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    Colors

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    COLORS “Ding.” That all too familiar tone plays again‚ signaling all marines that are on base and in uniform to snap to the position of attention. At 0800(8:00AM) every day‚ all marines in uniform that are wearing a cover must stop whatever they are doing‚ get to the position of attention‚ and salute to the raising of the American flag. Morning colors is a very significant part of every marine’s day. It is a custom and courtesy that is also one of our many military traditions. Morning and

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    argue that in When You’re Six‚ Nice Rodriguez expresses the rage of the loss of innocence‚ deprivation of basic rights and emotion struggle a six-year old girl goes through‚ for being a butch‚ by using the pronoun‚ you in telling the story to make readers personalize it. In the very beginning‚ the character is represented as an abnormal six year child who knows is a butch and should act and react unique. As illustrated‚ butches are expected to be fearless‚ emotionless‚ strong‚ girls when a girl behavior

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    Presumption of Innocence

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    Running Head: THE PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE OF THE DEFENDANT. Name: College: Course: Tutor: Date: Introduction Presumption of innocence is awarded to the defendant in any court proceedings‚ as stated in the due process clause of the fifth and fourteenth Amendment. The principle dictates that each and every person is assumed innocent until proven otherwise. This principle is considered in many countries and it becomes the responsibility of the prosecution to prove that the defendant is guilty

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    Loss of Innocence

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    Many people experience the loss of innocence every day because it’s just a natural thing. One way that people loss their innocence is through the violence of war. Most people in a war will come unto the fact that it’s a kill or be killed kind of thing. Everyone would naturally choose to kill another man and that’s how many people in a war end up losing their innocence. Another way that people lose their innocence is when they witness the death of someone else. In the book “Fallen Angels‚” Lieutenant

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    Color in Cabaret

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    Paper Color in Cabaret In the movie Cabaret color is used to symbolize many different things. There is a wide array of color that shows the viewer what is going on between the characters and what the general emotion of a scene is. In many instances the colors foreshadow what will happen later in the movie. Conflicts in the film are also shown by the difference in color schemes making it more obvious to the viewer the contrast of the two ideals in conflict. This masterful use of color is

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    Great Gatsby Symbolism

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    The symbols in the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald in chapters 6-9 suggest that not everything is always as it seems and people may believe they know the whole truth‚ but that is not always the case. In chapter 6 of the Great Gatsby‚ everyone created a false sense of happiness in their lives‚ but in reality no one‚ but the eyes of Doctor T.J Eckleburg were the only ones that saw the harsh truth. T.J Eckleburg’s eyes symbolizes that not everyone knows the whole truth but the eyes of Eckleburg

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    The Innocence of Mariam

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    think that Mariam is a character whose response to injustice forms the basis of the novel.  Throughout her narrative‚ Mariam had been isolationist in her approach to the world.  She embraced her mother’s statement that all a woman needs is the ability to endure.  Mariam had done just that.  Hosseini describes this element as essential to her characterization: "The key word with Mariam is that she is isolated in every sense of the word. She is a woman who is detached from the day-to-day norms of human

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    The poem “When the Frost is on the Punkin”‚ written by James Whitcomb Riley uses many poetic devices‚ the most prominent being figurative language‚ setting and circumstances‚ and imagery to aid in establishing the theme of the poem. The theme specific to this poem is accepting literal or figurative death. After all of the farming and harvesting for winter‚ the narrator has time to relax and enjoy the little things in his life knowing that winter is around the corner and he has done all that he can

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    have results that can come back and affect the outcome of one’s life. This idea is supported in the literary works of Great Gatsby and Lord of the Flies‚ where the choices and actions of the characters caused them great pain. The words of L.M Montgomery in F.Scott Fitzgerald’s the Great Gatsby‚ a story of a man’s unfailing love for a woman. This story finds Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan as these lovers who were reconnected after what seems like an eternity. This reunion reignites old

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    The Age of Innocence

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    REZA Fariha 24/10/12 The Age of Innocence (1920)‚ Edith WHARTON (p. 41) The characters * In this excerpt‚ the first character is Mr. Newland Archer. He is married to Mrs. May Welland because on line 43‚ the narrator calls her by ‘his wife’. He seems to lead a well-off life since he gave to his wife ‘a small highly-varnished Verboeckhoven “Study of Sheep” ‘ (l. 13)‚ which must be quite expensive. Besides‚ it should also have signified that they are a loving couple. Only I can observe that their

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