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    Elephants Attention Getter: What’s big‚ grey and stands in the rain but doesn’t get wet? Elephants!! Background info: It is estimated that there were once more than 350 species of elephants in the world. Today we only have two of them left (well tree) the Asian‚ the Africa and the mix of them. Both of them are at risk of extinction. Between illegal hunting of them for ivory as well as the destruction of their natural habitat things are simply closing in on them at an alarming rate. Specific Purpose

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    Shooting an Elephant Essay Courage is being able to drown out the voices of others and stay true to one’s own morals. In the memoir Shooting An Elephant‚ George Orwell describes his time as a British Colonial police officer in Burma. While he is there he develops hatred for the British Empire and his actions‚ throughout the memoir are contrary to his beliefs. There are several events that take place in Shooting an Elephant that reveal Orwell’s character flaws. He lacks the ability to make decisions

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    Elephant by Dolly Clark -An analysis and interpretation The main character of the short story‚ “Elephant” by Dolly Clark‚ is called William. William is an author just like his namesake William Shakespeare. But only the name and their profession bind these two persons together. Because although William is an author he is not quite as magnificent an author as the famous Shakespeare was it. In fact he is just a biographer who is “writing £1.99 stories for the record shops”. William does not seem

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    have ever imagined that this simple night out would end it warm blood and wet tears. The recent shooting in Aurora‚ Colorado is only another example of the repeating violence in the United States. Many blame these psychotic killings on the violence our children grow up with in the media and toys. “Shootings” by Adam Gopnik‚ expresses the views of others such as me‚ who believe that the blame on these shooting is not on the media‚ rather on the lack of control and actions the government takes to prevent

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    Movie Character Presentation The Elephant Man Krsytal Wilson GCU NRS-434V The Elephant Man presentation overview  Present the plot and characters of the movie.  Functional Assessment of “The Elephant Man”  Nursing diagnosis  Interventions  Resources Background of Movie and Character Main Characters • John Merrick “Elephant Man” • Dr. Frederick Treves The movie plot • Dr. Frederick Treves saves a young disfigured John Merrick from the enslavement and abuse from owner Bytes. Functional

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    To what extent does the author show the development of the character of firdaus throughout the novella ’woman at point zero’? Woman at point zero is a novella written by feminism activist Nawal El Saadawi. It focuses on the life of an Egyptian woman‚ Firdaus. She is throughout the book oppresses by life‚ society and most of all‚ men. As she grows as a character we see how Firdaus’ views on life and her own view of herself develops‚ turning her into the hollow shell of a woman she is at the end

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    are a lot smaller than them. Well‚ I am talking about elephants. Today I will be informing you about the different types of elephants‚ their anatomy and their behavior. Elephants are the largest living land animals. There are two types of elephants‚ Asian elephants and Indian elephants. The African elephant is significantly larger‚ they weigh from 8‚800- 15‚000 lbs. whereas the Asian elephant can weigh from 6‚600- 11‚000 lbs. African elephants have larger ears‚ a concave back‚ more wrinkled skin

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    expresses three main points of virtue in his speech that inspire his men. Henry holds a great value for the lives of all his men. He does not discriminate against men based things like class or upbringing‚ and believes that all of his men should have certain privileges. And he does an excellent job at making his subjects feel as though they are special‚ and share a great honor for serving together. When you are king of thousands and thousands of people it is easy to forget what a singular human

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    Tifani Brooks Rewrite 3/14/2013 The main ingredients to a relationship is stability‚ trust and respect which those to me are huge in a relationship. There is a lot to make a good relationship work. One of the main ingredients to having a great relationship stability. Having stability in a relationship is to not break down and also to understand each other. The next would be trust‚ if there is no trust then you mine as well just walk away. And the last thing to make a great relationship would

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    asserted that the issue of recycling in modern times is very important. Recycling makes participants feel fine‚ and is considered by some to be a moral responsibility‚ which has become a ‘social norm’ (BIEC‚ 1997). This essay will try to demonstrate three main benefits of recycling including its important role in economies‚ environment and energy-saving. Recycling generates substantial economic benefits and it has made a vital contribution to job creation and economic development. A great illustration of

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