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    Original Myth

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    The Sun‚ the Moon‚ and the Great Spirit Long ago‚ before there was life‚ before there was even a planet Earth‚ there were celestial entities that existed in the universe back when it was a light blue. These spirits appear to humans as large masses in space‚ such as the other planets and the stars. Since the beginning‚ there were two powerful apparitions that would become rivals until the end of time‚ the Sun Spirit and the Moon Spirit. The Sun was favored by the other astral entities to the isolated

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    The Rice Myth

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    Dinosaur When he was very young he waved his arms gneshed the teeth of his massive jaws and tromped around the house so that the dishes trembled in the china cabinet.” Oh for goodness sake”. his mother said. ”You are not a dinosaur. You are a human being.” Since he was not a dinosaur‚ he thought for a time that he might be a pirate. Seriously his father said at some point‚ what do you want to be?” A fireman then or a soldier. Some kind of hero. But in high school they gave him test and told

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    The Freedom Myth

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    ’Everywhere man is born free‚ but everywhere he is in chains’ Jean-Jacques Rousseau Man is not free and he would never be. If free will really exists‚ limits and boundaries would have not existed. The presence of the other causes the other’s non-existence. We aren’t born with the knowledge of the world; we only learn a small portion that our community accepts‚ but no one seems to realize that. We are not free because we have built constructs to ensure our survival as a race. In order to evolve

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    Creation Myth

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    Creation of Snow and Jack Frost Long ago‚ the weather was just warm and the grass was just green. Every person on earth was happy the way they were‚ and the way everything was. God was always trying to bring new things into Earth‚ to complete its perfectness. One day God had this big feeling that he needed to create something for Earth and his people. But what could it be? Everything was already so perfect. So God asked and angel named Jack to go down to Earth and figure out what was missing. Jack

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    Cinderella Myths

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    Can you recall hearing or reading about your first fairy tale? I know that I remember from a young age being read stories of whimsical characters‚ and how the princess lived happily ever after. Looking back I wonder why was I read these types of short stories‚ and what was their importance? From as far back as the Middle Ages accounts of fairy tales began circulating the World. Authors have continued to preserve the existence of even the oldest of all fairy tales by publication‚ and eventually

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    Jurnal-2 The Myth of the Latin Woman Judith Ortiz Cofer portrays in “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria”‚ how society often stereotypes groups without a doubt. In this particular case‚ the offensive stereotype of the Latino women. I enjoyed this article and somewhat agreed with it .I think this story is little different from other story were immigrant American faces different obstacle to adjust

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    myth of Latin women

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    Summary and Response to “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria” In “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria‚” Judith Ortiz Cofer illustrates several hardships she suffered due to the universal‚ misleading stereotypes propagated by the media. Cofer demonstrates various stereotypes that Latin women are subjected to‚ such as an experience in which she was regarded as a waitress at a California restaurant‚ and “the Hispanic woman as the ‘Hot Tamale’ or sexual

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    Ethanol Green Myth

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    Ethanol Fuel‚ the Green Myth Who in the United States of America does not like a good ear of corn or two to eat? It is a food staple in many of our households throughout this great country and helps to feed the world’s ever growing population. It is also used to produce a biofuel and gasoline fuel additive called ethanol‚ and is being promoted as environmentally friendlier‚ has less of a carbon footprint on the earth then fossil fuels like gasoline and oil do‚ and will fully reduce our dependency

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    Essay On Jack-O-Lantern

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    The halloween tradition of carving Jack-o-Lanterns has many examples of how it evolved into the tradition it is today. For example‚ carving Jack-o-Lanterns originated from an Irish folktale of a man known as Stingy Jack. According to History of the Jack o’ Lantern‚ the myth began in Ireland‚ where a mischievous man‚ Stingy Jack‚ tricked the Devil twice into agreeing to not accept Jack into Hell if he died in a ten year span. Although‚ Stingy Jack did die during those ten years‚ but God would not

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    influences upon people. When people are shaped by social forces‚ does that make them individuals? A thing that America is known for. Or does it make them conform to the society in which they live? The book called The Myth of individualism‚ how Social Forces Shape Our Lives written by Peter L. Callero helps bust the “myth of individualism”. This book shows a brief introduction of the myth we believe today about individualism. It shows this from a sociological point of view and how sociologist may think

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