"India’s gift to World" Swami Vivekananda‚ the Hindoo monk‚ delivered a lecture Monday night under the auspices of the Brooklyn Ethical Association before a fairly large audience at the hall of the Long Island Historical Society‚ corner Pierrepont and Clinton streets. His subject was "India’s Gift to the World". He spoke of the wondrous beauties of his native land‚ "where stood the earliest cradle of ethics‚ arts‚ sciences‚ and literature‚ and the integrity of whose sons and the virtue
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us to understand what the theme of a story actually is. The theme of “The gift of Magi” is selflessness. Symbolism and Plot are two literary elements in this story that contribute to the theme. The theme in a story is associated with an idea that lies behind the story (R.W. Clugston‚ 2010) To understand what the theme of the story is we have to figure out what the literary symbols are and what they stand for. “The Gift of Magi” tells a story of what lengths Della and Jim would go to make each
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Lecturer: Lydia Subject: Art History The most apparent similarity between these two films is that both films revolve around the daily lives of the main characters. The main characters‚ Charlie and Mr. bean‚ in The Kid and Mr. Bean - The Ultimate Disaster Movie respectively‚ both have child-like qualities‚ and the tendency to be rather mischievous. Mr. Bean is naive and self-centered‚ sometimes to the extent of becoming somewhat mean. Despite his considerable age‚ he still sleeps cuddled up with
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Palmer’s “ Gift’s from the Heart” she talks about how exchanging gifts during the holiday’s with her family is always very meaningful. However growing up in my family we didn’t celebrate holidays due to religious beliefs. So instead of the traditional way of gift giving‚ we instead do special events for one another. Though this is different from giving a loved one a physical gift it is still just as important because like a traditional gift we plan events that are centered around the person receiving
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E-GIFTSHOPPY Abstract: E-Gift Shoppy is a very important feature used in e-commerce to assist people making purchases online‚ similar to the US English term ‘shopping cart’. The business-to-consumer aspect of electronic commerce (e-commerce) is the most visible business use of the World Wide Web. The primary goal of an e-commerce site is to sell goods and services online. E-commerce is fast gaining ground as an accepted and used business paradigm. More and more business houses
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defined rules or formal regulations holding the community together; the coherence of a group of Inuit people stems from shared values and the interdependence created by the hunter-gatherer lifestyle. Appropriately‚ the Inuit have no formal rituals of gift exchange. But the concept of positive reciprocity lies behind many aspects of an Inuit community and is central to the relationships and behavior of the Inuit people. In an agricultural society‚ it is to the farmer’s advantage to accumulate personal
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Gifts of the Holy Spirit Gifts of the Holy Spirit enable us to live a holy Christian life. The Gifts of the Holy Spirit are: 1. Wisdom - desire for the things of God‚ and to direct our whole life and all our actions to His honor and glory 2. Understanding - enable us to know more clearly the mysteries of faith 3. Counsel - warn us of the deceits of the devil‚ and of the dangers to salvation 4. Fortitude - strengthen us to do the will of God in all things 5. Knowledge - enable us to discover
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Sociology M‚ 2-5 Grapes of Wrath Essay This assignment allowed me the opportunity to use my sociological perspective to analyze the film The Grapes of Wrath’. The Grapes of Wrath is a book made into a movie‚ based on the great depression of the 30’s. It follows the Joad family‚ who has been forced off their family farm by the government‚ as they try to find a new settlement and head west to California after receiving flyers for high wage work in fruit orchards. This true story does an
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In the gift of the magi by O. Henry‚ he shows two people who love each other so much that they will sacrifice their favorite things for the other. The gift of the magi is about two people; Della and Jim. It is Christmas Eve and Della wants to give her husband Jim a nice gift but all she has is $1.87. She ends up giving up her prized possession (her hair) to get a chain for his watch‚ and her husband sold his watch (his prized possession) to get combs for her hair. They end up with a gift that they
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Summary “The Gift of the Magi” “The Gift of the Magi” is a wonderful short story. It is the brilliant story that shows the true meaning of selfless love that the author tries to let the readers to know from the Christmas gifts. It is not what the gifts are ‚ but the meaning behind the gifts is more important. This text is a story about Della and Jim Young ‚ a married couple with very little money. On the
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