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    What is a “Hero”? We’ve heard this question so many times‚ but yet everyone seems to have a different outlook. Beowulf is by far one of the best epic heroes of all time. The story of Beowulf was written back in 700 C.E by an unknown author. The original style of the writing was old English‚ and currently only one of the original copies of the story remains. Beowulf is such a good example of an epic hero because he adheres to many of the common qualities of an epic hero. He was determined‚ courageous

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    What Is SMART Goals?

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    SMART goals are the goals you set throughout your life span. Using the acronym SMART you can achieve your goals much easier using logic to reason how relevant your goals are to your values and morals. My first SMART goal is to graduate top 10% of my class with my associates degree and diploma‚ May of 2019. Using SMART‚ I ask myself‚ is this goal specific? As in‚ How‚ Why‚ What? Is your behavior seen? In my case‚ my answer is yes‚ my goal is specific. My goal is measurable as I can break it down into

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    The Jungle In the year 1906‚Upton Sinclair published the eyeopening novel‚ "The Jungle". The fictional novel became immensely popular that not only the American people were reading it‚ but the twenty sixth president of the United States‚ Theodore Roosevelt‚ also engaged in reading it. The fictional novel takes place mainly in Chicago‚ where a family of twelve immigrants move from Lithuania to the United State of America in hopes of achieving their version of the "American dream". Once the family

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    The Jungle Questions 1. Upton Sinclair depicts the lives of Jurgis Rudkus and his family to closely resemble the true lives of the working-class of America during this time period. The word bitter best describes the challenges faced Jurgis’s family. For instance‚ mostly whenever anything happens to Jurgis’s family mostly everything has a negative outlook on their lives. First‚ a large portion of Jurgis’s family has to undergo the cumbersome working conditions Packingtown has to offer. Ona‚ Grandpa

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    Slavery was the overall reason why the Civil War was started and fought.Slavery was the overall reason why the Civil War was started and fought.Slavery was the overall reason why the Civil War was started and fought.Slavery was the overall reason why the Civil War was started and fought.Slavery was the overall reason why the Civil War was started and fought.Slavery was the overall reason why the Civil War was started and fought.Slavery was the overall reason why the Civil War was started and fought

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    disgust‚ and towards the end: happiness from the reader. When Jurgis had thought early on in the book just after he had gotten his first job that Durhams was protecting him and helping him‚ Sinclair chimed in‚ “So guileless was he‚ and ignorant of the nature of business.” (Sinclair 34) Sinclair tells the story from a God-like perspective‚ where he’s in the mind of Jurgis but seems to not control it‚ but has a heavy opinion on Jurgis’ actions and especially those of others. Sinclair once again calls out

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    Examination of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle The 20th century was a time of rapid industrialization. Because of this industrialization‚ Americans and Immigrants faced endless hardships. The novel The Jungle by Upton Sinclair‚ is regarded as one of the most important novels of this time. It is considered an important and valuable analysis of several themes relating to turn-of-the-century life in America. The themes of immigration‚ living conditions‚ and working conditions‚ all expose why The Jungle

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    Babbit by Sinclair Lewis

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    Babbitt: Conformity In the Sinclair Lewis novel Babbitt‚ the character of Babbitt is completely controlled by the power of conformity. Conformity is so powerful that even after babbitt realizes the stifling nature of the society in which he lives he is powerless to change his fate as a member of conformist society. George F. Babbitt is a man who is completely controlled by the conformist society in which he lives. Pressure to conform lies in all aspects of Babbitt’s life. Relationships

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    EPIC Organizational Behavior Drew Foster A. Initial Thinking About My Career 3 B. Self Knowledge and Awareness 4 EPIC 1: MBTI 4 EPIC 2: Career Leader Work Interest Scores 4 EPIC 3: Career Leader Work Profile 5 EPIC 4: Chosen Self-Assessment Results 5 C. Career Exploration and Plan 12 EPIC 5: Three Jobs That Interest Me 12 EPIC 6: Most Desired Job 14 EPIC 7: Two Potential Companies 15 EPIC 8: Summary of Interview 16 EPIC 9: Three-Year Plan 18 EPIC 10: Current Resume

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    honestly say that I have been accused my whole life of being to emotional or deemed the sensitive one. I had a rough upbringing and I was very negative in my social life. Distant‚ angry but this somehow managed to help me view things differently as I matured and came into my own as a responsible adult. I was not aware that this other natural instinct was looked at as a viable form of intellect. It always bothered me that feelings were not viewed as evidence of intellectual power. But then

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