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    Stephen assignment draft

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    MEMORANDUM From: Stephen Haas To: Reader Date: July 8‚ 2011 Re: Divulging Confidential Information About our client Ener G. Traidor Relevant Facts Our client‚ Ener G. Traidor (“Traidor”)‚ has retained our firm to assist with his acquisition of an oil drilling company. During the course of the representation‚ we discovered that Traidor’s plans involved drilling in a manner than could produce dangerous results for a nearby town’s water supply. We have presented Traidor our concerns about the impact

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    Symbolism In The Odyssey

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    Symbolism in Book III and IV Odyssey One of the noticeable symbols in these two books is the presence of food gatherings and feasts. Organized celebrations are a part of social culture during ancient times. The motives of celebrations are usually various‚ weddings‚ triumph and returns from wars. Gertrude Jobes (Dictionary of Mythology‚ Folklore and Symbolism) describes feast as "anything affording enjoyment to the body or spirit"‚ special festivities were organized for the poor people‚ sometimes

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    Symbolism in Cloudstreet

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    Contribution to Meaning – Symbolism Mark: 18/20 The most direct way in which an author reinforces the themes of a novel is through the use of literary devices. In Cloudstreet by Tim Winton‚ one of the most prominent of these devices is symbolism‚ which plays upon the aesthetic sensibilities harboured by the text’s audience and provides insight and deeper understanding to the themes of the novel. Indeed‚ Cloudstreet itself‚ the river and religious symbolism contribute to meaning and the author’s

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    The Alchemist Symbolism

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    An Analysis of Mirage Symbolism In The Alchemist Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist tells the story of Santiago‚ a young shepherd living in an abandoned church in a small Andalusian town‚ who is stripped of his comfortable and safe lifestyle after an encounter with Melchizedek‚ an Islamic king who tells him of his “Personal Legend” (21). Melchizedek points Santiago in the direction of his treasure only after taking one-tenth of his money‚ giving him two stones‚ and a lesson on reading omens. Throughout

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    The Storm Symbolism

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    The writer Kate Chopin uses imagery and symbolism to evoke the theme of sex‚ marriage‚ and feminism in the short story The Storm. The affair between Calixta and Alcee‚ the symbolism of the storm‚ the after effects of both marriages‚ and the strong feminism of the wives are key parts of this story. A storm rolls in during the summer in Louisiana while father and son Bobinito and Bibi are at Friedheimer’s store. Wife Calixta is at home during the storm‚ and is doing her house wife duties until

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    Sarah We moved to a small town where my husband was assigned as aminister to a local congregation. I was unpacking one day when thephone rang. A voice on the other end said‚ "Your name was given tome as a possibility for a mentor in our school." Knowing very few peoplein town‚ I tried to imagine who might have volunteered me for this.Realizing the lady was waiting for an answer‚ I replied‚ "Let me thinkabout it and call you back."I returned to my unpacking‚ but my mind was busy going over all thereasons

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    HSC     STUDY     BUDDY   Belonging  Creative  Writing   Perfection?/Perfect  Chaos.     The  steel  door  slid  closed  behind  Jian  with  a  quiet  susurration‚  sealing  the  room  with  a  series  of   soft  mechanical  clicks.  The  hideous  moans  of  the  Misbegotten  that  perpetually  polluted  the  air   faded.  He  was  swallowed  by  sanctified

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    Hatchet Symbolism

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    engaging with the characters and action of their stories‚ and encourage readers to welcome their ideas‚ values and attitudes. In the novel Hatchet‚ author Gary Paulsen demonstrates three heavy themes to readers; the initiation into manhood; man and the natural world‚ and; contrasting regions. Paulsen positions readers to recognise his attitude towards these three prevalent themes in the story through the use of the protagonists characterisation‚ the symbolism of the wolf‚ and finally through the precise

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    Today I will introduce a famous and outstanding scientist to you. A brief history of Stephen Hawking. The main contents include four aspects Stephen William Hawking is an English theoretical physicist and cosmologist‚ whose scientific books and public appearances have made him an academic celebrity. Stephen William Hawking was born on 8 January 1942 (300 years after the death of Galileo) in Oxford‚ England. His parents’ house was in north London‚ but during the Second World War Oxford was considered

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    Symbolism in Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies‚ by William Golding‚ is a classic novel‚ awarded with the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983. The novel’s use of symbolism demonstrates that without order and law‚ people will revert to natural human behaviors to satisfy their instincts. This is shown in the development of the conch which symbolises order‚ Piggy’s specs which symbolises intelligence‚ and the beast which symbolises the savagery within the boys. Furthermore‚ the symbolism in the novel

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