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    would get on. I saw the First-Class Cabins‚ the Second-Class Cabins‚ the 1st Class Lounge‚ the 2nd Class Lounge‚ the dining rooms‚ the bridge‚ and the deck. I went down to my cabin to get a last minute nap in before I had to go to the dinner. The day is April 3rd‚ last night was amazing. Last night I met all the other workers that I know of and they seemed excited to be on the Titanic. We arrived in Southampton early this morning‚ the passengers wouldn’t be getting on until the 10th so we had time

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    James Joyce - An encounter

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    The concept of routine in James Joyce’s ‚‚An Encounter ” An encounter is a short story and also a part of the collection named Dubliners written by James Joyce in 1914. Dubliners is a great literary work of the 20th Century‚ a real masterpiece. Because of its structure and unity of themes‚ it can be read as a novel. The stories are based on the author’s personal experiences in Ireland. They are stories of desperate lives lived on the margins. Dublin was‚ to Joyce‚ ‘the centre of paralysis’

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    For some people‚ Australia Day can be a day of mourning or it can be a day of nationalism and some important events happen on this day. Australia Day can mean many things to different people. Australians celebrate the history of their nation by coming together to observe everything wonderful about Australia on January 26th. The history of this holiday has been a very long one from way back in the late 1700’s. “On the morning of 26 January 1788‚ Phillip‚ with a group of officers‚ marines and some

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    On April 25‚ 1917 in Newport News Virginia‚ proud mother‚ Temperance‚ gave birth to her first little girl‚ who was soon to become one of the most accomplished jazz singers of all time (Verve Music Group). Tempie and Ella’s father William‚ bound together by common-law marriage‚ separated soon after she was born. Her mother then moved the two of them to Yonkers‚ NY where eventually they started a family with Joseph Da Silva‚ Tempie’s long-term boyfriend. Ella soon became a big sister when Francis was

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    All Summer In A Day Essay

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    Did you know that Venus’ average surface temperature is 462 degrees celsius! This is one of the many reasons why I think that Ray Bradbury’s - “All Summer in a Day” setting isn’t possible. Venus is a different planet from earth. It has constant rain‚ and has wildly different surface temperatures. The mass of the planet is much greater than of Earth’s. These different circumstances on Venus‚ are very hard for humans to adapt to coming from Earth. Since the atmospheric pressure is 92 times greater

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    Columbus Day just comes once a year and has a lot of advantages you can avail from it. It was the day when Christopher Columbus discovered America. A use that is commonly seen of sales on special events are specially found on Columbus Day as a block buster in making your wishes come true to buy items you will need. It is the time for electronic gadgets and Apple products to come in to use‚ buying is expectedly made with proper coupons and you can get IPhones you would want. You can get a deal that

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    Emergency Service Day Are all Public Holidays still relevant? Australia has several public holidays and some exclude groups in our society. The purpose of this letter is to suggest the replacement of the Ekka Public Holiday with the Emergency Service Day. The Ekka is definitely a public holiday in Queensland that not everybody attend‚ enjoy or favour anymore. One of the many reasons is definitely affordability. All the fees add up and make is nearly impossible for families to attend. There are

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    A good example of existentialism in a modern-day text is Michael Cunningham’s 1998 novel The Hours‚ which acts as an adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s classic novel Mrs. Dalloway. The Hours follows a day in the life of three different women who each face distinctive circumstances‚ but who’s stories are connected by a shared thread. Although the plots of Sartre’s The Flies and

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    The short story All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury teaches about the actions caused by jealousy and reveals that jealousy can lead you to do terrible things. The children in All Summer in a Day treat Margot harshly. They tease her and don’t include her in any games. All of the children were jealous of Margot because she remembered the sun and they did not. Another lesson that this short story teaches is that you should cherish the things that you have because they don’t last forever. Margot’s classmates

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    Columbus day is a national holiday in America celebrating the man that “discovered’ America. The problem is that he did nothing good for America. He brought slaves and disease to America‚ or what he thought was Asia. Columbus was an Italian‚ when Italy didn’t want to pay for his voyages he went to Spain’s king and queen to ask them for the money‚ they agreed on the condition that he paid them back. When Columbus got to what he thought was Asia‚ but in reality was the caribbean islands‚ he captured

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