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    Crossing the Chasm

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    CROSSING THE CHASM. Copyright © 1991 by Geoffrey A. Moore. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees‚ you have been granted the non-exclusive‚ non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced‚ transmitted‚ downloaded‚ decompiled‚ reverse engineered‚ or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system‚ in any form or by any means‚ whether

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    The Story of the Crossing

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    The Story of Crossing Amongst today’s society there seems to be plenty of judgment. Wherever you go it is quite easy to find someone whom will ask or tell you ‘why are you wearing that shirt’‚ or ‘why do you speak with an accent.’ People do not accept others whom do not fit the stereotypical American. In doing so this creates many cultural differences and problems between ethnicities. Some of these problems most definitely include discrimination which can lead to high self consciousness. Much

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    Crossing Border

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    Crossing Borders “Crossing Border” is a documentary about four Moroccan and four American university students traveling together through Morocco and‚ in the process of discovering “the other‚” they end up discovering themselves as well. Watching this documentary open my mind of the people around me and how people do judge other people based on their beliefs and background without even knowing who they are‚ and to be honest I used to be one those people as well. In the beginning of the documentary

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    reader with a better overall comprehension of the central message being conveyed by the writer. Cormac McCarthy’s The Road and his draft The Grail are distinctly different‚ yet through similarities it is clear to see what ideas McCarthy thought of as essential to his story. In order to focus his introduction on the story of a father and son‚ rather than the post-apocalyptic world around them McCarthy omitted lengthy scene’s describing the setting‚ but kept the lines about the pair heading south.

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    Significance of Love in The Road Even in the catastrophic atmosphere Cormac McCarthy creates in his novel The Road‚ love influences a man and his son to have faith in their survival. In this post-apocalyptic world‚ love is the only motivation they have in what is left of their world. Love between the man and his son motivates them to keep traveling down this broken road. Without the love that is made between the man and his son‚ having faith in their survival would be hard to find. The mother‚ seeing

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    Crossing Boundaries

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    Crossing Boundaries Through Rhythms of Life by Wennie France G. Biron The Philippine archipelago is composed of 7‚ 107 islands‚ 17 regions‚ 81 provinces and 136 cities. (Based on NCSB Press Release) Each of these places has varied (by that I mean‚ has their truly owned) history and culture. Each locality has their unique tradition. But what makes them unified despite this diversity is their shared passion for both music and dance. Being a member of a cultural performing group in the most

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    BORDER CROSSING Chapter 2 Q1) Danny sees himself as the devil. He believes that coincidence either brings out the god or devil in‚ in Danny’s case it was the devil. Q2) Tom feels concerned for Danny as he spent half his life in prison he is wondering what it has done to him and how it’s changed him as a person. Chapter 3 Q1) yes I agree that people who are childless never really grow up. Having a child is the biggest responsibility you could ever have in life‚ it makes you more independent &

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    Border Crossing

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    Border Crossing – Pat Barker Chapter Questions Chapter 2 Does Danny see Tom or himself as the devil? Explain Danny see’s himself as the devil because he feels that he has ruined Tom’s life through their latest meeting. How does Tom feel about Danny at this stage? Tom feels curious and worried about Danny and wants to know how life has been for him. Chapter 3 Do you agree with Tom’s fears that “people who remain childless never really grow up”? I do not agree with Tom’s fear “people

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    humanity at its most base core. The sole instinct of survival has shaped us as a civilization from the dawn of time. However‚ what happens when this tremendous instinct is challenged by insurmountable odds? Thus is the question posed by author Cormac McCarthy in his novel‚ The Road: a tale of a man and his child‚ struggling to survive in a post-apocalyptic world. Throughout the novel‚ the Man‚ the primary protagonist‚ is forced to make ever more morally questionable decisions in his quest for survival

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    classmates‚ and stayed oblivious to the lesson of the day. My senioritis had me fully in its grasp; as I halfheartedly paid attention to the lesson. I had no way of knowing a book would change my views of reading forever. This exceptional book was Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. The first surprise was when I read the prologue I discovered‚ to my delight‚ that The Road was post-apocalyptic. I was already partial to the post disaster stories Hollywood supplies. I enjoyed realistic scenarios of natural

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