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    Guns Diary Entry

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    September 1‚ 1941-morning and midday I woke up this morning to the sound of guns firing and complete chaos. It was around five o’clock‚ in people were banging on my door. They were dressed in uniforms‚ with black coats‚ hats‚ and black boots‚ and were demanding me and my family to come with them. I didn’t know what to say or do‚ and I couldn’t defend myself‚ because they had guns‚ and I did not. Guns always beat non-guns. We followed the men‚ and I thought to myself “What am I doing? Please‚ God

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    that I can still remember every tiny detail that day even though it took place almost fifteen years ago. I have lived in Kaohsiung since I was little enough to be held in arms‚ and like other kids did‚ I went to the nearest elementary school. Because the school was just nearby‚ I went to school by foot every day. Therefore‚ the range from my school to my home was my playground in my childhood. I knew the places and the people around the school and my home very well. I knew where I can buy the

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    scent that pricked his appetite. But this human‚ especially this one‚ was completely off limits if he was to keep his life. Although he couldn’t see the features‚ he knew that it was female‚ knew who it was by the sweet aroma she emitted. No‚ no matter how hungry he may be at the moment‚ he would not touch this one. He valued his life far too much to do such a thing. He’d eat rats first. She stopped before his desk‚ her head bowed as she inhaled a small breath. Slowly‚ ever so slowly‚ she lifted

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    Noises Off Play Analysis

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    A significant part of the play Noises Off written by Michael Frayn‚ was the dysfunction of the characters and the use and importance of props. In this play‚ each character had a specific dilemma which caused the play to fail in a humorous manner. Additionally‚ props‚ such as sardines were such a significant aspect of the play and for the director. This all sounds silly‚ but the dysfunction and ridiculous props work well. Frayn constructed a farcical comedy around unusual aspects‚ and the humor and

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    Top Gun

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    Top Gun relationship to Dully Article Top Gun is a 1986 American action drama film directed by Tony Scott‚ and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. The movie was inspired by the article “Top Guns” (U.S. navy established an elite school for one percent of its pilots it purpose was to teach the lost art of aerial combat‚ also known as flight weapon school) written by Ehud Yonay for California magazine. The film starts stars such as Tom Cruise as a young naval aviator named Lieutenant

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    Each individual‚ family‚ business‚ or country all had defining moments that have shaped them into their current appearances and outcomes. During the development of a country‚ its people are fortified by many important events. These events are the "Defining Moments" which developed a country to what it is today. For Canada‚ their defining moments relate to military and war. Canada has given major military contributions in the Day of Deliverance‚ the battle of Vimy Ridge‚ and the Italian Campaign and

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    they win the Heisman or become the next American Idol. But even that football player or that singer is living a life made up of more than that one moment. Life is a collection of a million‚ billion moments‚ tiny little moments and choices‚ like a handful of luminous‚ glowing pearls. It takes so much time‚ and so much work‚ and those beads and moments are so small‚ and so much less fabulous and dramatic than the movies. But this is what I’m finding‚ in glimpses and flashes: this is it. This is it

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    People Face Trade-Offs

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    People deal with plenty of choices in their everyday lives. At the moment we open our eyes‚ we have to make decisions. For instance‚ should we get up and prepare ourselves for a new day‚ or should we continue resting in our beds? Even after when we have made this decision‚ we will still face choices after choices. However‚ we cannot get all the things we want as according to Mankiw‚ scarcity exists in our society. In other words‚ scarcity means that society has limited resources and therefore cannot

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    The Life and Adventures of Native Americans In the story The Morning the Sun Went Down‚ Darryl Babe Wilson discusses his personal journey as a 20th century as an Indian living within and without the dominant American society. The documentary film Even the Rain by Iciar Bollain is about the issue of oppression in the world county and the history of global economics. However‚ the movie overlaps with not only the production of what is being filmed in the movie‚ but also as the struggle that

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    T was the night before Christmas‚ when all through the house Not a creature was stirring‚ not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care‚ In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there; The children were nestled all snug in their beds‚ While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads; And mamma in her ’kerchief‚ and I in my cap‚ Had just settled down for a long winter’s nap‚ When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter‚ I sprang from the bed to see what was the

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