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    As the old saying goes‚ “Reading is not generating the same result as seeing.” You can see from the meaning that we value seeing more than reading in terms of communication. The three most important elements in all forms of communication are sender‚ message and receiver. (Marie Gillespie and Jason Toynbee‚ 2006) Messages can be sent in several ways. Texts and images are two efficient ways of being sent. However‚ no one can deny the fact that‚ these days‚ we seem to pay more attention to images than

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    The novel centers around the friendship between Mariam and Laila. It is split into four parts‚ with a focus on Mariam in the first part‚ continuing Laila in the second and fourth‚ and the relationship between the two women in the third part. Mariam lives in a kolba on the outskirts of Herat with her embittered mother. Jalil‚ her father‚ is a wealthy man who lives in town with three wives and nine children. Because Mariam is his illegitimate daughter‚ she cannot live with them‚ but Jalil visits her

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    Tragic Hero

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    Tragic Hero From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia A tragic hero is a protagonist with a tragic flaw‚ also known as fatal flaw‚ which eventually leads to his demise. The concept of the tragic hero was created in ancient Greek tragedy and defined by Aristotle. Usually‚ the realization of fatal flaw results in catharsis or epiphany. The tragic flaw is sometimes referred to as an Achilles ’ heel after the single fatal flaw of the Greek warrior Achilles. [citation needed] Aristotelian tragic

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    My Hero

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    My Hero: Jesus Christ I know that it is only Jesus Christ who fulfills the definition of a true hero. I looked up “hero” in the dictionary and this is what it said: 1. A man of distinguished courage or ability‚ admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities. 2. A person who‚ in the opinion of others‚ has heroic qualities or has performed a heroic act and is regarded as a model or ideal: e.g.‚ He was a local hero when he saved the drowning child. 3. The principal male character in a story‚ play

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    Memorable A story wrote from many others The Thousand And One Nights has no true author. Wrote over the last few centuries its authors are unknown and many. This was the first thing that I thought was amazing about this text. It is a compiled component of so many people who we may never know. It is a piece of history that normal people were able to pass on. I enjoyed the uniqueness of the stories. A Thousand And One Nights was the best critique assigned in this class‚ due to it being truly

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    The Other Face of America

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    Jerry Limas April 22‚ 2005 The Other Face of America Immigrants from all backgrounds and walks of life are fully aware of the challenges they will face during their journey into the United States. Despite these major barriers to a successful migration‚ many risk all they have including their loved ones to complete their pilgrimage to the "land of plenty". The Other Face of America‚ written by Jorge Ramos‚ exposes the many obstacles encountered by these immigrants during and after the completion

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    A Hero Journey

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    A Journey That Needs To Be Known A jouenry to the unkown.A journey is an act of traveling from one place to another.A hero is a person‚ who is admired or‚ idealized forcourage ‚ outstanding achievments‚or noble qulites.Now let me introduce you to a Hero Journey. It is a fundemental peradigm of human experince that is frequently the basis for wrtiten stories‚drama‚ and film.This comes from the mythologist Joseph Campbell.The stages and archetypes of the jpourny have been developed and appiled to film

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    The Man Without A Face

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    201 MARCH 24TH‚ 2014 The man without a face Task one: 1) Justin McLeod is an isolated‚ intelligent‚ quiet person. He deliberately shuts himself off from others because the people in the town he lives in talk bad about him without even knowing what kind of person he really is. I think Justin shuts himself off from others because he is embarrassed of his scared face that he got from a car accident and he doesn’t want to get hurt by the comments people

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    Odysseus as a Hero

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    central character of the epic‚ applies his strengths‚ leadership skills and his determination to reach his abode escaping from flesh eating one-eyed mammoths‚ arrogant betrayers‚ and violent whirlpool and sea monsters. Odysseus and his crew face the impossible challenges on his voyage back home‚ but with Odysseus’ leadership‚ they prevail. Approaching Scylla and Charybdis‚ a violent storm and sea monster‚ the crew trembles in fear‚ doubting their ability. Odysseus‚ never second-guessing‚ asks

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    Super Hero

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    Everyone has their own superhero. Someone to look up to for help or to protect you from those monsters under the bed. The person who was always kind and welcomed you with love into their arms when you needed it. The last time I’ve seen or spoken to my hero was when I was in the 4th grade. This person is my grandfather. My grandfather was far from ordinary. He stands five foot eight‚ blind in his left eye‚ short and pretty muscular‚ with tattoos of dragons and tigers all over his back. Even at the age

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