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    living in the upper class. Although Mathilde was born into the average middle class family‚ she spent her time daydreaming of her destiny for more in life‚ especially when it referred to her financial tier. Guy de Maupassant’s short story‚ “The Necklace”‚ expresses a tale of a vain‚ narcissistic housewife who had longed for an aristocratic lifestyle of wealth‚ lavish parties‚ and other materialistic things. In describing Mathilde’s unappreciative outlook on her life‚ de Maupassant incorporates

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    The Ultimate Gift

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    Ultimate Gift “God doesn’t bless us just to make us happy; He blesses us to make us a blessing.” It is one quote that I have read on one of the article. This quote really suits on the film that we have watched. I’m really inspired on how the story goes. There are gifts from God that had mention on the film. Those gifts had given a specific experience that he will encounter. These gifts are gift of family‚ gift of love‚ gift of dreams‚ gift of laughter‚ gift of giving‚ gift of money‚ gift of friends

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    The Best Gift

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    What is a gift? A gift is something that is given without anything in return. Any gift I have received has been very special to me‚ but one gift in particular stands out. The gift took me by complete surprise. The best gift I have received was my Kindle Fire. I received it on a Sunday morning church service as a graduation present. It was also my first ever tablet. My Kindle Fire is my best gift‚ by far. The four graduation seniors at my church all received one. I happened to be one of them. The

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    in The Necklace In Mauassant’s essay‚ The Necklace Matilda Loisel borrowed a necklace from a rich friend‚ Mrs Forestier‚ so that she would not present a "shabby air in the midst of rich women." She loses the necklace but refuses to admit that. Her and her husband‚ not realizing that the necklace was fake‚ buy a similar necklace to return to Mrs Forestier. They end up having to work for ten years to pay off this debt. All of Mme. Loisel’s actions leading up to the loss of the necklace were

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    The Necklace Plot Summary

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    Tiffany Morris English 1102 September 10‚ 2009 “The Necklace” Plot Summary “The Necklace” starts with a description of Madame Loisel. Madame Loisel and her husband whom is just a clerk are far from being well off financially‚ this doesn’t stop Madame Loisel from wanting to live a lavish life above her means. She dreams of status‚ to rub noses with the elite‚ gourmet meals and decadent dresses. Madame Loisels’ husband goes through trouble of getting a invite to the ball to make a his

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    THE NECKLACE 1 The Story of an Hour & The Necklace Cindy Rohwer ENG 125 Douglas Goss September 8‚ 2012 THE STORY OF AN HOUR & THE NECKLACE

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    changes and personalities. The use of characters in the story is used well and in an interesting way. Two of the people in this story have to go through a hardship and one even changes in the process. The protagonist in Guy de Maupassant’s “The Necklace” is Mathilde Loisel. In the beginning of the story she is a flat character because she does not have any personality it her. She wants to be wealthy and have the best life possible. Mrs. Loisel seems selfish and is not grateful at all of what she

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    A Special Gift

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    A Special Gift A customer has planned to go to the gift shop named “Samanikalo” to buy a special gift for her daughter. The salesman and the sales girl is dealing with the customer to choose a better gift for her daughter. The conversation begins as follow: Sales Girl : Hi‚ madam. How can I help you? Customer : I want to purchase a gift for my daughter to give it on her birthday. Sales Girl : How old is she? Customer : She is just nine years old. It should be something special and unique

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    Spiritual Gifts

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    essay will show the meaning of spiritual gifts‚ which are supernatural gifts that God has blessed Christians with. These gifts can be used for the purpose of everyday life‚ edification of gifts‚ and to usage and development of spiritual gifts. When individual obtain spiritual gifts there are steps Christian need to fully explore in each gift that they may have. The Bible speaks on twenty-three gifts but this paper will speak on the ministerial gifts of faith‚ healing‚ prophecy‚ knowledge and

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    A design of the promotional gift Good morning‚ ladies and gentlemen. I’m Jackie Lee‚ designer of a company. Thank you for giving me an opportunity to participate in this competition to introduce my promotional gift design. The goal of my presentation is to introduce my promotional gift design‚ silicone watch‚ which is for my company. Firstly‚ I will introduce my company background and the reason of why I have a qualification to participate of this competition. Next‚ I would like to talk about why

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