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    “Home Floresiensis - The Hobbit” Homo floresiensis (“Man of Flores”) is the name for a possible new species in the genus Homo‚ remarkable for its small body‚ small brain‚ and survival until relatively recent times (www.en.wikipedia.org). Anthropologists Peter Brown of University of New England in South Wales‚ Australia‚ Michael Morwood and their colleagues have argued that a variety of features‚ both primitive and derived‚ identified LB1 (the first skeleton found in cave of Liang Bua) is

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    The Hobbit written by J.R.R. Tolkien is classified as a children’s novel‚ this would be the first steps to the series‚ he would later publish; The Lord of the Rings which resides in the same fictional world established in The Hobbit. The work of The Hobbit mirrors that of various mythos and aspects of the real world. The Hobbit shares many of it’s themes and several of its key qualities in characters with those established in previous stories or myths‚ starting with Bilbo Baggins. The aristocratic

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    The Hobbit – Thorin Oakenshield In an imaginative world created by J.R.R Tolkien we share the adventure of a hobbit by the name of Bilbo Baggins. This on the other hand won’t be about Bilbo; instead I will present you another inspiring character from this story‚ Thorin Oakenshield. This story takes place in the world of Bag End. An interesting world where we encounter with many different creatures; hobbits‚ wizards‚ dwarves‚ elf‚ goblins and dragons are only a few mentioned that let us explore

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    Santiago guides his flock throughout the fields of Andalusia. He finds an old abandoned church and churchyard where he and his flock can spend the night. He sleeps on the stone floor using his book as a pillow. He anticipates his approach the Andalusian village where‚ one year prior‚ he met a merchant’s daughter. Santiago and his flock approach the town. He has been herding this flock for two years. He often reflects about what he has learned from his sheep and what they have learned from him. He

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    Summer reading: The hobbit At the beginning of Bilbos journey he was more introverted and kept things to himself. He was very quiet and didn’t quite understand the world around him. But by the end of the story he finally came out of his shell and began to not just understand the world around him‚ but the other people and creatures around him‚ too. Bilbo was very afraid to go on adventures‚ which caused Gandaulf to trick him on coming with him. I would consider Bilbo a hero because even though

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    Sometimes in life‚ when a person wants something with enough passion‚ everything seems to go perfectly accordingly to how it was planned. Paulo Coelho‚ the author of the Alchemist‚ calls this desire a personal legend. Everyone‚ when they are young‚ somewhat knows of their personal legend‚ and at some point in their lives everything is clear and possible. However‚ as time goes on‚ a mysterious force seems to blind us of achieving that goal. Through Santiago‚ the main character‚ and his attempts at

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    The Hobbit: Essay Q&A Essay Q&A 1. When‚ how‚ and why does the narrative tone of The Hobbit change? The tone of the book shifts after the death of Smaug. Before the dragon’s death‚ the novel is a fairly light-hearted fantasy adventure; after Smaug is slain‚ the story takes a serious and dark turn as greed and pride ruin relationships among the various races of Middle-earth represented in Esgaroth. Tolkien effects the change in tone by giving us access to characters’ inner thoughts as well

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    Amber Villahermosa Mr. Nipps Making a Personal Statement August 19‚ 2013 "The Alchemist" Essay "The Alchemist" written by Paulo Coelho has many themes that go on throughout the book. The most prominent theme in the book is one about dreams. Santiago starts the novel off with him wanting to pursue his continuous dream and finding the meaning of it. While on his path to finding the meaning of his dream‚ he meets a gypsy so she can

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    The Alchemist The Alchemist encourages people to conform their Personal Legends‚ and to pursue their dream. Personal Legend means‚ that everyone has their ultimate goal in life‚ a type of ideal fate or destiny‚Many people don of accomplishing it. However many people don’t get the chance to accomplish them. It is not easy to accomplish them because we get to cede great things in life and we get to encounter within the process‚ however as a result of the sacrificing and struggling we get to achieve

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    The universe conspires with the elements to make something happen- maktub it is written that you and the wind will become one it is written that one’s dream will overturn your own it is written that your path will unfold through your fantasies Fear is the enemy of the universe‚ modifying what is destined to happen. childhood fears may keep you from looking towards those who may help physical fears may keep you from fighting battles that will only push youu farther spiritual fears may keep

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