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    Arabic Sign Language: A Perspective M. A. Abdel-Fattah Department of Languages and Translation‚ Birzeit University Sign language in the Arab World has been recently recognized and documented. Many efforts have been made to establish the sign language used in individual countries‚ including Jordan‚ Egypt‚ Libya‚ and the Gulf States‚ by trying to standardize the language and spread it among members of the Deaf community and those concerned. Such efforts produced many sign languages‚ almost as many

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    Khoa Dao Professor Keisha Cosand English 110 Date Feb 11th 2014 A Love Story in War “The Things They Carried” is an interesting story. The story is about the group of soldiers who were fighting in Viet Nam War. They carried a lot of things such as weapons‚ foods‚ drinks and things to protect them whenever they go across the forest. The lieutenant Jimmy Cross is a sensitive guy. He had a girlfriend‚ Martha. He loved her a lot. He always thinks of her whenever he is free. He often took out her

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    way I see it‚ the more money I save on one thing I want‚ the more things I want that I can buy. This hobby is important to me because when I am in a bad mood or stressed out‚ I can always depend on shopping to calm me down. I do not even have to buy anything. Just walking around and looking at different things is relaxing to me. Also‚ it never gets old; there are always new things to look at. Honestly‚ stores get new shipments every day of different things. My favorite kind of shopping to do is

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    Stella is invisible and Claudia feels angry because Stella is actually a very nice person. Other than that‚ Claudia is also a loyal daughter to her mother.She knows that her mother hates the fact that her father is happy with a new woman in his life so she pretends that she is unhappy when she has to go to her father’s house. Claudia also refuses to accept Stella’s kindness because she wants to show that she is loyal to her mother. Lastly‚ Claudia shows that she is very mature and wise

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    bizarre realities. O’Brien used this because he believed that the truth could be more effectively communicated that way. He thought that the idea of creating a story that technically was false yet had truthful aspects portrays war stories in the best way. Also‚ precise facts do not connect to a reader emotionally and do not help the reader understand to the full extent of what they went through away at war.

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    The Things They Carried Every work of literature has a recurring theme. Whether it is about a love‚ guilt or a desire for revenge‚ every character comes across a struggle between their passion and responsibility. The Things They Carried features many characters that overcome conflicts. Jimmy cross struggles with his responsibility to his men as well as his love for a woman that does not love him back. Lieutenant Jimmy Cross is a young‚ carefree man who is still searching for his future. Without

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    Bio 101 Chapter 1 Diversity of Life 3 Domains / 6 Kingdoms Archaea / Archaea Bacteria / Bacteria Eukarya / Protista‚ Plantae‚ Fungi‚ Animalia Kingdom Archaea: Prokaryotes; Ancient Bacteria Kingdom Bacteria: Prokaryotes; Common Bacteria Kingdom Protista Eukaryotes; Unicellular organisms (small) Algae (unicellular‚ colonial‚ small or multicellular‚ Large) Kingdom Fungi Eukaryotes; Non-photosynthetic‚ multicellular (except yeast)‚ External

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    In several stories from The Things They Carried‚ by Tim O’Brien deals with the way that American soldiers of the Vietnam War related to being "in country‚" or out of their own country and halfway across the world. O’Brien creates the concept that Vietnam‚ and the war there‚ is of "another world" throughout his stories. None of the soldiers he writes about feel at home in Vietnam‚ and none of them successfully adapt emotionally to being so far from home. O’Brien subtly introduces the concept of

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    forces and constraints‚ and the patterning of experience by location in the social structure. Present your understanding of this very sociological perspective. Use examples and readings to support your position. Illustrate your points by referring to a specific phenomenon. Many times when asked about aging‚ people will respond with the statement‚ "Aging is what you make of it." This statement places the responsibility to cope in society on the individual.... [tags: Papers] 717 words (2 pages)

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    O’Brien believes that story telling is one way to recover from emotional destruction. Every night after Linda’s death he would have dreams about her that reassured him that the dead is still alive. “And as a writer now‚ I want to save Linda’s life. Not her body- her life.” (223) “But in a story I can steal her soul. I can revive‚ at least briefly‚ that which is absolute and unchanging. In a story miracles can happen.” (224) Kathleen is O’Brien’s daughter. O’Brien takes his daughter to Vietnam to visit

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