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    The Things I Carry

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    I carry things that are a necessity for school. For example‚ I carry a backpack‚ and inside I have two pencils‚ a pen‚ and papers. One of the pencils that I carry with me I have like an emotional attachment to it because i have had it for three years and I feel like it’s my lucky pencil and must carry it everyday. Other things I carry in my backpack is Sunscreen‚ books‚ and a binder. These things are important because sunscreen is so I protect myself from the sun‚ the books I have for the classes

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    Explain The The Things That Bring You Greatest Happiness The true essence of utmost happiness lies in ineer satisfaction and contentment of heart.No body can ever be more happier than the one who possesses these priceless pearls of happiness.Inner satisfaction is a state when one’s conscience is at harmony with what one thinks and what one does throughout his life.Contentment of heart; in other words the "peace of mind" is defined as a state when one is satisfied and thankfull for whatever he

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    realized that those jobs don’t pay so well‚ so we went for other options. Surveys show that less than 1% of kids chose the career they picked in grade 2. Why is that? Because people don’t follow their dreams. When you ask a jailbird why his life turned out this way‚ he’d probably say it was because of bad choices‚ and that he’d give anything to undo them. When we make mistakes‚ we regret it‚ but God tells us that he put you on a path‚ and that everything has a purpose. We just have to embrace

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    The “Perfect” Life “You think you are the greatest sufferer in the world? Do you know that men are sometimes banished for life? Do you know that men sometimes lose all their yams and even their children?”(Things Fall Apart p. 135) Chinua Achebe creates a character that is fueled and empowered by his fear of being weak in the sense that he refuses to acknowledge vulnerability in any other person. This‚ in turn‚ causes him to be a narcissistic and detached soul. Achebe helps the reader to understand

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    Thing and Purest Form

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    The only thing we have in common with them are the masks we wear. But ours are darker. Ours are sliced in half. Like our wrists. Like our hearts. To us it’s simply life. To us‚ game is the only escape. Yet‚ at the same time‚ game over is the cowardly way‚ and we scorn‚ spit on it ‘till our tainted saliva seeps through the false fabric. These little things we do‚ like pulling the knife across our skin and watching the blood well up over the skin and overflow‚ spilling. These little things we do‚

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    Things Fall Apart

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    having an intimate or inadequate parenting skills can have a nurturing or depriving effect on a child’s personality from birth all throughout adulthood. This relationship although sustained has the potential to be either beneficial or untenable. In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe‚ we see a breakdown between a father and son relationship which created a very detrimental effect. The carved figure of a son that Okonkwo had predicted was erased due to his egoistic character and his terrible parenting

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    Is Change a Good Thing?

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    “The only constant thing in life is change”. I would always wonder if this statement was really true‚ and yes‚ nothing remains the same. Everybody faces changes in life. Change of class in school‚ moving house‚ progressing from a primary student to a secondary student‚ and the loss of loved ones. When you ask someone‚ “Is Change a Good Thing?”‚ many people would say “no.” As humans‚ we tend to focus on all the negative changes that have happened to us. We do not go deep into these changes and

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    Things Fall Apart

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    Exam 1 Essay Question- Things Fall Apart In Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart”‚ one of the main themes is progress and masculinity. As the story get’s deeper‚ and deeper into its context‚ these themes and other subthemes start to tie and play in. In William Butler Yeats’ “The Second Coming”‚ the imagery he gives is very strong and violent. Some of the main themes in his poem revolve around self-destruction‚ change‚ and chaos. Confusing from the character being displayed is somewhat similar to

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    Bravery in The Things They Carried “Success is not final‚ failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” - Winston Churchill (Churchill) Without being courageous‚ you cannot be brave. According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary‚ courage is “a mental or moral strength to venture‚ preserve‚ and withstand danger‚ fear‚ or difficulty.” Everyday people show bravery. Every great thing we set out to do‚ whether its raise children‚ start a business‚ study for a degree‚ or change the world

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    the big cats‚ the evolutionary poison of the vipers‚ and the numbers of the insects. What sets humanity apart is intelligence and the power of community. The ability to act off of reason instead of instinct allows humanity to dominate the world. Things Fall Apart is a novel set in tribal Africa which shows both the power and weakness of human reasoning. The protagonist Okonkwo struggles with a time of change and traditional ideas of masculinity‚ and his actions set against the Kantian idea of rationality

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