Danes swear devotion to their leader and vow to fight boldly‚ to the death if necessary for him. Members of the comitatus serve their lord‚ who in turn rewards them with treasure; amongst themselves‚ warriors cultivate bonds of fellowship and‚ with a good king‚ bonds of paternal affection. These gifts represent‚ not just payment for services rendered‚ but honors‚ bestowed upon
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What does it mean to be human? Simply it means to make decisions not always based on logic or reason‚ or the decision is made based on emotion. This is an interesting question that is brought up in Ridley Scott’s movie Alien (1979). The crew of the Nostromo for the most part appears to be human‚ but through their actions it makes one wonder if they are actually humans or if they are simply robots. They have gone to such a point that human life has seemingly been devalued in order to complete the
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Adam Smith 1. Which of he following does Adam Smith advocate? • The pursuit of self-interest ✓ According to Adam Smith in a ‘laissez faire’ economy each member will try to pursue and maximize his own self-interest • Import of restrictions to protect the domestic market ✗ Adam Smith believes in a free market economy and would disapprove of restrictions‚ even in the name of protection. • Private armies to protect the domestic market ✓/✗ Adam Smith advocates the protection of the domestic
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and I go like Lenny. And my dad has the same middle name as me and I don’t know if my grandpa has the same or not. The goals made in my life is to maybe join the Army.I Want to join the military because my grandpa was in the military and want to serve our country and for freedom.I Like my friends because they make me laugh and they are there when they need to be there.I Like things that make me laugh and things that are interesting to me‚ like world war 2 stuff.I Love listening to world war 2 stuff
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The New Dress: Come With Me Mabel Waring‚ an insecure and painfully self conscious girl‚ is consumed with feelings of inadequacy and inferiority when she enters a party wearing a dress that she feels is not quite appropriate for the occasion. She torments herself with obsessive thoughts of her foolishness and poor quality appearance in Virginia Woolf’s short story‚ The New Dress. Woolf uses the character Mabel Waring to underscore the discomfort that shy or socially unskilled individuals would
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believed nobody could possibly understand what I was going through. I believed that because of my parents’ divorce‚ nothing good was ever going to happen to me. I lost faith and hope in life. I started to act up‚ rebel against my mom. I started to hang out with people who weren’t a good influence on me. I didn’t see the point of excelling in school. My grades started to slip and I was getting into trouble. I was lost‚ a person living day by day with no goal or purpose. All I thought about was that my father
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when answering this question. Some people look to their grades‚ level of completion‚ or what school they attended. Others look at their ability to interact with others in society and consider issues such as philosophy‚ politics or religion. While these are all common criteria for measuring ones education‚ a person ought not to ever stop learning. The mark of a well educated person is their ability to apply what they know to learn the things they do not know. When I was in high school
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Writing doesn’t have to be political to be a good work although George Orwell argues that political purpose is necessary for a successful work. Fundamentally‚ I think Orwell’s opinion about good writing doesn’t leave any room for discussion because of his definition of being political. He defines being political as having “desire to push the world in a certain way.” However‚ this is an overly broad definition since we do this every day if we are “thinking” human beings. There are some occasions where
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What does it mean to follow Jesus? Following Christ can take your life. I don’t believe most people‚ including myself‚ truly recognize the true meaning of being a disciple. It sounds almost easy to follow Jesus‚ and too simple to be the way to everlasting life. Its actually very difficult‚ but that is because we make it that way. The end result ( salvation‚ peace‚ no more worries or fears about tomorrow‚ everlasting joy‚ security‚ freedom) is so rewarding that the difficulties are forgotten.
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To be honest I have never thought about the question what does writing mean to me in my life. While thinking I can honest say that writing helps me to feel better‚ I feel some kind of relief by write . If you have a lot of things to say‚ but you have some problems of expressing them by talk about it‚ you may try to write it down to help you express what you have to say. Writing for me is self-expression. I think‚ that we all are writers‚ and developing our talent of writing we can express ourselves
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