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    change anyone. In A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens‚ the main character‚ Scrooge seems like he can’t change‚ but after he is visited by three ghosts‚ he does change. In the beginning of the play Scrooge is a bitter man. This is evident when he refuses to give the poor money and his nephew does. Scrooge is also greedy. This is shown when the lantern girl runs away and he says “penny saved‚ candle saved.” By scene four Scrooge

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    The novella‚ A Christmas Carol‚ by author Charles Dickens‚ talks about Ebenezer Scrooge‚ an old man known for his miserly ways. Scrooge is visited by several ghosts on Christmas Eve‚ starting off with his business partner‚ Jacob Marley. As the ghosts take Scrooge on many different scenes/memories‚ he learns lessons on the way. As a result‚ Scrooge is given a chance to change and make up for his miserly ways. Charles Dickens wants us to understand that the ‘business’ of being human is not always the

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    corruption instead I wil discuss the reason behind corruptioon that is greed. Greed is a strong and selfish desire for possession wealth or power. The politiicians bifurcated corruption into two parts –need based and greed based . but it has been found by the latest research that 70%of the corruption is greed based and 30% is need base. So it is confirmed that people folllow corrupt activiteis for their selfish intrest and not for their need. Now a days corruption is a evil and is stuck with people just

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    Music is purely for relaxation. Do you agree? I agree to a certain extent. The primary purpose of music is for relaxation. Yet‚ there are many other types of music that does the opposite. The types of music include‚ dance music‚ religious music‚ spiritual music‚ ethnic music‚ children music‚ Baroque music‚ classical music and many others. These different types of music have various purposes. Each type of music will invoke different moods in the listeners. Dance music is produced specially for

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    deeper level‚ one can trace instances of self-centeredness that Gatsby exudes as he intends to inch himself closer towards Daisy. Additionally‚ the amalgamation of this selfish nature of his and his crippling moral compass reveals a manipulative aspect of his persona. Gatsby’s pursuit of Daisy can be characterized as both selfish and incessantly manipulative. Gatsby’s undeviating belief that Daisy must confess her love to him and only him leads to the deduction that he only cares about himself; his

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    to hang. Some may consider him as a tragic hero and some may consider him as only a pride filled coward for not telling the truth earlier. John Proctor can be viewed as selfish because many others including Rebecca Nurse and Sarah Good were hanged before John confessed to having an affair with Abigail. Proctor is also selfish because he could not control his attraction to Abigail‚ even though he knew it would not end well and be good for no one. He could have easily saved his life by signing the

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    check to make sure if Gatsby was really the culprit‚ when he wasn’t‚ but instead instinctively laid a death warrant on Gatsby’s head. This shows how when it really comes down to it‚ Tom will willingly use a scapegoat to save his own butt‚ just like a selfish person

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    Ebenezer Scrooge was initially an avarice and grumpy elderly man‚ but he altered his ways and became a jovial philanthropist who made an impact on many others. The novella A Christmas Carol was written as a message for society to embrace the Christmas spirit. Throughout the novella‚ Charles Dickens showed us Scrooge’s change from a despicable man to a cheery humanitarian‚ with the influence of three spirits who show him how his past‚ present‚ and future. The Spirit of Christmas Past showed Ebenezer

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    his best friends rape. Although his selfish actions were unforgivable‚ the people around Amir unintentionally push him to the point were he needs to be this selfish to gain affection. In the third part of the novel these actions bring out the good in Amir‚ “and that.. Is what true redemption is.. When guilt leads to good.” Amir stands up for himself and is moved to do good not just because of the guilt of his actions but also because of family. Amirs selfish actions although unforgivable are in

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    Long before Dawkins become known as an atheist‚ he did his best to shape what we know as the theory of evolution. With his book‚ the selfish gene‚ he did just that. A very popular book about evolution‚ The Selfish Gene was written by Richard Dawkins and first published in 1976. It has since been updated and reprinted many times after. While there are many books on evolution‚ ones that are good are rare! This book is well written‚ with great use of analogies‚ and metaphors making it suited for a wide

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