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    Definitely …’ (The Cahill Article) by Michael Lynch‚ ‘Dr Stella Ameyo Adadevoh: Ebola victim’ (The Ebola Article) by Tolu Ogunlesi and ‘The mark of a true hero’ by Dmetri Kakmi all argue. In the text ‘Tim Cahill’s a Hero? Definitely‚ Definitely …’ Michael Lynch insists that Tim Cahill is a Hero‚ and that any good sports person can be a hero. The text by Dmetri Kakmi‚ ‘The mark of a true hero’ disputes that you need to be more than

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    Luck and Aunt Alice

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    I have been thinking a lot about luck recently. And I think what prompted this minor obsession was dearest Aunt Alice! Yes my favourite Aunt Alice all the way from Dublin‚ no less! Well it all began about 6 months ago when it came to my first foray into end of year exams – actually my chemistry final – science the bane of my life! Honestly‚ I had intended to prepare but it just came upon me -yes! Just like that! I looked up and there it was staring me in the face. And then an epiphany!!! Aunt

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    of the soldiers in the platoon to illustrate the emotional weight that they carry. Tim O’Brien in The Things They Carried mentions‚” By and large they carried these things inside‚ maintaining the masks of composure”(21). He focuses on Jimmy Cross‚ Mark Fossie‚ Kiowa‚ Curt Lemon and several other soldiers in the platoon including himself. The novel The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien is a book about the Vietnam War. In this novel O’Brien takes a main focus on the emotional and physical weight

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    Luck Vs Religion

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    believe in luck? Furthermore does an atheist believe in luck‚ if not why not? Does luck differ from fortune or even destiny? Some claim that luck occurs to those that are prepared; I would have to repudiate such claims. The most vivid recollection of luck I’ve had was in eighth grade. The vice-principal also held the role of “dean.” To phrase it bluntly he was in charge of dishing out punishment. I had

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    Luck vs Success

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    Success vs. Luck Luck has no absolute role in success; success only comes when you are dedicated in having two major factors: an education and a career. People need to have an open mind that if he or she puts in hours of hard work of anything it will give back success and what you expect of the end of the bargain after putting in long hours of hard work. Time is a huge take away if you decide to wait for luck to become successful might as well just procrastinate because there is not telling

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    Frederick Douglass was a fiery orator and his speeches were often published in various abolitionist newspapers. Among his well-known speeches is "The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro‚" presented in Rochester‚ New York‚ on July 5‚ 1852‚ a version of which he published as a booklet. It is often studied in literature classes today. Douglass moved to Rochester in 1847‚ when he became the publisher of The North Star‚ an abolitionist weekly. There were approximately 500 attendees who heard him speak

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    Marxist Literary Analysis

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    "Metafiction is a term given to fictional writing which self-consciously and systematically draws attention to its status as an artifact in order to pose questions about the relationship between fiction and reality." --Patricia Waugh‚ Metafiction: The Theory and Practice  of Self-Conscious Fiction.New York: Methuen‚ 1984. In many respects‚ Tim O ’Brien ’s The Things They Carried concerns the relationship between fiction and the narrator. In this novel‚ O ’Brien himself is the main character--he

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    1984 Literary Analysis

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    The Nature of Control Is it the common human nature to feel power over others? A totalitarian government seeks to utilize its message of confinement and authority to control the many aspects of life. In the novel 1984‚ Orwell portrays totalitarianism through psychological manipulation‚ physical control and the control of language. The totalitarian party manipulates and invalidates the minds of the outer party and proles. Orwell describes the surroundings of Winston‚ showing totalitarianism‚ writing:

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    The Odyssey is a heroic tale of a man on a mission with many obstacles to overcome. When called away from his homeland and his family to fight in a battle against Troy‚ Odysseus‚ king of Ithaca‚ overcomes several different obstacles and portrays many different heroic characteristics over the ten years he is away in order to reach his beloved wife‚ son‚ and homeland again. Throughout his journey home‚ he encounters many things such as an uncivilized giant with one eye called a Cyclops‚ a witch-goddess

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    Anthem Literary Analysis

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    Individualty Symbolizes Happiness Prompt: In the final chapter of Anthem‚ Prometheus writes that he now understands “why the best in me had been my sins and my transgressions; and why I had never felt guilt in my sins.” What has Prometheus come to understand about himself? Why does his society regard the “best in him” as sinful? “It is a sin to think words no others think and to put them down upon paper no others see.” “It is a sin write this.” So begins Ayn Rand’s Anthem‚ a dystopian novella

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