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    destroys and wastes human life. Discuss. Ernest Hemingway’s ‘A Farewell to Arms’ is an exploration of love‚ bravery and surrender within the confines of war. But more than this‚ it is an exploration of the destructive nature of war. Not a physical destruction‚ but a psychological and an emotional one. Throughout the novel we see how “the world breaks everyone…it kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially”. We see faith in religion and in God‚ ripped from the souls of the soldiers

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    A Place of My Own

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    A place of my own Everyone has the place of their own and so do I. But‚ the place of my own is not that big‚ majestic or magnificent and also it is not physical. It’s just a simple one. But‚ the story behind the place of my own is really mesmerizing. And I hope I will not be here anymore if anyone becomes to know my story. The story starts when I was born. But‚ I have no idea about my mom and dad till now because they left me since I was born. And I grew as a beggar. I didn’t know about respect

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    My Own Restaurant

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    Mr. Puglisi ESL 33X 1 July 2013 The Restaurant that I’m Going to Own It has always sounded extraordinary exiting to me to build my own restaurant. I can picture in my mind exactly how it would look and feel to my customers. I will be able to put my personality into my restaurant. I am thinking now about my restaurant’s interior‚ exterior‚ and‚ of course‚ menu. The interior of the restaurant that I am going to own its going to be big and spacious with an extra room for special events

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    The Potential of Tannin Found in Avocado Seeds (Persea Americana) As Alternative Source of Ink A Science Investigatory Project in Partial Fulfillment for the Requirement in Science IV Presented to: Ms. Hazel M. De Ramos Science IV Teacher Presented by: Española‚ Daveriel P. Misolas‚ Kim Zeus N. Sta. Ana‚ Rhoel Marvin O. Discaya‚ DoumaJairah V. Orgado‚ Nadine Gladys B. Polytechnic University of the Philippines Laboratory High School February 2014 Table of Contents Chapter I: The Problem

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    One's Own Sexism

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    Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own: Chapter One Chapter one opens up the question about women and fiction. The narrator’s thesis is that in order for a woman to write she must have her own security of money and a quiet room to herself. Throughout the chapter‚ it journeys through the narrator’s day and her many encounters with the institutional sexism at the universities. Towards the end of the chapter you get a better understanding of why someone must have their own quiet room in order to be creative

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    My Philosophy on Education I admit that writing my own philosophy on education had me thinking for quite some time. There has been a number of questions that emerged in my mind while pondering on coming up with my own philosophy. I asked myself why I want to teach‚ who I am going to teach and how I will become a future educator to these students. Hence‚ I first defined what an education theory means to me and imagined a teacher I had that I look up to. Consequently‚ I hope I can express my philosophy

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    In Shakespeare play Othello‚ it is about race‚ love‚ jealousy and betrayals. Once a wise man‚ Othello had been manipulated and deceived by Iago once a man who he had trusted which cause him to act out of his character. Throughout the play‚ Othello actions have caused him to go out a committee murder‚ killing himself and Desdemona. Othello a general of color had been naïve because of his jealousy‚ insecure‚ and foolish ways because him become delusion. In the beginning of the play‚ Othello acted

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    Despite his initial plan to put on an antic-disposition‚ Hamlet quickly finds himself in the grips of true insanity. Hamlet’s suicidal thoughts are beginning to intensify. In his famous ‘To be or not to be’ soliloquy‚ Hamlet states; “To die-to sleep‚ / No more; and by a sleep to say we end/ The heartache and the thousand natural shocks/ That flesh is heir to” (Shakespeare‚ III.I.60-63). Since this is a soliloquy‚ it represents Hamlet’s truest and rawest emotions‚ proving his suicidal and mental instability

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    Jealousy is regarded by the majority of people as the most logical and straightforward reason behind the tragic downfall of one of the play’s most prominent characters; Othello. However it has also been said that the more subtle emotions such as racial mistrust and lack of self confidence contribute the most to Othello’s tragic downfall. In my opinion‚ Othello has a powerful inner battle between his love for Desdemona and the “green-eyed monster which doth mock” (Act 3 Scene 3)‚ with jealousy prevailing

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    Creation is the act of producing or cause of something to enter into existence and destruction is the act of eliminating something from existence. In Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein‚ the main character Victor Frankenstein has a duality of character in which he is both creator and destroyer. This is evident in the novel through examples such as his self-isolation to develop an understanding of anatomy as well as to construct the monster‚ destroys his relationships with his family. Even through his

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