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    the breakfast club

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    The Breakfast Club Reaction Paper The Breakfast Club is a 1985 film based on five students from entirely different social groups forced to spend an eight hour Saturday detention together for their own individual reasons. The five students were all given the same assignment‚ to write an essay about “who you think you are" and the acts they committed to end up in Saturday detention. As high school students of course they put off the assignment until the last minute and instead they passed the hours

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    fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong. But we think you’re crazy to make us write an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us...In the simplest terms‚ in the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of us is a brain...an athlete...a basket case...a princess...and a criminal...Does that answer your question? Sincerely yours‚ the Breakfast Club." The Breakfast Club is a story about five

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    Luck and Aunt Alice

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    I have been thinking a lot about luck recently. And I think what prompted this minor obsession was dearest Aunt Alice! Yes my favourite Aunt Alice all the way from Dublin‚ no less! Well it all began about 6 months ago when it came to my first foray into end of year exams – actually my chemistry final – science the bane of my life! Honestly‚ I had intended to prepare but it just came upon me -yes! Just like that! I looked up and there it was staring me in the face. And then an epiphany!!! Aunt

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    Luck Vs Religion

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    believe in luck? Furthermore does an atheist believe in luck‚ if not why not? Does luck differ from fortune or even destiny? Some claim that luck occurs to those that are prepared; I would have to repudiate such claims. The most vivid recollection of luck I’ve had was in eighth grade. The vice-principal also held the role of “dean.” To phrase it bluntly he was in charge of dishing out punishment. I had

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    Fight Club

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    Fight Club is an important film revealing the results of civilization which causes emerged new ego far from real ego. We examined this popular rich content movie looking from psychoanalytic perspective. This film expresses an important Freudian theme‚ Oedipal Complex. The relation between characters; Marla‚ Tyler and Jack shows us that clearly. Jack (the narrator) is an unsatisfied and frustrated person in his job‚ suffering from insomnia and having consumerism attitudes making far from his

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    Luck vs Success

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    Success vs. Luck Luck has no absolute role in success; success only comes when you are dedicated in having two major factors: an education and a career. People need to have an open mind that if he or she puts in hours of hard work of anything it will give back success and what you expect of the end of the bargain after putting in long hours of hard work. Time is a huge take away if you decide to wait for luck to become successful might as well just procrastinate because there is not telling

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    prerequisite for joy Is wealthy country equal to happy country? The answer is definitely not. According to the “Gross National Happiness”(GNH) index‚ economic wellness is only one of the components which contribute the the GNH index. As the happiest nation in the world‚ Bhutan’s Gross National product is just $1400USD per capita‚ but they have the sense the contentment‚ thats why the Kingdom of Bhutan can become the happiest country.Obviously‚ money is not the prerequisite for joy‚ no matter on personal

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    a ritual sacrifice of fear and death instead of joy and good fortune. Anything less than the truth sends you to see my daughter personally within the hour.” Loki growled. Sam’s eyes widened. Connor had told her about Loki’s children too. His

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    Moral Luck, Nagel

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    Moral Luck Through Moral Luck‚ Nagel discusses the problem of moral luck and the conflict that arises between the common practice and intuition that most of society believes in regarding morality. Throughout his essay‚ Nagel defines intuition and the phenomenon of moral luck and claims that‚ despite having this intuition‚ people often make moral judgments about people based on factors that are beyond their control (for example‚ a drunk driver who kills a child). Nagel claims that the problem of

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    have traveled on many types of surfaces‚ but now I face my greatest challenge. I am stuck between two paths. One path leads to eternal happiness and other leads to eternal sadness. Is it in my destiny to choose the right path? Or will it just be my luck to choose the wrong path? Do I go left or do I go right? Tic- toc. Tic- toc. Life. It is such a simple word‚ yet the meaning is nothing close to simple at all. We all take a journey on the fabulous road to life‚ yet does anyone even know what

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