freedom although has it ever actually been obtained? Is it possible to reach a state of being completely free? Of course not. Being free means having no limits or restrictions. In our world today freedom is only an idea‚ an unreachable concept that is constantly being chased. Freedom is not a distinct idea. Its meaning to one person may be completely different to another. "The state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint."‚ and "Exemption from external control
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Some people think that restricting certain things such as smoking and driving certain cars that can increase pollution for the sake of other people’s health is a restriction to our freedom‚ these people say that is their health and they should be allowed to. However when we analyze this actions we end up realising that said “freedom” is not really worth risking our health or even our lives. We focus so much on the negative that we forget the positive outcome not only to society but for ourselves
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What Does It Mean To Say Phoenix‚Arizona. For Victor to say Phoenix‚ Arizona can draw a lot of emotion. His father had passed away from a heart attack and wasn’t found until a week later. He hadn’t seen his father for many years. The only communication was by phone maybe once or twice. On top of that‚ Victor had lost his job at the BIA. He was not financially stable to go to Phoenix to pick up his dad so he contacted the Tribal Affairs. The council was only allowed to provide him with a
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1. What is the purpose of the scene consisting of Lincoln speaking with the black and white soldiers? The purpose of the scene consisting of Lincoln speaking with the black and white soldiers was to show the viewers that he able to speak as well as listen to both white and black. Also is a show the equality given to African Americans who are fighting for North as Lincoln was joking with them freely and non-hesitatingly. Lincoln’s Dream 2. Symbolically‚ what does Lincoln’s dream represent to both
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generations start forgetting history of themselves becoming people living in the present as well as writing their own history‚ while others bass in the pass‚ never forgetting where they came from and who they are. The same happened in “This is What it means to say Phoenix Arizona”‚ by Sherman Alexie‚ the story followed two men who traveled to retrieve the remains of a deceased one while learning more about themselves and their culture. Victor and Thomas Builds-The-Fire are the two main characters that
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No‚ Life in the army is nothing like Charley expected it nor did any of the other soldiers. At the end of the first chapter‚ it says “ Nobody thought it would be so bad. Nobody thought it could be so bad. And all the officers and politicians and newspapers said it would be a month or two‚ no longer. It would all be over by fall.” Charley didn’t think the war would be so bad because the press led him to believe this. The war officers and colonials led Charley and themselves to believe that this
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Otherness in a nutshell is a feeling like one does not fit in for any number of reasons. Race‚ gender‚ sexuality‚ religion and appearance are just a few of the reasons. This is felt throughout life from childhood to adulthood. When you are in school it may be something as silly as your brand of shoes‚ you may not have the cool ones because your parents cannot afford them‚ so you get made fun of. Then here you are as an adult and it may be the car you drive or neighborhood you live in that
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“The Gift of the Magi”‚ follows a young poor couple that give up their greatest belongings in order to buy something special for each other. However‚ they can not make use of their gifts‚ because what they gave up‚ relates to their possessions they gave up. In Sherman Alexie’s “This is What It Means to Say Phoenix‚ Arizona”‚ the protagonist Victor travels with his childhood friend Thomas to Phoenix to get the remains of his dead father. Thomas tells him the story of Victors dad telling him to “Take
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Benjamin Graham is known to have grown the seeds of investment in America’s Wall Street. Graham was a great economist who introduced the present day security analysis. Being the founder of value investing Graham paved the way for a new era of economical strategy setting and planning which were carried forward by his students like Warren Buffett‚ Mario Gabelli‚ John Neff‚ Michael Price‚ and John Bogle and many others. Graham’s books ’Security Analysis’ and ’The Intelligent Investor’ are regarded as
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contempt towards Thomas. Almost at the finish of the story “This is What it Means to Say Phoenix‚ Arizona”‚ Sherman Alexie portrays Victor as being kind and friendly to Thomas. Victor feels the urge that he owes something to Thomas and ends up offering to Mr. Builds-the-Fire the precious ash remains of his recently deceased father. As kind as he was to do that‚ Victor immediately afterwards talks to Thomas in an underlying mean way. Thomas graciously turns down Victor’s offer‚ and in the process
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