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    World War I was a significant historical military war started on 1914 and ended on 1918.Looking for the major cause of the war‚ we can find the first world war began as the war between Austria-Hungary .At first the USA was constant and was not directly involved in the war‚ at first stood as a neutral and isolated part but after German tried to attack the allies of the United States‚ so in the fear of losing the benefits that The united States was getting from its allies‚ it caused the United States

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    Death of a Salesman: Tragedy of the Common Man Arthur Miller’s Willy Loman is a middle-aged businessman from New York‚ who has lost his touch in the working world and is struggling to make ends meet. In a changing business environment‚ Willy is unable to adapt to his surroundings in order to succeed. Though his abilities as a salesman have degraded over time‚ Willy is too proud to give up. He refuses a job that is offered to him‚ and instead he secretly gets money from his friends to make ends

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    Characterization of Jay Gatsby In the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ Jay Gatsby is portrayed as a successful‚ larger-than-life young man‚ representing the “American Dream.” He is a romantic idealist who wishes to fulfill his dreams by amassing wealth in hopes of impressing and eventually winning the heart of the love of his life‚ Daisy. Jay Gatsby is a tragic hero in this novel‚ whose flaw lies in his inability to accept reality. His own corruption suggests the dishonesty of the current

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    our values are viewed as goals that are attainable by all. But this is truly a difference of opinion and is questionable on what is believed to be valued. According to Sociologist Robin Williams (1965)‚ he identified ten values that are shared by Americans. Although there are more than ten values existing today‚ I will only be commenting on three that I believe to be common American Values. Hard work is an American value that is expected of all Americans. This particular value holds true in

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    duality of man I do not believe that the term “evil” is a word that can be used as a characteristic. I believe that “evil” is merely the label that society places upon those who are different in a specific way. It is only in our evolved “moral” society‚ that people are placed in groups depending on their so called traits‚ e.g. evil/good. In my opinion‚ everyone is a blank sheet. It is not their speeches‚ it is not their actions and it is not their personalities that colours them. It is what society

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    “ Hurry‚ K.! Get out of there! The wave is coming!” (Murakami 138). In the book The Seventh Man the author Haruki had a friend named K. They both lived in a tiny town seaside town named Province of S. The author and K were best friends until one day a great tragedy struck that the author would never forgive himself but should. It was a September afternoon when the great tragedy had struck the tiny town of Province of S. The author and his friend K noticed that the storm had died down so they

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    Have you ever tried to to understand how someone thinks or acts? That’s an example of indirect characterization. There is also motivation and direct characterization too! The writer uses these methods to analyze how a character acts or reacts. The way an author reveals a character is called characterization. To begin with‚ indirect characterization is your point of view of the character. How they speak‚ look‚ think‚ their effects‚ and actions. For instance‚ the character Mr. Nuttel from “The

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    Characterization of Billy Elliot Billy Elliot is a 12-year-old boy who lives with his father Jackie‚ his big brother Tony and his eighty-year-old grandmother in Everington in Northeast England at the time of the miners’ strike in mid-1980s. He is the protagonist in the story and is principled‚ likable‚ and vivacious with a musical tone in his body. His mother Sarah who died two years before the beginning of the story was a musician and used to play on the piano for the whole family. Unlike the

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    Children Live What They Learn By: Dorothy Law Noite Children‚ according to studies‚ only 70% of their brains are developed. As they grow‚ the remaining 30% of their brain are also in the process. What the children see and learn is transmitted to their brains. That’s why we should teach them the right things because everything that they see is right for them. “If a child lives with criticism‚ he learns to condemn”. “If child lives with hostility‚ he learns violence”. A child is still a child‚ we

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    Katherine Quimbayo Set 6 September 16‚ 2010 Characterization in And Than There Were None Agatha Christie uses characterization to show the evil side of human nature‚ in her mystery novel And Then There Were None‚ through three important characters‚ which include Vera Claythorne‚ Philip Lombard‚ and Justice Wargrave. Christie shows characterization through Vera by making her a Dynamic character. Vera changes through the course of the work by influence of the life threatening situation that

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