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    Brief Statement Sample

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    Write a brief statement (500 words/3500 characters or less including punctuation‚ but not spaces) describing your reason(s) for pursuing graduate or postbaccalaureate study. Include any additional information concerning your preparation that is pertinent to the objective specified. You may also send a resume and/or letters of reference if required by department. If you have already sent your Statement of Purpose directly to the department/program‚ please enter the following text in the box below:

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    The Alchemist Theme

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    This is fitting with one of the many themes of The Alchemist‚ that one shouldn’t anticipate the future more than they live in the present. This theme appears later in the novel when the alchemist tells Santiago‚ “fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself.” (Coelho 137) It is a theme that is offered several times over the course of the book‚ each time it helped Santiago on his journey. This suggests that the author intends for us to accept this theme as a truth. If one is to assume that

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    When sitting in the ACP course‚ the general definition of wonder that came from the discussion‚ was something that makes you feel amazement. Something that is wonderful to most people would be birth‚ or pregnancy. The whole process of having a child‚ psychically having it‚ is speechless. Mothers say that it hurts like nothing they have ever felt‚ but the emotion they feel once it is over and they get to hold the life they have been nurturing for nine months‚ is indescribable. The joy that takes

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    Brief Ghana History

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    Brief History Modern Ghana takes its name from the ancient kingdom of Ghana that flourished‚ north of the present day state‚ between the 4th and 11th centuries A.D. The history of Ghana‚ however‚ dates back ever further to the Sudanic empires of West Africa that controlled the trade in gold and salt to and from the Trans-Saharan trade routes. In later Ghana history Portuguese came in search of gold‚ which they found in abundance. The Portuguese soon began to build several forts along what became

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    A Brief History of the Internet Within our society there has been a revolution‚ one that rivals that of the Industrial Revolution. The Technological Revolution. At the head of this revolution is the Internet. A place full of information‚ adventure‚ and even for some‚ romance. In our society today everyone has heard of this technological wonder‚ and many use it on a daily basis‚ but for some the question still remains… What is the Internet‚ and where did it come from? Some thirty years ago

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    Themes in Postmodernism

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    Usually‚ short stories contain a profound theme which is applicable to the modern society. And the five short stories-“Was it A Dream?”‚ “On the Sidewalk Bleeding”‚ “Kath and Mouse”‚ “G.Trueheart” and “Thank you Ma’am” are brought forth in a well organized manner so that the reader is given a good message. Each story includes a good message‚ a setting and has used good characters. Almost all the characters in the five short stories are built up by

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    Name: Jerome Inniss Date: 9/2/10 BRIEF HISTORY OF COMPUTERS In 1623 German scientist Wilhelm Schikard invented an analog machine that used 11 complete and 6 incomplete sprocketed wheels that could add‚ multiply and divide. In 1642 French Philosopher‚ mathematician and physicist Blaise Pascal invented a machine that added and subtracted automatically carrying and borrowing digits from column to column. In the early 19th century French inventor Joseph Marie Jacquard devised a

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    The Uglies Themes

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    plot‚ characters‚ settings and themes. This novel’s target audience is comprised of teenagers and young adults at the age of 13 to 21 years old‚ who are interested in seeing the world where everyone is beautiful in a the ‘image-obsessed society’. As you and I both know‚ teenagers and young adults are sick of living

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    Segu Theme

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    Three most important themes in Segu are: the spread of Islam‚ the Atlantic Slave Trade and the coming of European Colonial Rule. Segu is based on these three themes and shows how these influence in Africa’s life and people. Maryse Conde clarifies that these three themes states in this novel has a big impact in Africa social life‚ economy and politic. She clarify that the spread of Islam separated people from each other. Also‚ the spread of Islam caused war between kingdoms because some of kingdoms

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    The Crucible Theme

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    ways. More of a play or act‚ The Crucible has many different themes and subject matters from different opinions. Themes are the primary and original widespread ideas spread in literature. The Crucible‚ takes place in the Puritan Society where people are condemned of witchery‚ guilty or innocent were taken upon very harshly. The Crucible has many different themes‚ as mentioned before. One of the themes is narrow-mindedness. This is a theme for The Crucible in numerous ways. In the Puritan Society‚

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