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    Socioautobiography Assignment Guidelines The purpose of this assignment is to give you the opportunity to apply the sociological imagination to your everyday life: to make connections between your everyday life and the broad sociocultural structures within which you live. In this assignment‚ you will reference appropriate Terminal Course Objectives (TCOs) that relate to your socioautobiography. You can find the TCOs in this course listed in the Syllabus and in the weekly objectives. This assignment

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    reference to this eagle ridicules Elesin making him powerless against her. Iyaloja also uses riddles as a way of delegating the yoruban’s a s her secret African code baffles pilkings. ‘it rides ahead of your laggard will.’ This quote was fully understood by Elesin but left pilkings puzzled. Pilkings expresses his feelings through such words as “what is she saying now? CHRIST!! Must your people forever speak in riddles?” the amount of punctuation used conveys pilkings frustration of not having control of

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    Witches‚ wizards‚ spells‚ and magic are all apart of a normal day at Hogwarts‚ a school for young witches and wizards to be able to put their talents with magic into their everyday lives. In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling‚ Harry Potter‚ the main character‚ and his friends‚ Ron and Hermione‚ are determined to find out who or what keeps Petrifying students (a spell that is used to make someone like a statue‚ unable to move). Although there were many themes showing through

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    gets the power and courage to overcome hurdles and fear in the battle of the five armies‚ which he could only access after he got the ring. The author has used a novel way of capturing his young readers’ attention by introducing a chapter full of riddles between

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    Hamlet and Oedipus as Tragic Heroes The term “tragic hero” is usually defined by one of the most important characters throughout a Greek or Roman play. Both plays Hamlet and Oedipus are both tragedies‚ because they display a conflict between the protagonist and a superior force which is their destiny. Having a distressed or catastrophic conclusion that leads to pity or terror. A tragic hero always acts exactly on his or her own emotions; thus aiding their tragic flaw and leading to their own demise

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    Special Interest Groups Special interest groups although‚ a definite element in today ’s politics seem to pollute political water ways with unjust policies and excessive spending. An interest group is more or less an organized group of individuals that seek political advantages through lobbyist tactics. Although‚ special interest groups can be righteous it is becoming more and more rare to find an honest group despite an increasing number of groups. With nearly thousands of different groups with

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    A hero can be the most disgusting or the most beautiful‚but heroes are supposed for their image and reputation. Human and even dwarves think of almost the same hero one who fights for the innocent and helps when no other can but the difference is humans want a perfect being who is to all peoples certain likes and give to their selfish need and dwarves want a broad hero that brings riches and bounty for them and they deem a certain type of person to be a hero in their eyes. Bilbo Baggins‚from the

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    In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ Romeo and Juliet experience an adventure that has been revisited by generations of readers and critics. The story provides an interesting look to what love can really do to its victims as Romeo and Juliet go through many adventures and trials to be together. Shakespeare paints a realistic plots and dramatically expands it to make a point that love can cause a person to give up their values and morals‚ while his characters commit crazy schemes

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    Not So Wonderful Wonderland. Mad·ness/ˈmadnəs/ noun:1.The state of being mentally ill. 2.Extremely foolish behavior‚ this is the theme of many classic novels. The theme of madness can be found everywhere you look‚ at work‚ school but most importantly in yourself. Although everyone thinks they have made foolish decisions at one point in their life‚ nothing is comparable to the madness in Lewis Carrolls most well known series. Alices Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass have a strong

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    foreshadows is by creating a literary doppelganger to show what could happen if they go down the wrong path. Smeagols transformation into Gollum shows how easily people can be corrupted by power. When Bilbo and Gollum were playing a game of riddles‚ Bilbo said a riddle about daisies and Gollum “brought up memories of ages and ages and ages before‚ when he lived with his grandmother in a hole by a river‚” (71) but when he found The Ring he was corrupted by power and greed. Gollum is the doppelganger for

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