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    The word Hispanic brings up various thoughts in different people. Some might think of uneducated‚ loud‚ incompetent people. To others it might bring up words like devoted‚ hardworking‚ and loving. Being Hispanic to me means to know how to work hard and that you caring about family and friends. It also means that you are a strong person that can handle tough situations and make the best of things. My parents were not born in this country; my mother is from El Salvador. She had to flee a violent

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    I am an INTJ i’m a courageous open minded and an very confident person. Being an INTJ is great‚ I am organized and determined when it is important.I enjoy projects and experiments.I like improving my skills in different subjects. I would say I don’t typically get antze‚ I’m usually pretty patient. I’m pretty hardworking when it comes to homework or projects that I am really interested in or just overall anything. I am typically more confident in smaller crowds. I like to be by myself a lot not in

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    would most people‚ would typically characterize myself as bad-tempered in the mornings as I have a tendency to be easily annoyed. In the midst of my day‚ I sometimes stop and reflect on how instead of being irritable‚ I should be thankful that God has given me yet another day to live. I’ve found that being thankful often sets the mood for my day. I have a change in attitude and a different outlook on how I’m going to handle things. I believe that we as humans need to be thankful and appreciate

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    Someone could ask me what me‚ “What does being an American mean to you?” Well up until now I haven’t put much thought to it. I don’t know much about being an American‚ what I do know is we have rights. As Americans we don’t have monarchy. We’re a free country; we have the choice to be able to vote for who we want running‚ not our lives but our country. To be an American is the greatest thing in the world to most

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    Essay outline Wonderful ending to a tragic death in Romeo and Juliet There are many possible endings for the play‚ but if I were to write the ending‚ I would have changed it so that‚ Romeo comes back and fights Paris and kills him. The fight takes so long that by the time Romeo reaches Juliet‚ she is about to wake up. When Romeo sees Juliet‚ he runs and goes hug her. Then Romeo looks at Juliet shockingly and sees the vile in her hand and asks her what had happened. Then Juliet looks at Romeo

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    It is very interesting how food and eating play a surprisingly large part in Oscar Wilde’s play‚ The Importance of Being Earnest. Both appear to express many different things such as‚ demands and emotions within the play’s characters. Moreover‚ food and eating also seem to be the sources of a great deal of conflict because every time food is mentioned some type of dispute between the character arises. Also‚ these expressions seem to not be very appropriate‚ respectable‚ or polite enough to communicate

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    During this time they had their first international hockey match: Wales v. Ireland; also‚ they had the lowest ever temperature of −27.2 F‚ and the premier of Oscar Wilde’s latest play‚ The Importance of Being Earnest‚ at the St. James’ Theatre‚ in London. During this time‚ social class was very important. Oscar Wilde’s explores the importance of how social class affects the lives of the characters in his play during the Victorian era. During the Victorian era‚ appearance‚ style‚ reputation‚ respect

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    In our world today‚ fate vs. free will remains the biggest mystery of all‚ the Greeks believed that there is an underlying relationship of free mans will exist within fate which the Greeks believed guided the universe in a harmonious purpose. Man was free to choose and was ultimately held responsible for his own actions. A wise man will make good decisions in his life; an ignorant and stubborn man won’t be so fortunate.  The play “Oedipus Rex” by Sophocles demonstrates that this concept of free will

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    Views on Marriage The Importance of Being Earnest is a comical drama using multiple types of irony to ridicule marriage‚ death‚ and birth. In the Victorian age‚ family was a major influence in choosing one’s offspring’s mate. Lady Bracknell accepted all Jack’s characteristics except the fact‚ he had inconsiderate parents. “To lose one parent‚ Mr.Worthing‚ may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness (1.1.1421). Gwendolen was willing to marry Jack regardless of his social

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    In Oscar Wilde’s play‚ “The Importance of Being Earnest‚” the traditionally esteemed values of duty‚ honesty‚ and hard work are tossed aside in favor of baser motivations. Pleasure‚ rather than morality‚ is the focus of every decision made by these less than admirable characters. As eloquently stated by Jack‚ “…pleasure‚ pleasure! What else should bring one anywhere?” (1735). The characters treat serious responsibilities such as marriage‚ family‚ and faithfulness as mere trivialities that can be

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