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    The word “education”….What does this word mean to me? Education is one of the things that make the human the dominant form of life on the planet Earth. Education was created by human‚ but after many years it turned into “an independent form of life”. This “independent form of life” is the main guiding light for the human race in the today’s world of darkness. Education gives the human race the chance to overcome the obstacles that appear on its way in today’s world. If the education did not exist

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    In paragraph 1‚ readers are told that Victor lives on a reservation. What details elsewhere in the story establish this setting? What associations does this setting have for you? Do you think the story could take place anywhere else? -The other details that establish this setting is when they say‚ "So Victor called the tribal council." This association sets an understanding of how things work in a reservation. I do believe the story could have taken place in any other reservation. In addition to

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    with another couple of whom one was seriously injured. Both Lincoln and Kennedy’s autopsy was performed by Military Personnel. These coincidences are easily explained as the simple product of mere chance. It’s not difficult to find patterns and similarities between any two marginally related sets of data‚ and coincidences similar in number and kind can be found between many different pairs of Presidents. Our tendency to seek out patterns wherever we can stems from our desire to make sense of our world;

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    as religion‚ language‚ lifestyle‚ food‚ art and culture. Tradition is a fundamental factor for an individual because it helps shape their view on the world (regardless of whether their tradition is positive or negative). In the short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson it explains how people could blindly follow tradition without questions because it’s ingrained in

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    Macbeth‚ Banquo‚ and Macduff are three characters in Shakespears tragedy‚ Macbeth. These three characters have some similarities‚ but ultimately are very different in the choices and decisions they make‚ and all play a different role in this play. Macbeth is an ambitious Thane who lets his greed and thirst for power overcome his loyalty. Banquo plays a neutral role; he is loyal but capable of some evil. Macduff is a strong‚ selfless character whose first priority is the good of Scotland. All three

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    The Dinka and the Nuer have hated each other for as long as anyone can remember. They fight over land‚ and will even kill each other. They also steal cows from each other. Both tribes have many things in common‚ this is why they are in conflict. The Nuer and the Dinka both honor their cattle‚ and see them as a sign of wealth. They both live in the same area and use the same resources. Both tribes follow the same culture. The Nuer and the Dinka both honor their cattle. For example in source C it states

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    Approximately 14‚700‚000 people have died from the most famous genocides caused by man. The Lottery was written by Shirley Jackson. The story is about a town who has a tradition every year‚ one day in June  the people of the town must gather around and play their chances of winning the lottery. At the end we find out who wins and we find out that the prize of the lottery is to be sacrificed. One of the main theme’s in this story is the violence and cruelty of humans. The author uses literary devices

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    Positive and negative effects of winning the lottery Winning the lottery is something everyone wants. Rarely do people realize that there are also bad effects to having such a large sum of money. A good amount of people that win the lottery are foolish with their money‚ quit their jobs‚ or just don’t know what to do with it. The others that win make smart decisions in either investing their fortune‚ donating it to a good cause‚ or just helping their family be finically stable. Majority of people

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    brutal sports known to man. The Roman sport of choice was the gladiators. In the ruthless game‚ prisoners and volunteers alike were pitted against each other and wild animals in a fight that often ended in death. Although gladiators do not show many similarities to modern football‚ the two are actually closer than they appear. Gladiators and football players both consume specialized diets in order to perform. As with many athletes today‚ gladiators ate high energy meals and drank “sports drinks” (Coleman

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    Week 1 Written Assignment Statues have been used throughout history to immortalize important people‚ as well as common subjects. Depending on the purpose of the statue‚ different materials and postures were often selected to communicate these differences. For this paper we examine one example of a statue of a powerful ruler is the statue of Gudea‚ which was created around 2090 BCE in Mesopotamia. (Metropolitian Museum of Art‚ n.d.) We contrast this with a statue of the non-royal‚ statue of Memi

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