Pakistan emerged as a separate homeland for Muslims by assiduous hard work and enormous sacrifices of Muslims. The pioneers of Pakistan movement dreamed of a state that could offer a peaceful milieu for free exercise of religion and attainment of one’s rights. It is highly disheartening to see the state crippled by the ethnic conflicts‚ religious extremism‚ terrorism and dissension between the public and government. The article‚ “Whither Pakistan? A five-year forecast”‚ was published on June 3‚ 2009
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Title: The Book Thief Author: Marcus Zusak Text type: Novel The Book Thief is a book about having the courage to stand up for what you believe in and do what you believe to be the right thing. I was extremely impressed at how the actions of Liesel and her foster parents reflected these themes of bravery and morality. I think these themes are relevant in today’s society because people often copy what everyone else is doing even when they know it is not right
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“The Lamp at Noon” by Sinclair Ross Stuck in dust When one thinks of being caged‚ he or she may think of a bird being put in a cage so it can’t fly away. Or a person may think of a criminal caged by their jail cell bars‚ enclosing them off from society. However‚ in the short story‚ The Lamp at Noon‚ written by Sinclair Ross‚ a clear tone of desperation is shown through symbolism‚ confirming the harsh effects that the 1930’s dust bowl had on a family but specifically on a character named Ellen
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Crake; from numbers to words Oryx and Crake is a story that takes place in a not-so-distant dystopian future that Margart Atwood believes we’re heading towards. The world has been taken over by corporations who are driven purely by greed and profit. These corporations have built giant “compounds” where they house their scientists‚ who are referred to as “numbers people” by Jimmy‚ the main protagonist of the story. These “numbers people” are using genetic engineering to “improve” humanity. Anything
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I hope this letter finds you doing well and enjoying your holiday season with your family. With the mix of school‚ family travel‚ family complications and‚ off-season training‚ it has taken me a bit longer than I had anticipated before I was able to write you. But‚ I wanted to write you and say thank you. In all honesty‚ this season turned out almost completely different than I had originally hoped for and anticipated. I didn’t really picture coming off the first play of our first scrimmage tearing
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September 19th‚ 2011 Wes Moore Maryland House Correction Rd. Jessup‚ MD‚ 20794 Dear Wes Moore‚ A. Problem Assessment There are many issues that have led to the outcome in your life‚ from an absent father‚ instability in your living situations‚ your brother being influential‚ yet participating in negative activity‚ and your mother’s lack of involvement. When you sum all of these issues up the main issue that stands out is the lack of support and mentoring that is needed to foster a child’s
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Water for Elephants. by Sara Gruen. "Life is the most Spectacular Show on Earth!"- Sara Gruen‚ Water for Elephants. "All I can do is put in time waiting for the inevitable. Observing the ghosts from my past‚ rattling around in my vacuous present. They crash and bang and make themselves at home‚ mostly because there’s no competition. I’ve stopped fighting them." says Jacob Jankowski‚ who is now ninety (or ninety three). Mr. Jankowski reflects upon memories of himself as a young man‚ tossed by
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Title: Brokeback Mountain Director: Ang Lee Type of text: Visual/oral text Date Completed: 27/2/2014 Whilst watching the film Brokeback Mountain‚ I became frustrated at the main characters‚ Jack and Ennis. This frustration was because of an evident idea in the film that I agree strongly with‚ ‘sexuality is not a choice.’ This idea made me realise how lucky I am to have been born in an era where society is much more accepting of individuality than in the past. And I felt frustrated because the
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“Ordinary People” Term Paper I feel the most related toward Conrad. As he has problems with being social and has some built up anger from over the years. To me Conrad plays a roll of a person who fights and struggles. Not with just his friends and other people‚ but with his family. Conrad feels apart from his mom as do I‚ for me my mother neglected me when I was younger and paid more attention to my younger brothers. And I feel how Conrad felt when his mother didn’t visit him in the hospital. That
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Elephant Poaching “We are experiencing what is likely to be the greatest percentage loss of elephants in history‚” said Richard G. Ruggiero‚ an official with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (Ney York Times; December 3‚ 2012). The poaching of elephants started in the late 1800’s and is still happening today. People are slaughtering these majestic animals for their ivory tusks. Ivory has been sold on the black market for millions of dollars. Before the start of ivory poaching there were
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