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    Something Like a War

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    Something like a war The movie is an account of the overzealous effort with which Indian state went for population control in the mid 70`s‚ its consequences and the anguish it caused to millions of Indian women who were ultimately the soft target of the whole exercise. India completes its 60 years of independence in 2007. She is a young nation of one billion plus people with its share of problems. Being a developing nation‚ we have shortage of resources and a large growing population stresses

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    As You Like It/Alibrandi

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    text and at least ONE other related text of your own choosing? Belonging is a sense of enlightenment felt when an individual gains an understanding of themselves in relation to others and the wider world. William Shakespeare’s pastoral play ‘As You Like It’ and the bildungsroman ‘Looking For Alibrandi’ written by Melina Marchetta examine not only how our perceptions of belonging are affected by the passage of time‚ but how our interactions with the world around us can shape us. Individuals seek connection

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    Marriage Is Like a Prison

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    Marriage Is Like A Prison Marriage is like a prison. It is a lifelong commitment that will hang on a persons shoulders forever. It can never be erased‚ and never be forgotten. Upon entering marriage‚ the crime is falling in love‚ the punishment is getting married‚ and the freedom is stripped from a person’s very being. Falling in love is never considered a crime‚ but it is. Love is a rush of emotions that are felt about a person‚ just like the rush of emotions one feels before a crime is committed

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    Words Like A Girl

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    I have often heard the description‚ “like a girl”. People use this phrase to make jokes and laugh at others. As far as I consider‚ it is totally unfair to girls. Last year‚ I went camping with my classmates. We brought tents‚ barbecue grills‚ food and fuel. To get to the camping site‚ we had to carry all the stuff by foot without the help of vehicles or equipment since the roads were quite rugged. On the way‚ everyone carried as much stuff as they were capable of. After a while‚ a thin boy put down

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    Like a Winding Sheet

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    from many different perspectives is Ann Petry’s “Like A Winding Sheet” which tells the short tale of an unnamed African American man and his stressful life on a day that is particularly overwhelming. Many themes and perspectives can be overlooked and viewed through this story but if you can view this story from both an economist viewpoint and the viewpoint of a feminist it can further our understanding of what Johnson’s life could have been like‚ also it is important to note the effect of stress

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    Living like weasels

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    Living like Weasels ​There are many mysterious and fascinating things lurking in the wild that not many of us have a chance to see. If you are going through the woods on a nice hike chances are you’ll find some interesting things. I love hiking through trails in Easton and I always stumble upon cool things like tree carvings and marshes or even ponds that I never knew existed. Annie Dillard‚ the author of Living Like Weasels had a similar experience when she went through the woods and stumbled

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    Peace Like A River

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    The Faith of Jeremiah Land "Peace Like A River"‚ by Leif Enger‚ deals with numerous instances involving Jeremiah’s faith for his family. Without Jeremiah’s faith‚ the Land family would have never made it through their trials and misfortunes. To furnish the well being of his family and find his son‚ Davy‚ Jeremiah Land followed his instincts and faith. Letting God lead the way‚ Jeremiah is able to guide his family through his faith‚ hard work‚ and love. Jeremiah Land loves his children more than

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    What is like to be a teenager (Kako je biti tinejdžer) Each man’s life is composed of several periods. However‚ the most important are childhood‚ teenage period and a maturity. Childhood is usually blurry in our minds while we remember many things that happened while we were teenagers. What’s it like to be a teenager is hard to respond especially if you are one. Teenagers are hard to define. Their bodies are changing and their hormones are going crazy. They want to do many things but can never

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    Like Water for Chocolate

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    November 2012 What to choose‚ Love or Tradition? Back in then in the 1920’s‚ everyone except the youngest daughter could get married due to the Mexican traditions that pass from generation to generation. In this novel‚ Like Water For Chocolate‚ by Laura Esquivel‚ Mama Elena‚ Tita’s mother‚ and had to choose between running away with the love of her life or staying with the family because the tradition did not let Mexicans and Mulatos‚ a breed of African American and Mexican

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    Like A Dream Deferred

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    The speaker suggests that a dream deferred may also stink like a rotten meat. But the question is that how meat rots? When fresh meat is left out for a long time then it is attacked by bacteria that make meat rot and when it rots then it stinks. So delayed dream also have some agency or forces like bacteria that make it rot or put off. And the stink that is emitted as a result of rotten meat spread all around and become offensive and unbearable for others. In these lines poet suggests how‚ after

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