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    “Fear is the most potent weapon‚” said Faraaz Kazi. Fear of the unknown and fascination of death torments the minds of the boys and causes a big split of the group during the middle of the novel. In the novel Lord of the Flies‚ William Golding uses fear and death to threaten the boys as fear becomes paralyzing and unconquerable by the realization that the only thing the boys have to fear is fear itself. In the very beginning‚ the beast was something that only existed in the boys’ minds and practically

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    a language is a combination of many different skills: speaking‚ listening‚ reading and writing. Meanwhile‚ speaking skill is considered to be the most difficult one. The fact is that the majority of foreigners studying English include Vietnamese people are afraid to speak and communicate directly by English even many who have learned English to advanced levels. This seems the common problem in Vietnam. High school’s students (almost teenagers) lack of the environment to practice English. They just

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    Obesity: What it is and What are the Problems it Brings in People and Society “Obesity is a drain on the economy - we have to pay for the health care of fat people who are usually poor and can ’t afford insurance. Obesity is‚ well‚ bad.” – Emily Levine Obesity is a risk-factor for the most common nowadays diseases‚ as cardiovascular diseases‚ diabetes‚ hypertension‚ some carcinomas‚ degenerative diseases of weight bearing joints (spine‚ hips‚ knees)‚ and present a huge medical and social problem

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    Identification of an Unknown Organic Acid Chem 1211K Lab Drawer #15 Wednesday November 13th‚ 2013 Unknown Number: 3334025-CF13 Table of Contents Pg. # Abstract 3 Experimental Report 4-7 Results and Discussion 7-12 Conclusion 13 **pKa Graph 14 Abstract Identifying this organic acid was an extensive task that involved several different experiments. Firstly‚ the melting

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    Cathy Do Professor Wurzbacher ENGL 2305 April 19‚ 2015 The Meaning of “Home” in Love Medicine and The Book of Unknown Americans Home is a word that has an emotional feel to it. Home can mean when we are talking about where we belong‚ a place be need‚ somewhere to feel safe‚ and someplace to be loved or to love. Some may say that home is wherever family is or where you loved ones are. Home can be seen as a physical location like the house you live in or general area you live in. Home can also be

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    of satire lies in The Unknown Citizen by W. H. Auden. It is a dark satire about what can possibly happen if political and bureaucratic principles corrode the creative and revolutionary spirit of the individual. This poem ridicules the fact that government‚ or the people in control of the citizens of the US‚ know‚ or could find out anything and everything about a person. This creates the idea that people are reduced to a number‚ or a statistic‚ not a person. In The Unknown Citizen‚ the State or the

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    Purpose: I will identify an unknown liquid by obtaining an average density & boiling point for my liquid and comparing them with the known densities & boiling points of liquids in the CRC handbook of Chemistry & Physics. I will perform these experiments using three different measuring tools (graduated cylinder‚ burette & pipette) to evaluate the precision of each one. Results: Density 1‚ 2 & 3 calculated by using graduated cylinder to obtain volume. Density 4‚ 5 & 6 calculated by using volumetric

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    Life is not divided into semesters. You don’t get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time. (and can I add‚ on your own dime) Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs. Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one. 1. “I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me.” - Dudley Field Malone 2. “If the facts

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    The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Arlington National Cemetery contains the remains of American soldiers who fought in World War I‚ World War II‚ the Korean War‚ and the Vietnam War that cannot be identified. They sacrificed their lives and helped change the lives of people then and now. When our class visits Washington‚ D.C‚ it will be important for us to be a positive and sophisticated group of 8th graders. That’s important because we want to represent our state and country for tourists

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    A Comparative Essay between “Disabled” and “An Unknown Girl” Moniza Alvi reflects on India as her hand is hennaed by “an unknown girl” “in the evening bazaar”. The predominantly upbeat mood of this poem contrasts with the pessimistic mood in “Disabled” written by Wilfred Owen‚ a soldier in the First World War‚ stating his anti-war view through a poem on the life of a young soldier “sewn short at elbow”‚ crippled by war. In his poem‚ the difference between past and present allows Owen to reveal

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