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    order to miss a test‚ while others try to hide themselves to avoid being picked to openly discuss a topic in front of the class. Although we try to run away from the problems we face in our lives‚ the only way to solve the problem is to embrace it. Pat Barker reveals this theme not only to our general lives but to those of soldiers facing war neurosis in WWI. Her novel‚ Regeneration‚ portrays the various characters’ struggles with combating the effects of war neurosis at the psych ward‚ Craiglockhart

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    AP Literature 10/29/12 Deriving Antoinette’s Insanity In the novel‚ Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys‚ one of the main characters goes through emotional chaos. That character’s name is Antoinette. She grew up in Jamaica in a rich family. After her brother Pierre died‚ her mother went crazy. Later on in the book‚ Antoinette goes crazy as well. Some critics believe that Antoinette’s madness is heredity. I disagree with that critique. The primary source of Antoinette’s madness is from the

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    Regeneration by Pat Barker is a novel about a mental hospital for soldiers psychologically injured on the front line. It is unlike other novels and plays such as journey’s End by R.C. Sherriff which tells the story of front-line battle. The ways in which the war has had an effect on the soldiers is explored in great detail by Barker‚ perhaps to show that the effect the war has had on the characters‚ somehow has become part of their personality. A theme that Barker also explores is the theme of silence

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    Water pollution Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies . Mostly water pollution occurs in lakes‚ rivers‚ oceans‚ aquifers and groundwater. Water pollution occurs when pollutants are directly or indirectly discharged into water bodies without adequate treatmentto remove harmful compounds. Type of water pollutions There are many types of water pollution because water comes from many sources. Here are a few types of water pollution: 1. Nutrients Pollution Some wastewater‚ fertilizers

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    Abstract: This thesis examines Deepa Mehta’s trilogy—Water‚ Earth‚ Fire—and the trilogy’s exploration and contestation of colonial‚ anti-colonial nationalist‚ and religious ideologies as intersecting with patriarchal norms to enact symbolic and actual violence on the bodies of women. I argue that Mehta’s trilogy foregrounds the ways in which patriarchal nationalism legitimizes violence against women’s bodies and sexualities through different social and cultural practices and discourses which are

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    to tell about  WATER water is the most imp thing on earth.without water no life.We take it for granted‚ we waste it‚ and we even pay too much to drink it from little plastic bottles.  And still‚ today‚ nearly 1 billion people in the developing world don’t have access to it. Clean‚ safe drinking water is scarce. It is the foundation of life‚ a basic human need. Yet today‚ all around the world‚ far too many people spend their entire day searching for it. Simply put‚ water scarcity is either

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    In Pat Archbolds article “The Death of Pretty” he argues that women are no long how they used to be and that men want the girls so act and dress a certain way. I believe that Archbolds writes this article in a socially conservative bias. Archbold to me sounds to me like he is an old-fashioned person by the way he writes this article. Archbold can be seen as an old-fashioned person when he says‚ “Young women today do not seem to aspire to pretty‚ they prefer to be regarded as hot.” This explains

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    Art 199 / Motion Picture Appreciation Due Date: Nov 6th‚ 2008 5 Principles of film form in Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut Stanley Kubrick once said "If it can be written‚ or thought‚ it can be filmed". With that in mind‚ my paper today is an analysis of the 5 principles of film form in Stanley Kubrick’s last film “Eyes Wide Shut”. Even tough “Eyes...” isn’t my favorite of the Kubrick films‚ it is surely really close to being‚ I love every aspect of it‚ from the music‚ to the themes‚ to the way

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    What is the importance of the internet? * ------------------------------------------------- View Slide Show Answer: The main importance of the internet is that it has made information available in a quick and easy manner‚ publicly accessible and within easy reach. It has revolutionized communications and social networking‚ creating a zone which was so international that new law had to be designed to govern it.  People communicate‚ share data and work through the internet all day‚ every day‚

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    bottled water Industry established in the early 1980s as a result of a number of factors containing convenience‚ taste and fear about public drinking water. Along today’s importance on healthy living. Bottled water is seen as a natural and healthy beverage. However‚ the bottled water industry and the denationalization of water is linked to a number of social‚ economical and environmental durability issues. Bottled water can be an alternate source of clean‚ safe drinking water. Bottled water is actually

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