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    3 October 2013 Jean Paul Sartre was a French playwright‚ philosopher‚ existentialist‚ and novelist who wrote No Exit‚ on top of many other productions. This particular play is based in Hell‚ where the main characters are forced to reflect upon their malevolent life decisions. Estelle is a character who murdered her infant that she had with the man whom she cheated on her husband with. This lead the father of the baby to commit suicide. Inez‚ a manipulative sadist‚ managed to turn her cousin’s wife

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    perfection and the nation was war dominant. Sparta also had a brutal society. When a child was born‚ the father had to bring the newborn up to the elders‚ where they tested the baby for any deformities. If the baby was imperfect‚ then it was thrown into a chasm where it died. At the age of 7‚ the male child was taken by the state and was trained for the military. The child was then enrolled in the militia at the age of 20. The father had no right to raise his child. The state was far more important than the

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    Malevolence gleamed in his eyes‚ like blue oceans of melancholy and hatred‚ as he regarded his roughly bitten finger nails chafing at the tender skin of his thighs. His thighs were almost as emaciated as his stomach‚ two skeletal twigs with a gaping chasm between them. As he gouged at the non-existent fat on his withered body‚ he was immersed in revulsion for himself. Not good enough. Deprived of oxygen‚ his throat contracted suddenly‚ drawing rasping breaths that were agonising‚ yet felt like heaven

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    Rhetoric is used throughout Napoleon’s rise to power. It is used to keep the animals (excluding pigs‚ of course) from realizing the chasm between what really is happening and what they want to happen. They are therefore rather obsequious toward Napoleon. Napoleon uses Squealer to spread his propaganda. Squealer‚ being very mellifluous and silver-tongued‚ can easily get the animals to believe and follow Napoleon’s unorthodox laws and wishes. They don’t realize how unfortunate their fate becomes by

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    Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop Level C Answers – Unit 13 Completing The Sentence 1. loiter 2. plundered 3. vilified 4. wry 5. impediment 6. imperative 7. foreboding 8. enormity 9. haughty 10. adapt 11. faltered 12. malinger 13. vaunted 14. steadfast 15. forlorn 16. waifs 17. pithy 18. dovetail 19. attest 20. simper Synonyms And Antonyms 1. loiter 2. steadfast 3. vaunted 4. attested 5. plundered 6. wry 7. vilify 8. imperative 9. enormity 10. simpers 11. dovetail

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    Out of all the organs in the human body‚ the brain is the most intricate and interesting. The brain consists of millions of neurons that work together to help the body function. Furthermore‚ the brain creates differences between individuals in numerous aspects such as thinking‚ acting‚ and learning. Within the novel‚ Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain by David Eagleman‚ a neuroscientist delves into the ins and outs of the almighty brain. As Eagleman explains the brain himself‚ “… then there’s

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    every day at the thin line between disaster and survival. I see individuals everyday who are walking that tightrope or worse‚ who have fallen off already and just barely managed to grab on to the tightrope and are now moving hand over hand across the chasm of poverty. Over 90% of the

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    One of the causes of the French Revolution was enormous public debt. MIRABEAU presented a now famous oration in defense of Jacques Necker’s patriotic tax. MIRABEAU: Two centuries of depredations and brigandage have made the chasm in which the kingdom is ready to engulf itself. We must close this fearful abyss. Well‚ here is a list of French proprietors! Choose among the richest‚ thus sacrificing the least number of citizens! But choose! For must not a small number perish to save the mass

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    Social Influence: A Possible Lethal Weapon Social psychologist Philip Zimbardo states‚ "Unless we learn the dynamics of "why" we will never be able to counteract the powerful forces that can transform ordinary people into evil predators." Unfortunately‚ throughout history and even today the power of majority opinion has led to immoral acts of violence at a universal level. In this "advanced" society‚ the world is experiencing Darfur‚ Armenian‚ Bosnian‚ Karen‚ Cambodian and Rwandan genocides

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    Ashley Walden Professor Amanda Walzer English 100 10 February 2014 Falling Through the Cracks in American Public Schools American novelist and university professor John Gardner once wrote‚ “All too often‚ on the long road up‚ young leaders become servants of what is rather than shapers of what might be.” In my experience with the American public school system‚ I have seen too often that students have become indifferent‚ disenfranchised and stripped of the colorful aspects of their

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