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    Refugees A refugee is a person who leaves his or her country due to a well-founded fear of persecution because of his or her race‚ religion‚ nationality‚ political views‚ or membership in a particular social group. Once a host country accepts an asylum seeker to become a refugee‚ the host county has a moral obligation to ease the transition from a refugee to a fully participating citizen. This may include subsidized housing‚ job training‚ and other financial and social services. This is good for

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    4. The Asylums back in 1930s were like hospitals today but filled with rooms for the patients to live in so they could get help.The Asylums weren’t meant to hurt people they were meant to cure the mental patients. One of the “treatment” was shocking it was to cure schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. One other “treatment” was to stick metal rod through their head and scrape their brain they thought it was cleaning all the diseas off. Which was just damaging the brain. Before they started to have

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    What Is Literature and Why Do We study it? Literature is Composition that tells a story‚ dramatizes a situation expresses emotions‚ analyzes and advocates ideas Helps us grow personally and intellectually Provides an objective base for knowledge and understanding Shapes our goals and values by clarifying our own identities‚ both positively and negatively Literature makes us human. Literature is literally “acquaintance with letters” (Latin littera meaning “an individual written character/letter”)

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    We Rent‚ So Why Do We Need Insurance? This case is about a couple who had a loss to some personal property in their basement due to a flood. Luckily they had renters insurance. It is important for people to have renters insurance for reasons just like this. Even though the property that was damaged was extra furniture‚ it would still be a great expense if they chose to replace it. Imagine there was a fire in your home and everything you owned was damage. It would cost thousands and thousands

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    catch a glimpse of possibility in their life. But what would they do if they do if they were told who they were to become? In Macbeth‚ by William Shakespeare‚ Macbeth is posed with that question. He is able to see his fate through with the help of witches. He fulfills one of the requirements for being a tragic hero‚ learning something‚ by realizing his individual influence on fate by hearing the witches’ prophecy and deciding what to do and believe after. When the witches revealed Macbeth’s future roles

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    Odysseus‚ a hero? What comes to mind when we think of a hero? Generally‚ we think a hero is someone with some super powers‚ and has the ability to save the world. The Odyssey‚ by Homer‚ a Greek mythical epic‚ includes Odysseus‚ someone who would be considered a hero‚ by what bravery he had shown. But as his life and the epic progresses‚ almost every time Odysseus faces a difficulty‚ he chooses to do the right thing‚ yet his pride and selfishness always get in the way‚ bringing him down and

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    We do what we have to do‚ so we can do what we want to do” Amalia Prida 14-0663 Orientation November 8th‚ 2013. UNIBE In life‚ everything is earned and nothing positive or good comes our way for free. We have to earn the things we want and sometimes do some things we don’t necessarily want to do. “We do what we have to do‚ so we can do what we want to do” is a famous‚ yet genuine quote that can be considered as a life lesson. This phrase is applicable to college students

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    Odysseus a hero? The only heroes I know are Superman‚ Batman‚ and Ironman. How can someone as normal as Odysseus be compared to someone as strong as Batman? The truth is Odysseus‚ raider of cities‚ is in fact an archetypal hero. The four characteristics Odysseus exemplified to make himself a hero are: bravery‚ faithfulness‚ intelligence‚ and determination. First off‚ Odysseus was a very brave person. Even though and underdog‚ Odysseus never backed down. His first act of bravery was his ability

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    Odysseus is too thoughtless‚ selfish and deceitful to be a real hero.” How far do you agree with this view? Yes‚ I do agree that Odysseus was thoughtless‚ selfish and deceitful but these qualities were necessary for him to complete his journey and be seen as a hero on his return to Ithaca. Greek heroes like Odysseus were greater than the average man and achieved much notoriety and fame by being thoughtless‚ selfish and deceitful. Inevitability Odysseus‚ curiosity led him to make bad decisions after

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