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    “Like the Sun”

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    LIKE THE SUN” by R. K. Narayan ABOUT THE AUTHOR. R. K. Narayan (1906–2001) was born in Madras‚ India. After completing his education‚ he taught in a small village school. Narayan left teaching to devote himself full time to writing‚ and in 1935 he published his first novel‚ Swami and Friends. Two other early works‚ The Bachelor of Arts and Mr. Sampath‚ helped establish his reputation internationally. The Financial Expert (1952)‚ his first novel to be published in the United States‚ was followed

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    A Rhetorical Analysis of Bay Leaves and Cinnamon Sticks; Life is In Bay Leaves and Cinnamon Sticks Life Is ‚ Thelma B. Thompson the author shows that Millie has a lot of morals. Through out the book all of her decisions was based on morality. If it didn’t fit her morals she didn’t go with it. The purpose of this essay is to conduct a rhetorical analysis of Thelma B. Thompson’s Bay Leaves and Cinnamon Sticks: Life Is‚ and the theme of morality in regard to ethos‚ pathos and logos. In the beginning

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    The term ’rolling stone’ commonly refers to a person who is frequently changing his work or profession. Just as a stone that is continually rolling doesn’t gather any moss on it‚ similarly a person who is constantly changing his occupation doesn’t succeed in any achievement. Acquisition of wealth or learning or experience requires time and steady prolonged application of energy to some task. On the other hand one who is constantly chopping and changing will never become wealthy or learned or experienced

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    Like Men

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    “Of all the nasty outcomes predicted for women’s liberation…none was more alarming than the suggestion that women would eventually become just like men.” This quote I thought about it as men are saying that is a bad thing that women COULD be just like men. I challenge this quote or the meaning that men are trying to say. I challenge because by their physical difference(which means the way they think also) and by the way the men do what women should be doing and the way women do what men should be

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    Like a Virgin

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    Note: Some names have been changed to protect the anonymity of the persons involved. Fake nose‚ fake lips‚ fake bust… Can anything stay natural these days? Surgeons have apparently achieved to change every part of the body and they ain’t going to stop. Indeed‚ another form of surgery has become widespread around the world: hymenoplasty. Morocco hasn’t escape from that trend. But why in the world a woman would want to have her hymen −the tissue that covers the external part of the vagina and is broken

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    Like a Boss

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    various literary means by which characters are presented Indirect Characterization: The author shows us the characters through their actions Direct Characterization: They tell us straight out‚ by exposition or analysis‚ what the characters are like‚ or they have another character in the story describe them. Dramatized: Shown as speaking and behaving as in a stage play Stock Character: Stereotyped figures who have recurred so often in fiction that we recognize them at once. Static Character:

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    LIKE A GIRL

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    “You play ball like a girl!” [entire group stands in shocked silence] Phillips: “What did you say?” Ham Porter: “You heard me.” Phillips: “Tomorrow. Noon‚ at our field. Be there‚ buffalo-butt breath.” This is an excerpt from the film‚ “The Sandlot” that was released in 1993‚ but was set in the 1960’s. What you see here is an example of the phrase “like a girl‚” actually having reference and meaning from one young man to another. It’s stating that Phillips plays baseball like a young girl‚ which

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    Not Like the Movie

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    “Not Like the Movie”- Everyone has expectations but real-experiences is what counts. In her personal essay “Not Like the Movie‚” Melissa-Maurice P. Janse van Rensburg describes her journey and challenges she encountered while working as a nurse. She begins by expressing her dreams and expectations as a nurse‚ “I would be the best nurse ever; move over Florence.” She then describes in detail the tragedy and massacre she was faced with at the St. James church which nearly ended her career. Janse

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    As You Like It

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    Significance and Relevace of ’’As You Like It" ’’ Shakespeare’s As You Like It is a good play for anyone to read or see. Some readers would enjoy one aspect of it‚ some would enjoy another. But all would‚ in general‚ enjoy the play. Albert Gilman says that Shakespeare intended to imply that all that people need to live together in harmony is "good sense‚ love‚ humor‚ and a generous disposition." (Gilman lxvii) This play is deeper than the surface‚ and that is part of its

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    | The theme of As you like it:As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or early 1600 and first published in the First Folio‚ 1623. The play’s first performance is uncertain‚ though a performance at Wilton House in 1603 has been suggested as a possibility. As You Like It follows its heroine Rosalind as she flees persecution in her uncle’s court‚ accompanied by her cousin Celia and Touchstone the court jester‚ to find safety and eventually‚

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