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    Arabian Nights

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    made up stories. Some could argue that the purpose of creating these stories is a way for all of us to escape the real world and create our own worlds. Also it is a way to entertain ourselves with made up creatures and adventures that would not be possible in real life. We include things like evil jinnees‚ horrible monsters‚ wealth and locations that have not been heard of by anyone. We see all of the adventures and and so much more in Tales from the Thousand and One Nights with stories about “Sindbad

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    Night Analogies

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    torture. "Night" is used throughout the book to symbolize death‚ darkness of the soul‚ and loss of faith. As an image‚ it comes up repeatedly. Even when the scene is literally set during the day‚ night may be invoked. Consider all the terrible things that happen at night: Mrs. Schachter has her visions of fire‚ hell‚ and death; (Wiesel 24-27) Elie and his father arrive at Auschwitz and see the smokestacks and wait in line all night long with the smell of death in their noses; there is the night the soup

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    In “The Night There” by Mahmoud Darwish‚ imagery is an important literary device that is used to warn of the implications of the Israel-Palestine conflict. The author wishes to stop the conflict before more harm is done. Imagery also emphasizes the grand severity of death and injury throughout the conflict‚ and the public’s response to this death on a global scale. Imagery also shows that even in the dark times that come from this conflict‚ hope and beauty still exist. Even though it may seem that

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    The 1950’s-60’s70’s-80’s Miranda Moultrie Nixon Back Again The United States presidential election of 1968 was the 46th quadrennial presidential election‚ held on Tuesday‚ November 5‚ 1968. Moon Shot On July 21‚ 1969‚ President Nixon spoke from the Oval Office to Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin at the Sea of Tranquility on the Moon. Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans on the Moon‚ Americans Neil Armstrong and Woodstock A village in New York state

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    Night of Terror

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    The night was dark. The sky was only lit by a full moon and a few faint stars. I was sitting quietly in my basement with my sister and two of our friends‚ Danny and Heather. We were all feeling rather bored. I came up with the idea to go get my Ouija board from my room. I told everyone‚ "I’ll be back in a minute." I ran upstairs to my room‚ grabbed the Ouija board from under my bed‚ and quickly ran back down to the basement. I set the board up and got the oracle out. Everyone had this odd look on

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    Dehumanized in Night

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    Gerald Smith English II Honors 10 April 2013 Dehumanization in Night The holocaust killed millions of Jews. The Germans tried to wipe all Jewish people off the earth to get rid of culture‚ lifestyle‚ things that could have left evidence of Jews ever existing‚ but through all of the horror and dead bodies someone survived. His name is Elie Wiesel‚ many years after his experience with the Germans; he wrote a book called Night. His book consists of the childhood he experienced at Auschwitz and the

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    Night Reflection

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    The book Night‚ was written by Elie Wiesel. He was held hostage at a concentration camp for 15 years. Elie had a strong bond with his father‚ but it changed throughout the story. After being a “slave” for a long time changed him. I’m going to tell you how. First‚ Elie and his family got kicked out of their house and got moved to the ghetto. Elie felt horrible that his family had to leave. He also was upset about how families were being shot and getting kicked out of their homes. When Elie and his

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    Twelfth Night

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    love for Sebastian‚ but that too remains unreturned. This leads me to question if their love is true? What makes a love unrequited by one but requited by the other? Is then true love only by fate and destiny? The gender roles again are interesting in Twelfth Night because of the cross-dressing that occurs. Viola is a woman who dresses as Cesario‚ a man‚ yet Olivia is madly in love with her. What stands out in the Twelfth Night is how acceptable this love between Olivia and Viola (Cesario) is‚ yet

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    Night by Elie

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    eraser‚ it gets smaller and smaller after every mistake. Quote is related to the way how Elie lose the faith on his journey towards the concentration camp. In novel Night by Elie Wiesel‚ a Holocaust Survivor‚ he loses his faith as time goes on and he keeps seeing different incredible crimes and atrocities committed by the Nazis. The novel Night starts from 1941 in a Hasidic Community in the town of Sighet. Throughout the novel Elie‚ as well as other many prisoners‚ lost their faith in God. Before Elie’s

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    Night Stalker

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    Munoz Ramirez born February 28‚ 1960 is a convicted serial killer and is awaiting execution on California ’s death row. Before his capture‚ Ramirez was dubbed the "Night Stalker" by the mass media. Munoz’s crimes stem from murder to rape and home invasion‚ his first victim was on April 10‚ 1984‚ 9-year-old Mei Leung was found dead in a hotel basement where Ramirez was living at the time. Ramirez ’s DNA was matched to DNA obtained at the 1984 crime scene in 2009. On June 28‚ 1984‚ 79-year-old Jennie

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