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    Novel and Emma

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    Fiction There is one particular feature that sets the novel apart from any other literary genre. Literature has the ability to transport you into a world that is a product of individual imagination yet the realism expressed in the novel serves as a tool or road that leads to the emerging of conceived images. It is a time travel that has the ability to restore any period of growth in society and humanity in general. Many times we refer to the novel when deciphering morality and lifestyles of earlier

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    Rebekah Johnson Mrs. Tencza Late European History 21 November 2012 Do’s and Don’ts of Pride and Prejudice In 19th century England‚ manners played a big role. In her book Pride and Prejudice‚ Jane Austen portrays many different aspects of English social manners in the 1800s‚ and these facets of English etiquette‚ including traveling etiquette‚ social propriety‚ and dancing‚ greatly affect the plot of the book. One aspect of English social etiquette was the set of strict rules for how one was to act

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    Sense of Humor

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    The person with a sense of humour attracts other people with a sense of humour and in trying to amuse his eager listeners‚ as people possessing a sense of humour usually do‚ he shows wit‚ intelligence‚ vitality and a zest for life. A sense of humour can also lift a person up from the troubles of everyday life. Any person with a sense of humour is able to laugh at himself and find something funny in the sticky situations he gets into. By laughing at mundane problems‚ such as accidentally dyeing an

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    Sixth Sense

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    SIXTH SENSE TECHNOLOGY 1.INTRODUCTION Although miniaturized versions of computers help us to connect to the digital world even while we are travelling there aren’t any device as of now which gives a direct link between the digital world and our physical interaction with the real world. Usually the information’s are stored traditionally on a paper or a digital storage device. Sixth sense technology helps to bridge this gap between tangible and non-tangible

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    The Human Senses

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    Senses What are the human senses and how do they work? The human senses are faculties by which the human body perceives external stimulation. Humans have senses to help them experience the world around them. The five main senses are sight‚ hearing‚ taste‚ smell and touch. Each of these five senses consists of organs with a specialized structure that has receptors for specific stimulation. These receptors are linked to the nervous system and therefore the brain. Sight Sight is the sense

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    Sense of Shelter

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    (ROUGH DRAFT) Cody Gocio 9/9/2012 English 10 5th hour A Sense of shelter In “A Sense of Shelter” John Updike uses windows to show the importance of security and shelter to all humans. William is a fairly quiet teenager who is also fairly different being because one of his favorite places is the school‚ not very common for teens. Being that Williams favioret

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    special senses

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    1. Sensation There are different modalities (forms) of sensation Sound‚ pain‚ pressure‚ touch‚ stretch‚ vibration‚ heat‚ cold‚ vision‚ taste‚ smell‚ proprioreception‚ hearing‚ equilibrium‚ gustation‚ etc. Each modality has a specific receptor Each modality is conducted by sensory (afferent) neurons to the CNS and is the result of different neural pathways and synaptic connections 2. Sensory Pathways 3. Law of Specific Nerve Energy Each sensory neuron carries information about

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    The Sixth Sense

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    The Sixth Sense The director M. Night Shyamalan uses different methods to make the film‚ “The Sixth Sense”. He uses symbolism and motif to help you understand the movie and see that it is more than what you first see. In “The Sixth Sense” a boy named Cole Sear is a boy that seems to have a problem. He sees things that other people can’t see. He can see ghosts‚ walking with people as if living like nothing ever happened. A Doctor named Dr. Malcolm Crowe tries to help Cole with his problem until he

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    Psychology and the Senses

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    Zac Parsons Psychology 101 George Gerbner argues that perception of reality can best be explained using the five senses. He states that “Our sense make up who we are.” I tend to agree. I also believe that location‚ and teachings have a lot to do with it as well. Being raised in the United States of America‚ I could have a totally different view of reality than someone born into a third world country. For example‚ as an American‚ when I look at a highway‚ I expect to see cars‚ trucks‚ not

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    Victorian Novel

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    THE VICTORIAN NOVEL SPIS TREŚCI INTRODUCTION 1 I THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NOVEL 2 II KEY AUTHORS 3 III KEY TEXTS 3 IV TOPICS 3 INTRODUCTION Many associate the word “Victorian” with images of over-dressed ladies and snooty gentlemen gathered in reading rooms. The idea of “manners” does sum up the social climate of middle-class England in the nineteenth century. However‚ if there is one transcending aspect to Victorian England life and society‚ that aspect is change. Nearly every institution of society

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