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    (N.E.) is a mental faculty and an invisible quality‚ yet its effect is greatly experience. It is more valuable than money because without it money loses its charm. It is to be prized on its own account. In all branches of life‚ it pays in the long run. It brings great rewards for human life. It is the most precious possession of a man. (N.E.) dignifies every station‚ wafts up every person and advances every society. A man may have much money but if he lacks in this quality‚ he will earn no respect

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    elope after the robbery‚ she takes not only many things worth a great value‚ but also the ring that her father had bought her mother. When Shylock learns of his daughter not only deserting him and robbing him‚ but taking such invaluable and prized possession as the ring‚ he is utterly heartbroken. After trading the ring for a monkey and marrying Lorenzo‚ Jessica is faced with a deep moral guilt in Act 5‚ Scene 1 when exposed to how Portia feels after tricking Bassiano to give the ring away while

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    Night‚ by Elie Wiesel‚ is a memoir about the author Elie Wiesel‚ who during his teenage years survived the Holocaust. Elie shared his experience of living in the concentration camps‚ dealing with the stress and thought of being killed at any moment‚ leaving and sacrificing all he once had. Elie had given up everything‚ from his shoes to his dignity. He shares his experiences to show that the Holocaust should not be forgotten or repeated. The format that Elie Wiesel chose for his memoir is narrative

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    A Long Way Gone – Short Essay During the Sierra Leone Civil War that started on March 23‚ 1991‚ the eleven-year armed conflict caused the displacement of many citizens and the conscription of child soldiers. The novel A Long Way Gone‚ shows the memoir of Ishmael Beah’s childhood during the violent years of the war. Throughout the story the author Beah embodies the loss of innocence in many parts of his early life. Using the different events that Beah experiences‚ the author displays the transition

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    something entirely different and unexpected happens. In The Gift of the Magi‚ Della cuts and sells her hair to buy a chain for Jim’s watch. At the same time‚ Jim sells his watch to buy Della hair combs. Both Della and Jim sold their most prized possessions

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    Hero also plays an important image for Claudio’s sake. Claudio does not know Hero very much‚ but relates to her as a ‘Jewel’. By relating Hero to a ‘Jewel‚ it shows us how precious she is to him and as a jewel is a prized possession gives us the image that Hero is Claudio’s prized possession. Don Jon creates this devious plan to get back at his brother Don Pedro as Don Pedro has it was his responsibility for this marriage to continue‚ therefore he wooed Hero for Claudio‚ so if it was to go wrong

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    By Erik Reyes 12/18/2011 Pursuing and Compromising Happiness in The Truman Show Individuals do irrational and rational things all the time. Every day‚ we make decisions that are actually quite two sided. The item or goal you pursue has a value that is irrelevant. The evident fact is that you can pursue something realistically or unrealistically. “The Truman Show” by Peter Weir displays various examples of how individuals

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    On the back there is a quote by Howard Dayton‚ which says‚ “The Treasure Principle will change your life!” And only by God’s amazing grace‚ I truly do believe‚ that this book has changed my life. Before reading this book‚ I was engulfed by the possessions of this world‚ and how I could obtain them. All the money I had went to buying myself new shoes‚ sports equipment‚ etc. I understand that there is nothing wrong with buying new stuff‚ but there wasn’t any balance in this area of my life. I never

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    The photographs taken on the reservation informs us about the Blackfeet tribe’s incorporation of modern materials goods that were often rewarded to them for bringing publicity to the Glaciers National Park during the early 1900s. As shown from the photographs in Going to the Source‚ it is clear to say that the Blackfeet tribe had no hesitation in embracing the modern material goods presented to them as they would regularly use them in their daily lives. The opportunities given to the Blackfeet Tribe

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    a love story of the well-known American writer- O.Henry in which the true love is challenged by the poverty. The love of Della and Jim is apparentlty revealed by the ways they think for each other‚ get ready to sacrifice the most valueable possessions for each other. Especially‚ the devotion of Della is the evidence of intense love she spends for her Jim. Della’s love demonstrates partially Shakespear’s point of view. No matter how poor the living condition is‚ it can not quench the fire of

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