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    The Living Martyr

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    Through the novel‚ In the Time of the Butterflies‚ Julia Alvarez took the tragic story of the Mirabal sisters and made it her own. She molded and developed the Mirabal sisters into relatable characters over the course of the novel as to make the deaths of Minerva‚ Maria Teresa‚ and Patria even more traumatic to the reader. Although Dede did not fight the regime with her sisters‚ she still suffered because of Trujillo. Even though Dede lived‚ she can still be considered a martyr because her life was

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    Living With Strangers

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    Living with Strangers – Siri Hustvedt Every society and culture have their own way of behaving among one another. In a rural community‚ it is usually a custom to greet bypassing people politely‚ when it might seem as a strange gesture in the eyes of an urbanite. These norms are discussed in Siri Hustvedt’s essay‚ “Living with Strangers” (2002). Through descriptions of her own personal experiences‚ the surroundings and life in the city‚ Hustvedt reflects upon urban life and how society has developed

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    Living in love

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    Living in LOVE Tamarra Subramony South Africa One morning I walked into the section of the children’s ward in which I work‚ and was greeted by an intelligible wave of excited chatter and the giggling of mothers. “Do you know what they are saying doctor?” asked the nearest mum. “No‚” I replied‚ feeling intrigued. “They’re saying that when you come in‚ they feel as if their mother has arrived.” These simple words stunned me and I was moved to tears. A feeling of overwhelming gratitude to

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    In Walden‚ Thoreau uses techniques to convey thoughtful reflection and unwavering confidence towards his actions and convictions. By contemplating his past ventures and personal beliefs‚ he urges the reader to take specific paths in life with a strong and forceful credibility. Thoreau’s use of syntax expresses his philosophical yet audacious approach towards his quest to live simply and without superfluous needs. The semicolons and commas in the first sentence of paragraph four string together his

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    Overseas Living

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    L. Robert Kohls opens his book‚ Survival Kit for Overseas Living‚ with a preface that reminds its reader that even if you have chosen to live your life up until now within your own culture and/or social groups people in today’s world are expected to know and be able to function within society at an intercultural level of acceptance and unity. The purpose of this book is help Americans to see what intercultural skills we already have‚ those that must be developed to ‘survive’‚ and to become aware/more

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    Healthy Living

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    Healthy Living It is very important to be cautions about health. I take great care to see that I remain healthy. For that I read books on health care and never miss a television programme where health care is spoken of by doctors. Health can be maintained by eating good nutritious food. This includes eggs‚ milk‚ pulses‚ fruits‚ etc. As I am a vegetarian I try to eat a lot of butter‚ cheese and drink a lot of milk. I supplement my diet with vitamins and avoid medication. I go for a walk every

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    Living with Passion

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    they could get this promotion‚ or that kind of a bank balance or get rid of some health problem‚ they will be happy. But the fact is that those whom they find extremely happy usually have similar problems‚ if not more serious ones. We human beings‚ like any piece of iron‚ can propose to finish ourselves in two ways: we may rust ourselves out or we may simply wear ourselves out. Rust looks ugly; wearing out brings shine! Value of life: How valuable would diamonds be‚ if they were as common as pebbles

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    Standard of Living

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    In my opinion‚ national income is a good indicator to measure the standard of living. The gross domestic product (GDP) or gross domestic income (GDI) is one of the measures of national income and input for a given country’s economy GDP is the total market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period of time. GDP is the best single measure of the economic well-being of a society. GDP per person tells us the income and expenditure of the average person in the economy

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    Working for a Living

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    Working For A Living Chris Stokke Williston State College Author Note This paper was prepared for College Composition II‚ taught by Professor Preus. Working For A Living What do you want to be when you grow up? The one question I have dreaded since the first time I was presented with it. The pressure of society to make outrageous amounts of money and excel with an extravagant job is tremendous. In this day and age it seems that the motto‚ “The bigger the better”‚ holds true

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    Living A Lie

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    LIVING A LIE The controversial decision of Armand’s parents to keep his true identity from him until into his adulthood was wrong and drastically altered his mindset. Armand was raised with racial preferences and prejudices during all of his formative years and this taught him to believe that he was superior to other types of people. He developed a certain attitude in his personality where his thoughts‚ actions‚ and beliefs were ingrained with tradition and influenced by society. Armand’s parents

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