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    community. Through characterisation‚ Watson exposes how family loyalty can be challenged by moral truths and how unfair power structures can lead to the marginalisation of the oppressed. The characters of Wes and Julian represent the theme of loyalty to family opposed to loyalty to justice. Julian is the patriarchal leader of the Hayden family and does not demonstrate a strong desire for justice in regards to Frank’s weakness for “red meat”. “Come on Wesley. Come on boy. You know Frank’s always been partial

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    Words Hurt. In the Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paolo Freire‚ Freire provides an in depth analysis and definition of oppression. Many believe that the oppressed are the only ones on the receiving end of damage but in dehumanizing others‚ the oppressor is also subject to damage. Dehumanization “marks not only those whose humanity has been stolen‚ but also (though in a different way) those who have stolen it” (1). Examples of this “two-way street” are found in Jacobs and Fredericks recount of their

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    the platoon to divide into to groups‚ one lead by Sgt. Barnes who condoned the incident‚ and the other by Sgt. Elias who was against it. The groups continue to battle each other despite the fact that they should be focused on the North Vietnamese. When Chris first arrives in Vietnam the differences between Elias and Barnes emerge very early. On their first patrol‚ Chris gets too exhausted to walk and collapses on the trail. Sergeant Barnes is harsh with him‚ even calls him a “pathetic puke”.

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    when he finds out that he is going to meet kids in class. Their names are Jack‚ Julian‚ and Charlotte. August will be in classroom 301. Jack‚ Julian‚ and Charlotte are mean to August. If I were August I would avoid them. Part 3- When August wants to go away he just says‚ “Don’t we have to pick up Via.” Via is starting at a school called Fockner. He has a dog named Daisy. He does not like Julian at all‚ he hates Julian with all his guts. He actually wants to go to school. He knows everyone on his

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    they learn from the readings of Anna Karenina. Infidelity and love are also important in the play. Conchita is in love with Palomo‚ but Palomo was cheating on her by dating other women. Conchita has been unfaithful too by having an affair with Juan Julian. Tradition and modernization are in perpetual challenge as well. In the tradition‚ Cuban women used to cut their hair and planted it at the feet of a tree. Cigar factories have a lector who reads for the workers. Chéché‚ constantly‚ tries to convince

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    Team upset the Soviet Union in the semi-final game. The United States team was composed of a highly skilled coach‚ Herb Brooks‚ as he had just won a national championship for college hockey with the University of Minnesota’s Golden Gophers in 1979 (Barnes). Herb Brooks was not new to the program as he was the last player cut from gold medal winning team in 1960 (“The 1980 U.S. Olympic Team”). Coach Brooks had to choose a twenty man roster and he did not take any chances as he went with who he knew

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    a team” (Albom 148) “Love each other or perish” (Albom 148) ii. The Monk who sold his Ferrari -Influences John: In this novel‚ Julian influences his old colleague John. When he returns from India‚ he is the first person that Julian visits. Julian explains to him all the knowledge and understandings that he had learned from the Sages of Sivana. He explains it using symbols and stories. His knowledge gives a great impact to John and gives

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    Was Jesus real? Though some may not believe Jesus was the divine Christ that Christianity venerates as the Son of God and savior of the world‚ and may regard accounts of the miracles and wonders attending him as mere legendary accretion; nevertheless they certainly believe there had to have been a central figure that began Christianity. Perhaps he was just a wandering teacher‚ or an exorcist‚ an apocalyptic prophet or a zealot who opposed the Romans. Perhaps he was all these things‚ or even

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    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 put into

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    The Story of Philippine National Anthem The Philippine national anthem was composed by Julian Felipe in spanish‚ The lone surviving revolutionary member of the “13 Martyrs of Cavite”‚ whose life was spared from the firing squad because of illness. Originally written as incidental music‚ it did not have words when it was adopted as the National Anthem of the Philippines. When General Aguinaldo came back from Hong Kong in June 5‚ 1898‚ he brought with him a musical piece composed by another Filipino

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