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    A christmas MEMORY

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    Jailla Thomas Ms. Nevills Religion December 11‚ 2013 Table of Contents Bible/Other Matthew Chapter 16 Summary…………………………………………………………………………………..Page 1-2 James Chapter 4 Points……………………………………………………………………………………………….Page 4 New Testament points……………………………………………………………………………………………….Pages 6-10‚ 13-14 James Chapter 2 Summary…………………………………………………………………………………………Page 11-12 New Testament Books Listed……………………………………………………………………………………..Page 12 Chapter 1 Faith Sharing………………………………………………………………………………………………Page

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    her own actions and not because of fate. Madame Loisel is the jealous type who thinks she should be rich when she has all she needs. “She had a rich friend‚ an old school friend whom she refused to visit” (Para.5) the reader thinks she is very selfish and should be happy for having a loving husband. “She danced madly‚ ecstatically‚ drunk with pleasure with no thought for anything.”(Para.24)

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    execution of a man who murdered his wife‚ Oscar Wilde wondered how anyone could have committed this action against a person who they hold affection towards. When he first started to understand his emotions‚ he expressed an unparalleled rage towards such selfish people. He grew angry due to societal standards allowing this man show his love when Oscar Wilde himself‚ being gay‚ could not. “In Reading Goal in Reading Town there is a pit of shame and in it lies a wretched man eaten by teeth of flame‚ In a burning

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    Glory Enough for All

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    long and relatively healthy lives. Although the movie portrayed Dr. Banting’s motivation as purely professional and a means to achieve fame and glory‚ his work proved to be critical to medical advancement. He was not doing his research to help people‚ but to help himself. Regardless of his reasoning‚ his contribution had the effect of helping people. Throughout the film‚ Dr. Banting was portrayed as being selfish‚ callous‚ and single-minded. While these characteristics are not very flattering in general

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    weaknesses coming from the quality of the film production and the movie’s strengths coming from it’s striking resemblance to the earlier made novel. The short movie mirrored the book in so many ways that only really small details were left out such as Scrooge going to the tavern to get his dinner to bring home after work and waking an hour before the first spirit arrives. Also‚ on many occasions throughout the movie‚ the actors use direct dialogue from the book. Based on how much you liked the book will

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    Kant Vs Utilitarianism

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    particular action. Kantians believe “If we are rational‚ we will each agree to curb our self-interest and cooperate with one another” (Shafer-Landau‚ Russ 194). In other words‚ humans are rational beings capable of rational behavior and should not be used purely for self-interest. On the other hand‚ Utilitarian’s believe that we should do actions that produce the greatest amount of happiness. However‚ this could associate using people as mere means and lead to the sacrifice of lives for the greater good.

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    Rich vs. Poor

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    aggressive toward others‚ not taking into consideration the feelings of others.  Most rich people remind me of Ebenezer Scrooge‚ an unpopular‚ grumpy‚ elderly British male human. He was a banker and a usurious moneylender. He worked at a counting house. He was disgusted by the poor and praised workhouses. And he hated Christmas!  The point here is‚ during the night before Christmas‚ Scrooge was visited by four spirits‚ who showed him that he hadn’t always been so miserable‚ that he should love Christmas

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    Abigail: the Crucible

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    Abigail Williams: Evil or Damned? Jacqueline Wong English 12 W. McGee 28 April 2013 Abigail Williams: Evil or Damned? Arthur Miller’s‚ The Crucible‚ is a controversial piece of literature for many reasons‚ particularly the portrayal of female characters – specifically Abigail Williams. In the play‚ Abigail is portrayed as a villainous character that appears to be driven by a deeply rooted grudge towards the Proctor family‚ as her love for John Proctor is unattainable. As the play progresses

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    ENG1002 17 March 2014 Research Paper: Gothic literature is always heartless. All gothic stories evoke us a gloomy feeling: the authors- such as Mary Shelley in Frankenstein or William Faulkner in “A Rose for Emily”- are installing a strange and curious atmosphere that makes us feel uncomfortable. All gothic authors used a particular type of settings that makes us feel in the story and so in the narrator’s emotions. Another point that makes the Gothic literature so different from the other literary

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    of feeling another’s suffering. It shows that lovers are not interchangeable‚ and that love transcends appearance‚ wealth or status. It proves that all the other love in the play is valueless. When two people are feeling true love‚ they are not selfish towards one another‚ do not care about appearances‚ and find it very difficult to live without one another. They will (“with a kiss

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