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    monasteries had a lot of treasures and valuable parts and land * Monks and nuns lived a sinful life. Hennery VIII did not want to be unpopular to his people‚ for closing the monasteries‚ so he needed to justify his actions. For this reason he ordered his minister Thomas Cromwell to send inspectors to report how holy was the life of monks / nuns and how wealthy the monasteries were. The reports said that the monks and nuns were living a sinful life. Using the reports he managed to justify closing

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    Year 8 essay on lieutenant Kotler and Pavel In “The boy in striped pyjamas” Boyne juxtaposes the character Pavel and lieutenant kotler in chapter 7. The writer does this to demonstrate the vast differences between the way a soldier and a prisoner were treated in 1942. The reader knows from the context of the novel that Jewish prisoners were treated practically brutally by German officers. Boyne wants to provoke an emotional response from the reader to feel sympathetic from the way jewish people

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    or humanity appears. There is no concrete definition of a hero because everyone has a different perspective and different viewpoints. For you it could be a fireman‚ it could be the president‚ and it could be a brave dog that protected you. But to a nun her hero could be God and to a young boy‚ his hero could be his father. All of us are heroes to somebody if we look hard enough. But how much do we act like it? Heroes are commonly portrayed as those who get the media’s attention – sports figures‚ pop

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    Both Tim O’Brien’s "The Things They Carried" and T. Coraghessan Boyle’s "Greasy Lake" display characters’ similar reactions to violence‚ but in different settings and circumstances. In "The Things They Carried‚" Fist Lieutenant Jimmy Cross is a soldier in the Vietnam War who finds solace and escape in fantasies of a young woman from home. One of Cross’s soldiers dies due to his daydreaming and forces him to abandon these fantasies. In "Greasy Lake‚" the main character finds enjoyment in picking

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    The Sands of Time by Sidney Sheldon. Back Cover. Four nuns find themselves suddenly thrust into a hostile world they long ago abandoned for the safety of the convent. Unwittingly they become pawns in a battle between the charismatic Jaime Miro‚ leader of the outlawed Basque nationalists‚ and the ruthless Colonel Ramon Acoea of the Spanish Army. FOUR WOMEN -AND THE MEN THEY ARE FORBIDDEN TO LOVE MEGAN the orphan‚ who feels an overpowering attraction to Jaime Miro LUCIA the fiery Sicilian

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    them by the president of Toulouse. He and his six companions were in monastic rules of prayer and penance. Then they got permission from bishop Foulques to preach all around Toulouse. The order was approved by Pope Honorius III in 1216. There were nuns‚ active sisters‚ and lay or secular Dominicans in the order. Some other names used to call the order are black Friars‚ Jacobins‚ Dominic canes‚ and Hounds of the Lord. St. Dominic wanted the people to be trained to preach. When St. Dominic started

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    During the time Holden loiters in the New York after being kicked out of the school‚ he occasionally meets two types of people: a prostitute named sunny and the Nuns-two women. Holden’s interaction with them both have the difference and common. The difference between interacting with sunny and the two women shows obvious through Holden’s reaction while giving his money out. The encounter with Sunny elicits misery: she is not satisfied with Holden’s five bucks‚" Ten for a throw"‚ she says. So she

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    Teresa de Capeda y Ahumada‚ typically known as St. Teresa of Ávila‚ once played an important role as a Spanish nun in the Roman Catholic Church during the 16th century. Teresa was born into a rough life on March 28‚1515‚ but was able to make the best out of the worst times to succeed in her Church. She was able to create many literary works through the church and would promote her Roman Catholicism throughout Spain and the rest of Europe. Without St. Teresa‚ less Europeans would have converted to

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    to be more evidence‚ or‚ at the very least‚ more significant examples‚ that his disdain of society actually positively affects how he behaves towards people. One prime example of this is when he is in the diner with the two nuns (Salinger 109). Despite the the fact these two nuns are just

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    the Buddha are aimed solely to liberate sentient beings from suffering. Women have been a part of Buddhism since the Buddha first made his enlightenment known in Northeast India in the 6th century BC. Looking back to the earliest roots‚ several nuns and laywomen were among the Buddha’s ablest and wisest Disciples. The everyday role of women in many countries is quite different from that defined in Buddhist scriptures. The Buddha originally banned women from monastic practice but later reversed

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