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    The Lost Boys of Sudan

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    of the Lost Boys of Sudan is one that provides the world with many examples of social interaction‚ some being violent and others being inspirational. Their journey from Sudan to Ethiopia and Kenya‚ then on to the United States for a better life for themselves and their families gives an insight into how certain cultures deal with and overcome adversity. Culture is the complex system of meaning and behavior that defines the way of life for a given group or society‚ in the case of the Lost Boys‚ the

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    Lost Names Essay

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    just a title to differentiate people; it is a part of the person. In Lost Names: Scenes from a Korean Boyhood by Richard E. Kim‚ names play a major role on the character’s identities. The absence and importance of the names in the story make the story rich with detail and identity through something as simple as the name of a character. Names are a significant factor affecting the story and the characters throughout the novel Lost Names. When the Koreans are forced to change their family names to

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    The Lost Thing Essay

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    different‚ the negative emotions that they feel can be very harmful. The picture book The Lost Thing (2000)‚ written and illustrated by Shaun Tan‚ explores the themes of belonging and alienation that occur in modern society. The story begins with a man trying to recall stories from his youth. The only one he can remember is about when he was a young boy and he discovers a gigantic‚ red‚ machine-like animal that is lost and alone at the beach. The boy takes pity on the creature and decides to try to find

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    ACT I. The play opens in the king’s palace in Naples in the 14th century. It’s nighttime. The duchess‚ Isabela‚ has invited her lover‚ Duke Octavio‚ to her room but the man with her is in fact Don Juan. When Isabela realises it’s not Don Octavio‚ she screams for help. The king arrives‚ carrying a candlestick. Summing up the situation‚ he calls for the guards and orders “this man” (l. 26) to be arrested. The guards arrive accompanied by Don Pedro Tenorio‚ Spanish

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    The Lost Tools of Education by Jann Julia M. Dadivas Modernization continues to evolve through technology. And while education‚ the vital social process by which the traditional aspects of a culture are transmitted to the emergent generation‚ copes up with modernization‚ it vies to evolve with it as well. But up to what extent has education been affected by technology and modernization? When formal education started to occur in classrooms‚ the first tools used to record lessons were sticks on

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    “A Secret Lost in the Water” p. 104 1. The father is able to locate underground water sources by using a forked alder branch. 2. The father seems to think that formal education is not as useful as the information he can pass to his son. This is evident in the following quotations: “After I started going to school my father scarcely talked any more” (p. 104) “my father had little skill for it (spelling) ... and was convinced I was no longer interested in hearing him

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    The Lost Boy Summary

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    The Lost Boy This book tells the story of a young boy who has never had a family. His only possessions are the old‚ torn clothes he carries in a paper bag from foster home to the next. The only world he knows in adaption to survive is one of isolation and fear. Thankfully others had rescued this boy from his abusive alcoholic mother‚ but his real hurt is just beginning -- he has no place to call home. Lost boy is a follow up to Dave Pelzer’s book “A Child Called It”. This Novel is an auto-biography

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    The Lost Cause Summary

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    The UDC was one such group that historian David Blight believes was fighting for control of historical interpretation during what he calls the second era of the Lost Cause. If there is any one point by the United Daughters of the Confederacy that displayed their support of the Lost Cause‚ Caroline Janney provides the example with the women’s intent to commemorate the faithful slaves “when they pressed for the erection of a national faithful slave monument.” Janney is showing how the South tried

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    The Lost Boys Documentary

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    alterations between the people of Kakuma‚ Kenya‚ Sudan‚ and our American culture. The video begins with the discussions of what people from these African countries don’t have‚ that most of us take for granted such as‚ showers‚ electricity‚ and housing. The Lost Boys‚ is a group of men who are originally from a different countries of Africa and travel to America to experience some of our customs and norms. Through the video‚ they discuss basic differences‚ like differences in food‚ and also others such as

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    Holocaust Lost Paintings

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    were lost in the holocaust‚ and some were found. Many of these artifacts we know of because of the jews telling us about their stories about the artifacts. What the paintings meant to them‚ why they wanted them. This paper will tell you about 7 lost‚ stolen‚ or found art pieces. The lost art was usually burnt in buildings‚ when they were burned down by the Nazies. A Lot of the art was found in the chapels and the riches houses‚ some art was in houses of the poor. Some of the art that was lost and

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