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    Water is a symbol that can represent life‚ freedom‚ purity‚ and cleansing. Throughout the film‚ The Big Fish‚ the water represents either life‚ purity‚ or cleansing every time that it is shown. For example‚ when Will visits Edward at his house‚ there is a pitcher of water on the nightstand. When offered water Edward drinks it because he still has a life to live. Edward drinks the water because he needs the life water gives him even though he is dying. When the water is drank by Edward‚ it adds more

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    According to research done by John Q. Tullius‚ Nine out of ten people love chocolate‚ and the tenth person is almost always lying. Let’s face it: chocolate is one of the biggest pleasures of our lives! Delicious‚ soft‚ incredibly gratifying and for these reasons it’s well known and loved all around the world and capable of inspiring books and films like "Chocolate Wars"or "Willy Wonka`s Chocolate Factory". The story of chocolate‚ as far back as we know it‚ begins with the discovery of America. Until

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    The History of Chocolate Do you like chocolate? Who doesn’t like chocolate? Chocolate is a favorite food of many people‚ but only few people know about the history of chocolate. That is why I am going to ask you to explore the history of chocolate by reading this essay. The history of chocolate begins with a plant whose scientific name is theobroma cacao which means “food of the gods”. According to the historians‚ the Mayan in Central America is the first who learned to plant the cacao plants around

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    The uses of symbolism in any story is meaningful and important. Whether symbolism is trying to show something that is out of context or represent the true meaning of an object or idea in the story‚ symbolism in stories provides information and knowledge to the reader. Symbolism will help the people reading to understand what they’re reading and figure out how it is meaningful and important to any story. An excellent example to show the use of symbolism in a story is “Hill like White Elephants” by

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    Hemingway threw caution to the wind and wrote “Hills Like White Elephants”‚ a story about an American man and his girlfriend‚ Jig. The couple is at a train station in Europe on their way to Madrid to get Jig an abortion. Symbolism plays an important role in “Hills Like White Elephants”. Three main forms of symbolism is shown through Jig’s name‚ the reference to white elephants‚ and the bamboo beaded curtain in the train station. Symbolism can be obviously stated or it can be slightly more subtle

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    Types of food people like in Pakistan: The Pakistani cosines are rich in oil and chillies. Unlike the Indian food‚ Pakistani dishes must include meat‚ chicken and beef‚ though pork is totally forbidden as per Islamic teachings. Although eating habits differ from regions to region‚ the mainstay of the Pakistani diet is "chapati or roti" made from flour. "Lassi" a usual drink made like a milkshake in a home made utencil from curd/yogurt and water is usually taken at lunch time‚ specially during the

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    Mrs. Warren English 201 19 February 2013 The use of symbolism in “Hills like White Elephants” In the short story “Hills like White Elephants” Hemingway chooses to use symbolism the most out of any other literary element. Hemingway did not make the use of symbolism obvious‚ without understanding the symbolism one would assume the couple is actually discussing the scenery. In the short story “Hills like White Elephants” the element of symbolism is used to mask the serious discussion that the man

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    Life is like a box of chocolate‚ you never know what you are going to get. Good morning everyone. I am here to talk about the delicious chocolate. Have you ever wondered when chocolate started and who first invented it? The chocolate started over 2000 years ago. The word chocolate comes from the Aztec word chocolat. It means bitter water. Chocolate comes from the seed of a cacao tree where is mostly found at tropical places like in west Africa. The cacao tree waworshipeded by the Mayacivilizationon

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    on which way to turn. In the short story “Hills like White Elephants‚” Hemingway exemplifies this fact of life and relays this message to his readers by telling the vague yet compelling story about an American couple and the compromise that puts a strain on their relationship. Jig and the man stopped at a junction on their way to madrid‚ where they are forced to deal with the constant elephant in the room- Jig’s

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    CHOCOLATE The chocolate is one of the favorite flavors that people like the most. According to a survey that I administrated which I made in order to see what it’s the flavor that everybody likes the most‚ the 59.4% of the people who responded preferred chocolate‚ while the vanilla was only preferred by the 37.5%‚ 3.1% didn’t choose any of them. Chocolate can be a healthy food. In fact‚ The University of Michigan even lists dark chocolate as one of the essential foods as a part of their “Healing

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