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    countries that are steeped in history. They are both countries in which much of society revolves around religion. In both countries some segment of the population fights daily to be accepted as and treated as equals. Even with those similarities‚ there are some glaring differences that have accounted for many years of tension amongst the two nations. Where once these two countries were able to find some common ground and accord‚ there now exists if not outright war‚ deep seated resentment and hostility

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    The Giver The similarities between the book and movie‚ The Giver‚ is that for their transportation they used bikes because they didn’t want anyone getting hurt or into crashes. Not to mention at one point Gabriel spent some of his nights at Jonas’s house. Also somewhere around the end of the book the Giver mentioned that his daughter is Rosemary. The last similarity I found was in the end when Jonas ran away from the community he brought Gabriel with him The difference between the book and the

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    among the society. Some people say that both the China and Hong Kong post-80’s attitudes towards the society are totally different from that of the past generations. Before talking about how the generational changes are and what the similarities or differences between the China and Hong Kong generation‚ the definition of “post-80 generation” is that: The term “post 80” stands for the generation who was born between 1980 and 1989. This group is also sometimes called generation Y which is a label

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    includes the contradictory characters Atticus and Alexandra. These siblings have identifiable similarities and differences. Atticus and Alexandra are similar in various ways. One similarity is the want to lead Jem and Scout into the right direction‚ but how they do it is in a different way. Atticus will lead them to the right paths‚ but Alexandra wants to shape the kids into her own image. Another similarity is they both listen to the radio. See‚ Atticus gets his news from the newspaper‚ so he probably

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    Authors often incorporate their political and philosophical views in their works. ​ Tartuffe​ ‚  a play by Molière‚ and ​ Candide​ ‚ a novella by Voltaire‚ deal with religion in society. ​ Tartuffe ​ is a  satire about the French upper class’ attitude toward religion. Molière finds fault with extreme  zealots and hypocrisy in religious people‚ and favors moderate beliefs. Voltaire’s ​ Candide​  mocks  Western society by criticizing their religious figures. Voltaire finds scientific reasoning and free  th

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    weeks ago‚ Friday’s discussion highly emphasized the contextual considerations versus cultural. One main emphasis of the discussion‚ contextually‚ was the purpose of the main characters within Candide. Voltaire makes use of several archetypes within the novel‚ such as the hero’s journey‚ the wise elder(s)‚ and the sidekick. Two of the wise elders‚ Martin and Pangloss‚

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    These two worldviews have a lot of differences and some similarities. One of the differences between the two is that one believes in afterlife and one doesn’t. One believes in the spiritual and God and the other believe in material‚ facts and don’t believe in the spiritual as there is no proof of it. The differences between the two worldviews is that secularism believes that the human person are shaped by interaction with other people and their behaviours and characteristic have been shaped by the

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    Similarities between Creon and Antigone In Sophocles’ play Antigone‚ Creon was engaged in a conflict with Oedipus’ daughter Antigone. Creon and Antigone did not see eye-to-eye the entire play due to extreme differences. Creon and Antigone had many similarities despite their enormous discrepancies. Having as many differences as they did‚ it made them uniquely similar in numerous ways. The similarities that Antigone and Creon shared were independence‚ loyalty toward their views‚ cruelty and arrogance

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    Humans and Chimpanzees are similar. With the10 comparisons between chimps and humans. These are the ten comparisons number of species‚ DNA‚ brain size‚ sociability‚ language and facial expressions‚ diet‚ sex‚ walking upright‚ eye and the tools used. Humans and both chimpanzee species evolved from a common ancestor‚ possibly sahelanthropus tchadensis‚ between five and seven million years ago. Only fossils of this ancestor remain. Chimpanzees and Humans share 99% the same DNA. With the genetic comparison

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    the difference between two slaves and their similarities. The two stories are about who wants to me their goal. The first slave is Jeffery. Jeffery goal was to be with his love‚ but he failed. The second slave is Harris. Harris goal was to be free from being a slave and he succeeded his goal. Both of them had different goals that they wanted to accomplish. Then both of them got something that they have in common . For example‚ both of them are slaves. Both Jeffery and Harris have similarities. One

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