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    The Things They Carried

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    Charlie was a molestation victim as a child‚ a fact he repressed until urged to enter into a sexual situation he could not deal with. While his breakdown provides the epilogue for the book and places him into a mental hospital‚ he comes out of the whole thing as a supposed fuller individual who is more self actualized than he would have been without realizing the sexual trauma of his youth or‚ more drastically‚

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    Naturally when a person gets power over a whole religion just in the through the words they speak‚ they will abuse the privilege. That is exactly what happened before the 16th century‚ priests used their power over Catholics to their advantage. They turned religion into a business; they told believers to pay for salvation‚ and forgiveness. Of course‚ wanting the best in their current and after life‚ the believers blindly did as they were told. Their faith in the priest was used against them as they

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    Love: Motivation or Distraction? Love is something that everyone desires‚ but when the thought of love takes over your thought process; it can be very dangerous. First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross knows the feeling of love and its dangerous effects. Lieutenant Cross is currently at war in Vietnam and he is repeatedly visited by the thought of his lover Martha. Martha is a student at Mount Sebastian College in New Jersey‚ and this is where the lieutenant fell in love. He took her to a movie and during

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    What things do I hate the most? Why do I hate those things? Do I need to adjust with it? Why Should I? Is it possible for me to like these things? I’ll be sharing my own opinion in this essay. I’m so sensitive and irritable person. And for me‚ there are a lot of things to hate. Look at your left and right side‚ there are something that you don’t like. You don’t want to see. There are also things that you don’t want to feel‚ to think and to happen. And every person who lives in this world hated

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    Able to Be Me

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    no idea who im work with and what task will be assign to me‚ if its hard or not. Because in my interview maam Lorie said that ill be the one who will take time and motion study. She is the Production Department Supervisor . While im waiting to my supervisor in waiting in Uratex im looking around and feel the surrounding. Because its good to be familiarize in my on going work place. And I don’t expect that the supervisor that will handle me is very young and so pretty she looks like an artist. Not

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    Can prejudice ever be eliminated? What exactly is prejudice? Contrary to popular belief‚ prejudice is not the same as discrimination‚ even though both terms are usually tossed into the fray together. Prejudice refers to the prejudgment; where people make assumptions or decisions even before being aware of the relevant facts. On the other hand‚ discrimination refers to the treatment or distinction in favour or against a particular person‚ group or class. That being said‚ prejudice would certainly

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    The Best Field Trip Ever

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    Andrea Harris Dr. Zhang CosI 118 9/17/13 Can You Find Me Now? How is a Nintendo Wii game console able to determine the location of a Wii Remote while a player interacts with a game? The answer is triangulation‚ a process that determines the location of an object by measuring the angles from two or more fixed points. Surveyors often use triangulation to measure distance. Starting at a known location and elevation‚ surveyors measure a length to create a base line (Jains 30-48). The length

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    In life‚ everyone has things to do and deadlines to meet. For an adult learner‚ time appears to be even more valuable since it often feels as though everyone wants a part of it. Share with the class what you do to manage your time and why this strategy appears to work for you. Consider managing time not only to complete your schoolwork but also to accomplish what is expected of you on a daily basis. Then‚ reflecting on your readings and your investigations into the various resources provided

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    In the novel The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien the author tells about his experiences in the Vietnam war by telling various war stories. The quote‚ "It has been said of war that it is a world where the past has a strong grip on the present‚ where machines seemed sometimes to have more will power than me‚ where nice boys (girls) were attracted to them‚ where bodies ruptured and burned and stand‚ where the evil thing trying to kill you could look disconnecting human and where except in your imagination

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    Separate Peace What really happened in the tree? Gene and Finny were very good friends; however‚ whatever happened in the tree the day the Finny "fell" out‚ is the actual cause of Gene "…My knees bent and I jounced the limb…" page 52. In fact‚ Finny did not fall out of the tree‚ but Gene had actually pushed him out. Gene had very good reasons to push him out "Finny had put him up to it‚ to finish me fro good on the exam." Page 49. He pushed him out of jealousy for two things. For athleticism‚ and for

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