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    suited for my audience since many are going into the medical field‚ and breast cancer is a topic that many hear about‚ and unfortunately many know someone that has been affected by breast cancer. I feel I had a lot of good material to support my purpose of the speech. I had a variety of facts from reliable sources that were cited throughout my speech‚ and also a story of a personal friend about how she helped make a difference for many people. I think when you add a story about a real person’s experience

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    and pesticides pollutes the soil. Vegetables and fruits are quite injurious today. In short environmental pollution leads all living beings to tragic death. So we have to take stern steps to save our beautiful planate from environmental pollutions through extensive plantation. A Visit to a Place of Historical Interest India is a country where many dynasties came and left their mighty marks in her lap. Bengal especially Murshidabad‚ the last capital city of independent Bengal was the part

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    wouldn’t become a financial burden. Non Jewish and Jewish organizations were in charge of funding the refugees so that this problem did not become an issue. Every child sent was given a certain amount to cover their cost. On December 2‚ 1938 the first set of children arrived in Harwich‚ England by Kindertransport. Around 200 Jewish orphans were transported by train to their new homes. The RCM (Refugee Children’s Movement) was in charge of choosing‚ transporting and establishing a care system for

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    by the Oracle‚ the cause for his demise was himself. One aspect of Oedipus personality that leads to his downfall is his constant search for truth. Throughout the play‚ Oedipus is always trying to discover something whether it be about himself or an attempt at uncovering someone else as an enemy. If he hadn’t been in that mindset‚ he may have been able to keep himself oblivious from his mistakes. Another aspect of Oedipus personality that causes his misfortune is his hubris. Oedipus hubris causes

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    What is the main purpose of prisons? Although the human society is marching on all the time‚ a variety of crimes such as cheat‚ steal and even more serious kidnapping‚ rape and murder keep happening around us unavoidably. In order to maintain the stability of our countries and punish those people who commit crimes‚ prisons appear. That is the simplest reason for prison establishing‚ and in this article I will analyze the purpose of prisons deeply. Generally speaking‚ despite the punishment

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    its concern with structures of power‚ which are institutionalised and reflect social interests that oppress certain groups of society i.e. the working class. It sees the criminal justice system as an unfair‚ biased one which works in favour of the higher classes. Its mission is to uncover the nature of the

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    ed‚ and see their very existence as  nothing more than antiquated customs devoid of  any real meaning.  While transcendentalist  thinkers‚ Ralph Waldo Emerson and David Thoreau both enthusiastically venerate this notion of  individualism‚ there exists a subtle difference in the application of their shared belief system.  Thoreau essentially takes Emerson’s passionate credence of Individualism and brings it to its full  and active fruition‚ especially as it relates to governmental resistance.   

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    Henry David Thoreau "Simplify! was Thoreau ’s motto" in his life (Stanley 20). He showed people how to live simple life by living a simple life in Walden. Due to Thoreau ’s efforts and works on nature people considers a nature an important part in their lives‚ as a result nature became one of the top topics in 21st century. Henry David Thoreau was born on July 12‚ 1817‚ in Concord‚ Massachusetts (Meltzer 11). His parents were John Thoreau and Cynthia Dunbar Thoreau (12). Henry had three siblings

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    Approaches Boethius: a man of of the Great Loving God‚ a positive friend‚ a benevolent senator‚ and a realistic soul. Thoreau: a man of minimalism‚ a rebel against corrupt establishments‚ a guru of nature‚ a non-violent protester‚ and a simple thinker. Both these men are common in goal but the way they went about that goal was different. They both sought to bring peace to others through philosophy‚ the study of realistic living. Both felt the vengeful wrath of powerfully corrupt and were punished for

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    beginning of the book‚ Charlie’s words are written as if a child wrote the book and progressed later. However‚ Charlie is 32 years old and still goes to school just for retarded adults. He isn’t a know-it-all but‚ he really tries to know more than people his age. If an omniscient person told the story‚ it would be different and more effective because the writing would be revised and the background story would be from someone who knows everything. Suppose the book was only from Charlie’s perspective‚ there

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