Agonizingly beautiful: words and music of Jay Chou’s “千里之外” Longing. Longing for someone. Longing for the ones we love. That feeling we get when we lose or separate from our loved ones. It is a lingering and a wearing process‚ an emotion that causes heartache. It is a feeling that we know so well‚ but don’t know quite how to describe. We tell people that we miss our loved ones so much or even that life without our loved ones is pointless. But are these simplistic expressions enough for them to
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American History November 14‚ 2013 A Short Overlook of Stephen Douglas Stephen Douglas is best known for his contribution in the Civil War Era with the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. Aside from being known in the Congress as a powerful debater‚ properly nicknamed ‘Little Giant’ because of his short stature of 5’ 4”‚ he became Lincoln’s running opponent in his couple attempts at taking the American presidency. While he did not finish his campaign in office in the White House‚ he kept his efforts
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pertaining to the subject at hand. These skills are used to display attitudes that foster hardy relationships between the teacher and their students (Ryan‚ Cooper‚ & Bolick‚ 2016‚ p.156). Personally‚ I experienced this level of success in my professor Jay Varner at James Madison University. Varner had an unprecedented enthusiasm for reading‚ writing‚ and rhetorical matter. Not only was he incredibly knowledgeable about these topics‚ but he presented them to the class
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period is from 1945 to present. There are many amazing athors in this period. Stephen King is an outstanding horror writer he started writing professionally in 1974 and has released new books as late as 2008. Stephen King an American author has truly made a significant impact on today’s readers. King can turn marital stress‚ peer pressure‚ or adultery into a terrifying epic that would make your skin crawl. Stephen king was born September 21‚ 1947. Stephen’s birth was a tremendous surprise to
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Nature Nature‚ in the broadest sense‚ is equivalent to the natural world‚ physical world‚ or material world. "Nature" refers to the phenomena of the physical world‚ and also to life in general. It ranges in scale from the subatomic to the cosmic. Nature is an integral part of our lives. But even while we appreciate the blessings she bestows on us‚ we forget that we are plundering her treasures and thereby denying our children the pleasure of enjoying nature in all her abundance and variety in the
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Jay Gatsby can be considered “great” based on several aspects. First off‚ to get a real sense of his achievements‚ you have to know about his past. He was born James Gatz to an extremely poor farming family in North Dakota‚ and always hated his poverty. He ended up going to St. Olaf College in Minnesota‚ which he promptly dropped out of‚ because he was "dismayed at its ferocious indifference to the drums of his destiny.” He then went to Lake Superior‚ where he met and befriended a copper tycoon named
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Stephen William Hawking (aka just Stephen Hawking) A world famous Scientist and Cosmologist And at this time he is probably the worlds smartest man. Next Stephen Hawking was born 8. January 1942 in Oxford His parents lived north of London but moved to Oxford‚ desiring that it’s a safer place. (Because London was under attack by the Luftwaffe He studied at University College Oxford‚ I was unable to find how old he was when he went there. Hawking wanted to study cosmology‚ so he had to
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Jay Gatsby’s Tragic Fall In The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald‚ he mocks the American dream and what it stands for. Fitzgerald utilized the character of Jay Gatsby to achieve his effectiveness in the novel‚ presented to us as a noble man with an outstanding persona. That throughout the book destroys himself with the strength of his own two hands. Without a doubt‚ Gatsby possesses the qualities of a modern tragic hero. In The Great Gatsby F.Scott Fitzgerald he portrays Jay Gatsby as a modern
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The Use of Nature as a Motif Rebecca stands as a perfect example of modern gothic literature. Gothic fiction can be characterized by vivid settings‚ an atmosphere of mystery‚ terror‚ violence and the supernatural. The book encompasses a murder‚ a terrible fire‚ and features a sinister servant; finally‚ the entire story is pervaded by the unrestful ghost of Rebecca herself. The novel also exemplifies the typical gothic novel by the use of weather and nature as a motif. Nature seems to skillfully
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Jееna Tijеrina Mrs. Linda Ramon AP-еnglish III Dеcеmbеr 18‚ 2014 A Psychoanalysis of Jay Gatsby A pеrsonal analysis of Jay Gatsby‘s pеrsonality shows that hе is a pathological narcissist. Thе thеmеs of pеrfеction and omnipotеncе in Gatsby‘s charactеr arе classic symptoms of narcissism‚ in which thе “еgo-idеal” has bеcomе inflatеd and dеstructivе. Gatsby‘s grandiosе liеs‚ poor sеnsе of rеality‚ sеnsе of еntitlеmеnt‚ and еxploitivе trеatmеnt of othеrs offеr furthеr еvidеncе for this thеory. In a pеrson
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