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    Author: Gabriel García Márquez Title: A very old man with enormous wings Genre: The genre of this short story is Magic Realism‚ due to its outlandish characters. Theme: The themes expressed in this story are a contrast between cruelty and compassion. We see how human nature is when encountered with something or someone extraordinary and weird. The people of the story treat the old man as if he were some carnival show‚ and degrade him. On the other side we can see how all of that subsides

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    are diligent and always keeping the family together. Annita tried to illustrate the readers how Indian people live in the village of Thul and how urban Indians live in the capital city of India‚ Bombay. In the creative novel of The Village by the sea‚ the two characters that play the most important roll in the play are Hari and Lila. Hari is the one who find some food and some earnings for the family‚ and also the one who decides to go to Bombay because he thinks that he certainly cannot get a job

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    Athletics have taught me the importance of determination‚ perseverance‚ citizenship‚ and leadership. One major thing athletics have taught me is that I hate to lose. This hatred of loss sparked my strong determination and perseverance. Determination and perseverance go hand in hand when it comes to sports. If one does not possess these two integral characteristics‚ then there is no way one can be successful. Determination and perseverance are incredibly important characteristics for not only athletics

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    Aral Sea The Aral Sea was once the fourth largest inland sea in the world. About‚ a million years ago from now the northwestern part of Uzbekistan and southern Kazakhstan were covered by a massive inland sea. This sea was formed when all the waters retreated from a big land; they left a broad plain that contained highly saline soil. Due to the retreating of water many ancient remains were disappeared. The only remnant that remained was a big inland sea which was the Aral Sea. The Aral Sea was an

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    but all this criticism would push Jimmy Butler to better. Jimmy’s high school coaches said he wouldn’t go anywhere with basketball. He was able to prove them wrong through his perseverance‚ hard work‚ and effort. This shows that we should all be able to persevere during hard times.       Some people argue that perseverance does not make you successful but you won’t go anywhere without it. They say it’s just pursuing a higher goal with failure like setbacks. Others say it’s a mindset developing an

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    become of their traditional way of life? Will the air and the sea be polluted by chemicals? When a delegation is sent to Bombay to express their worries to the Minister Sahib‚ Hari decides to join the party. Before leaving‚ he decides that Bombay may offer him a better life opportunity than his frightened sisters‚ his sad house‚ his ill mother and his drunken father. And it is indeed in Bombay where this delicate boy |The Village by the Sea

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    Sea Story The short story Sea Story is written by A.S. Byatt in 2013. It is a story about the young Harold‚ who has a very significant relation to the nature especially to the sea. He falls in love with the beautiful woman Laura‚ but he does not reveal his love to her. Laura is leaving to study abroad and Harold is having a hard time without her‚ so he writes her a love letter in a bottle message‚ but the bottle does not get to the intended destination without being broken by the sea. In this

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    between righteousness and wickedness. However‚ there are times that may provoke the wickedness of a person to be shown. It is easy to depict how the narrator perceives the old man. This old man genuinely terrifies him‚ especially with this “eye”of his. The narrator exaggerates most of the outcomes having to do with this old man. In “The Tell Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe the narrator’s state of mentality and desires are perceived through the literary element explicat. To the narrator‚ he does not

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    Sea Pollution... Why Are We So Bent On Killing Everything that moves‚ everything that feed us and every animal that God created?. I mean‚ why are we so self-destructive toward the fishes‚ the sharks‚ the whales‚ the sea lions‚ the dolphins etc. And until the day I die I will never understand why mankind has such a Big Hole in their heart‚ and the irony of it all is that God placed us in charged of everything He created. And yet we violate our office‚ just like the Politicians do‚ just like the Judges

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    Perseverance‚ this is a word that many lived by and still do it to this day it means to not give up and to keep moving forward not matter what has happen. We know and are inspired by many people who are the meaning of perseverance from authors like J.K to painters‚ athletes‚ and kids like Anne Frank. They have been through something and still tired no matter what to make the best out of themselves and their life to prove that giving up is not an answer. Vincent Van Gogh a painter has been

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