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    Jackhammer Syndrome” by Al Purdy‚ the speaker recalls transcendent moments of elation as he walks about in his business suit. In the excerpt from The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean‚ Laroche is characterized as an individual who pursues his personal obsessions while maintaining an unconventional code of conduct. In Gilbert Garcin’s Diogenes or Lucidity‚ a man in an overcoat and business suit carries a light bulb. The Assignment What do these texts suggest about the conflict between pursuing a personal

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    It was a dark‚ dreary winter’s evening and I was consumed with insurmountable levels of joy and excitement; I was finally getting my first car. Well actually‚ allow me to dial that back just a tad‚ I was filled with excitement and joy about my new car‚ but it was not really for the same reasons that any old average-joe might be excited for. I was really excited to wash my new car. Being the perfectionist that I am‚ I immediately set out to make my car look as if it had just rolled fresh off the assembly

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    Just like all five fingers of the human hand are not the same‚ all graphic designers are unalike. The field of graphic design is blessed with immense designers‚ each endowed with a unique talent. All designers have their own style of working‚ thought processes‚ likes and dislikes and‚ above all‚ their own distinctive personality. Every graphic designer tackles clients in a different way. Personality is a set of characteristics‚ attributes or traits of the person distinguishing him from others

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    theme of sin. Though sin is present in all of his works‚ there is much variation on the ways in which his characters come to understand the inherent evil that lurks inside every human being. Whether expressed in the form of selfishness‚ passion‚ or obsession‚ the sin is somehow masked and concealed from others‚ and prevents humans from achieving pure goodness (O ’Toole). Among Hawthorne ’s many literary works‚ "The Birthmark‚" "The Minister ’s Black Veil‚" and "Young Goodman Brown" provide excellent

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    Unattainable Perfection Everything is ruined if an eye is not kept on the entire picture of the situation. The novel East of Eden‚ by John Steinbeck‚ and the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude‚ by Gabriel García Márquez‚ both emphasize the negative outcomes that are met during the futile attempt to create a perfect world. Attempting to create a world where everything runs without difficulty can be extremely difficult in itself. Characters use land as an output when they are put in these difficult

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    pursuit of knowledge is not necessarily an evil thing‚ but it can cause destruction when it is pursued beyond natural limits. Victor Frankenstein becomes a slave to his passion for learning in more than one way; first his life is controlled by his obsession to create life‚ and later he becomes a slave to the monster he has created. Frankenstein describes the beginning of his life as a happy time with his family. During his childhood‚ Frankenstein was passionate about learning‚ but his emotional

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    The Battle of Anorexia One CBS News story written by Daniel Schorn tells the story of Kennedy Pieken‚ a girl who was just four years old when she began battling the effects of anorexia. Doctors at the Omaha Children’s Hospital suggest that her eating disorder was triggered by changes in her brain that occurred after she suffered strep throat. It was suspected that the trigger was present through genetics because her mother‚ Jodi Pieken‚ spent

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    murderous savages with a loss of civilisation and innocence. The responders can draw parallels between the film Gattaca and Lord of the Flies as Gattaca too was originally portrayed as a Utopia. The society set up in the film is based around the idea of perfection and conformity where genetic engineering is used to create the ‘ideal’ human being. Sound‚ costume and lighting are used to contribute to the effect of the setting. The costumes worn by Gattaca employees are sombre uniforms symbolic of an impersonal

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    Sabrina Bullock Professor Erin Whitford American Literature I (409) 18 August 2013 (SumII) Grade: 88 Guilt vs. Innocence‚ Allegories‚ Puritanism in Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne was a nineteenth century American writer that was born in Massachusetts with a Puritan Heritage. “Born in Massachusetts on the Fourth of July‚ 1804‚ he was the descendant of Puritan worthies and the son of a ship’s captain who died at sea in 1808” (Gollin). Allegories are portrayed in his writings to depict

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    Baloloy‚ Mariah B. Ms. L.E.J. Lopez The Black Swan BSTTM 1-1 I. Introduction Black swan is a pyschosexual thriller that describes the unglamorous part of the Ballet world inspired by Swan Lake‚ a famous ballet. Darren Aronofsky is the director of the film who is known for his wild creative imagination. In the movie

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