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    Job Loss Aaron Abbott August 16‚ 2012 English II Did you know that individuals are losing their jobs over their personal thoughts and opinions that they put on the social networking page? I know what you are saying “ my facebook is my business and no one elses”‚ well you are wrong when you say that because anyone can go on your page so it is probably best to complain and nag about your job on a social networking site. Firstly‚ did you know that in some contracts for big companies such as

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    Adolf Eichmann’s Innocence Before and during World War II‚ at the time of the Nazi uprising‚ inexcusable crimes such as mass incarcerations‚ genocides and killings in gas chambers were committed towards most European Jews. Starting in the year of 1935 with the Nuremberg Laws‚ Adolf Hitler already declared Jewish people as “non-Ayrans”‚ followed by the destroying of synagogues and breaking of shop windows on November 8 in 1938 during the Kristallnacht (the British Library). Throughout time these

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    longer reached him‚ for he was back to where came from‚ feeding the ponies with sugar over the garden wall.” This quote shows that Ralph is dreaming about the innocence his childhood once was of feeding ponies with sugar. When Ralph wakes up from this dream‚ the twins are babbling about the beast. This defines a perfect example of innocence lost.

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    Innocence Lost My Kinsman‚ Major Molineux and Young Goodman Brown present Nathaniel Hawthorne’s belief in the universality of sin. These works provide numerous perspectives into the nature of the human condition and the individual’s role within it. Hawthorne fictionalizes a world where communion with man is essential for spiritual satisfaction. The main characters of these stories face moral dilemmas through their pursuit of human communion. Whether the problems are moral‚ psychological

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    earlier explorers had when discovering new lands‚ such as America. Nothing will ever compare to this pure first impression‚ the fact that you have no prior knowledge to what you are looking at makes it that much more fascinating. In Walker Percy’s‚ “The Loss of the Creature” he debates whether people visiting jaw dropping places like the Grand Canyon are truly having the fascinating experience that early explorers

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    To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee is a beautiful story depicting a family living in the South of the 1930’s‚ and their struggle against the prejudice which was common to that time. The book centers on Atticus Finch‚ the father of the family as well as a lawyer‚ and his fight against prejudice. We see the story unfold through the innocent eyes of his young daughter‚ Scout‚ who is free from prejudice and not yet jaded. By viewing events as Scout sees them‚ the author shows us how to overcome prejudices

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    Inability to control/Knowledge: The aspect of man’s inability to control his creation is influenced by his quest for greater knowledge. In Shelley’s Frankenstein‚ biblical references and archaic language are used to heighten the severity of transcendental undertones; “thou hast made me more powerful than thyself…I will be mild and docile to my natural lord and king.” This alludes to Victor as the divine creator and questions his motives in his attempt to conceive life. Victor has lost power over

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    “All things truly wicked start from innocence‚” is a quote first said by Ernest Hemmingway‚ an author and journalist from Illinois. This quote is basically saying that innocence may start out as something seen as purity‚ in a person possessing this attribute‚ but eventually leads to immoral and sinful events. In my opinion this is because people who are said to be innocent are oblivious to the bad things that happen in the world‚ and when they do come to understand the evil in the world‚ they do

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    Loss is the feeling of grief when robbed of a loved one or someone or something of praise. In the novels Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer and The Submission by Amy Waldman‚ loss greatly affects the characters. Although the definition of loss does not change‚ every individual processes it in a different manner. Some become depressed and develop a vile state of mind and live their life as if it had no meaning. Others prevail over their grief with optimism‚ and move on through

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    “He knew he was a foreigner but he had lost the notion that he was anything but an Indian foreigner...”( 220). Though Desai describes a majority of Nepalese living in Kalimpong area‚ she does not speak about any mutual influences between Indians and Nepalese. There are no influences mentioned except for the fact that Nepalese were disadvantaged by the Indians. Western influence was found among many people and the Eastern culture did not influence as the western. Most of the characters

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