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    The Young Goodman Brown the theme of the story is the loss of innocence. “A stern‚ a sad‚ a darkly meditative‚ a distrustful‚ if not a desperate man did he become from the night of that fearful dream.” Symbolism helps him find out a lot of things. The day Goodman Brown starts his journey to the forest is the day he starts realizing a lot of things. “He had taken a dreary road‚ darkened by all the gloomiest trees of the forest.” The forest was gloomy. Goodman was afraid of what could be behind every

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    applied to this are that “Young” refers to youthful age and naivety‚ while “Goodman” infers being uncorrupted (Lorcher). This naivety can be seen as a direct reference to his being tempted by Satan on his forthcoming journey and the potential loss of innocence. Goodman Brown informs his newlywed wife that he must take this mysterious journey without deviation. In this manner‚ it is very much like Hawthorne’s own father leaving on the mysterious sea voyage and never returning. This journey happened

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    An initiation story’s plot is typically concerned with a protagonist’s experience that drives character development. More commonly it is concerned with the loss of innocence in a child adolescent. One example of this category of fictional writing is “Boys and Girls” by Alice Munro‚ in which a young girl found pride in helping her father breed and slaughter animals in a time and place where a woman’s role was to be married and tend to a family. After watching her father kill Mack‚ a horse the narrator

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    Summary of Montana Chapter One and Prologue The novel Montana was written by Larry Watson. In the prologue‚ the author writes the reason why he wrote this story and the main plot of this story. From chapter one‚ we can know that the family lived in Mercer Country‚ Montana. The author himself is an inward boy but wants to go outside to satisfy himself. His father‚ Wesley‚ has broken legs and is a sheriff. His mother‚ Gail‚ is an urban woman who wants to move out of this small town and wants

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    determine whether or not they’re capable of losing their childhood innocence. Throughout the boys journey they come across many life threatening situations‚ which forces them to use survival instincts‚ that corresponds to their true personalities. The unique ways in which the boys handled the situations put forth in front of them‚ foreshadows whom they truly are as well as their individual abilities to lose their childhood innocence. Gordie‚ Chris‚ Vern and Teddy are all lower class boys who are

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    The State of Montana

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    MONTANA As of July 1‚ 2005‚ the population of Montana was 935‚ 670. The capital is Helena. Native Americans were the first inhabitants of Montana. Tribes include the Crows in the south central region‚ the Cheyenne in the southeastern part of the state‚ the Blackfeet‚ Assiniboine and Gros Ventres in the central and north central area and the Kootenai and Salish in the western sector. The Pend d’Oreille were found around Flathead Lake‚ and the Kalispel occupied the western mountains.

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    How does the extreme hardship and conflict of war affect an individual? War always takes a toll on the individual and leaves drastic changes to the human soul; this loss of innocence is a recurring motif and major theme throughout the novel. Erich Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front is one of the greatest war novels of all time. The story follows the protagonist‚ Paul Baumer‚ a young‚ artistic boy who enlists into the German army in World War I and challenges the false glorification of war

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    Mitchell 1948

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    integrated hydroelectric‚ river control‚ irrigation‚ and industrialization projects in the Limousin in southwest France. These gargantuan schemes for reorganizing forces of nature‚ systems of agriculture‚ A draft of this paper was presented at the “After 1948: Realignments in Politics and Culture” conference‚ University of Chicago‚ 26–27 April 2012 and at the “Histories of Land‚ Economy‚ and Power” conference‚ Harvard University‚ 9–10 November‚ 2012. I am grateful to participants in both conferences for

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    to get away from war. On the way to their destination‚ the plane crashes and all of the adults are killed. The boys’ situation will change from being normal‚ to being alone with no adults. In the novel‚ Lord of the Flies‚ William Golding shows the loss of identity in the boys when they descend into savages because of their need for social structure. The boys hide their identities by covering their faces with paint‚ and wearing so called ‘masks’. When Jack and his gang cover themselves with paint

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    Alex Montana

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    Problem Statement How should Bruce Martin and Bill Langley retain Alex Montana after offering him the Global VP position considering his brilliant past record and current work life balance requirement? Alternatives 1. Alex Montana accepts the offer - Without considering Alex’s inhibitions about his work life balance (overwhelming instead of a challenging job) 2. Alex rejects the offer – Keeping him at the current Director’s position and promoting either Alain Dupuy or Chris Park. Alex can help in

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