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    build" … "I just heard the man say that‚ of course". In addition‚ his attitude towards the life is optimistic. He had a lot of friends in many countries while the narrator didn’t have any friends. When the blind asked the narrator to describe how the cathedral is‚ it was so hard for him to describe it. At this time‚ the blind helped the non-blind to draw; as a result‚ they could draw a good picture while the narrator was keeping his eyes closed.

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    Symbolism in "Cathedral"

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    Symbolism in “Cathedral” In Raymond Carver’s short story‚ “Cathedral‚” a man has his eyes opened up to the world through the aid of his wife’s blind friend‚ Robert. Carver employs the use of symbolism in the form art representing insight to highlight the narrator’s blindness to his life. The narrator is not physically blind‚ but he is oblivious to the problems he faces. The tapes sent between the narrator’s wife and Robert were definitely a form of art. They were a medium through which they

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    Flooding in the Maldives

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    Flooding in the Maldives The Maldives are a collection of nearly 1‚200 islands in the Indian Ocean; The country is located about 435 miles south-west of Sri Lanka. They are very low-lying. In 2007‚ the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that a rise in sea levels of seven to 24 inches by 2100 would be enough to make the Maldives virtually uninhabitable. So the Maldives are very vulnerable to climate change. Climate change and rising sea levels are of great concern to the Maldives

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    Today’s youth is tomorrow’s nation. And today’s youth are our students. Students do pay a vital role in the society and how a society is shaped generation after generations. The formative period of an individual is during the student phase and hence it is known to be the crucial time of life. What is being sown today is what shall be reaped later. Education is where a student gets formed from. Education is in-fact character building in students. It through education that he understands the facts

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    fashion 1800's

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    popular clothing style. In the 1800’s fashion in the United States became a very important factor in society that determined the social status‚ one’s identity depended on what clothes one was wearing. At that time an increase of wealth occurred‚ therefore‚ the focus on fashion and appearances also increased‚ and European countries were influencing it. The economic changes of the country were also a big factor in the evolution of fashion in the 19th century. In the 1860’s outfits of pants‚ vests‚ and jackets

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    Cathedrals

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    Cathedrals During the medieval time period‚ peasants were affected by Gothic art‚ architecture‚ and music‚ because many peasants were illiterate. They could only learn about God’s word by symbols and hearing music. Also‚ during the medieval time period‚ peasants were not allowed to own a Bible‚ so they couldn’t learn by reading the bible even if they knew how to read. Cathedrals during this time period had many symbols that showed Christ through the symbols. Some ways were through music‚ architecture

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    subject of love is a complicated question to ask oneself. There are multiple definitions of the meaning of love depending on the individual. From the title of Raymond Carver’s short story‚ “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love‚” the author gives readers an idea of what the story would remotely be about. Throughout this entire story‚ Carver reveals that love is ambiguous and an abstract concept to touch upon by creating a scene of four friends who casually drink and converse with one another as

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    opportunity to tell differing views on creation in their classrooms. Also‚ most notably‚ there were women who were tired of being forced to be housewives and demanded to be treated as equals among the men. The crisis in values that occurred during the 1920’s‚ as insignificant as it might seem today‚ forced Americans to reshape their way of thinking and make changes that left important effects on the years to come. Contrary

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    In the 1600s‚ when America was a mysterious land inhabited by even more mysterious people‚ a handful of brave souls ventured to this strange new world. These brave souls were known as the Puritans. This special group of people sought refuge in America to practice their religion freely‚ without the ‘corruption of the church’ back in their homeland. Puritans believed that the law‚ economy and social lives of the people should be completely controlled by their one God. These Puritans had a strong developmental

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    Ap U S History 1920's

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    The Roaring Twenties is traditionally viewed as an era of great economic prosperity driven by the introduction of a wide array of new consumer goods. The North American economy‚ particularly the economy of the US‚ transitioned from a wartime economy to a peacetime economy; the economy subsequently boomed. The United States augmented its standing as the richest country in the world‚ its industry aligned to mass production and its society acculturated into consumerism. In Europe‚ the economy did not

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