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    The Wonderful Wizard of OZ Metaphor Frank Baum‚ the author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz‚ claimed that his book was majorly a children story. Over time‚ his book would mark a major part of the American pop culture and was adapted into films to the delight of many people irrespective of their ages. Baum’s fairy tale would‚ however‚ be analyzed by to reveal that the book was actually a metaphor of the populist movement in the 1890s. As Taylor points out‚ the characters in the Wonderful Wizard of OZ

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    Live Deliberately

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    To Live Deliberately Thoreau has stated that he “wishes to live deliberately”. Although I had thought about what is my purpose of living‚ I didn’t get a consequence of how should I really achieve it. Since I was in middle school‚ I decided to study Mass communication in my future. I like media; I like the way people press news and make connections for all over the world. But after I read Thoreau’s opinions of our life‚ I just realized that I have to do something for

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    Hawthorne manages to create many metaphors within his novel The Scarlet Letter. The rose bush outside the prison door‚ the black man‚ and the scaffold are three metaphors. Perhaps the most important metaphor would be the scaffold‚ which plays a great role throughout the entire story. The three scaffold scenes which Hawthorne incorporated into The Scarlet Letter contain a great deal of significance and importance the plot. Each scene brings a different aspect of the main characters‚ the crowd or

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    Despite the challenges‚ we face traumatic events. Forms of abuse can be displayed in many ways that are not subject to physical abuse. Non-physical abuse can take form in ways such as financial‚ emotional‚ spiritual‚ sexual‚ and psychological abuse. Many behaviours can be portrayed

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    A Month to Live

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    A Month to Live Everyone should live like today is her last day because no one knows if it will be her last one. If I knew I only had a month to live I would try to focus on things that are most important to me. I would spend a lot of time in prayer. God‚ who knows me better than myself‚ also knows I would have a lot of request. First‚ I would try to get all my business affairs in order for my family. I would want them to know about the life insurance policies‚ retirement benefits‚ and other

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    In January 1964‚ Lyndon B. Johnson addressed the nation by calling on them to join the “war on poverty” (Schultz‚ 2013‚ p. 461). During Johnson’s campaign‚ he realized that poverty ran much deeper than the color of a person’s skin. He felt that every child should be fed‚ obtain an education‚ be in a classroom with good teachers‚ the teachers should have adequate pay‚ and that every worker should be able to find employment. After taking office‚ Johnson was able to convince congress to implement

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    Lives on the Boundary

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    Lives on the Boundary Mike Rose’s Lives on the Boundary is an Educational Autobiography. The book begins at the beginning of his life and we follow him up into his adult years. The book focuses on the "struggles and achievements of America’s educationally underprepared" . The Alien In order to understand Mike Rose‚ and his book Lives on the Boundary‚ you must first understand where Mike is coming from and examine his past. Mike was born to a first generation immigrant family‚ originally from Italy

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    Live Export

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    are exported live to parts of the Middle east and South East Asia. These countries have little or no animal welfare laws and therefore the animals are treated and killed inhumanely. Many animals die on route. Most animals that are slaughtered overseas have their throat cut while still fully conscious which means they die a very painful death. Australia is the largest exporter for sheep and cattle. Each year we export 4.2 million live sheep and cattle. The issue is whether or not we should continue

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    idea to hurt others may seem like a logical and good idea at first‚ it may turn out to do harm to the attacker alongside the victim. For example‚ Macbeth cannot think straight‚ “full of scorpions is [his] mind” (Shakespeare‚ 3.2.38). He uses the metaphor of scorpions of King Duncan’s murder‚ constantly stinging his thoughts and poisoning his mind with thoughts of more killing. After the king’s death‚ Macbeth feels guilt for what he has done‚ first being unable to keep his crime out of mind in case

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    born into a family living in poverty. She decides to move to Milwaukee were she marries a husband that will soon be killed in action in the South Pacific. Hearing word of her husband’s death while visiting in San Francisco‚ she decides to stay and live off his insurance money. Being that Eve is an obsessive-compulsive movie lover‚ she decides one evening to attend a play starring Margo‚ Remembrance. It is only clear then to the audience what is transpiring. With the goal of one day becoming a superstar

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