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    The Joys of Traveling By Air With the various methods of travel nowadays‚ traveling by air is by far the most convenient and enjoyable method (Irony). The hours spent in the airport‚ waiting to get on board‚ are totally worth the gourmet plane food‚ the lazy-boy quality seats‚ and the spacious setting (Alliteration). On the day of your flight‚ it is highly recommended to arrive hours in advance for security purposes. This is entirely understandable because the heightened security is necessary to

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    self-sacrifice as a meaningful symbol. A few characters in the book are continually sacrificing a part of themselves to others or sacrificing physical aspects to others. Characters Magwitch‚ Pip‚ Miss Havisham‚ and Estella are examples of people who self-sacrifice themselves throughout the book. Magwitch‚ a convict who is wanted by the law‚ desires to financially aid Pip by converting him into a gentleman; Pip‚ an innocent boy who has yet to learn about the ways of life‚ had to sacrifice his time

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    The Land of Labor and Luck

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    Adrian The Labor of Luck Gambling is the world’s second oldest industry‚ but in the past has been viewed in a condemning nature. Many have viewed it as immoral and destructive. The government‚ taking the middle ground labels it as a vice‚ but will allow small-scale monopolies to non-profit organizations. These constituents have conditions that state that revenues must be used for good causes and they must not over stimulate demand. (15) Commercial casinos that were first permitted‚ while heavily

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    The Sundale Clubs

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    The Sundale Club I. Problems A. Macro 1. Division within organization due to poor relationships among personnel. 2. Lack of leadership and direction within organization. B. Micro 1. Johnson’s (reputed) behavior. 2. Loss of members. 3. Chain-of-command difficulties: Frank Havens unable to talk to boss‚ Bob Watts uninterested in problem. 4. Poor staff morale; treatment of Pat indicates problem. II. Causes 1. No recognition/follow-through for staff. Pat overlooked for promotion. 2.

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    Breakfast Club

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    For my movie analysis assignment‚ I chose to watch the movie The Breakfast Club. The breakfast club‚ written by John Hughes in 1985‚ is an American teen drama film full of stereotypical gender roles. The characters in this film have all violated a rule at Shermer High School‚ located in Shermer‚ Illinois. The five students in the film all violated a rule at Shermer High resulting in a Saturday morning detention. The five students having to report for the Saturday morning detention do not share the

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    The word sacrifice is defined as the act of forfeiting one thing for another thing considered to be of greater value. The theme of sacrifice is one that is exemplified throughout both Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac‚ the story of a selfless hero‚ and Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House‚ which depicts the life of a woman in the 19th century. In these two plays‚ sacrifice takes many forms: the entity that is given up can be a something material‚ something physical‚ or even something abstract. Comparable

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    was yelling at him for not cleaning his room‚ when he brought up a extraneous subject to distract his mother. 3. LAMENT a. " ’Stand still‚ Ying-Ying!’ She cried‚ her usual lament‚ while I giggled and wobbled on the stool." Pg 69‚ The Joy Luck Club b. a passionate expression of grief or sorrow (noun) c. This displays the irony that she is laughing while Amah cried‚ annoyed of her actions. Lament gives the character more passion of sorrow instead of saying "She cried‚ her usual

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    The Emperors Club

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    HW – The Emperor’s Club The Professor had deep and huge problems regarding Cedric’s case. The primary problem was Cedric’s retained bad attitude (lack of focus‚ disrespectfulness and CHEATING) which he carried on until his grown man years. In my opinion‚ the professor has been an accomplice to this sad outcome of Cedric when he allowed him to be part of the top three Julius Caesar contestants even if he was not clearly deserving of the position. The bigger mistake was letting Cedric go on through

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    Fight Club Essay

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    Chuck Palahniuk‚ in his book titled Flight Club captures this notion of pain and self destruction and the existence and importance pain has in each of our lives. Everyone experiences some degree of pain in their lifetime‚ whether the pain we combat is emotional pain‚ caused by a traumatic experience in life or physical pain that is caused by self infliction or by someone else. I think a lot of people use pain as an escape mechanism; in the novel Fight Club it certainly seems like it is used as a means

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    The Breakfast Club

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    1) The Breakfast Club A classic American coming of age movie that follows the story of five very different high school students who meet in detention and share their stories with each other to only find that they have a lot more in common than they had imagined. This is the kind of movie that will be talked about forever. A perfect rainy day movie! 2) The Notebook The Notebook is considered to be one of the most iconic romantic dramas. The story follows a man named Noah who is in search of this

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