A Separate Peace In the book A Separate Peace written by John Knowles the main character attends an all boys school. The book is set during World War One and explains how life and how the boys at the school are effected. There are two main themes in the book and they are jealousy and friendship. The two themes are actually mainly between two friends that attend Devon. The two themes show up several times throughout the entire book. The two boys both experience the to themes and both have to over
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word “cripple” to describe herself. In her piece “On Being a Cripple‚” Mairs relays to her audience how she accepts being crippled‚ and she brings attention to her interpretation of the language used by society. Mairs portrays how she feels by setting different tones within her essay. At the start of her writing‚ Mairs puts off a confident‚ bold‚ and defiant feel to her essay. Mairs represents herself as someone who is bold and confident by being very forthright about her opinion. “Perhaps I want
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Firstly‚ it is important to provide some sort of outline of what the term peace itself means. During my research I came across the notes of the Irenees’ Peace workshop held in South Africa in May 2007. According to these documents Peace does not mean the total absence of any conflict. It means the absence of violence in all forms and the unfolding of conflict in a constructive way. Peace therefore exists where people are interacting non-violently and are managing their conflict positively – with
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Being British There are two dimensions to the Scottish independence debate: the head‚ and the heart. If the pro-UK campaign is to win‚ it must appeal to both. Up until now Better Together has focused mainly on the head‚ but this changed last week when Alistair Darling made an emotional speech at the JP Mackintosh lecture. Although he touched on the economics‚ he also raised some emotional questions. Why can’t we be proud of the achievements we’ve had together? Why can’t we be proud of our shared
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Some people would describe being on time as ’old fashioned’‚ but it’s not in the slightest way ’old-fashioned’‚ because actually it’s nothing to do with ’fashion’ or ’generation’. It’s got all to do with basic good manners and respect for other people. Nowadays‚ a meeting set to start at 8am‚ seems to mean for some people in the general vicinity of any time which starts with the numeral 8. Like 8:30am for example. People come in at 8:15 or even later‚ smiling at the waiting group‚ apparently
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Melody Tu Being a Christian I became a Christian last year‚ it really changes my life and the way I sees things. I became more positive and contentment about everything. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only be gotten Son‚ that whoever believed in Him should not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16)”. Eternal life! Who does not want eternal life? All you have to do is believe in Jesus Christ. Being a Christian brings several good effects in life. Firstly‚ becoming a Christian
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The Peace Sign What do you think about when you see a peace sign? Is the first thing you think about the 1960’s and 1970’s hippie movement? Do you think about the wars we are fighting in the world today? Do you think about the problems or disputes that occur in your own circle everyday? The peace sign can evoke many emotions. The human peace sign on the beach brings out the wonderful emotion of joy‚ peace‚ and tranquility. This peace sign is conveyed on a large scale. It is meant to grab your attention
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else could. I believe that the three most important qualities‚ which I possess and can make a great doctor‚ are having empathy‚ being a good listener‚ and being compassionate. Doctors must be able to listen to their patients problems and fully understand them by putting themselves into the patients’ position. I believe that having a good connection with patients and being able to talk to people are the most important qualities that all doctors must possess in order to be effective. Many instances
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Jody Williams’s Definition of Peace Jody Williams won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 for her work to ban antipersonnel landmines. Jody Williams gave a moving speech in December 2010 which is posted on www.ted.com: “A Realistic Vision for World Peace”. TED is a nonprofit organization. In the speech‚ Jody Williams defines peace “What I consider to be peace is a sustainable peace in which the majority of people on this planet have access to enough resources to live dignified lives.” I agree with
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Is peace possible without war? There is an average of twenty ongoing wars in the world at any given time. Some are internal civil wars‚ others are between nations. Judging by the opinion of modern day citizen ‚ peace is an ideal and war is a tragedy. Depending on their political orientation‚ war may even be considered inexcusable under any circumstances. But what if rather than being a troublesome force‚ war is actually the father of peace. War is an indispensable part of civilization and
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