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    education may not be able to without money. Literature also supports this in many places‚ one such example is where Charles Dickens in another Novel ’A Christmas Carol’[2] shows how love is pushed aside for money. This happens when young Ebenzer Scrooge had made a promise to a girl Belle to provide for her‚ however Belle chooses a crooked businessman Jacob as he offers her a quick gain of fortune to the girl. A number of quotations from the book ’the great Gatsby’ by F.Scott Fitzgerald[3] also highlight

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    Question: "Ralph’s survival is purely accidental. What lord of the flies show’s us is that in the end‚ the violent and the selfish will always overcome the peaceful and the selfless." How far do you agree with this point of view of the novel? In the lord of the flies‚ by William Golding‚ a group of boys are left in an island all by themselves are to build a democratic society in order for themselves to live peacefully‚ but things don’t go according to plan and they make their own rules and eventually

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    story. All the spirits are also called the same thing the ghost of Christmas past‚ Christmas future‚ and Christmas present. This is how the story and movie are alike. The film and the writing are different in many ways as well. The two men that ask scrooge to donate

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    cruel to their employees. Bob Cratchit is a perfect example of this. Scrooge knew that 15 “bob” a week wasn’t enough for Bob to feed his family and survive on‚ but still never paid him any higher. Bob suffered terrible conditions at work‚ often working very long hours and in a freezing room – he was only allowed one coal in his fire – but still he went in every day‚ because he knew that he would struggle to find more work and Scrooge would easily replace him. Because Bob wasn’t payed enough for

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    “Mistakes make you realize what you had‚ what you lost and what you’ve taken for granted. They make you realize that sometimes there are no next times no timeouts and no second chances… but life is a work in progress as long as we live‚ we have every chance to correct.” If you make a mistake it shows you what you what you’ve taken as granted and maybe there will be no second chances but as you live you can correct the mistakes. Giving someone a second chance you teach them something that would benefit

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    antagonist‚ Iago. Iago’s cruelty to not only Othello‚ but all others around him‚ reveals his villainous personality. Iago acts through selfish reasons alone‚ and stops at no lengths in order to get to what he wants. Through the character Iago‚ Shakespeare‚ in his play Othello‚ explores the concept of the evil nature of man and argues that one who is motivated purely by greed and the desire for power will ultimately face the consequences of his or her actions. Iago is one of the most interesting characters

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    The protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism‚ by M. Weber I/ What is the spirit of capitalism? According to Marx’s theory‚ labour is what define oneself in the world and give meaning to one’s life. Weber emphasized that theory when he published in 1904 “The protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism”. Contrary to what if often thought‚ capitalism is not an immoderate and immoral seek for money‚ but a rational and controlled way of doing business. Profitability‚ which could

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    Narration. Types of Narration Narration is the way authors relate events to readers. Novelists use different way of telling their stories: they use different characters to tell the stories (narrators) and present the events from different ‘angles’ (different points of view). First – person narrator (the story is told by an ‘I’)‚ who may be the main character in the novel or a minor character in the novel‚ an observer of events that happen to others. Third – person narrator In the novels

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    beliefs in life. While being guided by their Holy Bibles sermons‚ and only Lord and Savior‚ quoted material made by their references became controversial for being entirely careless or selfish against all who opposed the Protestant creed. It is a believable opinion that the Puritans are innocent from being entirely selfish against those who oppose their creed when they are guaranteed‚ by their Lord and Savior‚ a place to live to help their neighbors‚ demanded to stick together with anyone to live as one

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    Scrooge started out as a grouchy old man who hated Christmas. He states this several times‚ including when he says‚ “Every idiot who goes a bout with ‘Merry Christmas’ on his lips‚ should be boiled with his own pudding‚ and buried with a stake of holly through

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