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    uses situational irony relating to Bruno’s and Shmuel’s maltreatment to display their lack of comprehension of the Holocaust. Bruno and Shmuel communicate verbally through the fence for most of the book. At one point‚ Bruno tells Shmuel that he is lucky that he is able to live with all

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    Parental Misguidance Parents can cause serious problems in their children’s lives without intending to do so‚ a child can be called upon to repair a loss in his or her parent’s life and it effectively has a negative impact on the children. This is a apparent theme in the two stories “Two Kinds‚” by Amy Tan and “The Rocking Horse Winner‚” by David Lawrence. Whether the aspirations are from the death of a family member‚ as in “Two Kinds‚” or a financial situation as in “The Rocking Horse Winner

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    The theme of A Separate peace is self-identity. Gene goes through the same identity crisis‚ but his crisis resolves not around war‚ but Finny. Gene’s admiration for and jealousy of his friend is so great that he literally loses himself in Finny. At the time when Finny is injured‚ he feels that he doesn’t exist. Gene’s personal identity is so wrapped up in Finny that in order to become an individual with his own identity‚ he has to destroy Finny. The first example of identity is at the beginning when

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    knowing everything basically eliminates the storyline and the factors that make the story interesting. For example‚ if we knew from the start that Phineas was never really jealous towards Gene‚ Gene would become more of a negative character in our minds because we would only see Gene’s jealousy. We also wouldn’t understand Gene’s shock as he discovers Phineas’ retaliating admiration to him as we do when we learn it further into the

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    Paper Dec. 15‚ 2012 Sports Rituals The only reason why your team won the last game was because you wore your lucky hat‚ and the only way they will win the next game is if you wear your lucky hat again. Is it perchance by magic? Have the gods conspired to make sure your team gets to the playoffs because you wore a particular hat? Of course! It wasn’t just any hat; it was your lucky hat! Rituals in sports are very common‚ and every fan holds their own superstition. Superstitious rituals are

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    sports‚ he says to Gene‚ “‘Listen‚ pal‚ if I can’t play sports‚ you’re going to play them for me‚’ and I lost part of myself to him then‚ and a soaring sense of freedom revealed that this must have been my purpose from the first‚ to become a part of Phineas” (Knowles 85). Gene’s powerful guilt drives him to do something remorseful for Finny to make up for what he had done to him. He transforms himself once again‚ but this time to be more like the actual Finny- free‚ loving‚ and active. Furthermore‚ as

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    The two main characters of the novel‚ A Separate Piece‚ were Gene and Phineas‚ or Finny. These two were best friends who went to the same boarding school‚ the Devon School‚ in New Hampshire. During the story‚ Gene and Finny faced some very difficult conflicts and obstacles that greatly affected their strong friendship. Throughout these disputes‚ I think that Finny turned out to be the better friend. Phineas is a more loyal and leader-like figure than Gene and actually helped Gene to find something

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    about the situation‚ because she is taking care of the old Mrs. Gage‚ who lives on the farm with her son Master Sterling Gage. Master Sterling Gage is not at the farm when the news arrives‚ and Martha is therefore concerned for old Mrs. Gage‚ that she will starve to death. The three slaves stays on the farm‚ and one day‚ when Mikey is laying on the couch inside his former masters house‚ with a bottle of bourbon‚ Master Sterling Gage returns home and catches Mikey in the act. He gets

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    was forced into concentration camps during World War II. Anyone would believe that humanity would be concerned about the deaths; however‚ during World War II many Jewish people endured horrific events until their deaths. Furthermore‚ some were lucky or unlucky enough to survive the nightmare. One Jewish man who survived decided to detail his nightmare in a book with very horrific events that haunt him forever. A memoir‚ symbolically titled Night by Elie Wiesel‚ was written to explain his personal

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    November 7‚ 2010 Sociology 134‚ Section 1 The Social Construction of Gender in Cartoons Defining what is “normal” for a specific gender role in society is a very skeptical classification. Though the roles of men and women might seem obvious‚ most scientists distinguish a huge difference in gender and sex. Gender roles are not biologically determined‚ but vary according to the culture‚ and they are socially assembled‚ either internally or externally. While observing the external influence

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