Zeitoun‚ by Dave Eggers‚ tells the story of a Syrian-American father with an intense drive to fill in his brother’s footsteps. Using his family’s wellbeing as his motivation‚ this drive eventually leads him into a lot of trouble. Zeitoun is a tragic hero. Abdulrahman Zeitoun was widely regarded as a pillar of the community. He was the owner of Zeitoun A. Painting Contractor LLC‚ a company he had started after earning enough funds from years of hard work. A man of many talents‚ Zeitoun could
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Individual Research Project FIRST-HAND INVESTIGATION BIOLOGY The Effect of Different Music Genres on the Human Mind: * Concentration * Spatial Reasoning * Short-Term Memory * Reaction Time Timothy Yee Joy TABLE OF CONTENTS Why I chose this topic ............................................................................3 Summary of Prior Research......................................................................4 Appendix of Research and Assessment of Reliability ........
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most widely known for his amusing persona in various sitcoms. What many people do not know about Aziz Ansari is that he is the son of Indian immigrants‚ has a bachelor’s degree in Business from New York University‚ and wrote his own novel‚ Modern Romance. There is no doubt that Aziz Ansari has had a successful career in Hollywood. However‚ outside of Hollywood Ansari is an intellectual with
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"The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection‚" states the British author‚ George Orwell. Every individual grows to understand that perfection is unachievable‚ therefore‚ human beings embody dramatic flaws. Many people tend to be unkempt or have poor manners‚ while others have behavioral difficulties such as quick temperament‚ dishonesty‚ or intentional rudeness. These perplexities can bring about hardships throughout an individual’s life. William Shakespeare demonstrates some
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Macbeth is not the most dynamic tragic heroes because Macbeth is a murder. The reason why Macbeth is a murder because he kill king Duncan because Macbeth want to become king so he can take over the kingdom. When king Duncan was murder by Macbeth with his dagger Macbeth call Lady Macbeth and king Duncan two sons Malcolm & Banquo. So when Macbeth call everyone to tell the bad news about king Duncan Macbeth told Malcolm to see what had happen to his father but everybody don’t know that Macbeth is the
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The genre of tragedy originates from Greece and was created sometime before the fifth century. In Greece‚ actors would embody greater than life heroes of popular myths and folklore (Poole). The philosopher‚ Aristotle‚ said in his Poetics that tragedy is a form of imitations of “events terrible and pitiful.”. Aristotle believed that a tragic person should be a good person at core and that others feel compelled to care about him. According to Aristotle‚ a tragic hero should make make errors and judgment
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All three types of literature are examples of the word genre. Genre can be used as a broad term to identify certain literary categories such as story‚ poem‚ or play. It can also be used for more specific categorization under a broad term. With these stories we have examples from the genre of satire‚ which can be further broken down into the genres story‚ poem‚ or play. All three types of literature are examples of imagination. From our reading we know that imagination is defined as “The human power
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The tragic event of September 11‚ 2001 made the terrorism in the United States real. On that day when the twin towers was seen on television crumbling down with so many lives taken and with many people overwhelming loss of life that taken place on that day. Biological weapons are intended to deliberately disseminate disease producing organisms or killing toxins in food‚ water by aerosol. Bacillus anthracis‚ the organism that causes anthrax‚ has been bandied about the media and the American public
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Arthur: Tragic Hero or Merely Tragic? In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s torrid tale of The Scarlet Letter‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ a main character‚ is confronted with a number of circumstances‚ both in and out of his control‚ that lead to his ultimate demise. While it can be argued that Arthur is a tragic hero‚ he lacks the underlying goodness and strength essential for him to fulfill this role. Otherwise‚ it may be demonstrated that Arthur meets all the criteria as a tragic hero‚ though there are other discrepancies
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Discussion Question #4 The first time I read the poem‚ the first thing that went through my mind was Zhou Yu was courting or asking a girl for her hand in marriage. Since Zhou Yu served as the state’s general and military strategist‚ it only seemed fair that he was to be wed with a girl whom has royal blood. After reading a few history books in the De La Salle Library‚ I take back my previous impressions on the poem. After reading a book about early Chinese history‚ it gave me a whole new perspective
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