AN INTERESTING PERSON I ONCE MET During the last school holidays. I often went out for walks in the evenings‚ and the beach was one of my favourite choices. It was there that I met an interesting person. He was sitting under a coconut tree where a fishing boat was moored. His gaze was fixed on something far away‚ something as far‚ perhaps‚ as the horizon. He was hardly aware of my approach. But‚ as I halted my steps‚ about two metres away from him‚ he turned and greeted me with a toothless smile
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Good Times & Bad Times Life! I still do not have the exact concept of what life is exactly and what one values the most in his/her life. But what I do know is that our life is comprised of several ups and downs. Those ups are valued as good times when life continues easily with less complications and the downs are bad times when life becomes harder and more complicated. No matter how wealthy we are or what position we hold‚ we ought to face both bad and good times one after another. I think happiness
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Tuareg * They were once nomads throughout the Sahara. * The Tuareg today are found mostly in North Africa and West Africa. * Total population: 5.2 million * Niger: 1‚720‚000 (1998) * Mali: 1‚440‚000 (1991) * The language of the Tuareg is called Tamaschek. * Religion:Islam * They call themselves Kel Tamasheq/Kel Tamajaq‚ Kel Tagelmust or Imuhaq/Imuscha. * The most legendary of Tuareg leaders was Tin Hinan * Other confederation leaders followed under
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Throughout the story of The Once and Future King‚ a variety of themes and ideas have displayed‚ some including leadership and diverse political theories. For those who have never read The Once and Future King‚ the story follows the storyline of Wart who is being trained by a “wizard” named Merlyn‚ to be king. Merlyn is teaching Wart the best way he can‚ by giving Wart hands on experience‚ turning him into different animals and creatures‚ putting Wart into situations where he must think to solve or
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In book one of “The Once and Future King” we are introduced to a young character named Wart; a foster child who is left in the care of Sir Ector. Kay‚ Ector’s son‚ is being trained in the ways of knighthood to one day take over his father’s throne. Wart found many ways to keep him entertained as Kay was being trained. Wart came across an old magician by the name of Merlyn who has proclaimed himself as Wart’s tutor/mentor. Over the next few years Merlyn instilled much wisdom in Wart by turning him
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to join the new church‚ but the people who didn’t join were called Puritans. Jonathan Edwards lived during the Puritism time. He was an American Calvinistic theologian and philosopher. He attended in Yale college and later became a pastor at Northampton‚ Massachusetts in 1724. His outstanding preaching there led to the ’Great Awakening’ in 1734–5. Another famous person at that time was an English woman named Anne Bradstreet. She was the first woman to publish her poetry. She wrote two edition
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Self-reliance is defined as reliance on oneself or one’s powers‚ resources‚ etc. according to dictionary.com. In T.H White’s The Once and Future King‚ Merlyn teaches Arthur to be more self-reliant. Self-reliance is a prominent theme in the novel because it helps Arthur to become king at the end of Book I. Arthur is taught self-reliance through the animal transformations‚ then uses them to pull the sword out of the stone The Wart becomes more self-reliant due to Merlin’s teachings through transforming
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Composed upon Westminster Bridge Commentary The poem is a description of London in the morning and how he thinks it is really remarkable and eye-catching. In the first six lines he just describes it and how no body wouldn’t be moved by that marvelous scenery from Westminster Bridge; in lines nine through fourteen he compares the scene he saw to nature because natural scenes are always beautiful and “smokeless” (Not polluted) and he also said that the view he saw is even more beautiful than any
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Hawthorn shows sins of several different kinds in numerous people‚ as well as the consequences and remedies of their sins. Three main characters; Hester Prynne‚ Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale‚ and Roger Chillingworth bare the most of these sins. Arthur Dimmesdale‚ however‚ bares the most brutal effects of such sin. This is due to several reasons. <br> <br>The most observable reason for his eventual breakdown is the fact that he keeps his sin a secret. Arthur Dimmesdale’s sin was the same as Hester’s
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Test 3 12-20-13 Option B “The moment before the gun went off”: In reading this story it is very tragic even and misunderstanding that leads to the death of a young boy who was black. During this time period the laws between blacks and whites not being able to interact and visit same places had just been banished. But the problems and racism between the two races still was a very big problem. In this story a young black boy who worked for a white farmer was riding around in the back of the truck
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