike and any other man but he. So‚ Jake gives Cohn several chances to opt out of the trip‚ and even though Cohn declines him‚ Jake did his best to help his friend‚ “QUOTE ABOUT OFFERING TO OPT OUT.” Later‚ when the group is in Spain and are sitting down at their first

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    The Sun Also Rises Essay

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    psychologically and morally lost‚ and they wandered aimlessly in a world that appeared meaningless. Jake‚ Brett‚ and their acquaintances give dramatic life to this situation. Because they no longer believe in anything‚ their lives are empty. They fill their time with inconsequential and escapist activities‚ such as drinking‚ dancing‚ and debauchery. It is important to note that Hemingway never explicitly states that Jake and his friends’ lives are aimless‚ or that this aimlessness is a result of the war. Instead

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    “I got hurt in the war‚” I said(24) In this quote‚ the information presented is that Jake got hurt during the war. This quotation means that Jake got hurt in the war and the implication of this quote is that because of the injury that Jake suffered during the war‚ he is unable to have sexual relationships with females. This evokes my sympathy for Jake because he is such a nice and standup guy‚ but he is unable to be in a relationship with the girl he loves because of his physical

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    Jake's Determinant

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    the interview was a male named Jake. The participant does not currently meet the physical activity (PA) guidelines of 150 minutes of moderate activity a week (Department of health 2011). Jake admitted to not meeting the recommended PA guidelines during the interview – “I only do 60 minutes maximum per week‚ which is not enough”. Further questions revealed Jakes determinants towards PA‚ which are explained below. Determinants During the interview the determinants of Jake were found. These can be broken

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    letters to his editor‚ he called The Sun Also Rises ‘a book as tragic as that’ (Reynolds 45) or ‘a damn tragedy’ (Lynn 333)” (Schomigalle 10). Some may argues that Jake finally gets rid of Brett and ends his pain by adopting the Count’s values: money can buy happiness and love is merchandise‚ so never fall in love. However‚ neither did Jake end his tragedy with Brett nor did he succeed in adopting this value. This article will lead through Jake’s failed attempts to control his desire. His attempted

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