That is over‚ though. Today is the Flagellation Day. It’s the day that proves if you’re man enough to become a Spartan Warrior. The heavy beatings and rude nature of the Flagellation go completely against my name‚ Charis. Charis‚ in Greek‚ means loving‚ kind‚ or loyal. I decided a long time ago that I should just forget the meaning behind my name and focus on being a good warrior. The meaning stays in the back of my mind‚ though. I look to my right and see that my best friend‚ Fotis‚ is also awake
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In the “No Name Woman” section of The Woman Warrior by Maxine Kingston‚ the family punishes the aunt for adultery by acting as though she never existed and ultimately dehumanizing her to the point of a fate worse than death. This is expressed in the following quote‚ “Don’t tell anyone you had an aunt. Your father does not want to hear her name. She has never been born” (Kingston 1515). Kingston’s father went from a family of brothers and one sister‚ to a family of nothing but brothers. The family
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Discrimination and inequity in South Africa Cry‚ The Beloved Country‚ written by Alan Paton‚ talks about one black father‚ Stephen Kumalo‚ and one white father‚ James Jarvis. Kumalo’s son Absalom shot Jarvis’s son Arthur using a revolver and Kumalo tries to save his son. The book describes many racial discrimination and economic inequality. The character Msimangu prophesies that white men and black men will come together and work for good of their country. However‚ forty years later‚ his prophecy
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Fa Mu Lan: Book vs. Movie The book The Woman Warrior‚ by Maxine Hong Kingston‚ and the movie Mulan both tell the same story‚ but in very different ways. They have many similarities and differences in their plots. The main message “To thine own self be true‚” is shown a lot more in the movie compared to the book. They were the same in the overall story‚ but small details like how their family acts when they come home‚ their love life‚ and how they decided to go to war differ extravagantly. Some
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Don’t get me started on people follow crowd to be ‘cool’! Sheep! Don’t you hate them? I sure do. Before you ask‚ no I’m not talking about the woolly ones‚ I’m on about the people who follow the crowd like a sheep. They have no personality‚ no nothing. They follow these trends as if they are a lost puppy trying to find their mum. It infuriates me beyond comprehension. It’s not the fact that they follow these trends. I mean‚ everyone including you and me have followed trends that when we look back
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By oke Don’t get me started on smoking. Let me deal with first positive side of smoking. First‚ many people like to smoke before exams or when they are relaxing with friends. A further point is that the government throughout the world make huge profits from levying taxes on cigarettes. This provides funds which are used for building schools‚ hospitals and other public amenities. The tobacco industry also employs tens of thousands of people throughout the world‚ particularly in countries like Zimbabwe
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An Analysis of “Why Prisons Don’t Work” In his essay “Why Prisons Don’t Work” by Wilbert Rideau‚ the author has sent to the Louisiana State Penitentiary in 1962 to be executed or imprisoned for life. He presents the idea that prisons don’t work because people go in and come out the same way‚ unchanged. He says that authorities think the best solution is to “get tougher” by slowing down on crime and locking away the criminals in prisons‚ but Rideau had an experience in one of those prisons and knows
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Don’t get me started on buses I hate buses. I really do hate buses‚ so much that it’s turning me insane. Just like you would get ready for your work or school‚ you will have to always get ready for your ten minutes of serpentine inferno. As a bus passenger for the last decade‚ I hardly ever get treated with the appreciation and respect I deserve as a customer. Don’t get me started on buses. I think the government should take a more responsibility to do something about the bus timing in the country
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English IV-2nd 12 March 2013 Don’t judge a book by its cover I tend to judge people to quickly without even knowing anything about them. I was always told “don’t judge a book by its cover”‚ by English proverbs‚ which is true. You cannot tell what is on the inside just by looking at the outside of things‚ and I never know what that person is going through in life to be able to judge them just on looks. I sometimes judge my friends in ways that I should judge them. I judge them by their actions
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Alterations in Blood Flow and Blood Pressure Case 1 1. Explain the etiology and pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. 2. Describe where atherosclerotic plaques form in the body and list the possible consequences of developing plaques in those areas. Case 2 You have two patients with ulcers on their lower extremities. Patient A has ulcers caused by peripheral artery disease and patient B has ulcers caused by chronic venous insufficiency. 1. Describe the pathophysiology of how each
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