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    Just because some days don’t go the way you planned. It will be better; you have to find a reason to smile. Just because you have a bad day doesn’t mean you have a bad life‚ and even perfect days can end in rain. We are not given a happy or sad life. We are given a life and it’s up to us to smile. I’m not standing here forcing you to be happy for your entire life; I’m just hoping this speech will have an impact on you to live your life to your fullest potential.   What I’m really trying to say

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    was as cold as the ices. Thoreau" (Krakauer 117). This epigraph connects to how Chris felt about living a lie his whole life because of his family’s untold divorce situation. Thus‚ the epigraphs served many purposes. In conclusion‚ the epigraphs that Jon Krakauer provides in the beginning of each chapter in Into the Wild are a very essential part of the book. Each of them has a special connection to Chris and his epic journey. The epigraphs also has variety of effects on both the chapters and its readers

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    be stressful leaving employees and the work atmosphere feeling drained of energy‚ and much worse‚ surrounded by the presence of negative energy. The relationships between employees can become strained and disconnected. The Energy Bus‚ written by Jon Gordon‚ provides solutions to get the workplace and its employees back on the path of positivity through 10 rules to fuel your life‚ work and team with positive energy. The Energy Bus works as a vehicle to deliver principles or “rules” of positive thinking

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    "All Men are created equal‚ that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights that among there are Life‚ Liberty‚ and the Pursuit of Happiness" (Declaration of Independence). During the late 18th century the 13 colonies in America start to disagree with their king and his government. The Seven Years’ war left Britain with debt‚ which led the mother country to make the colonies share the cost of empire by the creation of new laws. The creation of the Sugar Act and the Proclamation

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    The definition for happiness is the mental or emotional state of well-being characterized by positive or pleasant emotions ranging from gratification to intense joy. Though this is a reasonable explanation‚ happiness can mean many different things to other people‚ for it is a concept that can vary significantly according to context or conditions. It is because of this variety of interpretation that psychologists emerged and tried to determine these distinctive concepts of happiness‚ in order to help

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    Success and Happiness

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    Being a teenage girl‚ my mom and I have fought quite often. When I was a sophomore in high school‚ we constantly argued about my curfew. I thought that I was mature enough to be staying out with my friends without a set time to be home‚ but my mother thought otherwise. We screamed and gabbed at each other about it for months. Our feelings were miscommunicated and neither of us was actually listening to the other. In the end‚ my mother won. It wasn’t until now that I realize her reasoning behind her

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    In the novel‚ Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer‚ Chris McCandless was the creator of his own death. Some people believed that Chris was noble and courageous for taking such an extravagant journey to find happiness within himself. On the contrary‚ throughout the story signs were ensuring that this was not the case‚ rather he was indeed a reckless idiot. McCandless knowingly maneuvered his way into this menacing journey of his‚ resulting in his demise. Chris was warned by multiple individuals that taking

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    No movie gives an impact better than a story that happens in a setting closer to the real scenarios of life. The movie Pursuit of Happyness acted by Will Smith gives us lessons in life in its rawest form. The film happens with a great taste of honesty. It teaches lessons you can use in your daily lives. The movie starts with the Gardner couple having problems‚ which is a common scene for people nowadays. The protagonist earns money by selling bone density scanners which he sells to medical institutions

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    topic in today’s media. Specifically cases of rape in college towns‚ like the case of Brock Turner for example. At Jacksonville State University‚ a college campus located in Jacksonville‚ Alabama‚ the school’s staff felt obligated to pass out copies of Jon Krakauer’s book Missoula to all of the incoming freshman at their Freshman Orientation. Missoula is a book about rape culture and the justice system in a college town. It would be logical to give every college student‚ not just the freshman at Jacksonville

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    The book ‘Into the Wild’ written by Jon Krakauer‚ is the story of Christopher J McCandless‚ a knowledgeable and capable young man from a decent family who pursued his fantasies and aspirations. After graduating from University he embarks on a journey to find clarity in himself‚ in the mountains of Alaska‚ but ends up finding the true meaning of life for a short amount of time before his death. McCandless experiences‚ a childhood well off Virginia rural areas of Washington‚ D.C.‚ and is an exceptionally

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