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    religion in the book. These references are also called Biblical Allusions. One biblical allusion in The Road directs to a named Ely and what he thinks about the world as it is now‚ and how humans symbolize God’s prophets on page 170. He does not believe in God. Ely then says that he sees the boy as a God on page 172. Another example of religious symbolism in The Road can be when the father states “curse God and die” on page 114. This biblical allusion refers to Job and his troubles from the bible

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    declared its independence from Britain in 1776. Growing from the original thirteen colonies along the eastern seaboard to eventually encompass a major part of North America from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean‚ manifest destiny played a significant role. The manifest destiny of the country was to expand and grow as much as possible to provide ample space for the millions of people to come (Tindall & Shi‚ 2013). This growth and expansion increased opportunities for economic development including

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    6. Shaping Destinies Every father (mother) has legitimate spiritual authority over the children. The words of the parents over the children carry weight and recognition before God. The pronouncements could help to make or mar the child. The destinies of children are formed and deformed with words spoken by the father or mother either in good conscience or not; either well intended or not. Every parent that understands this is selective on the kinds of words pronounced over his children. Every child

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    Biblical Character - Jonah

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    References: 1. Holy Scripture‚ John XXIII Catechetical Center‚ C. Guzman St.‚ Davao City 2. The Jerome Biblical Commentary‚ Prentice-Hall‚ Inc.‚ Englewood Cliffs‚ N.J. 3. Christian Community Bible‚ Claretian Publications‚ Quezon City‚ Philippines 4. Readers Digest: Who’s Who in the Bible‚ The Reader’s Digest Association‚ Inc.‚ Pleasantville‚ New York Montreal‚ USA 5. Internet Sources

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    Manifest Destiny is what imperialism is now; it was a set of beliefs that had various ideas about race‚ religion‚ culture‚ and economic necessity. During the 1840s‚ many Americans had [ this ideology ] carved into their minds. They insisted that their nation had a Manifest Destiny to dominate the continent and felt that it was their mission to extend the “boundaries of freedom” to others by passing on their idealism and belief in democratic institutions to those who were capable of self-government

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    where treated with equality.1 Why did such a simple concept nowadays create such a major conflict dividing our nation into two. Which resulted in the bloodiest battle in all of American history which all started over one very simple ideal manifest destiny which helped to drive the opinions of the people on major key issues such as slavery and the strength of both the northern and southern political powers. This conflict though casted a dark shadow on the people which they never though would go away

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    Don’t Deny Destiny Question 11: What role does fate play in Romeo and Juliet? Shakespeare refers to Romeo and Juliet as “star-crossed lovers.” We can not deny the fact that they are ‘destined to be together‚’ it is just something that the reader must accept. Fate is inevitable throughout the whole play; Shakespeare never gives readers an explanation as to why there is a feud between the Capulets and the Montagues‚ it is rather an undeniable aspect of the world of the play.

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    Shaneen Angelique P. Morales The Riddle behind Destiny “Life is not merely a series of meaningless accidents or coincidences‚ uh uh‚ but rather it is a tapestry of acts that culminate in an exquisite‚ sublime plan.”-from the film Serendipity As most people say‚ there are no accidents in life and that everything happens for a reason. But there’s this existing distinct accident in meeting your someone; a fortunate accident or chance—serendipity. Serendipity as defined by movies.about.com‚ is the

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    Manifest Destiny – it was a phrase that molded a controversial period of American history. When we think of Manifest Destiny‚ we think of our nation’s unshakable quest to capture land from the Atlantic to the Pacific‚ pillaging Native American homelands and calling them our own. It’s easy to hear the term and look at it as a barbaric excuse to have all this land to ourselves. But was it really just a word to cover up the cruel reality of American imperialism‚ or was it something more to Americans

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    Of Manifest Destiny In the United States in the 1800’s Manifest Destiny was a widely held belief that America was destined to expand across the continent. Altogether Manifest Destiny was great for Americans and the future of the country. There are three basic themes to Manifest Destiny. The want and desire to expand westward. America wanted to expand themselves and become more of an agrarian society. It was an irresistible destiny that had to be accomplished. Manifest destiny not only led

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