"Do you believe in fate Neo‚" Morpheus asks. "No‚" Neo responds. "Why not?" "Because I don ’t like the idea that I ’m not in control of my life‚" Neo explains. In this scene (from the blockbuster smash hit The Matrix) a parallel can be drawn between Neo and Bigger Thomas (the protagonist in Richard Wright ’s novel Native Son) because Bigger shares Neo ’s feelings about fate. Bigger Thomas‚ a boy who has grown up with the chains of white society holding him back from opportunity‚ has only one solution
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Themes: change Sponsor This Essay 316 Be careful what you wish for. You might not like what you get. Some people wish for things without thinking about the challenges that await them ahead. Such as‚ wishing for a promotion and then getting more tasks then they can do. Or they wish to have children when they end up with twins‚ which they can barely handle. Or winning the lottery and spending all the money at once and not having it when they need it the most. I made a wish; I wish my father was
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**** 1. If you were the president of a company‚ what values would you promote? What values would guide you in dealing with people‚ products‚ prices‚ and profits? Student Answer: If I were the president of a company‚ there are several different values that I would promote. When dealing with employees and consumers or clients‚ I would promote respect and service. Respect would be promoted by showing consideration for others needs an beliefs. I would ensure that I did not do anything to
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motivational speech How Bad Do You Want It? There was a young man‚ you know‚ who wanted to make a lot of money and so he went to this guru‚ right. And he told the guru you know I wanna be on the same level you are‚ and the guru said if you wanna be on the same level I’m on‚ I’ll met you tomorrow at the beach. So the young man got there 4 A.M. he’s all ready to rock n’ roll. Got on a suit‚ should of wore shorts. The old man grabs his hand and said: How bad do you wanna be successful? He said:
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People say that you should live in the moment. They say that life isn’t measured by the amounts of breaths we take‚ but by the moments that takes our breath away. The first time you hear those sayings‚ they probably sound like two nice‚ motivational couple of words‚ and then you don’t think about it anymore. But if you take a second look‚ and really think about the meaning about it‚ they become something so much deeper. And that’s what I experienced this day. Every weekend I take the train to visit
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Oliver Davies To what extent do you agree that schools have a uniform? From the ages of 5 to 16 by law every child in the UK must attend school; whether the school is state funded or privately funded they almost all have some form of school uniform. School uniforms are a requirement at almost all schools but in some state schools the regulations on school uniforms are a little looser than others‚ Meaning that some pupil wear pretty much whatever they want to school taking no notice of the school
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Back in grade school‚ I may say that I am a really active‚ participative and motivated student. I would always get awards and certificates. I do enjoy most of the lessons that are tackled. And sometimes‚ when the topic really got me interested‚ I would even expound my learnings through researches and internet browsing. I usually learn best when I listen to the teacher’s oral teaching. And also I would cooperate more in the class if the teacher is nice and considerable. But there are times when I
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B) What does the word “freedom” reminds you of? How would you define freedom? O) Everything can be defined with its opponent‚ therefore captivity comes to my mind when I think of freedom. Being behind walls is not the only thing that captivity reminds me of. Actually everything that limits us in our daily lives‚ everything that restricts our lives can be considered as something that captures us. Therefore a world without those can be considered as a free world‚ though it cannot be fully possible
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You ask me about a positive change I want to make if I could. Yes! People always want to make changes in their lives: some want to be strong‚ some want to be the rich...some even want to change the world ^-^.For me. It’s simple. It’s not a physical change because everybody can grow up by this way. But here‚ I am expressing about the change in thinking>it’s the change from a want-of- thought person to be a mature one‚ it’s really important not only for me but also for all of you even though somebody
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tells the world online. What is interesting about it is they come up with all these theories about our government and people will buy into them because they believe that what they are saying could be true.
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