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    In the short story‚ “the Possibility Of Evil” ‚ Shirley Jackson uses several symbols to tell her storey about Miss. Strangeworth. One symbol she uses is Miss. Strangeworth’s roses. In the second paragraph of the short story‚ the author describes how Miss.Strangeworth’s admires her flowers. To her‚ they aren’t just “anything.” To her‚ the roses are like her children. Another symbol she uses is her letters whom were locked. Taking into consideration that she did not only write rude letters and mail

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    roundworms. However‚ every kind belongs to different phylum‚ so they are not closely related to each other. Flatworms ( phylum Platyhelminthes) and roundworms ( phylum Nematoda)‚ but there are many similarities and differences between these two types of organisms. Similarity: • There are many similarities between the two groups of worms‚ Platyhelminthes and Nematoda. There are true animals and have all characteristic that Classified as Eumetazoa .Both flatworms and roundworms have bilateral symmetry that

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    1‚ Definitions: 1.1. Tourism: according to F.W. Ogilvie (1933)‚ tourism can be defined as ‘persons who go to somewhere rather than home or workplace for a period of time and spend money in that place’. But this definition has its limitations as it is too broad and it does not have specific standards or criteria to define tourism. Many organizations have been tried to come up with an accurate definition of tourism‚ but till now they only commonly accepted some factors that help to define tourism

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    Jackson’s short story “The Lottery” it is evident that conforming to society and sticking with tradition can lead to outweighing personal morals./be a burden on the lives of people. Although The Lottery was a tradition that has been occurring for years‚ nobody sticks up to support their morals to challenge The Lottery. Not only does The Lottery limit the rights of many‚ but many other expectations in their society do too. Tradition becomes evident in this society when the narrator mentions that

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    Everyone has similarities to other people in some way‚ but it is the differences that make us unique and different from everybody else. Two of my classmates Lisa Gordon and Marcelo Hernandez seem like very busy and active people in their everyday life. They have their own types of hobbies‚ activities‚ desires and educational goals. Although they have a couple of similarities in those aspects‚ it is their differences that stand out the most. It seems that coming from two different states to end up

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    are two of the most similar religions in the world. With many similarities such as sacred writings‚ the place where the religions originated‚ and the images and items they worship. There is no denying that these two religions share some similarities. This is to be expected‚ as Judaism strongly influenced the creation of Christianity. So much so that Judaism is sometimes called the original Christianity because Christianity derived from Judaism. Many sacred writings are very similar in Christianity

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    Similarities and Differences: Islam and Christianity The two largest religions of the century have their own unique histories‚ beliefs‚ and practices. Christianity and Islam also have their own sacred texts‚ however there are many similarities between the two religions. A few of these similarities include eternal life for the good‚ damnation for the bad‚ and the treatment of lesser people‚ such as orphans. While these two religions share many similarities‚ there are several very important differences

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    statue‚ different materials and postures were often selected to communicate these differences. For this paper we examine one example of a statue of a powerful ruler is the statue of Gudea‚ which was created around 2090 BCE in Mesopotamia. (Metropolitian Museum of Art‚ n.d.) We contrast this with a statue of the non-royal‚ statue of Memi and Sabu which was found in Egypt in the fourth dynasty period‚ which ran from 2575 to 2465 BCE. (Metropolitian Musem of Art‚ n.d.) Both statues are kept by the

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    Famous writer‚ Eckhart Tolle‚ once said‚ “When the dog looks at you‚ the dog is not thinking what kind of a person you are. The dog is not judging you.” If you own any type of pet‚ you know that any kind of pet can be either very difficult to take care of and very annoying‚ or a pet can be a very understanding and loyal companion. When Mrs. Clay brought her pet dog‚ Monte‚ and hamster‚ Oreo‚ to class‚ it allowed our class to interact and connect with the animals. By being able to physically touch

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    THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY The one… The one‚ the one… The one that got away.. GIRLS: Summer after high school‚ when we first met We make-out in your Mustang to And on my 18th birthday‚ we got matching tattoos BOYS: Used to steal your parents liquor and climb to the roof Talk about our future like we had a clue Never planned that one day I’d be losing you GIRLS: In another life‚ I would be your girl We keep all our promises‚ be us against the world BOYS: In another life‚ I would make you

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