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    Cody King ENG 102 Gary Crist March 24‚ 2014 The man who searched for Sin Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American writer who wrote countless stories that used his reflections of his families past. One story that Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote most exquisitely was Ethan Brand. Within this story Ethan Brand was a man that was in search of an unpardonable sin. Just like some of Hawthorne’s stories‚ this one shows a man that is driven beyond society because of his obsession with perfection. Hawthorne uses

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    Man on fire

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    Man on fire "Man on fire" is a great and touching movie‚ which tells a story of a bodyguard names "John Creasy". Creasy was hired to protect a young daughter of a wealthy Mexico City couple "Pita" from getting kidnapped. Creasy has a lot in common with Jesus. He has scars in his hands; he sometimes looks heavenwards why God has forsaken him. He has God’s word on his mind and heart. And his initials‚ "J.C". Creasy is a wounded American who meditates on bullets as much as he does the bible. However;

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    that he knows Mr. Treves was hoping for‚ Mr. Merrick starts reciting Psalms 23 that Treves didn’t teach him. From that point on‚ Carr Gomm and Treves know Merrick is able to think for himself. John is a huge romantic and very much enjoyed the moment he had with Mrs. Kendall when she called him a Romeo. 2. My theories to why Merrick was born into such pain is society needs diversity or it would be a plain world. John Merrick was just a very complex person. He was able to make London and

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    The Renaissance Man

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    The Renaissance Man In the film there was a group named the double d’s. They are called double d’s meaning‚ dumbest dog shit. The people from that group are chosen to be in that group because those students are the ones that do not comprehend the army duty. Mr. Raga‚ the teacher from the group double d’s‚ was not as responsible. Facing some of his own consequences like‚ getting fired from his previous job‚ losing his relationship slowly with his only daughter‚ and not taking his new job as

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    Oliver Sacks’ novel‚ The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat‚ depicts the various histories of patients that have suffered with neurological disorders. Dr. Sacks is a professor of neurology at the NYU School of Medicine‚ and was able to work with the patients mentioned in the novel when he worked as a consulting neurologist. Some of the disorders that the patients suffer from include Tourette’s syndrome‚ autism‚ Parkinsonism‚ epilepsy‚ phantom limbs‚ schizophrenia‚ retardation‚ and Alzheimer’s disease

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    The Man in Water

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    “The Man in the Water “ “The Stages of the Hero’s Journey” by Vogler stages relates to “The Man in the Water” by Roger Rosenblatt. First‚ stage 1 the hero is introduced in his/her ordinary world. Then he or she is suddenly forced into on unordinary world. (Vogler) Only minutes before his character was tested‚ he was sitting in the regular plane among the usual passengers‚ respectfully listening to the stewardess telling him to fasten his seat belt and saying something about the “no smoking” sign

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    Island Man

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    Island Man is set in London‚ across the North Circular while Nothing’s Changed is set in District Six. Island Man recounts a man originating from the Caribbean awaking from a dream and Nothing’s Changed recounts a man revisiting his childhood to reveal nothing has changed. The speaker in Island Man appears to have an understanding attitude whereas the speaker in Nothing’s Changed appears to have an angry attitude towards the issues explored. Language features are used in Island Man is to express

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    The Man Eaters

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    In “Attack of the Man Eaters”‚ and “Meet the Lion Whisperer”‚ the writers say that there is a tragedy or sad fate for lions. The fate in the “Attack of the Man Eaters”‚ is the lions had injuries with its mouth that made it hard to hunt and eat. In “Meet the Lion Whisperer”‚ the fate is once the lions get to big for petting zoos‚ some get sedated for easy targets for hunting and medicine. From these examples‚ you can see the authors have compared the lions tragedies in both stories. In the story

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    by USA and UK forces in 2003. Aram Roston as an author wrote very important Article about (The Man Who Pushed America to war. (Iraqi politician Ahmed Chalabi‚ who played a key role in pushing for the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq‚ has died at the age of 71. Chalabi was the former head of the Iraqi National Congress‚ a CIA-funded Iraqi exile group that helped drum up pre-war claims that Saddam Hussein was developing weapons of mass destruction and had links to al-Qaeda. Chalabi provided bogus intelligence

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    Boy‚ Ellen Kristine M. BMLS –1 BICENTENNIAL MAN A person’s idea of perfection is in his eyes. One may say that perfection is the ultimate goal of one but have you ever considered that being perfect can lead to a boring life? The story talks about a robot who wants to free himself from the life he has‚ a life that leads to nothing. He always wanted a life similar to humans and that is to experience the joy that robots couldn’t or will not have and that is to be a human person. He admired

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