American University of Sharjah Department of Writing Studies WRI 101: Academic Writing Spring 2014 Instructor: C. Horger Meeting Times: Mon/Wed 8:00‚ 9:30‚ 11:00‚ 12:30 E-mail: chorger@aus.edu Meeting Location: Lang 102 and 109 Telephone: 515-2717 Office: Lang. 220 Office Hours: 10:00-12:00 S/T Course Description Academic Writing challenges students to recognize‚ understand‚ and
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definition of friendship. His definition provides distinctions between the true and perfect form of friendship and other inferior likenesses. Not only does he provide a framework for personal relationships‚ Aristotle also defines several different forms of constitutions and integrates friendship and justice into each. In light of his explanation and praise of monarchy‚ Aristotle agrees with Plato’s ideal of a philosopher king. Before such an argument can be made‚ a summary of Aristotelian friendship must
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The poet Robert Southey has beautifully called books his never failing friends with whom he converses day by day. Books are true friends they can be by our side in whatever mood we are. They enlighten‚ give knowledge‚ entertain and inform us. Books are written with experienced people so we learn from their lives. We can carry books with us when we travel. They are our constant companions. when we are tired of reading we can close them‚ we can even read them at midnight. They fill our minds and hearts with
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Inferior People Become Complete Friends? This paper examines whether inferior and superior people can be friends based on complete friendship according to Aristotle. First‚ I will clarify the definition of a complete friendship and what it entails. Secondly‚ I will explain the different types of equal and unequal friendships in accordance with complete friendship. Then I will show how different levels of affection follow the forms of inequality and how a sort of equality can arise owing to proper
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Friendship Friendship is a very powerful word. As children are growing up‚ their parents and family give them a taste of what friendship really is all about. Starting at a young age‚ it is smart for parents to teach children the significance of friendship. A friend should be someone who tells the other individual when they are doing wrong. They should influence them to do good‚ give them a shoulder to cry on‚ and be that person to talk to when sad. Friendships change over time as you move from childhood
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the people you should be looking up to are hiding‚ and you have to look out for them instead of the other way around. You get to really see what a person is made of. Over there in Vietnam I learned to read people. I know what they’re going to do before they do it because I experience the same things over and over. After seeing the same movements before you get shot at or bombed‚ the same symptoms of the city and the people around you -- it’s like a fluid movement. Doors close‚ people disappear‚ and
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found the contrast between the two main characters very interesting and wanted to try to understand why Steinbeck has chosen main characters such as George and Lennie‚ as the rest of the book was mainly moulded around these two specific characters. I was very involved with most aspects of the book particularly that of the setting. However I have decided my task will be to focus on the themes of friendship and loneliness. <br> <br>Steinbeck writes the novel "Of mice and Men" using 3rd person narrative
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trust and confide in and most people have friends. In John Stienbeck’s novel “Of Mice And Men”‚ friendship is shown mainly between three different pairs of people. The first pair is the most obvious friendship shown in the novel; it is between George and his big friend Lennie. The second pair of friends is shown between Candy and his old‚ stinky dog. The third is a not an example of friendship‚ but more an example of a man who doesn’t have many friends; a colored stable buck named Crooks
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Letter to Congress To my honorable congressman‚ It has come to my attention that the question of whether Reconstruction should or shouldn’t end has risen. I have carefully contemplated and I have come to a conclusion that Reconstruction shouldn’t end. Reconstruction shouldn’t end because the rebellious southern states didn’t fulfil all of the requirements of the Reconstruction Acts of 1867‚ they didn’t implement‚ in good faith‚ the 13th‚ 14th‚ and 15th amendments‚ and finally‚ because of violence
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Mold can grow in many different places. There are four different types of mold. Mold is impossible to see with the naked eye without a microscope. There is a type of mold called “Zygomycota”. Zygomycota grows mainly of fruit. Zygomycota is the type of mold that I will be working with in my science fair project. Zygomycota is one of the types of mold that are invisible to the naked eye in the early stages of development. Zygomycota grows on high sugar sources. So mostly on fruit and sugary
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