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    Great Struggle “If there is no struggle then there is no progress.” This quote was said by Fredrick Douglass as a way to explain how hard the world works against us. Nature has struggle naturally‚ an example is the lion and his prey. A lion has to struggle to catch his prey‚ so he can live‚ and the prey has to struggle to stay away from the lion so it can live. The progress that both have is that they both get to live if they make it through the struggle. When a person hears the word “struggle” most

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    Fishermen Struggles

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    THE LIVILIHOOD STRUGGLES OF ARTISANAL FISHERFOLK OF KERALA Russel Ignatius . L. Abstract: In this article an attempt is made to study the peculiarities of artisanal fisher folk of Kerala and their livelihood issues‚ in the changing scenario of modernization of fishery sectors with the introduction of trawling and other artificial methods of fishing which endanger their very ethos and livelihood possibilities. We travel through their rough tides of struggles to protect their livelihood and suggesting

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    Struggles Of A Child

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    To begin with‚ child abuse can lead to the child having struggles not only in the present but also in the future. Children who are victims of abuse begin to grow struggles that can affect their behavior and attitude towards the future. Struggles a child might gain depends on the amount of time a child is a victim‚ or the child himself/herself. To further elaborate‚ in an article written by the publisher at The Joyful Heart Foundation states that if a child is a victim of neglect by an adult and is

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    Gender Struggles

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    Men VS Women: Gender Struggles Robert Zeiger Catherine Bristow GE 217 Composition 2 March 6‚ 2013 Gender Issues Males and females both face great trials and hardships throughout their lifetimes. Although the two both endure their share of adversities‚ it is always harder for one gender than the other. In this country it has always been the male figures that receive special treatment and circumstance. Since the founding of our great country‚ The United States of America‚ it has been women

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    The Uphill Struggle

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    The Up Hill Struggle The Uphill Struggle of life is a struggle/climb that is inevitable. People all over the world are faced with Many Struggles. Everyone are faced with struggles regardless of race‚ color‚ background neither your status. We are all faced with some kind of struggle. People all over the world including our Bahamian people face struggles that seem impossible for one to overcome‚ but it is what makes us human‚ and makes us appreciate our lives and the things we do have. It is easy

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    Theme of struggle

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    The Struggle Struggle is when you make forceful efforts to get free of a restraint. Usually something critical happens that causes you to struggle frequently. This critical thing can happen over time‚ or it can happen all of a sudden. Frequently struggling usually leads to depression‚ the same way that struggling can keep you depressed. Everything has to happen for a reason‚ and in this case struggling was the reasoning for depression. Since the beginning of his wanting to go to a very academic

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    Katniss Struggles

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    live another day. Whether she is struggling to find her family’s next meal in the woods or resorting to violence to save herself in the Games‚ all of Katniss’s actions are motivated by her struggles to help herself and her loved ones survive.

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    Pi's Struggles

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    Pi went through many struggles through his childhood and teenage years. Pi faces most of his struggles on the time with the tiger‚ Richard Parker‚ on the lifeboat. In Life of Pi‚ Yann Martel shows how Pi deals with hardships by his connection to the 12 Disciples‚ the Three Wise Men and the Virgin Mary. Pi was named after a swimming pool in Paris‚ Piscine (Martel 8). This is ironic because Pi’s parents never took a liking to water or swimming. When Pi was in primary school‚ kids used to call him

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    Maya Angelou: Rising Above Social Struggles Author of an autobiographical series‚ countless essays and stirring poems‚ a civil rights activist‚ dedicated actor and producer‚ skillful dancer and singer‚ and great cook‚ Maya Angelou is an inspiration to every person‚ regardless of his age‚ gender‚ race‚ or status in life. Maya Angelou‚ an African-American‚ was born in St. Louis‚ Missouri‚ but was sent to Stamps‚ Arkansas‚ with her brother Bailey‚ to live with their grandmother (King 5). During her

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    In tandem with literacy‚ literature has become one of the leading vehicles for social criticism in American history. It amplifies the author’s voice‚ reverberating it throughout the nation‚ molding the history of America by changing the opinions of the people on certain issues. It can induce cries of hope and merriment‚ like John Winthrop’s sermon A Model of Christian Charity‚ which speaks about the optimistic prospect of America as the “City upon a Hill” (Winthrop‚ 84). But it can also elicit the

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