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    T.S. Eliot’s poem "Journey of the Magi" interprets the wisemens’ trip to go see baby Jesus from a different perspective than most of us are used to hearing. The biblical version that is most popular doesn’t seem to mention anything bad or difficult about the journey that they made. The wisemen had a lot going against them to make their traveling terrible. It was in the winter‚ they rode on smelly camels‚ and the upset camel men were no comfort to the wandering Magi’s. In the first part of the poem

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    The Irony of the Jungle

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    The Irony of The Jungle Between 1870 and 1900 Chicago grew from a population of 299‚000 to almost 1.7 million‚ the fastest-growing city ever at the time. This surge in population was largely attributed to immigrants coming from European countries seeking a chance for employment and new freedoms associated with moving to the United States at the time. 1905‚ in particular‚ was a historic year when a surge of over 1 million immigrants came to the city. During this time‚ author Upton Sinclair

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    Unique Irish Gifts

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    Searching for the one-of-a-kind Irish gifts or Irish souvenirs to give it to a friend or family who is interested in the Irish history? Just head to the website of Unique Irish Gifts store to buy amazing gifts from Ireland. There are many individuals who are specifically interested in Irish items. To gift such individuals something unique from Ireland will certainly make them happy. Of course‚ there are plenty of Irish gifts and Irish souvenirs available‚ but since it is getting something that is

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    In the short story‚ "The Things They Carried”‚ Tim O’Brien writes about the soldiers of Vietnam and the burdens they had to carry with them. In this story‚ O’Brien uses symbolism‚ irony and the theme of burden and guilt to portray how the war has affected the men and the ways they cope. O’Brien’s usage of these literary devices serves as a remembrance of what the soldiers have left behind and a false sense of security about the violence and death that surrounds them. We are able to see the way each

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    Charismatic Gifts Debate

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    Charismatic Gifts Debate By Mark Jones Theo 350-B05 September 26‚ 2010 1 The Charismatic Gifts Debate For my research paper I choose the charismatic gifts debate because coming from a Pentecostal/Charismatic background growing up in church‚ I know a little about the gift. With growing up in a Charismatic church‚ I saw the gifts in action. There is a lot of debate on whether the gift is relevant for today or have they ceased from the church. One side says that the gifts are in the past

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    while trying to hid from the plague. Bother stories have a similar concept‚ but also have completely different styles. Both “The Pardoner’s Tale” and “Federigo’s Falcon” use irony and plot to show that obsessed devotion can destroy everything one has worked for. One of many similar elements that these two stories hold is irony. It is used as a meaning of missing the goal

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    Life is a gift

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    It was just a bet. Or was it? From the folly of the undiscerning came the wisdom of the infinite; from the pitiful‚ quite pitiful proud ignorance of the blind quite unexpectedly dawned the vision of perpetual light… And yet who are men to appreciate such celestial‚ divine power?  God created people in His own image and yet we are and will be born with imperfections.  No matter how many bites off the fruit of knowledge of what is good and what is bad‚ “all that the unresting thought of a man has

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    Journey of the Magi- T.S Eliot Two body paragraphs using PEEAL‚ including 2/3 good examples This poem‚ Journey of the magi by T.S Eliot explores the idea that a journey can involve obstacles and challenges. The magi are faced with difficulties‚ hardships and discomforts such as the hostility from the natural world and humans and sleep deprivation. In the first stanza the line “The ways deep and the weather sharp” an inverted syntax is used to put emphasis on the sufferings and difficulties of

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    The Simple Gift Essay

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    How does Billy develop a sense of belonging in ’The Simple Gift’? In Stephen Herrick’s verse novel‚ The Simple Gift‚ the main protagonist‚ Billy Luckett‚ is a sixteen year old runaway who feels that he needs to escape after being constantly rejected and alienated in his own town and home by key people and places. He is traumatised by his abusive father‚ alienated by all his peers at school and disconnected from the neighbourhood where he has lived and grown all his life. Billy gradually finds

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    satisfy their longing‚ they turn to spiritual comfort. The poets T.S Eliot‚ Philip Larkin‚ and Matthew Arnold comment on humanity’s tendency to loiter with the notion of God and otherworldliness. Respectively‚ through their poems “The Journey of the Magi‚” “Church Going‚” and “Dover Beach‚” the poets publicize their

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