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    Touching Bottom” Reading Response I definitely think the subject of the story is about the fear of the unknown. When you swim in a pool you can see the bottom and everything else that is in the pool. But why are so many people afraid of swimming in open water? Humans fear what they do not understand and cannot see. In a lake or an ocean you do not know what is out there and you start to go crazy fearing the unknown. The main character in the story was terrified of open water. She did not know

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    Chapter 1 Introduction Bhisham Sahni was a very great writer and he had written a large number of novels and one of the great novels is Tamas in it he had won Sahitya Academy award. In title Tamas itself suggests an attempt to depict and condemn the ignorance and darkness involved in communal violence on the eve of the partition of India and Pakistan which lead to huge number of riots between Hindus and Muslims a massive killing of Hindus and Muslims .In this particular novel we can see that the

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    Macbeth: The Main Theme of Evil William Shakespeare’s "Macbeth" is a play in which a man by the name of Macbeth‚ who is presented as a mature man with an uncertain character. At the beginning of the story‚ Macbeth’s character was a character with strong morals. As the play went on though‚ Macbeth’s morality lessened immensely. After killing Duncan he was very paranoid and feared the consequences that would arise. He knew what he had done wrong. In comparing Duncan’s murder with his best friend

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    TETRAHEDRAL AND OCTAHEDRAL VOIDS The close packed structures have both octahedral and tetrahedral voids. In a ccp structure‚ there is 1 octahedral void in the centre of the body and 12 octahedral void on the edges. Each one of which is common to four other unit cells. Thus‚ in cubic close packed structure. Octahedral voids in the centre of the cube =1 Effective number of octahedral voids located at the 12 edge of = 12 × 1/4 = 3 ∴ Total number of octahedral voids = 4 In ccp structure

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    The theme of Touching Spirit Bear is that you can always change yourself for the better. Cole went through some rough times as a child which caused his actions to be pretty dumb as he was nearing adulthood. Cole repeatedly slammed the head of one of his peers into the sidewalk for telling people he robbed a hardware store and left it a disaster. Afterwards‚ the Circle sentenced him to live in isolation on an Alaskan island. Cole had to chose between changing his ways or potentially going to prison

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    BUSINESS LAW. I SEM MBA ONE MRKS QUESTIONS: 1. What is void agreement Void means having no legal value and agreement means Arrangement‚ promise or contract made with somebody.  So void agreement means an agreement that has no legal value. “An agreement not enforceable by law is said to be void”. [Sec 2(g)] A void agreement has no legal effect. An agreement which does not satisfy the essential elements of contract is void. Void contract confers no rights on any person and creates no obligation

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    to protect it is strong. Elisa’s flower portray all her hard work‚ all she strives for; her perfect goal. When she saw her flowers on the side of the road‚ she felt a piece of her had shattered. Ian had become the item of value and protection in “Touching Bottom”‚ when she let him go she tried her hardest‚ pushed harder than she had been pushing‚ to save him. She found “no time to breathe‚ no need to breathe.” She allows Ian to claw at her legs‚ shares her protection of a towel with him when she reaches

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    The book Touching Spirit Bear is a book written about a challenged teen named Cole Mathews. He has instigated some terrible crimes he must pay for by living in isolation on a remote island since he is a danger to society. One problem that continues to plague Cole is how he refuses to take ownership for his own choices and actions; instead‚ he wants to blame others to excuse his poor decisions. Along his journey to change‚ he is fortunate to have mentors that try to help him reform his ways. Many

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    In the poem "Void Deck" by Alfian Bin Sa’at‚ the poet establishes the Singaporean Identity by using the term "void deck" as the title of the poem. The term is unique to the Singapore context as it is not used in any other country. The poem is also filled with the ’voices’ from the HDB heartland which many Singaporean readers can closely relate to. The poet uses phrases such as "wet market" (stanza 1‚ verse 2)‚ "stone-table chessboard" (stanza 5‚ verse7) and "caged birds" (stanza3‚ verse3) to portray

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    The work of art that this paper is written about is ‘Love is Touching Souls’ by Sandhi Schimmel. The work depicts a woman’s face made from recycled paper. She has few facial features that stand out within the piece. However‚ she does have pursed lips and dilated eyes. It is unclear what her emotional state is‚ but it can be assumed her pleasant facial features were chosen for aesthetic appeal. She is looking at the viewer in a dreamy‚ almost lustful state‚ that is meant to invoke feelings within

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