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    time can be challenging and it might require perseverance. In Call of the Wild Buck has to persevere through tough times after he was taken away and shown his place in the wild. In contrast some people choose to join the army. In the army there is a place called ranger school. That is a very tough thing to do and persevere through mental and physical barriers. While my dad and Buck both endured pain and suffering they both got through it. Perseverance is a thing that everyone will have to do at some

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    Perseverance is a very important value that all individuals we have‚ but unfortunately we all despaired when a goal we have not met and we tend to despair and deserting our ideals‚ so I’ll analyze this great value to understand thoroughly the real meaning of this great value. According to the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy the value of perseverance means constancy in virtue and maintain consistency to death. But beyond that I think this definition refers to two different but related attitudes

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    This passage is an extract from Joseph O’ Connor’s Star of the sea which was penned in the year 2002. The passage makes use of a third person narrative view point as a result of which the readers are provided with a vivid image of passengers aboard a stormy sea ship. The passage talks about a ship afloat a stormy sea and how the passengers on the deck are caught unaware due to this storm. The author uses a descriptive style of writing with short crisp sentences that heighten the pace of the story

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    Perseverance through life. Life is a set of challenges designed to test our strength and perseverance. In the book Call of the Wild‚ Buck experiences many conflicts‚ one of the biggest being his environment. Buck was yanked from his warm and lush home in the civilized Santa Clara valley and forced to move to the harsh and unforgiving north. My mother similarly moved often during her childhood‚ often not staying in one place longer than two years. They both had to persevere through many challenges

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    Perseverance can enable you to overcome tough circumstances in life. This can be seen in both books‚ War Horse by Michael Morpurgo‚ and Wonder by R.J. Palacio. In War Horse‚ there is a horse named Joey. He has lost people he has cared about‚ and tries to find his way back home. In Wonder‚ Auggie has a facial deformity‚ and has a hard time in middle school. The theme perseverance is included in both the stories‚ War Horse and Wonder‚ but in different ways. In the same way Wonder and War Horse are

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    2004‚ New York city‚ New York‚ USA. 4. Why was created? On my personal opinion was created as a tribute to this man‚ that fight for obtain the permit to die‚ for the principles of euthanasia‚ due the circumstance of life that he had as a quadriplegic man‚ unable to take care of himself and didn’t move any part of his body except his mouth and eyes‚ due a terrible accident in the sea. 5. How was it made? The movie count with the videos‚ letters‚ notes‚ books and poems of the protagonist Mr. Ramon

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    "Island Man" and "The Fringe Of The Sea" I recently read two poems entitled "Island Man" and "The Fringe Of The Sea". They are both similar in theme‚ but they also have many differences. Both poems are based on the emotions of people who live near the sea and their feelings towards it. This theme relates to both of the authors‚ and connects them; the author of "The Fringe Of The Sea"‚ A.L. Hendricks‚ was born in Jamaica and later in life moved to Britain. Grace Nichols‚ author of "Island Man"‚ was

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    the short story‚ “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World‚ “magical realism is seen in the way the villagers treat the drowned man. The time and effort they put into Esteban make him become more real than the other characters in the story. He is the only one given a name and personality. When reading‚ I feel the love and compassion the villagers have for the drowned man. They take his corpse in and make him one of them and treat him as such. The drowned man is seen as a mythical creature because

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    successful leader is her childhood. When she was younger she was sexual abused. The article says “she was sexually abused by a number of male relatives and friends of her mother…” Without perseverance she would’ve let those tragic memories haunt her all her life. Another example of Oprah Winfrey’s perseverance was how she lived. According

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    Aral Sea

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    Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction - 1 - 2. History - 1 - 3. Effects of the Dying Sea - 3 - 4. Remediation - 5 - 5. Conclusion - 6 - References - 7 - List of Figures Figure 1. Location of Aral Sea. (Google Maps‚ 2013) - 1 - Figure 2. Comparison of the Aral Sea Before 1960 and present day. - 4 - Figure 3. Old Fishing Vessels (Francios‚ 2010) - 4 - 1.0 Introduction The Aral Sea is located in central Asia and is situated between the south of Kazakhstan‚ more specifically Aktobe

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