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    chose the story The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant. Main Idea In ’The Necklace’ Madame Mathilde Loisel is unhappy with her position in life‚ she dreams of a life of leisure and of being well-off - but the reality is that she has a modest life style. She has stopped visiting an old friend Madame Forestier who has become wealthy because she feels ashamed of her social standing.... Topic Sentence Loisel is ungrateful and unhappy because she lost everything she had for losing a necklace that wasn’t even

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    Like many of Maupassant’s short stories‚ "The Necklace" is told by a third-person narrator‚ who avoids judging the characters or their actions. The narrator does have access to the characters’ thoughts‚ and mentions that Madame Loisel is unhappy because she feels that she married beneath her. But for the most part‚ the author simply describes the events of the story‚ leaving it up to the reader to determine the nature of the characters through their actions. Most of all‚ the narrator is concerned

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    Chelsea Williams Role of Conflict The two stories I chose were “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin and “The Carnival Dog‚ the Buyer of Diamonds” by Ethan Canin. Both conflicts have similar ideas‚ which can be compared and contrasted as I have below. These elements include theme‚ setting and characters. The first element to discus is theme. In “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin the theme is the self-independence of women. In the beginning of the story‚ the main character‚ Louise Mallard

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    This downfall was the outlined theme throughout the film Blood Diamond. In 1999 Sierra Leone was suffering from a civil war involving the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) and the government. The RUF were a group of African rebels who fought believing they were doing the right thing and setting the people free from the clutches of the corrupt government. However‚ in reality the RUF are forcing prisoners to work to for blood diamonds and the children are turned into solders. At the beginning of the

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    Jared Diamond Essay/Notes –Pizarro and the Inca emperor‚ Atahualpa The European nation relationships first encounter was between the Inca emperor‚ Atahualpa and the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro. Francisco Pizarro had come with an army of 108 men‚ against Atahualpa’s army of 80‚000. Francisco Pizarro believed in the same similar concepts to manifest destiny. He (and his army) massacred many‚ by tricking the emperor to come unarmed. Furthermore he confused the Indians with loud noises

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    In “The Carnival Dog‚ the Buyer of Diamonds‚” Myron tries to step out of his father’s shoes multiple times‚ but ultimately realizes that his father is the dominant force in his life. Ever since Myron was a child‚ Abe Lufkin has done everything in his power to make sure his son is the spitting image of himself. Myron doesn’t love everything his father does‚ but doesn’t really mind it either; however he tries to stand up for himself and step out of his father’s shadow. When Myron is a teenager‚ Abe

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    Religion and control of stress for national development Religion plays important roles in human’s life‚ activities and cultural practices.  It restructures and influences his other endeavours including stress control. In Nigerian traditional ethnic groups‚ traditional religion plays important role in controlling the total life of the people.  Today‚ apart from the traditional religion‚ Christianity and Islam are the two predominant religions practiced.  Their cumulative effects of long patronage

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    Comparison Essay The two short stories‚ "The gift of the Magi" written by O. Henry and "The necklace written by Guy de Maupassant are both composed of two young‚ beautiful women Mathilde and Della. Even though they are in different composed stories that have similar characteristics that convey throughout the story such as‚ they are both emotionally and financially depressed‚ have loving husbands‚ and both want to achieve something in an extreme manner. Throughout much the stories there similarities

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    Blood diamonds have greatly affected the native populations in Africa. For example during the war in Sierra Leone‚ which started in 1991 and ended in 1999‚ the RUF took advantage of the native people because they could not defend themselves. This war that took place in these years claimed over 75‚000 lives and caused many native people to become refugees. They would take young girls and women away from their families and force them into sexual slavery. Many of these girls did not have a choice because

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    Interpersonal Conflict not Handled Effectively in the Film Spanglish The movie Spanglish shows many examples of conflicts. The movie displayed conflict in romantic relationships‚ in parenting decisions‚ healthy lifestyle‚ and the one I elected to focus on‚ cultural conflict. Deborah Clasky‚ a wife and mother of two children‚ hires a poor Mexican housekeeper‚ Flor Moreno. When the two families move in together for the summer into a Malibu beach house the conflict of colliding cultures and values

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