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    about a landowner who had husbandmen to farm and plant grapes or fruits. Once in a while‚ a landowner would send one of his servants to gather the fruits. But the husbandmen were greedy and selfish‚ so when the servants came by‚ the husbandmen would slaughter them to keep all the fruits for themselves. The husbandmen are the people of the world‚ and the land owner is God. Whenever God sends His followers‚ the people of the world would beat one and kill another. And when God sends His son Jesus‚ they kill

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    The bitter experience to become a holocaust survivor Nightmare‚ also makes the passion of the holocaust survivors become a very special group. Stay away from the people of the holocaust‚ in part because big Slaughter is so terrible that is not true‚ thanks in part to the holocaust and almost have nothing to do but only their own real life Only exists in imagination or text... Or because of historical heaviness‚ or because of GeMoGan‚ anyhow is generally the holocaust

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    “private slaughterhouses” (the term referred to any structure in which animals were slaughtered for human consumption‚ e.g.‚ a butcher’s shed) because they would remove the sight of animal slaughter from public places and indiscreet private slaughterhouses. The sole purpose of the new buildings would be to slaughter animals —regulated by the state and outside of the city core. The first public slaughterhouse appeared in France at the beginning of the nineteenth century and the French word abattoir was

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    Odysseus had not thought of the clever plan‚ then he would not have been able to reclaim his old life and continue to wait for the right time while his wife is being forced to marry one of the suitors. Furthermore‚ his plan allows him to easily slaughter the unsuspecting suitors‚ and join his wife at the head of the Ithacan rulers. Although the plan could’ve gone wrong‚ Odysseus is faithful in his son and his analytical abilities to outwit the

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    the poem suggest representations of death and the change that comes of them. The line “touch the stubble- plains” gives an image of a barren field that has already been harvested. The “full-grown lambs loud bleat” is an image that also touches on the sense of hearing‚ which suggests of the imminent slaughter of an animal. The “gathering swallows” which

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    During battle scenes‚ Homer occasionally likens soldiers to wild animals‚ emphasizing the actual violence rather than the reasons behind it. Before Hector’s death‚ for one‚ Achilles states that “wolves and lambs can enjoy no meeting of the minds - they are all bent on hating each other to the death.” (22.310-311) By comparing himself to a wolf‚ he presents himself as more powerful and more brutal than Hector; he also downplays the complexity of the war in

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    Phillip Alexander Explication Essay 2 Stephen Crane’s poem “War is Kind” is an anti war poem written in the late 19th century. The author is very critical of war and questions if the loss of life and limb are worth it. Through the use of structure and sarcasm Stephen Crane persuades the reader to look at war through his eyes in a very critical manner. The very title‚ “War is Kind” is sarcastic. The reader however‚ does not find this out immediately. The poem is structured into five

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    Comparative Commentary on “Salome” and “Medusa” Both “Salome” and “Medusa” are poems written by a poet called Carol Ann Duffy‚ which have similarities and differences based on various aspects of poem analysis. To begin with the poem “Salome” has a slightly different audience than the poem “Medusa”. The audience in “Salome” is unconfident and oppressed women who do not believe in their power and what they can do‚ men who underestimate women and people who discriminate others based on their sex

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    Slips of Fate In the short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson‚ the author uses irony to expand on a theme of traditions that continue although they are ludicrous and barbaric. “Like a lamb to slaughter” comes to mind for both the characters in this story and the reader. The characters are honoring a tradition that is handed down to them from former generations. The reader is led through the seemingly normal and quaint little village‚ and is taken on a ride of ironic

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    disregard for the rules. He uses his knowledge of the real world to get this bunch of disruptive kids ready for what they will have to face in just a few short months. Tolerance shown in this text is not subtle in any way‚ shape or form. ‘Another lamb for slaughter… or should I say black sheep?’ is one very crude example of intolerance but also of tolerance by the fact that Braithwaite can ignore is verbal abuse and continue on the conversation by tolerating the judgement by his new co-worker. The examples

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