Guy De Maupassant’s story "The Diamond Necklace" tells us a story about a poor girl who has wrong values in her life. She loves money‚ jewels‚ but not people. Throughout the story the main heroine Matilda Loisel makes a number of ironic discoveries. One night she goes to the ball and‚ pretending that she is someone she is not‚ she borrows a diamond necklace from her friend. She loses it at the end of the night and borrows money to buy a new one. It costs her 10 years of hard work‚ life in poverty
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2010 Word count: 328 Assignment: What do you want most in a friend: someone who is intelligent‚ or someone who has a sense of humor‚ or someone who is reliable? Which one of these characteristics is most important to you? Use reasons and specific examples to explain your choice. There are many factors in a friend that you want. But to me‚ the most important characteristic of my friend is the one who is reliable. He will be the one that I can trust and share everything with. First of all‚ reliable
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This is upsetting to me‚ because I rarely ‘friend’ people on Facebook. I actually have a policy about Facebook friend requests. In order to accept one or send one‚ I require that I have either met you in person once in my life‚ or have had several email conversations with you. I don’t accept random friend requests from people I don’t know. These people include; People who friend me randomly in the hopes of beefing up their ‘friend’ lists Weird dudes who go through all my pictures and then
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Devoted Friend” Is devotion a two way street between friends? This writer would have to say no‚ devotion is not always a two way street between friends‚ but it certainly should be. In the short story‚ “The Devoted Friend”‚ author Oscar Wilde tells his readers a tale of two friends and their ideas of what a devoted friend truly is. Little Hans shows readers that friendship is not always unselfish‚ and Hugh the Miller—Hans’ friend—shows readers they can never be quite sure just what kind of friend a person
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Marketing Lego Friends 1. What is Lego Friends ? Lego Friends is a new type of Lego launched in order to invite girls to play with Legos. 2. When was it launched ? It was launched the 15th December of 2011 in France. 3. How is Lego Friends different form other Lego products in terms of its a. Segmentation and positioning. With that product‚ Lego is targeting girls who haven’t played with Lego yet. Indeed‚ they want to tap a new market because until now‚ only Boys play
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“The Spectacular Now” is a movie that mainly talks about the love between two high school seniors‚ charming Sutter and beautiful Aimee. The film begins with Sutter is upset about he just lost her girlfriend Cassidy. Sutter was drunk and he was sleeping in a stranger’s yard. In the morning‚ Aimee woke him up. This was the first time that he met Aimee. Sutter began to get closer to Aimee and then they fell in love with each other. I want to talk about three common conceptions that I found from the movie
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Intro to Philosophy Second Paper March 29‚ 2005 Be True To Your Self The question‚ "What is involved in being true to your self?" is very complicated. There are many aspects to this question. First you would need to know what is meant by being true. Being true is the act of putting forth sincerity‚ or being genuinely faithful. It is honesty‚ seriousness‚ and earnestness. Next you would need to realize what it means to be a self. In class we discussed the difference between animals‚ rational
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(classified) English 043 11/2/2013 There are many things that people believe make a person a good friend. Of all the things that are good qualities for a friend to have‚ there are three that easily stand out above the rest. A good friend is someone who has integrity‚ is loving and kind‚ and reliable. One of the most important things that good friend has is integrity. In other words‚ a good friend is honest with you even when it means that it may hurt you to hear the truth. One example of this
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dull and painful if there is none to feel for him in weal and woe. So making good friends is essential. It is a relationship which is based on the union of same minded persons. It is a friendship that sometimes springs from the mental esteem and from our long attachment. A real friend is better than wealth. It is a great blessing in a man’s life. But it’s very difficult to find a good and real friend. We have many friend but only a few of them can be called good once who stands by us in our well and
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A LETTER TO A FRIEND My dearest friend‚ I am so sorry to hear about the accident. Sometimes bad things happen to good people and we do not know why. Then out of nowhere good things happen that make you wonder if the bad was suppose to happen to make you better than before. I was so pleased to hear that the medical team chose you as a candidate to participate in their clinical trial with stem cell therapy. I know that you are a little scared because you do not quit understand but luckily you have
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